Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria | |||||
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Born | Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austrian Empire | 30 July 1833||||
Died | 19 May 1896 Vienna, Austria-Hungary | (aged 62)||||
Burial | Imperial Crypt, Vienna | ||||
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House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
Father | Archduke Franz Karl of Austria | ||||
Mother | Princess Sophie of Bavaria | ||||
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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.[1] His grandson was the last emperor of Austria, Charles I.