Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria

Archduke Karl Ferdinand
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Born	(1818-07-29)29 July 1818 Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died	Židlochovice Castle, Austria-Hungary
Burial	Imperial Crypt
Spouse	Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
Mother	Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg

Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria-Teschen (Vienna, 29 July 1818 – Gross Seelowitz (Židlochovice Castle), 20 November 1874) was the second son of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771–1847) and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, and the maternal grandfather of King Alfonso XIII of Spain.

A son of the "hero of Aspern" he started a military career in Infantry Regiment 57 in Brno. Later he received command of a brigade in Italy and fought against the insurgents in Prague in 1848.
In 1859 he was a general in Moravia and Silesia and returned to Brno in 1860. He became a Lieutenant Field Marshal of the Austrian Army.

Marriage and children

In Vienna, on 18 April 1854, Karl Ferdinand married his first cousin, Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (1831–1903), the widow of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este, and the daughter of Archduke Joseph of Austria, Palatine of Hungary.

They had six children :

1. Archduke Franz Joseph of Austria (1855-1855)
2. Archduke Friedrich of Austria, Duke of Teschen (1856–1936), Supreme Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I.
3. Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (1858–1929), married King Alfonso XII of Spain
4. Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria (1860–1933), Admiral
5. Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), Fieldmarshal
6. Archduchess Maria Eleonora of Austria (1864-1864)

Ancestry

Family of Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria

16. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine               8. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor                       17. Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans               4. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor                             18. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor               9. Maria Theresa of Austria                       19. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel               2. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen                                   20. Philip V of Spain               10. Charles III of Spain                       21. Elisabeth of Parma               5. Maria Louisa of Spain                             22. Augustus III of Poland               11. Maria Amalia of Saxony                       23. Maria Josepha of Austria               1. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria                                         24. Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg               12. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg                       25. Princess Auguste Friederike of Nassau-Idstein               6. Frederick William, Duke of Nassau                             26. William IV, Prince of Orange               13. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau                       27. Anne, Princess Royal               3. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg                                   28. Wilhelm Ludwig, Landgrave of Kirchberg               14. Georg, Landgrave of Kirchberg, Count of Sayn-Hachenburg                       29. Countess Luise of Dhaun               7. Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg                             30. Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz               15. Countess Elisabeth Augusta Reuss of Greiz                       31. Konradine Eleonore, Princess Reuss of Köstritz