Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
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Archduke Karl Ferdinand | |
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Born | Vienna, Austrian Empire | 29 July 1818
Died | 20 November 1874 Židlochovice Palace, Židlochovice, Moravia, Austrian Empire | (aged 56)
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Spouse | Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria |
Issue | Archduke Franz Joseph Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen Maria Christina, Queen of Spain Archduke Charles Stephen Archduke Eugen Archduchess Maria Eleonora |
House | Habsburg-Lorraine |
Father | Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen |
Mother | Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg |
Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (Vienna, 29 July 1818 – Gross Seelowitz (Židlochovice Castle), 20 November 1874) was the second son of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771–1847) and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, 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 Silesia and returned to Brno in 1860. He became a Lieutenant Field Marshal of the Austrian Army.
Marriage and children[]
In Vienna, on 18 April 1854, Karl Ferdinand married his first cousin, Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (1831–1903), the widow of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este, and the daughter of Archduke Joseph of Austria, Palatine of Hungary.
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 (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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- 1818 births
- 1874 deaths
- House of Habsburg-Lorraine
- Austrian princes
- Austro-Hungarian Army officers
- Austrian lieutenant field marshals
- Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria