| Archduchess Hedwig | |
| Full Name: | German: Hedwig Maria Immakulata Michaela Ignatia |
| Countess of Stolberg-Stolberg | |
| Spouse: | Bernhard, Count zu Stolberg-Stolberg |
| Issue: | Marie Elisabeth zu Stolberg-Stolberg Franz Josef zu Stolberg-Stolberg Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg Bernhard zu Stolberg-Stolberg Theresa zu Stolberg-Stolberg Carl Franz zu Stolberg-Stolberg Ferdinand zu Stolberg-Stolberg Anna zu Stolberg-Stolberg Magdalena zu Stolberg-Stolberg |
| House: | Habsburg-Lorraine |
| Father: | Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria |
| Mother: | Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria |
| Birth Date: | 24 September 1896 |
| Birth Place: | Bad Ischl, Austria-Hungary |
| Death Place: | Hall in Tirol, Austria |
Archduchess Hedwig of Austria (Hedwig Maria Immakulata Michaela Ignatia; 24 September 1896 in Bad Ischl - 1 November 1970 in Hall in Tirol) was the second daughter of Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria and his wife, Marie Valerie of Austria. She was a granddaughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth.
Hedwig was born on 24 September 1896 in Bad Ischl. She was the second daughter and fourth child of Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria and his wife, Marie Valerie of Austria. Through her mother, she was the grandchild of Empress Elisabeth "Sisi" of Austria and Franz Joseph I of Austria. Empress Elisabeth visited her daughter shortly after delivery.Her mother gave her the hunting lodge Kühtai in Austria, as a wedding gift in 1917, it having been acquired in 1893 by Emperor Franz Joseph and bequeathed to Marie Valerie.
Hedwig married on 24 April 1918 to Count Bernhard of Stolberg-Stolberg (1881–1952), a son of Count Leopold of Stolberg-Stolberg and of Scottish heiress Mary Eddington (daughter of Colonel Smollett Montgomerie Eddington, JP, DL, of Glencreggan House, Kintyre, Argyllshire).[1] They married at the castle of Wallsee, owned by the bridegroom's father. The couple had nine children:
In 1949 Hedwig began to transform the castle into a ski lodge, subsequently opened to the public as Kühtai ski resort.
Hedwig died in 1970 aged 74 in Hall in Tyrol. She is buried in the family vault in the cemetery Hall.