Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
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1818 – 1874
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Who was Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria?
Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria-Teschen was the second son of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, and the maternal grandfather of King Alfonso XIII of Spain.
A son of the "hero of Aspern" he started a military career in Infantry Regiment 57 in Brno. Later he received command of a brigade in Italy and fought against the insurgents in Prague in 1848.
In 1859 he was a general in Moravia and Silesia and returned to Brno in 1860. He became a Lieutenant Field Marshal of the Austrian Army.
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- Born
- Jul 29, 1818
Vienna - Parents
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- Austria
- Died
- Nov 20, 1874
Židlochovice
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on July 23, 2013
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