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Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria ( German: (Erzherzog) Josef Karl (Ludwig) von Österreich, Hungarian: Habsburg–Lotaringiai József Károly (Lajos) főherceg; 2 March 1833 – 13 June 1905) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He was the second son of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (seventh son of Leopold II, Holy Roman ...
Charles Joseph ( German: Karl Joseph) (7 August 1649 – 27 January 1664) was an Archduke of Austria and Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (1662–64). He was also the Bishop of Olmütz, and Breslau, Passau .
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Visiting Vienna. 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.
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Charles was born in Florence, Tuscany. His father, then Grand Duke of Tuscany, generously permitted Charles's childless aunt Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria and her husband Albert of Saxe-Teschen to adopt and raise the boy in Vienna. Charles spent his youth in Tuscany, at Vienna and in the Austrian Netherlands, where he began his career of m...
In 1797 he was sent to arrest the victorious march of General Bonaparte in Italy, and he conducted the retreat of the over-matched Austrians with the highest skill. In the campaign of 1799 he once more opposed Jourdan, whom he defeated in the battles of Ostrach and Stockach, following up his success by invading Switzerland and defeating Masséna in ...
When Austria joined the ranks of the allies during the War of the Sixth Coalition, Charles was not given a command and the post of commander-in-chief of the allied Army of Bohemia went to the Prince of Schwarzenberg.[citation needed] Charles spent the rest of his life in retirement, except for a short time in 1815 when he was military governor of t...
The caution which the archduke preached so earnestly in his strategic works, he displayed in practice only when the situation seemed to demand it, although his education certainly prejudiced him in favor of the defensive at all costs. He was at the same time capable of forming and executing the most daring offensive strategy, and his tactical skill...
Grundsätze der Kriegskunst für die Generale(1806)Grundsätze der Strategie erläutert durch die Darstellung des Feldzugs 1796(1814)Geschichte des Feldzugs von 1799 in Deutschland und in der Schweiz(1819)This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Charles [Karl Ludwig]". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Pre...
Clausewitz, Carl von (2020). Napoleon Absent, Coalition Ascendant: The 1799 Campaign in Italy and Switzerland, Volume 1. Trans and ed. Nicholas Murray and Christopher Pringle. Lawrence, Kansas: Uni...Clausewitz, Carl von (2021). The Coalition Crumbles, Napoleon Returns: The 1799 Campaign in Italy and Switzerland, Volume 2. Trans and ed. Nicholas Murray and Christopher Pringle. Lawrence, Kansas:...Criste, Oscar "Erzherzog Carl" (3 vols) (Vienna 1912)Eysturlid, Lee "The Formative Influences, Theories, and Campaigns of the Archduke Carl of Austria" (2000)Jun 10, 2019 · In the most literal sense, playwright Rajiv Joseph’s latest dark comedy “Archduke” is about the Serbian radicals who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie,...
Austrian, probably Vienna. dated 1751. Not on view. Measuring only 18 ½ inches (49.9 cm) in length, this tiny sword is notable for the precious materials, exquisite execution, and fashionable rococo style of its hilt.
Born in Vienna on 7 December 1802, Franz Karl was the third son of Emperor Franz II (I) and his second wife, Maria Teresia of Naples and Sicily. His parents were very closely related, his mother being the daughter of Franz’s aunt, Archduchess Maria Karoline, and thus a first cousin of her husband.
