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Archduke Karl Ludwig is described as an upright family man. He was the only one of Franz Joseph’s brothers to have surviving male offspring who could continue the ruling branch of the dynasty. Karl Ludwig was married three times: His first marriage was to Margarete of Saxony (1840–1858), a daughter of King Johann of Saxony and Princess ...
Secret marriage in Switzerland. In spite of the Emperor declining to give his permission for him to wed a commoner, Archduke Ferdinand Karl married his partner – and had to leave the Habsburg family. In 1902, Archduke Ferdinand Karl, a brother of the heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand, made the acquaintance of Bertha Czuber, the daughter of a ...
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Karl did not marry until 1815, when he was already forty-four. His bride was Henriette von Nassau-Weilburg (1797–1829). Henriette had been brought up in the Protestant faith and refused to contemplate conversion to Catholicism, which was normally a precondition for marrying into the Habsburg dynasty.
Some notable results of Habsburg inbreeding were (probably) Emperor Ferdinand of Austria who was mentally unfit to rule. The Habsburg jaw, as seen in its most extreme with Karl/Charles/Carlos II of Spain, was (at least according to this article by El Pais) not due to excessive inbreeding.
Oct 13, 2022 · Ferdinand was finally the lucky one who was allowed to marry Anna. Her brother Louis died childless in the battle against the Turks and so Hungary and Bohemia fell to the Habsburgs. “Bella gerant alii, tu felix Austria nube – Wars may others wage, you happy Austria, marry”. This famous saying characterizes the marriage policy of the….
The first major growth in Habsburg holdings was a result of Maximilian’s arranged marriage to Mary of Burgundy (top right) which, through Mary’s lack of brothers, resulted in Maximilian's heirs inheriting Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Burgundy (Skjelver and Wiesflecker).
Emperor Karl on his way into exile. In the winter of 1918/1919 Eckartsau was the setting for the final act in the long rule of the Habsburgs: for three months the hunting lodge was the home of Karl, the last, disempowered Austrian emperor, before the imperial family set off into exile. After Karl had signed the declaration by which he renounced ...
