Franz Karl of Austria
Archduke Franz Karl Joseph of Austria (* December 7, 1802 in Vienna ; † March 8, 1878 ibid) was a son of Emperor Franz II / I. (1768-1835). In 1848 he renounced his claim to the throne in favor of his son Franz Joseph I.
ancestry
Archduke Franz Karl did not have eight great-grandparents, but only four (so-called ancestral decline ). His father and mother came from the same grandparents: the two ruling couples Franz I and Maria Theresa (Austria) and Karl III. and Maria Amalia (Spain).
| Francis I Stephan of Lorraine (1708–1765), House of Lorraine-Vaudémont | |||||||||||||
| Leopold II of Austria (1747–1792) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Theresa of Austria (1717–1780), House of Habsburg | |||||||||||||
| Franz II. Joseph Karl of Austria (1768–1835) | |||||||||||||
| Charles III of Spain (1716–1788), House Bourbon-Anjou | |||||||||||||
| Maria Ludovica of Spain (1745–1792) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724–1760) , House of Wettin | |||||||||||||
| Franz Karl | |||||||||||||
| Charles III of Spain (1716–1788), House Bourbon-Anjou | |||||||||||||
| Ferdinand of Sicily (1751-1825) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724–1760), House of Wettin | |||||||||||||
| Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (1772–1807) | |||||||||||||
| Francis I Stephan of Lorraine (1708–1765), House of Vaudémont | |||||||||||||
| Maria Karolina of Austria (1752–1814) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Theresa (1717–1780), House of Habsburg | |||||||||||||
family
Franz Karl was the third son of Emperor Franz II and his second wife, his paternal and maternal cousin Princess Maria Theresa of Naples-Sicily (1772-1807), a daughter of King Ferdinand I of the two Sicilies a. d. H. Bourbon (1751–1825) and his wife Archduchess Maria Karolina of Austria .
On November 4, 1824, in Vienna, he married Princess Sophie Friederike von Bayern (1805–1872), daughter of Maximilian I of Bavaria and his second wife, Princess Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine von Baden . The marriage had five children.
progeny
- Franz Joseph (Karl, 1830–1916) , later Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria ⚭ 1854 Princess Elisabeth (Sisi) , daughter of Duke Maximilian in Bavaria and his wife Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
- Ferdinand (Maximilian Joseph , 1832–1867), later Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico ⚭ 1857 Princess Charlotte , daughter of King Leopold I of Belgium and his second wife Princess Louise of Orléans
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Karl Ludwig (Joseph Maria , 1833-1896)
- ⚭ 1856 Princess Margarethe , daughter of King John I of Saxony and his wife Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
- ⚭ 1862 Princess Maria Annunziata , daughter of King Ferdinand II of Naples-Sicily and his wife Archduchess Maria Theresia Isabella of Austria
- ⚭ 1873 Princess Marie Therese , daughter of King Michael I of Portugal and his wife Princess Adelheid von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
- Maria Anna Karolina (Pia , 1835-1840); she died after violent epileptic attacks at the age of only four on February 5, 1840 in Vienna.
- stillborn son (* / † October 24, 1840)
- Ludwig Viktor Joseph Anton (1842–1919), unmarried
Life
Franz Karl was rather insignificant for the history of Austria, although he was involved in the secret state conference that directed the fate of the country because his brother Emperor Ferdinand I was unable to rule.
At the insistence of his wife, Franz Karl renounced the imperial throne on December 2, 1848, when Ferdinand I abdicated.
Archduke Franz Karl died in Vienna in 1878. He outlived his wife by six years. He was the last Habsburg to be buried in Vienna according to the old court protocol of the " separate burial ": the heart urn in the Loreto Chapel of the Augustinian Church , the entrails in the ducal crypt of St. Stephen's Cathedral and the rest of the body in the Capuchin crypt . With him ends the series of those 41 people whose bodies were divided between all three traditional Viennese burial sites of the Habsburgs (Imperial Crypt, Heart Crypt, Ducal Crypt). (Pure heart burials were also carried out later in individual cases, e.g. in 2011 at Otto von Habsburg's .)
Interests
Franz Karl was very interested in art and culture. He often stood up as the patron of cultural institutions. The most famous institution of this kind is probably the Francisco-Carolinum in Linz, named in his honor .
After the birth of his children, Franz Karl often went alone to the Salzkammergut to hunt and to attend theater performances in Bad Ischl . This provincial theater with extremely mediocre performances ran out of money everywhere and those responsible had been looking for a generous patron for a long time. Franz Karl became the savior in times of need when the theater was on the verge of ruin. He bought all the tickets for all the performances while he was there in Ischl and sat for evenings in the otherwise empty theater with some people from his court. These private performances had a program according to his wishes. When he left, he still paid the actors their fees for the whole year. Because of his generosity, he was very popular in Bad Ischl.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Habsburg, Franz Karl Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 6th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1860, p. 257 ( digitized version ).
- Franz Karl (Joseph). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 353.
- Literature by and about Franz Karl of Austria in the catalog of the German National Library
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sigrid-Maria Großering : Sisi and her family. Carl Ueberreuter, Vienna.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Franz Karl of Austria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Austria, Franz Karl Joseph Archduke of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Imperial Prince and Archduke of Austria, Royal Prince of Hungary, Bohemia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1878 |
| Place of death | Vienna |