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Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria. Last update on 22 July 2024. Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802-1878), m.1824 Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805-1872) 1. Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1830-1916), m.1854 Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria (1837-1898)
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.
Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (6 generations) Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (* 17.12.1802, O 4.11.1824, † 8.3.1878) O Princess Sophie Friederike of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria (* 27.1.1805, O 4.11.1824, † 28.5.1872)
- 17.12.1802 in Vienna
- Franz II, Holy Roman Emperor
- 8.3.1878 in Vienna (75 years)
Franz Karl: The Archduke in the background. The unprepossessing and mentally somewhat underendowed Archduke Franz Karl was always overshadowed by his wife Sophie. The only reason he has not disappeared entirely into the shadows of history is that he was the father of Emperor Franz Joseph.
- A Dull Fellow
- Uncle of Napoleon II
- Husband of Princess Sophie
- Father of Two Emperors
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, Franz Karl was not particu...
When he was 11, Franz Karl’s oldest sister, Marie Louise, arrived in Vienna from Paris with her three-year-old son, Napoleon II. With Napoleon in exile, and Marie Louise off to become Duchess of Parma, the boy was left to be raised in his grandfather’s court. He became known as Franz and was given the title of Duke of Reichstadt. Because Franz Karl...
On November 4, 1824 in Vienna, Franz Karl married Princess Sophie of Bavaria, the younger half-sister of his father’s fourth wife, Caroline Augusta. Strong-willed and intelligent, Sophie was initially disappointed with the husband chosen for her. She may have been swayed by the opinion of her mother, Queen Caroline of Bavaria: Sophie was also ambit...
After Francis I died in March 1835, Franz Karl served as a not particularly active member of the governing council that ruled the Austrian Empire on behalf of his brother Ferdinand. In September 1835, the Duke of Nassau wrote from Silesia to Austrian Chancellor and Foreign Minister Clemens von Metternich: In December 1848, when Ferdinand resigned, ...
Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (Franz Karl Joseph; 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.
(Franz AUSTRIA) CROWN PRINCE OF AUSTRIA. Born in 1863 - Graz; Deceased in 1914 - Assassinated at Sarajevo,aged 51 years old; Buried - HEIR PRESUMPTIVE TO THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN THRONE, His assassination started World War I. Parents. Karl Ludwig Habsburg AUSTRIA, ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA 1833-1896
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