Johann Salvator of Austria-Tuscany

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Johann Salvator

Johann Salvator , from 1889 Johann Orth (born November 25, 1852 in Florence ; since July 12, 1890 missing at Cape Tres Puntas, declared dead in 1911; pseudonyms: Johann Traunwald, Johann von der Traun, Johann von Traunstein ) was an Austrian Archduke from the House of Habsburg .

Life

Archduke Johann Salvator, called Gianni, was the youngest son of Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany and his wife Maria Antonie of Naples-Sicily . He was a great-grandson of Emperor Leopold II through his second son Ferdinand III. from Tuscany. His son was then Johann's father. This made him a third cousin of Emperor Franz Joseph , who was also a great-grandson of Emperor Leopold II. The imperial line, however, goes back to Leopold's first son, Franz I of Austria .

When his father went into exile in Austria in 1859, Emperor Franz Joseph ordered the boy to come under the wing of Archduke Albrecht . He didn't realize that the child was very imaginative and interested in art. It was extremely musical and composed a waltz from a young age . This piece of music was performed by Johann Strauss , but the real name of the composer was not allowed to be mentioned, Johann Salvator had chosen the pseudonym Johann Traunwart .

Johann Salvator began his military career in 1865, became a captain in 1867 , a major in 1872 and a lieutenant colonel in 1874 . As the commander of an infantry brigade , he took part in the Bosnian campaign in 1879 and in 1879 became a field marshal lieutenant . He was also probably the author of the so-called Crown Prince's work “The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Words and Images” (1887–1902), on which he contributed as an author. Because of his progressive and liberal attitude, he often came into conflict with the Austrian government. He was in friendly contact with Crown Prince Rudolf and shared his liberal ideas. In 1886 he rejected the Bulgarian crown . In 1887 he left the army .

In 1889 he asked to be released from the imperial family. He renounced his title and called himself Johann Orth from then on . In the same year he married Ludmilla "Milli" Stubel, a dancer with the Vienna Court Opera, in London . He was considered the “ enfant terrible ” of the imperial family and was no longer allowed to enter Austria-Hungary due to the strict Habsburg house laws .

He acquired the captain's license in Hamburg and bought the cargo steamer Santa Margareta. With a load of cement he started a journey in London via La Plata , on the east coast of South America , to Valparaíso in Chile. It is believed that his ship sank in violent storms at Cabo tres puntas near Cape Horn in July 1890 . On board were Johann's wife, Milli Stubel, three ship officers and a crew of twenty people.

Johann Orth's property was auctioned in Berlin in 1912/1913 . His death remains unexplained to this day.

Lake Castle Orth near Gmunden (Upper Austria)

Afterlife

In March 2007 the newspaper Oberösterreichische Nachrichten reported several times that a Norwegian court had recently ruled that Alexander Hugo Köhler, who died in Norway in 1945, was Archduke Johann Salvator. This judgment was carried out by the descendants of this Mr. Koehler, who after this report also offered to make genetic samples available for comparisons of the genetic material. The two alleged descendants Henrik Danielsen and Frantz Köhler Nilsen had the grave opened in order to substantiate their inheritance claims to Schloss Orth by means of a DNA report . In March 2009 it was reported that the members of the Habsburg family did not want to participate in the investigation with DNA samples.

Historical figure in literature

  • Wolfgang Bauer : The canteen. Capriccio à la Habsburg. (Theater play, 1993; published in: Wolfgang Bauer: Werke. Vol. 8: Schauspiele 1988–1995, Droschl, Graz 1996, pp. 149–202.)

Movie

literature

Web links

Commons : Johann Salvator von Österreich-Toskana  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sigrid-Maria Grossing AEIOU luck and misfortune in the east. Kaiserhaus , Verlag Amatlthea, ISBN 978-3-85002-633-8
  2. ↑ Friedrich Weissensteiner: impetuous imperial rebel - Archduke Johann Salvator, alias Johann Orth, was born 150 years ago . In: Archive . ( wienerzeitung.at [accessed on March 30, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Daily news. Johann Orth - declared dead. In:  Agramer Zeitung , July 11, 1910, SS 3–4 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / apz
  4. ↑ Inheritance dispute over Schloss Ort continues. orf.at, April 11, 2012, accessed on July 18, 2014 : "Those Norwegians who claim to be the rightful heirs have opened the grave of their ancestor Hugo Köhler."
  5. ↑ Markus Rohrhofer: No genetic material for DNA test - those two Norwegians who claim ownership need genetic material for a DNA analysis - but the Habsburg side refuses. Der Standard.at, March 23, 2009, accessed on July 18, 2014 : "The DNA sample that was taken has already been examined in Norway, but it will not be possible to provide evidence so quickly because the Habsburgs are now obviously refusing their sample."
personal data
SURNAME Austria-Tuscany, Johann Salvator von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann Salvator; Johann Traunwald; Johann von der Traun; Johann von Traunstein; Orth, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archduke of Austria
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence
DATE OF DEATH after July 12, 1890