Background
He was born in Baden bei Wien and died in Brussels. He was buried beside his mother in the Kapuziner Crypt in Vienna.
He was born in Baden bei Wien and died in Brussels. He was buried beside his mother in the Kapuziner Crypt in Vienna.
Foreign the father of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria see Archduke Charles Louis of Austria. However the battalion was disbanded when a number of exiled Jewish volunteers who made up the majority of force ultimately declined to confirm their enlistment. They had four children.
Archduke Rudolf of Austria (b 1950).
Married Baroness Hélène de Villenfagne de Vogelsanck (b 1954) in Brussels 3 July 1976, their family taking up residence in Belgium thereafter. He works at investment managers American Automobile Association Gestion, based in Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland.
Together they have eight children:
Archduke Carl Christian of Austria (b 1977). Married on 2 June 2007 Estelle Peloux de Saint-Romain:
Archduchess Zita of Austria (b 2008).
Archduchess Anezka of Austria (b 2010).
Archduchess Anna of Austria (b 2012). Archduchess Paola of Austria (b 2014). Archduchess Priscilla of Austria (b 1979).
Archduke Johannes of Austria (b 1981).
Archduke Thomas of Austria (b 1983). Archduchess Marie-des-Neiges of Austria (b 1986).
Archduke Franz-Ludwig of Austria (b 1988). Archduke Michael of Austria (b 1990).
Archduke Joseph of Austria (b 1991).
Archduchess Alexandra of Austria (b 1952). Married Chilean ambassador to the Holy See Héctor Riesle Contreras. Three children:
Felipe Riesle (b 1986).
Maria-Sofia Riesle (b 1988).
Constanza Riesle (b 1989). Archduke Carl Christian of Austria (b 1954).
Married Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg. Carl Christian and Marie Astrid have five children:
Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria (b 1983).
On 6 December 2008 married Count Rodolphe of Limburg-Stirum (1979).
Count Léopold of Limburg-Stirum (b 19 April 2011). Count Constantin of Limburg-Stirum (b 25 October 2013). Archduke Imre of Austria (b 1985).
On 8 September 2012 married Kathleen Elizabeth Walker.Archduchess Maria-Stella of Austria (b 11 November 2013).
Archduchess Magdalena of Austria (b 24 February 2016)
Archduke Christoph of Austria (b 1988). Married to Adélaïde Drapé-Frisch on 28 December (civil) and 29 December 2012 (religious) in Nancy, France.Archduchess Katarina of Austria (b 2014).
Archduke Alexander of Austria (b 1990). Archduchess Gabriella of Austria (b 1994).
Archduchess Maria Constanza of Austria (b 1957).
Married Franz Josef, Prince (Fürst) von Auersperg-Trautson. Three biological daughters (one died shortly after her birth) and one adopted daughter, Anna Maria:Princess Alexandra Maria (1998–1998). Princess Ladislaya (b 1999).
Princess Eleonora (b 2002).