Francesco Karl Edit Profile

Background

He was born in Vienna, the third son of Emperor Francis II (I) by his second marriage with Princess Maria Theresa from the House of Bourbon, daughter of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Maria Carolina of Habsburg-Lorraine. On 4 November 1824 in Vienna he married Princess Sophie of Bavaria from the House of Wittelsbach, a daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria by his second wife Caroline 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 Wittelsbach condoned the unappealing manners of her husband in consideration of the incapability of his elder brother Ferdinand and Sophie"s chance to become Austrian Empress.

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Death and burial He is buried at the Imperial Crypt at the Capuchin Church. Franz Karl was the last Habsburg whose viscera were entombed at the Ducal Crypt of Saint Stephen"s Cathedral and whose heart was placed at the Herzgruft of the Augustinian Church according to a centuries-long family rite. Austro-Hungarian German Foreign.

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He received: Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary Baden: Knight of the Order of Loyalty Baden: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert Kingdom of Hanover: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order Kingdom of Hanover: Knight of the Order of Saint George (Hanover) Grand Duchy of Hesse: Knight of the Order of Louis Ernestine Duchies: Knight Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order Prussia: Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle Prussia: Knight, First Class of the Order of the Red Eagle Kingdom of Saxony: Knight of the Order of the Rue Crown Württemberg: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Württemberg) Empire of Brazil: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross Kingdom of France: Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit Kingdom of Greece: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer Duchy of Parma Senator of the Grand Cross with Collar of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George Russian Empire: Knight of the Order of Saint Andrew Russian Empire: Knight of the Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky (Russia) Russian Empire: Knight of the Order of Saint Anna (Russia) Russian Empire (Poland): Knight of the Order of the White Eagle Sweden: Knight of the Order of the Seraphim Two Sicilies: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit.

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rival:: Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich

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Born

December 17, 1802

Vienna, Austria
Died

March 8, 1878 (aged 75)

Vienna, Austria
Nationality
Austria

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chevalier de l'ordre du Saint-Esprit; Knight in the order of Saint-Michel; Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece; Order of the Black Eagle Order of St. George; Order of the Crown; Order of St. Andrew; Order of the Southern Cross; Order of the Redeemer; Order of the White Eagle; Order of the Golden Fleece; Royal Guelphic Order; Grand Cross; Order of the Black Eagle; Grand Cross with Collar The Order of the Black Eagle was the highest title that could be bestowed on a citizen of the Principality of Albania.; The National Order of the Southern Cross is a Brazilian order of chivalry founded by Emperor Pedro I on 1 December 1822.; The Order of the Golden Fleece is an order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip III, Duke of Burgundy in 1430, to celebrate his marriage to the Portuguese princess Infanta Isabella of Portugal, daughter of King John I of Portugal.

chevalier de l'ordre du Saint-Esprit; Knight in the order of Saint-Michel; Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece; Order of the Black Eagle Order of St. George; Order of the Crown; Order of St. Andrew; Order of the Southern Cross; Order of the Redeemer; Order of the White Eagle; Order of the Golden Fleece; Royal Guelphic Order; Grand Cross; Order of the Black Eagle; Grand Cross with Collar The Order of the Black Eagle was the highest title that could be bestowed on a citizen of the Principality of Albania.; The National Order of the Southern Cross is a Brazilian order of chivalry founded by Emperor Pedro I on 1 December 1822.; The Order of the Golden Fleece is an order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip III, Duke of Burgundy in 1430, to celebrate his marriage to the Portuguese princess Infanta Isabella of Portugal, daughter of King John I of Portugal.

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