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Charles was born on 17 August 1887, in the Castle of Persenbeug, in Lower Austria. His parents were Archduke Otto Franz of Austria and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony. [3] At the time, his grand-uncle Franz Joseph reigned as Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary. Upon the death of Crown Prince Rudolph in 1889, the Emperor's brother, Archduke ...
- 21 November 1916 – 12 November 1918
- Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony
Oct 12, 2018 · When Emperor Karl I of Austria (King Karl IV to the Hungarians) acceded to the Habsburg throne in late November 1916, he was, at 29, the youngest crowned head of state among belligerent nations. In quieter times, this brave, perceptive, modest, multilingual,...
- Christopher Brennan
- 2018
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Catholicism. Signature. Charles V [c] [d] (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555. He was heir to and then head of the rising House of Habsburg.
- 28 June 1519 –, 27 August 1556
- Philip I of Castile
- 22 September 1558, El Escorial, Spain
- Catholicism
After the assassination at Sarajevo, in which the heir apparent Franz Ferdinand was killed, Karl became first in line to the throne sooner than expected. Following the outbreak of the First World War Karl was seconded to Field Army Command, which was led by Archduke Friedrich and located in Teschen (Cieszyn) in Silesia.
Charles XIV John. Charles XIV John ( Swedish: Karl XIV Johan; 26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 until his death in 1844 and the first monarch of the Bernadotte dynasty. In Norway, he is known as Charles III John ( Norwegian: Karl III Johan) and before he became royalty in Sweden, his name was Jean ...
- Henri Bernadotte
- 5 February 1818 – 8 March 1844
- Jeanne de Saint-Jean
- Oscar I
2 days ago · When he was 16, he became co-monarch of Spain and its many dominions. And by 19, he would become Holy Roman Emperor, a title he acquired after bribing the princes who were the electors. Before he had even reached 20, he had become the most powerful man in Europe. Charles’s rise was due to many factors, but charisma was not one of them.
Apr 1, 2022 · It set Karl on a collision course with destiny. Born a year and a half earlier, on August 17, 1887, Karl was a young boy from a side-branch of the Habsburg royal family. His father, Archduke Otto, was the nephew of Emperor Franz Josef, and younger brother of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
