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Archduke Ludwig Salvator | |||||
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Count of Neuendorf | |||||
Born | Florence, Tuscany | 4 August 1847||||
Died | 12 October 1915 Brandýs nad Labem, Austria-Hungary | (aged 68)||||
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House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
Father | Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany | ||||
Mother | Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies |
Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria (Italian: Luigi Salvatore Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Dominico Raineri Ferdinando Carlo Zenobio Antonino, German: Ludwig Salvator Maria Joseph Johann Baptist Dominicus Rainerius Ferdinand Carl Zenobius Antonin; 4 August 1847 – 12 October 1915) was an Austrian archduke of the House of Habsburg. He became known as a champion for Mallorca's wildlife, in an era when the term "conservation" was not highly regarded.[citation needed] The Balearic Islands commemorated the centenary of the death of Archduke Ludwig Salvator during 2015.
Ludwig Salvator settled on Mallorca, buying up unimproved areas of land in order to preserve and enjoy them. His main residence of Son Marroig, near the village of Deià, is now a museum. Much of what was his property now belongs to the American actor Michael Douglas, notably the Moorish style palace 'S'Estaca' that Ludwig converted from a ruined old manor house.
In 1895, at Přerov nad Labem, Bohemia, he founded the first open-air museum in Central and Eastern Europe.