Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria

Archduke Karl Ludwig Josef Maria of Austria (30 July 1833 19 May 1896) was the younger brother of both Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico, and the father of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863–1914), whose assassination ignited World War I. His grandson was the last emperor of Austria, Charles I.

Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria
Photograph by Ludwig Angerer, about 1861
Born(1833-07-30)30 July 1833
Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died19 May 1896(1896-05-19) (aged 62)
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Burial
Spouse
Princess Margaretha of Saxony
(m. 1856; died 1858)
    Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
    (m. 1862; died 1871)
      Issue
      Names
      German: Karl Ludwig Josef Maria
      English: Charles Louis Joseph Maria
      HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
      FatherArchduke Franz Karl of Austria
      MotherPrincess Sophie of Bavaria
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