Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
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Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (Vienna, 29 July 1818 – Gross Seelowitz (Židlochovice Castle), 20 November 1874) was the second son of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771–1847) and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, and the maternal grandfather of King Alfonso XIII of Spain.
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Born | (1818-07-29)29 July 1818 Vienna, Austrian Empire |
Died | 20 November 1874(1874-11-20) (aged 56) Židlochovice Palace, Židlochovice, Moravia, Austrian Empire |
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Spouse | Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria |
Issue | Archduke Franz Joseph Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen Maria Christina, Queen of Spain Archduke Charles Stephen Archduke Eugen Archduchess Maria Eleonora |
House | Habsburg-Lorraine |
Father | Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen |
Mother | Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg |
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A son of the "hero of Aspern", he started his 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.