Archduke Otto Franz Joseph Karl Ludwig Maria of Austria was the second son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria and his second wife, Princess Maria Annunziata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. He was the father
Otto Franz Joseph in 1889
Archduchess Maria Annunziata holding the young Archduke in her lap
Archduke Otto in 1870
The Archduke at the head of his hussars. Print by Károly Divald after a painting by Julius von Blaas
Charles I of Austria
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Charles I and IV was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from November 1916 until the monarchy was abolished in November 1918. He was the la
Archduke Otto Franz Joseph of Austria
…younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria) and his second wife, Princess Maria Annunziata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. He was the father of Charles I of Austria, the final Emperor of Austria. Otto's mother died when he was six years old. Otto and his elder brother Franz Ferdinand were taught by Alfred Ludwig…
Formal portrait, 1917
Charles as a child, c. 1889
Charles and Zita's wedding, 21 October 1911.
Charles with Bosnian-Herzegovinian Infantry on the Isonzo front in Italy in 1915