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Archduke Karl Ludwig Josef Maria of Austria (30 July 1833 – 19 May 1896) was the younger brother of both Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico, and the father of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863–1914), whose assassination ignited World War I.
Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria (Carl Ludwig Maria Franz Joseph Michael Gabriel Antonius Robert Stephan Pius Gregor Ignatius Markus d'Aviano; 10 March 1918 – 11 December 2007), also known as Carl Ludwig Habsburg-Lothringen, was the fifth child of Charles I of Austria and Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma.
Born in Vienna on 30 July 1833, Archduke Karl Ludwig was the third son of Archduke Franz Karl and Sophie of Bavaria. The archduke was said to be rather simple and was overshadowed all his life by his elder brothers Franz Joseph and Ferdinand Maximilian (later emperor of Mexico).
Shunted to the sidelines, he witnessed the annihilating defeat inflicted on Austria at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, in the wake of which Napoleon advanced to the gates of Vienna and was able to dictate the terms of the peace of Pressburg, which were disadvantageous to Austria.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I.
Archduke Karl Ludwig is described as an upright family man. He was the only one of Franz Joseph’s brothers to have surviving male offspring who could continue the ruling branch of the dynasty. Karl Ludwig was married three times:
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Jan 14, 2008 · The Archduke’s funeral was offered by the Papal Nuncio to Austria in the Stefansdom, the cathedral of Vienna. Among those gathered to pay their final respects were Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, and Prince Karl VII Schwarzenberg, the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs.
