Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (

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, 29 July 1818 – Gross Seelowitz ( Židlochovice Castle), 20 November 1874) was the second son of

Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Laurentius of Austria, Duke of Teschen (german: link=no, Erzherzog Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz von Österreich, Herzog von Teschen; 5 September 177130 April 1847) was an Austrian field-marshal, the third s ...

(1771–1847) and

Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg Henrietta Alexandrine Friederike Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau (areas now part of Germany) (30 October 1797 Palace Eremitage, Bayreuth – 29 December 1829, Vienna) was the wife of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. Her husband wa ...

, and the maternal grandfather of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. A son of the " hero of Aspern", he started his military career in Infantry Regiment 57 in Brno. Later, he received command of a brigade in Italy and fought against the insurgents in Prague in 1848.
In 1859, he was a general in Moravia and

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and returned to Brno in 1860. He became a

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field marshal of the Austrian Army.

Marriage and children

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, on 18 April 1854, Karl Ferdinand married his first cousin, Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (1831–1903), the widow of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este, the daughter of Archduke Joseph of Austria,

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and the mother of Queen Maria Theresia of Bavaria . They had six children: # Archduke Franz Joseph of Austria (1855) # Archduke Friedrich of Austria, Duke of Teschen (1856–1936), Supreme Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I. #

Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria Archduke (feminine: Archduchess; German: ''Erzherzog'', feminine form: ''Erzherzogin'') was the title borne from 1358 by the Habsburg rulers of the Archduchy of Austria, and later by all senior members of that dynasty. It denotes a rank within ...

(1858–1929), married King Alfonso XII of Spain # Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria (1860–1933), Admiral # Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), Fieldmarshal # Archduchess Maria Eleonora of Austria (1864)

Ancestry

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