Archduke Karl Ludwig Josef Maria of Austria (30 July 1833 – 19 May 1896) was the younger brother of both
Franz Joseph I of Austria
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until ...
and
Maximilian I of Mexico
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, and the father of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria, (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I.
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(1863–1914), whose
assassination
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ignited
World War I
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. His grandson was the last emperor of Austria,
Charles I Charles I may refer to:
Kings and emperors
* Charlemagne (742–814), numbered Charles I in the lists of Holy Roman Emperors and French kings
* Charles I of Anjou (1226–1285), also king of Albania, Jerusalem, Naples and Sicily
* Charles I of ...
.
Biography
He was born at
Schönbrunn Palace
Schönbrunn Palace (german: Schloss Schönbrunn ; Central Bavarian: ''Schloss Scheenbrunn'') was the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers, located in Hietzing, Vienna. The name ''Schönbrunn'' (meaning “beautiful spring”) has its root ...
in
Vienna
en, Viennese
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, the son of
Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
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. Through his third son Karl Lud ...
(1802–1878) and his wife
Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805–1872).
His mother ensured he was raised a devout Roman Catholic by the Vienna Prince-archbishop
Joseph Othmar Rauscher
Joseph Othmar Ritter von Rauscher (6 October 1797 in Vienna – 24 November 1875 in Vienna) was an Austrian Prince-Archbishop of Vienna and Cardinal.
Life
He received his earlier education at the gymnasium in Vienna, devoting himself chiefly ...
, a conviction that evolved into religious mania in his later years.
Though not interested in politics, the 20-year-old joined the
Galician government of Count
Agenor Romuald Gołuchowski
Count Agenor Romuald Gołuchowski (8 February 1812, Skala-Podilska, Galicia – 3 August 1875, Lwów, Galicia) was a Polish-Austrian conservative politician, member of parliament of Austria, Minister of Interior and governor of Galicia, and father ...
and in 1855 accepted his appointment as
Tyrolean stadtholder in
Innsbruck
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, where he took his residence at
Ambras Castle
Ambras Castle (german: Schloss Ambras Innsbruck) is a Renaissance castle and palace located in the hills above Innsbruck, Austria. Ambras Castle is above sea level. Considered one of the most popular tourist attractions of the Tyrol, Ambras Castle ...
. However, he found his authority to exert power restricted by the Austrian cabinet of his cousin
Archduke Rainer Ferdinand and
Baron Alexander von Bach
Baron Alexander von Bach (German: ''Alexander Freiherr von Bach''; 4 January 1813, Loosdorf, Austria – 12 November 1893, Schöngrabern, Austria) was an Austrian politician. His most notable achievement was instituting a system of centralized c ...
. He finally laid down the office upon the issue of the 1861
February Patent
The February Patent was a constitution of the Austrian Empire promulgated in the form of letters patent on 26 February 1861.
Background
In the Austrian Empire, the early 1860s were a period of significant constitutional reforms. The revolutions ...
for a life as
patron
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of the arts and sciences.
As the eldest surviving brother of the Emperor, Karl Ludwig, after the death of his nephew Crown Prince
Rudolf of Austria in 1889, became
heir presumptive
An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question. ...
to the
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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. A newspaper article appeared shortly after the death of his nephew claiming that the Archduke had renounced his succession rights in favor of his eldest son
Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria, (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I.
Fr ...
. This rumor proved to be false.
Marriage and family
Karl Ludwig married three times.
His first wife, whom he married on 4 November 1856 at
Dresden
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, was his first cousin
Margaretha of Saxony (1840–1858), the daughter of
Johann of Saxony (1801–1873) and
Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
Amalie Auguste (13 November 1801, in Munich – 8 November 1877, in Dresden) was a Bavarian princess by birth and Queen of Saxony by marriage to King John of Saxony.
Biography
Amalie was the fourth child of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria an ...
(1801–1877). She died on 15 September 1858 and they had no children.
His second wife, whom he married by proxy on 16 October 1862 at
Rome
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, and in person on 21 October 1862 at
Venice
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, was
Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Princess Maria Annunciata Isabella Filomena Sabasia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Italian: ''Maria Annunziata Isabella Filomena Sabasia, Principessa di Borbone delle Due Sicilie''; 24 March 1843 – 4 May 1871) was a political figure from the House ...
(1843–1871), daughter of
Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (1810–1859) and
Maria Theresa of Austria
Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (german: Maria Theresia; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position '' suo jure'' (in her own right) ...
(1816–1867).
They had four children:
*
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria, (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I.
Fr ...
(December 18, 1863 – June 28, 1914), whose assassination was a cause for the
First World War
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. He married morganatically
Countess Sophie Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin on 1 July 1900. They had three children.
*
Archduke Otto Franz of Austria (21 April 1865 – 1 November 1906) he married
Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1867–1944) on 2 October 1886. They had two sons, including
Karl I
Charles I or Karl I (german: Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria, hu, Károly Ferenc József Lajos Hubert György Ottó Mária; 17 August 18871 April 1922) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary (as Charles IV, ), King of Croatia, ...
, the last Emperor of Austria.
*
Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria (27 December 1868 – 12 March 1915) he married morganatically Bertha Czuber on 15 August 1909.
*
Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (13 May 1870 – 24 August 1902) she married
Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
Albrecht, Duke and Crown Prince of Württemberg (Albrecht Maria Alexander Philipp Joseph; 23 December 1865 – 31 October 1939) was the last Württemberger crown prince, a German military commander of the First World War, and the head of the House ...
on 24 January 1893. They had seven children.
Maria Annunciata died on 4 May 1871.
His third wife, whom he married on 23 July 1873 at
Kleinheubach
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, was
Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal (1855–1944), daughter of
Miguel I of Portugal (1802–1866) and
Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
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, father = Constantine, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
, mother = Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
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, birth_place = Kleinheubach, Kin ...
(1831–1909).
They had two daughters:
*
Archduchess Maria Annunziata of Austria (31 July 1876 – 8 April 1961). Abbess of the Theresia Convent in the
Hradschin,
Prague
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.
*
Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria (7 July 1878 – 13 March 1960) she married
Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein on 20 April 1903. They had eight children.
Death
Karl Ludwig died of typhoid at Schönbrunn in Vienna after returning from a journey to
Palestine and
Egypt
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, allegedly after the consumption of contaminated
Jordan
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waters.
His widow Maria Teresa died on 12 February 1944.
Honours and awards
;Austrian orders and decorations
[ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie](_blank)
(1896), Genealogy p. 2
*
Knight of the Golden Fleece
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Knights of the Burgundian Golden Fleece
15th Century
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, ''1852''
*
Grand Cross of St. Stephen, ''1859''
"A Szent István Rend tagjai"
* Military Merit Medal on red ribbon
* Long Service Cross for Officers, 2nd Class
;Foreign orders and decorations
Ancestry
See also
* List of heirs to the Austrian throne This is a list of people who were heir apparent or heir presumptive to the Archduchy of Austria from when Charles III
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonw ...
References
External links
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Burials at the Imperial Crypt
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria
Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Pope Pius IX
Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia)
Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class
Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Takovo