Ludwig of Austria (1784–1864)

Archduke Ludwig lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1834

Ludwig Joseph von Habsburg-Lothringen (born December 13, 1784 in Florence , † December 21, 1864 in Vienna ) was the Austrian archduke , general and politician.

Life

Archduke Ludwig of Austria

Ludwig was the 11th son of Emperor Leopold II. After a traditional, military-oriented upbringing , Ludwig was initially in the army . He was defeated by Napoleon as corps commander in the Battle of Abensberg in 1809 , whereupon he took his leave.

In the winter of 1815/16 he traveled with his brother Archduke Johann to France , England and Scotland . The Scottish capital Edinburgh made him an honorary citizen. On his return he received the title of general artillery director .

He represented his brother Emperor Franz II. (I.) several times, was also from this last will and testament to the head of the Secret State Conference called the 1836 to 1848 during the reign of Ferdinand I led the affairs of state.

As a representative of absolutism, Ludwig supported the politics of State Chancellor Metternich . After the March Revolution in 1848, Ludwig left the political arena and retired into private life.

Ludwig is buried in the Vienna Capuchin Crypt. His heart was buried separately and is in the Loreto Chapel of the Augustinian Church in Vienna .

ancestors

Pedigree of Ludwig of Austria
Great-great-grandparents	Duke Karl V. Leopold (1643–1690) ⚭ 1678 Eleanor of Austria (1653–1697)	Philip I of Bourbon (1640–1701) ⚭ 1671 Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1652–1722)	Emperor Leopold I (1640–1705) ⚭ 1676 Eleonore Magdalene von der Pfalz (1655–1720)	Duke Ludwig Rudolf of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1671–1735) ⚭ 1690 Christine Luise von Oettingen (1671–1747)	Louis of France (1661–1711) ⚭ 1680 Maria Anna of Bavaria (1660–1690)	Odoardo II. Farnese (1666–1693) ⚭ 1690 Dorothea Sophie von der Pfalz (1670–1748)	King August II (1670–1733) ⚭ 1693 Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671–1727)	Emperor Joseph I (1678–1711) ⚭ 1699 Wilhelmine Amalie von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1673–1742)
Great grandparents	Duke Leopold Joseph of Lorraine (1679–1729) ⚭ 1698 Élisabeth Charlotte de Bourbon-Orléans (1676–1744)		Emperor Charles VI. (1685–1740) ⚭ 1708 Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1691–1750)		King Philip V (1683–1746) ⚭ 1714 Elisabetta Farnese (1692–1766)		King August III. (1696–1763) ⚭ 1719 Maria Josepha of Austria (1699–1757)
Grandparents	Emperor Franz I Stephan (1708–1765) ⚭ 1736 Maria Theresia (1717–1780)				King Charles III (1716–1788) ⚭ 1738 Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724–1760)
parents	Emperor Leopold II (1747–1792) ⚭ 1765 Maria Ludovica of Spain (1745–1792)
Ludwig of Austria

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Habsburg, Ludwig Joseph Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 6th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1860, pp. 447–449 ( digitized version ).
• Johann Baptist von Hoffinger :  Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 568 f.
• Peter Broucek –Goldinger:  Ludwig Joseph Anton Archduke of Austria. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 349.
• Marianne Rauchsteiner:  Ludwig. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 405 f. ( Digitized version ).