Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1867–1944)
Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony was the mother of Emperor Charles I of Austria and the fifth child of George of Saxony and Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal.
Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1867–1944)
Princess Maria Josepha with her two sons, 1910.
Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria in her youth, circa 1889-90
Kazimierz Pochwalski – Portrait of Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony 1897
Charles I or Karl I was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, King of Croatia, King of Bohemia, and the last of the monarchs belonging to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine to rule over Austria-Hungary. The son of Archduke Otto of Austria and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Charles became heir presumptive of Emperor Franz Joseph when his uncle Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in 1914. In 1911, he married Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma. He is venerated in the Catholic Church, was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 3 October 2004, and is known to the Catholic Church as Blessed Karl of Austria.
Charles I, c. 1919
Charles as a child, c. 1889
Charles and Zita's wedding, 21 October 1911
King Charles IV taking his coronation oath at Holy Trinity Column outside Matthias Church, Budapest, 30 December 1916