Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria

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Archduke Joseph Karl
Palatine of Hungary (titular)
Picture taken by Károly Koller
Born(1833-03-02)2 March 1833
Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary
Died13 June 1905(1905-06-13) (aged 72)
Fiume, Austria-Hungary
Burial
Spouse
Issue
Detail
Names
Josef Karl Ludwig
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherArchduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
MotherDuchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (

Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (seventh son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor) and Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg
.

Biography

Like many junior members of royal families, Archduke Joseph Karl entered the military. He became a

Stephen
, though the post by that time was symbolic only.

The archduke had an interest in the

As early as the late 1880s, Archduke Joseph advocated turning the poor fishing village of Crikvenica into a new health resort. In 1895 the Grand Hotel named after the archduke was opened there.[3]

His residence was the Archduke Joseph's Palace in Budapest.

Marriage and issue

On 12 May 1864 in Coburg, Archduke Joseph married Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846–1927), the elder daughter of Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Clémentine of Orléans. They had seven children :

  • Archduchess Elisabeth Klementine Klothilde Maria Amalie (18 March 1865 – 7 January 1866)
  • Archduchess Maria Dorothea Amalie (14 June 1867 – 6 April 1932)
  • Archduchess Margarethe Klementine Maria (6 July 1870 – 2 May 1955)
  • Archduke Joseph August Viktor Klemens Maria (9 August 1872 – 6 July 1962)
  • Archduke Ladislaus Philipp (16 July 1875 – 6 September 1895), no issue
  • Archduchess Elisabeth Henriette Klothilde Maria Viktoria (9 March 1883 – 8 February 1958), married Zoltán Decleva, Hungarian Army Commander in WWII.
  • Archduchess Klothilde Maria Amalie Philomena Raineria (9 May 1884 – 14 December 1903), no issue.

Honours and awards

He received the following orders and decorations:[4]

Ancestry

References

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  3. ^ "Zwischen Nostalgie und neuem Glanz". 3 June 2017.
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  7. ^ Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg0: 1879. Schulze. 1879. p. 32.
  8. ^ "Liste des Membres de l'Ordre de Léopold", Almanach Royal Officiel (in French), 1858, p. 48 – via Archives de Bruxelles
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  10. ^ Staat Hannover (1865). Hof- und Staatshandbuch für das Königreich Hannover: 1865. Berenberg. pp. 38 78.
  11. ^ Staats- und Adreß-Handbuch des Herzogthums Nassau (1866), "Herzogliche Orden" p. 8
  12. ^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1859), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 13 Archived 22 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern: 1879. Landesamt. 1879. p. 10.
  14. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (1879), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen" p. 11
  15. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1896), "Königliche Orden" p. 28