Ferdinand Karl of Austria-Este (1821–1849)

Archduke Ferdinand Carl Victor of Austria-Este, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1844

Ferdinand Karl Victor of Austria-Este (* July 20, 1821 in Modena , † December 15, 1849 in Brno ) was an Archduke of Austria-Este and Prince of Modena .

Life

Ferdinand was the second son of Duke Francis IV of Modena (1779–1846) from his marriage to Maria Beatrix (1792–1840), daughter of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia . Ferdinand was sent as a special envoy to the royal Prussian court in Berlin, where he announced the accession of the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph to the throne . Count Franz Haller von Hallerkeö acted as his chief steward .

In military service, Ferdinand took part in the campaigns in Italy and Hungary and eventually became major general , lieutenant field marshal and owner of the imperial infantry regiment number 26 . He was a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece , the Prussian Black and Red Eagle Order , the Saxon House Order of the Rautenkrone and the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Ludwig .

After increased deaths occurred in the hospitals in Brno, where Ferdinand was stationed, the Archduke inspected the hospitals and contracted typhus , from which he, cared for by his sister Maria Theresia , died within five days at the age of 28. He was buried in the Church of San Vincenzo in Modena.

Marriage and offspring

Ferdinand married Elisabeth (1831–1903), daughter of Archduke Joseph Anton Johann of Austria , with whom he had a daughter, on October 4, 1847 in Schönbrunn Palace :

Maria Theresa (1849-1919)

⚭ 1868 King Ludwig III. of Bavaria (1845–1921)

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Este, Ferdinand Karl Victor . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 4th part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, p. 87 ( digitized version ).
Austrian viewer. Issue 1, Comptoir des Österreichischer Klassen, 1850, p. 42, digitized

Web links

Commons : Ferdinand Karl von Österreich-Este - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Ferdinand Karl Archduke of Austria-Este on thepeerage.com , accessed on August 12, 2015.

Individual evidence

^ Marie Pauline Rose Stewart Blaze de Bury : Germania. Germany as it is or Personal experiences of its courts, camps, and people, in Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Hungary, Croatia, Servia, Italy, &, H. Colburn, 1851, p. 407
^ Austrian military magazine. Volume 2, printed by Unton Strauss, 1848, p. 211, digitized
↑ Military schematism of the Austrian Empire. KK Hof- u. Staats-Dr., 1867, p. 17, digitized
↑ Schematism for the imperial and royal army and for the imperial and royal navy. KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1859, p. 12 digitized
↑ Miscelles from the latest foreign literature. Bran, 1850, p. 294 digitized
↑ cf. Habsburg-Lorraine. Royalty (Travel) Guide, accessed December 20, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Ferdinand Karl of Austria-Este
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ferdinand Karl Victor of Austria-Este
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Archduke of Austria-Este
DATE OF BIRTH	July 20, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH	Modena
DATE OF DEATH	December 15, 1849
Place of death	Brno

[1] Marie Pauline Rose Stewart Blaze de Bury : Germania. Germany as it is or Personal experiences of its courts, camps, and people, in Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Hungary, Croatia, Servia, Italy, &, H. Colburn, 1851, p. 407

[2] Austrian military magazine. Volume 2, printed by Unton Strauss, 1848, p. 211, digitized

[3] Military schematism of the Austrian Empire. KK Hof- u. Staats-Dr., 1867, p. 17, digitized

[4] Schematism for the imperial and royal army and for the imperial and royal navy. KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1859, p. 12 digitized

[5] Miscelles from the latest foreign literature. Bran, 1850, p. 294 digitized

[6] . Habsburg-Lorraine. Royalty (Travel) Guide, accessed December 20, 2019.