Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria (1918–2007)

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Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox royalty 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. He was born in Baden bei Wien and died in Brussels.<ref>Carl Ludwig Habsburg-Lothringen ist tot Template:Webarchive kurier.at</ref>

Life

He studied at the University of Louvain and graduated from Université Laval,<ref>Bernier Arcand, Philippe, « Les Bourbon-Parme dans les institutions d’enseignement du Québec », Histoire Québec, 202, p. 24-28 (lire en ligne [archive])</ref> in Quebec City where his family was in exile. During the Second World War, Karl Ludwig and his brother Felix volunteered to serve in the 101st Infantry Battalion of the United States Army, known as the "Free Austria Battalion". However, the battalion was disbanded when a number of exiled Jewish volunteers who made up the majority of the force ultimately declined to confirm their enlistment.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

He was buried beside his mother in the Kapuziner Crypt in Vienna.

Marriage and issue

He was married in Belœil on 17 January 1950 to Princess Yolande of Ligne (6 May 1923 – 13 September 2023). They had four children:Template:Citation needed

Archduke Rudolf, eldest son of Carl Ludwig, during a presentation about his grandmother Zita in 2014
  • Archduke Rudolf of Austria (Rudolf Maria Carl Eugen Anna Antonius Marcus d'Aviano, born 17 November 1950), married Baroness Hélène de Villenfagne de Vogelsanck (born 24 April 1954) in Brussels on 3 July 1976; their family took up residence in Belgium thereafter.<ref name="petit">de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, p. 193-198 (French) Template:ISBN</ref> On 29 May 1978, he, his children and male-line descendants were incorporated into the nobility of Belgium by royal letters patent with the hereditary title of Prince/sse de Habsbourg-Lorraine and the style of Serene Highness.<ref name="petit"/><ref name="ghda">Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XVI. "Haus Österreich". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2001, pp. 87-90, 119-120, 563, 568-569, 577. Template:ISBN.</ref> Rudolf works at investment managers AAA Gestion, based in Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland,<ref name="The Management">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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    • Archduchess Priscilla of Austria (b. 1979), engaged in 2022 to Gabriel Contreras Millán.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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    • Archduke Alexander Hector Marie Karl Leopold Marcus d'Aviano of Austria (b. 26 September 1990, Meyrin, Switzerland). He married on 30 September 2023 at Belœil, Belgium, to Natacha Roumiantzeff-Pachkevitch.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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    • Archduchess Gabriella Maria Pilar Yolande Joséphine-Charlotte of Austria (b. 26 March 1994, Geneva, Switzerland). She became engaged to Prince Henri Luitpold Antoine Victor Marie Joseph of Bourbon-Parma (b. 14 October 1991, Roskilde, Denmark), on 22 October 2017.Template:CN The couple were married on 12 September 2020 at Tratzberg Castle in Jenbach, Tyrol, Austria. They have three daughters:
      • Princess Victoria Antonia Marie-Astrid Lydia of Bourbon-Parma (b. 30 October 2017, Geneva, Switzerland).Template:CN
      • Princess Anastasia Erika Alexandra Marie Yolande of Bourbon-Parma (b. 3 July 2021, Geneva, Switzerland).
      • Princess Philippina of Bourbon-Parma (b. 2023).
  • Archduchess Maria Constanza of Austria (born 19 October 1957), married Franz Josef, Prince (Fürst) von Auersperg-Trautson (born 11 December 1954) in Beloeil, Belgium, on 18 June 1994.<ref name="petit"/> They have three biological daughters (one died shortly after her birth) and one adopted daughter, Anna Maria (who bear the family name Prinzessin von Auersperg-Trautson and the courtesy title of Princess of Auersperg-Trautson):Template:Citation needed
    • Princess Anna Maria of Auersperg-Trautson (b. 24 September 1997).
    • Princess Alexandra Maria of Auersperg-Trautson (b. and d. 9 February 1998).
    • Princess Ladislaya of Auersperg-Trautson (b. 26 February 1999).
    • Princess Eleonora of Auersperg-Trautson (b. 28 May 2002).

Ancestry

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References

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