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Charles II Francis of Austria ( German: Karl II. Franz von Innerösterreich) (3 June 1540 – 10 July 1590) was an Archduke of Austria and a ruler of Inner Austria ( Styria, Carniola, Carinthia and Gorizia) from 1564. He was a member of the House of Habsburg .
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Charles II. Archduke of Austria, from 1564 to his death in 1590 ruler of Inner Austria. Born in Vienna on 3 June 1540. Died in Graz on 10 July 1590. At the partition of the Habsburg domains under the sons of Emperor Ferdinand I the youngest son Charles was assigned the group of lands making up Inner Austria.
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The twelfth child of Emperor Ferdinand I and Anna of Jagiello, who had brought the crowns of Bohemia and Hungary to the dynasty, Charles was born in Vienna on 3 June 1540. He was the youngest of three surviving sons. From 1554, when Charles was fourteen years old, his father Ferdinand decided that his inheritance would be divided up between his sons. Charles was therefore
Charles II. Ca. 1675. Oil on canvas. The son of Felipe IV (1605-1665) and Mariana of Austria (1634-1696), Carlos II (1661-1700) was the last King of the Hapsburg Dynasty in Spain. He appears dressed in black, with the chain of the Golden Fleece around his neck. This order from Burgundy, to which he belonged, was first brought to Spain by Felipe ...
The House of Habsburg was a family of dukes, kings, and monarchs that was very important in European history. It first ruled parts of Switzerland in the 13th century and then ruled Austria, later Austria-Hungary, for more than 600 years. It ruled owned Spain and the Netherlands for a while, the Holy Roman Empire from about 1280 to 1806 and the ...
