Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria

Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria-Teschen (Vienna, 29 July 1818 - Gross Seelowitz (Židlochovice Castle), 20 November 1874) was the second son of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771-1847) and 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.

Marriage and children

In Vienna on 18 April 1854 Karl Ferdinand married the widow of Ferdinand d'Este (1821–1849), his first cousin Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1831–1903), daughter of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary.
They had 6 children :

# Archduke Franz Joseph of Austria-Teschen (1855-1855)
# Archduke Friedrich of Austria, Duke of Teschen (1856-1936), Supreme Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I.
# Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria-Teschen (1858-1929), married King Alfonso XII of Spain
# Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria-Teschen (1860-1933), Admiral
# Archduke Eugen of Austria-Teschen (1863-1954), Fieldmarshal
# Archduchess Maria Eleonora of Austria-Teschen (1864-1864)

Ancestry

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1= 1. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
2= 2. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
3= 3. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg
4= 4. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
5= 5. Maria Louisa of Spain
6= 6. Frederick William, Duke of Nassau
7= 7. Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg
8= 8. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
9= 9. Maria Theresa of Austria
10= 10. Charles III of Spain
11= 11. Maria Amalia of Saxony
12= 12. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
13= 13. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
14= 14. Georg, Landgrave of Kirchberg, Count of Sayn-Hachenburg
15= 15. Countess Elisabeth Augusta Reuss of Greiz
16= 16. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
17= 17. Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans
18= 18. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
19= 19. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
20= 20. Philip V of Spain
21= 21. Elisabeth of Parma
22= 22. Augustus III of Poland
23= 23. Maria Josepha of Austria
24= 24. Charles Augustus, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
25= 25. Princess Auguste Friederike of Nassau-Idstein
26= 26. William IV, Prince of Orange
27= 27. Anne, Princess Royal
28= 28. Wilhelm Ludwig, Landgrave of Kirchberg
29= 29. Countess Luise of Dhaun
30= 30. Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz
31= 31. Konradine Eleonore, Princess Reuss of Köstritzahnentafel bottom