Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria

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
(m. 1856; died 1858)
(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

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.[1] His grandson was the last emperor of Austria, Charles I.

  1. ^ "Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Vol. 29. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 18 May 2012.

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