| Archduke Karl Ludwig | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Real Name: | Karl Ludwig Joseph Maria |
| Title: | Archduke Karl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria |
| Born: | 30 July 1833 |
| Death: | 19 May 1896 |
| Age: | 62 |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
| Parents: | Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| Siblings: | Emperor Franz Maximilian I of Mexico |
| Wife: | Margarete of Saxony Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies |
| Children: | Archduke Franz Ferdinand Archduke Otto Franz |
| TV Character Information | |
| First appearance: | Sissi Gets Her Way |
| Portrays: | Prince Karl |
Archduke Karl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria was the younger brother of Emperor Franz of Austria, the father of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination ignited World War I, and grandfather of the last emperor, Charles I.
Childhood[]
He was born in Vienna,Austria the son of Archduke Franz Karl and his wife, Empress Sophia .
His mother ensured he was raised a devout Roman Catholic by the Vienna Prince-archbishop Joseph Othmar Rauscher, a conviction that evolved into religious mania in his later years.
Life[]
Though not interested in politics, the 20-year-old joined the Galician government of Count Agenor Romuald Gołuchowski and in 1855 accepted his appointment as Tyrolean stadtholder in Innsbruck, where he took his residence at Ambras Castle. However, he found his authority to exert power restricted by the Austrian cabinet of his cousins. He finally laid down the office upon the issue of the 1861 for a life as patron of the arts and sciences.
As the eldest surviving brother of Emperor Franz, Karl Ludwig, after the death of his nephew Crown Prince Rudolf in 1889, became heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Karl Ludwig married three times.
His first wife, whom he married on 4 November 1856 at Dresden, was his first cousin Margaretha of Saxony, the daughter of Johann of Saxony and Amalie Auguste. 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, and in person on 21 October 1862 at Venice, was Princess Maria Annunciata, daughter of Ferdinand I and Maria Theresa of Austria. They had four children:
His third wife, whom he married on 23 July 1873 at Kleinheubach, was Maria Theresa of Portugal, daughter of Miguel I of Portugal They had two daughters:
Notes[]
- Was born Archduke Karl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria.
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