Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria

Archduke Ludwig Salvator
Count of Neuendorf
Born(1847-08-04)4 August 1847
Florence, Tuscany
Died12 October 1915(1915-10-12) (aged 68)
Brandýs nad Labem, Austria-Hungary
Names
(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)
(English: Louis Salvator Mary Joseph John Baptist Dominic Rainer Ferdinand Charles Zenobius Anthony)
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherLeopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
MotherPrincess 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.