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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 ...
Archduke Franz Karl Joseph of Austria (17 December 1802 – 8 March 1878) was father of two emperors (Austria and Mexico) and the grandfather of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, whose assassination helped precipitate the start of World War I.
Karl Ludwig, Archduke of Austria (1833 – 1896), married (1) Princess Margaretha of Saxony , no children (2) Princess Maria Annunziata of Bourbon-Two-Sicilies, had three sons and one daughter including Archduke Franz Ferdinand (3) Infanta Maria Theresia of Portugal, had two daughters. Maria Anna, Archduchess of Austria (1835 – 1840), died in ...
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Franz Karl, it should be noted, did in theory have freedom of choice as to whether to become Emperor of Austria or not – a claim not many individuals can make. Following Ferdinand’s abdication at the revolution of 1848, however, urged on most particularly by his wife, he relinquished his claim to the throne, thus leaving the way free for ...
Archduke Karl Ludwig Josef Maria of Austria (30 July 1833 – 19 May 1896) was the younger brother of both Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico, and the father of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863–1914), whose assassination ignited World War I. [1] His grandson was the last emperor of Austria, Charles I .
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 ...
