Austrian archduke (1802–1878)
Archduke Franz Karl Joseph of Austria (17 December 1802 – 8 March 1878) was a member of theHouse of Habsburg-Lorraine . He was the father of two emperors:Franz Joseph I of Austria andMaximilian I of Mexico . Through his third sonKarl Ludwig , he was the grandfather ofArchduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria – whoseassassination sparked the hostilities that led to the outbreak ofWorld War I .
Early life and marriage [ edit ] Franz Karl was born inVienna , the third son of EmperorFrancis II of theHoly Roman Empire by his second marriage with PrincessMaria Theresa from theHouse of Bourbon , daughter of KingFerdinand I of the Two Sicilies andMaria Carolina of Austria . On 4 November 1824 inVienna , he marriedPrincess Sophie of Bavaria from theHouse of Wittelsbach , a daughter of KingMaximilian I Joseph of Bavaria by his second wifeCaroline of Baden . Sophie's paternal half-sister,Caroline Augusta of Bavaria was by this time Franz Karl's stepmother, having married his thrice-widowed father in 1816. The Wittelsbachs condoned the unappealing manners of Sophie's husband in consideration of the incapability of his elder brotherFerdinand and Sophie's chance to become Austrian empress.
Franz Karl in the uniform of an Austrian field marshal, 1839. Franz Karl was an unambitious and generally ineffectual man, although he was, together with his uncle ArchdukeLouis , a member of theGeheime Staatskonferenz council, which after the death of Emperor Francis II ruled theAustrian Empire in the stead of his mentally ill brotherFerdinand from 1835 to 1848. The decisions, however, were actually made by the Chancellor PrinceKlemens Wenzel von Metternich and his rival CountFranz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky . His wife Sophie had already transferred her ambitions, when she urged Franz Karl to renounce his claims to the throne at the time of his brother's abdication on 2 December 1848, allowing their eldest son Franz Joseph I to take the throne.
Archduke Franz Karl died in Vienna in 1878, six years after the death of his wife. He is buried at theImperial Crypt at theCapuchin Church . Franz Karl was the last Habsburg whoseviscera were entombed at theDucal Crypt ofSt. Stephen's Cathedral and whose heart was placed at theHerzgruft of theAugustinian Church according to a centuries-long family rite.
He received the following awards:[ 1]
Austrian Empire :Kingdom of France :Knight of the Holy Spirit ,5 February 1824 [ 4] Kingdom of Bavaria :Knight of St. Hubert ,1824 [ 5] Duchy of Parma :Senator Grand Cross of the Constantinian Order of St. George, with Collar ,1827 [ 6] Kingdom of Prussia :Baden :[ 8] Russian Empire :[ 9] Grand Duchy of Hesse : Grand Cross of theLudwig Order ,30 August 1837 [ 10] Kingdom of Hanover :[ 11] Württemberg :Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown ,1844 [ 12] Sweden-Norway :Knight of the Seraphim ,9 July 1850 [ 13] Kingdom of Saxony :Knight of the Rue Crown ,1856 [ 14] Oldenburg :Grand Cross of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown ,13 July 1858 [ 15] Ernestine duchies : Grand Cross of theSaxe-Ernestine House Order ,February 1859 [ 16] Empire of Brazil :Grand Cross of the Southern Cross Brunswick :Grand Cross of Henry the Lion Kingdom of Greece :Grand Cross of the Redeemer Grand Duchy of Tuscany :Grand Cross of St. Joseph Two Sicilies :Grand Cross of St. Ferdinand and Merit Name Birth Death Notes BySophie, Princess of Bavaria (27 January 1805 – 28 May 1872; married on 4 November 1824 inSt. Augustine's Church ,Vienna )Franz Joseph 18 August 1830 21 November 1916 Succeeded asEmperor of Austria ; married his first cousinElisabeth, Duchess in Bavaria , and had issue Maximilian 6 July 1832 19 June 1867 ProclaimedEmperor of Mexico executed by a firing squad marriedCharlotte, Princess of Belgium , no issue Karl Ludwig 30 July 1833 19 May 1896 Married 1) his first cousinMargaretha, Princess of and Duchess in Saxony , (1840–1858) from 1856 to 1858, no issue, married 2) toMaria Annunziata, Princess of the Two-Sicilies (1843–1871) from 1862 to 1871, had issue (three sons and one daughter) and married 3) toMaria Theresa, Infanta of Portugal , (1855–1944), from 1873 to 1896, had issue (two daughters) Maria Anna 27 October 1835 5 February 1840 Died in childhood, no issue Stillborn son 24 October 1840 24 October 1840 Ludwig Viktor 15 May 1842 18 January 1919 Died unmarried, no issue
Ancestors of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
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