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Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria-Teschen (Karl Albrecht Nikolaus Leo Gratianus von Österreich, later Karl Albrecht Habsburg-Lothringen, since 1919 – Karol Olbracht Habsburg-Lotaryński; 18 December 1888 – 17 March 1951) was an Austrian military officer, a member of the Teschen line of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
Born in Vienna on 3 August 1817, Albrecht was the second child of Archduke Karl and Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. As the son of the ‘Victor of Aspern’, he was evidently influenced by the military ideals that prevailed in the paternal household and was keen to emulate his father.
Visiting Vienna. Archduke Albrecht Monument. Should you emerge from the home of Picassos, Modiglianis and more, a sculpture of a rather different kind confronts you: the monument to Archduke Albrecht, the Duke of Teschen (not someone likely to have approved of modern art). Bronze equestrian statue unveiled in 1899.
Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria-Teschen ( Karl Albrecht Nikolaus Leo Gratianus von Österreich, later Karl Albrecht Habsburg-Lothringen, since 1919 – Karol Olbracht Habsburg-Lotaryński; 18 December 1888 – 17 March 1951) was an Austrian military officer, a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria-Teschen (Karl Albrecht Nikolaus Leo Gratianus von Österreich, later Karl Albrecht Habsburg-Lothringen, since 1919 – Karol Olbracht Habsburg-Lotaryński; 18 December 1888 – 17 March 1951) was an Austrian military officer, a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
Albrecht reached the peak of his military career in 1866 through his victory at Custozza in the war against Italy – but at the price of around 5,000 lives. However, as Austria was defeated by Italy’s ally Prussia at Königgrätz, it still had to relinquish Venetia.
Karl Habsburg (given names: Karl Thomas Robert Maria Franziskus Georg Bahnam; born 11 January 1961) is an Austrian politician and the head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, the former royal house of the defunct Austro-Hungarian thrones.
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