Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (german: (Erzherzog) Josef Karl (Ludwig) von Österreich, hu, Habsburg–Lotaringiai József Károly (Lajos) főherceg; 2 March 1833 – 13 June 1905) was a member of the

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dynasty. He was the second son of

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(seventh son of

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) and

Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (Maria Dorothea Luise Wilhelmine Caroline; 1 November 1797 in Carlsruhe (now Pokój), Silesia – 30 March 1855 in Pest, Hungary) was the daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg (1756–1817) and Princess ...

Biography

Like many junior members of royal families, Archduke Joseph Karl entered the military. He became a

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in the Austrian Army in 1860. During the

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he commanded a Brigade in the North Army and had three horses shot under him at Königgrätz. In 1867, he became

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after the death of his childless half-brother

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, though the post by that time was symbolic only. The archduke had an interest in the

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and occasionally wrote on this topic to Albert Thomas Sinclair, an American lawyer who shared this interest. A biography of Sinclair notes that the archduke sent a copy of his work, "a large octavo volume handsomely bound. It is a most important and valuable philological work comparing the

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words with

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, Hindustani Persian, etc". As early as the late 1880s, Archduke Josef advocated turning the poor fishing village of Crikvenica into a new health resort. In 1895 the Grand Hotel named after the archduke was opened there.https://www.nwzonline.de/reisen/zwischen-nostalgie-und-neuem-glanz_a_31,3,517142695.html His residence was the Archduke Joseph's Palace in Budapest.

Marriage and issue

On 12 May 1864 in

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, Archduke Joseph married Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846–1927), the elder daughter of Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and

Princess Clémentine of Orléans Princess Clémentine of Orléans (french: Marie Clémentine Léopoldine Caroline Clotilde d'Orléans) (3 June 1817 – 16 February 1907), princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and duchess in Saxony, was the sixth child of ten and youngest daughter of ...

. They had seven children : * Archduchess Elisabeth Klementine Klothilde Maria Amalie (18 March 1865 – 7 January 1866) * Archduchess Maria Dorothea Amalie (14 June 1867 – 6 April 1932) * Archduchess Margarethe Klementine Maria (6 July 1870 – 2 May 1955) * Archduke Joseph August Viktor Klemens Maria (9 August 1872 – 6 July 1962) * Archduke Ladislaus Philipp (16 July 1875 – 6 September 1895), no issue * Archduchess Elisabeth Henriette Klothilde Maria Viktoria (9 March 1883 – 8 February 1958), married Zoltán Decleva, Hungarian Army Commander in WWII. * Archduchess Klothilde Maria Amalie Philomena Raineria (9 May 1884 – 14 December 1903), no issue.

Honours and awards

He received the following orders and decorations:

Ancestry

References

Hungarian nobility Hungarian-German people House of Habsburg-Lorraine People from Bratislava 1833 births 1905 deaths Burials at Palatinal Crypt Palatines of Hungary Austrian princes Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary Grand Crosses of the Order of the Star of Romania {{Austria-royal-stub