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Archduke Karl monument. A huge equestrian statue dominates Heldenplatz square on one side of Vienna’s Hofburg palace complex. The monument honours the first man to hand Napoleon a significant military defeat: Archduke Karl. Bronze design by Anton Dominik Fernkorn. Depicts the victorious Archduke during the Battle of Aspern-Essling in 1809.
Sep 22, 2023 · Archduke Karl of Austria. Born on the 17th of August 1887 in Persenbeug Castle, Lower Austria, Archduke Karl Franz Joseph Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Marie of Habsburg-Lorraine was the great-nephew of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, who ruled between 1848 and 1916. Karl had one younger brother named Maximilian, and both boys were raised in a ...
Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor. (* 5.5.1747, O 5.8.1765, † 1.3.1792) Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Duchess consort of Parma. Maria Carolina of Austria. Archduchess Marie Antoinette of Austria, Queen consort of France and Navarre. Franz I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Archduke Franz Karl Joseph of Austria (17 December 1802 – 8 March 1878) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He was the father of two emperors: Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico. Through his third son Karl Ludwig, he was the grandfather of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria – whose **ination sparked the ...
A dull fellow. Born on December 17, 1802, in Vienna, Franz Karl was the 10th child of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II ( Francis 1 of Austria ). His mother was Francis’s second wife, Prince Maria Theresa, a member of the Naples branch of the House of Bourbon. She died when Franz Karl was four. As his parents were first cousins on both sides ...
Karl Ludwig. Archduke of Austria (non-ruling member of the dynasty) Born 30 July 1833 in Vienna. Died 19 May 1896 in Vienna. Karl Ludwig spent the whole of his life overshadowed by his older brothers Emperor Franz Joseph and Maximilian of Mexico. A devout Catholic, he made an impact above all as an energetic advocate of anti-Liberal clericalism.
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria. Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria. Archduke Franz Karl of Austria. (* 17.12.1802, O 4.11.1824, † 8.3.1878) Duchess Marie Louise of Parma, Empress consort of France. Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria. Archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress consort of Brazil. Franz II, Holy Roman Emperor.
