Charles II, Archduke of Austria

Charles II
Charles II
	Portrait of Archduke Charles II, by Bartolomé González y Serrano
Archduke of Inner Austria
Reign	25 July 1564 – 10 July 1590
Predecessor	Ferdinand I
Successor	Ferdinand III
Born	3 June 1540; Vienna, Archduchy of Austria
Died	10 July 1590 (aged 50); Graz, Duchy of Styria
Burial	Seckau, Austria
Spouse	Maria Anna of Bavaria (m. 1571)
Issue	Anne, Queen of Poland and Sweden; Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania; Archduchess Catherine Renata; Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor; Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana; Archduchess Eleanor; Archduke Maximilian Ernest; Margaret, Queen of Spain; Leopold V, Archduke of Further Austria; Constance, Queen of Poland; Maria Maddalena, Grand Duchess of Tuscany; Charles, Bishop of Wroclaw;
House	Habsburg
Father	Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Anna of Bohemia and Hungary
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Charles II Francis of Austria (German: Karl II. Franz von Innerösterreich) (3 June 1540 – 10 July 1590) was an Archduke of Austria and a ruler of Inner Austria (Styria, Carniola, Carinthia and Gorizia) from 1564. He was a member of the House of Habsburg.

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