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
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
Otto von Habsburg was the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary from 1916 until its dissolution in November 1918. In 1922, he became the pretender to the former thrones, head of the House of Habsburg-L
Charles I of Austria
…the throne in a suitable marriage, and was in good spirits, even leading the toast at the wedding breakfast. Archduchess Zita soon conceived a son, and Otto was born 20 November 1912. Seven more children followed in the next decade. Charles, whose father had died in 1906, became heir presumptive after the…
Official portrait as an MEP, 1994
The young crown prince Otto with his parents posing for official photographs on the occasion of the coronation in Budapest, 1916
Otto von Habsburg (left) and Count von Degenfeld in 1933
Otto (first right) with Helmut Kohl (third right) at the ceremony of the European Prize Coudenhove-Kalergi