Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria
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Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria-Teschen (Karl Albrecht Nikolaus Leo Gratianus von Österreich, later Karl Albrecht Habsburg-Lothringen, since 1919 – Karol Olbracht Habsburg-Lotaryński, since 1949 – Karl von Habsburg-Altenburg; (Pula
, 18 December 1888 – Östervik, nr. Stockholm
, 17 March 1951).
Archduke
, the oldest son of Archduke Charles Stephen
and Archduchess Maria Theresia, Princess of Tuscany.
He was Żywiec
landowner, Officer
Colonel
of Artillery
of both the Imperial (k.u.k.
) Austro-Hungarian Army
(on Horse) and the Polish Army, and the 1,175th Knight
of the Order of the Golden Fleece
in 1910, etc.
In 1918 and again in 1939 he volunteered to the Polish Army.
In 1920 he commanded the Grudziądz
Fortress
.
During German occupation of Poland, he refused to sign the German Volksliste
.
He was imprisoned by Germans
in November 1939, kept in Cieszyn
prison and tortured until the end of the war. His wife was interned in Wisła. After liberation, he moved to Kraków
and then to Sweden
.
, 18 December 1889 - Saltsjöbaden
, near Stockholm
, 26 November 1985) in the Castle
of Saybusch (Żywiec
), Galicia. Alice became the Princess von Altenburg
(Highness
) on 15 December 1949, as a daughter of Oscar Carl Gustav Ankarcrona
(10 June 1857 -), and his wife (m. 20 November 1886) Anna Elisabeth Aurora Carleson (5 November 1867 -).
Their children were:
Pula
Pula is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, situated at the southern tip of the Istria peninsula, with a population of 62,080 .Like the rest of the region, it is known for its mild climate, smooth sea, and unspoiled nature. The city has a long tradition of winemaking, fishing,...
, 18 December 1888 – Östervik, nr. Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, 17 March 1951).
Early life and career
He was an AustrianAustria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
Archduke
Archduke
The title of Archduke denotes a noble rank above Duke and below King, used only by princes of the Houses of Habsburg and Habsburg-Lorraine....
, the oldest son of Archduke Charles Stephen
Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria
Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria was a member of the House of Habsburg and a Grand Admiral in the Austro-Hungarian Navy.-Family:Charles Stephen was born in Židlochovice the son of Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria and of his wife Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria...
and Archduchess Maria Theresia, Princess of Tuscany.
He was Żywiec
Zywiec
Żywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants . Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship....
landowner, Officer
Officer (armed forces)
An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority. Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position...
Colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
of Artillery
Artillery
Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
of both the Imperial (k.u.k.
K.u.k.
The German phrase kaiserlich und königlich , typically abbreviated as k. u. k., k. und k. , or k. & k., refers to the Court of the Habsburgs in a broader historical perspective . Some modern authors restrict its use to the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary from 1867 to 1918...
) Austro-Hungarian Army
Austro-Hungarian Army
The Austro-Hungarian Army was the ground force of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy from 1867 to 1918. It was composed of three parts: the joint army , the Austrian Landwehr , and the Hungarian Honvédség .In the wake of fighting between the...
(on Horse) and the Polish Army, and the 1,175th Knight
Knight
A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Order of the Golden Fleece
The Order of the Golden Fleece is an order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip III, Duke of Burgundy in 1430, to celebrate his marriage to the Portuguese princess Infanta Isabella of Portugal, daughter of King John I of Portugal. It evolved as one of the most prestigious orders in Europe...
in 1910, etc.
In 1918 and again in 1939 he volunteered to the Polish Army.
In 1920 he commanded the Grudziądz
Grudziadz
Grudziądz is a city in northern Poland on the Vistula River, with 96 042 inhabitants . Situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship , the city was previously in the Toruń Voivodeship .- History :-Early history:...
Fortress
Fortification
Fortifications are military constructions and buildings designed for defence in warfare and military bases. Humans have constructed defensive works for many thousands of years, in a variety of increasingly complex designs...
.
During German occupation of Poland, he refused to sign the German Volksliste
Volksliste
The Deutsche Volksliste was a Nazi institution whose purpose was the classification of inhabitants of German occupied territories into categories of desirability according to criteria systematized by Heinrich Himmler. The institution was first established in occupied western Poland...
.
He was imprisoned by Germans
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
in November 1939, kept in Cieszyn
Cieszyn
Cieszyn is a border-town and the seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has 36,109 inhabitants . Cieszyn lies on the Olza River, a tributary of the Oder river, opposite Český Těšín....
prison and tortured until the end of the war. His wife was interned in Wisła. After liberation, he moved to Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
and then to Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
.
Family and children
On November 8, 1920 he married morganatically Alice Elisabeth Ankarcrona (Tullgarn, near TrosaTrosa
Trosa is a locality and the seat of Trosa Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 4,633 inhabitants in 2005 and 11,417 in 2010 ....
, 18 December 1889 - Saltsjöbaden
Saltsjöbaden
Saltsjöbaden is a locality situated in Nacka Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 8,937 inhabitants in 2005. It is located on the coast of the Baltic Sea.- History :...
, near Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, 26 November 1985) in the Castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
of Saybusch (Żywiec
Zywiec
Żywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants . Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship....
), Galicia. Alice became the Princess von Altenburg
Altenburg, Lower Austria
Altenburg is a municipality in the district of Horn in Lower Austria, Austria....
(Highness
Highness
Highness, often used with a possessive adjective , is an attribute referring to the rank of the dynasty in an address...
) on 15 December 1949, as a daughter of Oscar Carl Gustav Ankarcrona
Oscar Carl Gustav Ankarcrona
Oscar Carl Gustav Ankarcrona , was a Huntsman-Major of the Court of the King of Sweden, Major of the Swedish Army, etc, son of Conrad Victor Ankarcrona , Grand Master of the Court of the King of Sweden, etc, and wife and cousin Oscar Carl Gustav Ankarcrona (born 10 June 1857), was a Huntsman-Major...
(10 June 1857 -), and his wife (m. 20 November 1886) Anna Elisabeth Aurora Carleson (5 November 1867 -).
Their children were:
- Karl-Stefan Maximilian Ferdinand Narcissus Maria Prince of Altenburg (b. Balice, 29 October 1921 -), married in GenevaGenevaGeneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
on 18 September 1952 his first cousin Maria-Louise Victoria Katharina Elisabeth af Petersens (StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, 4 November 1910 - Östervik, 27 May 1998), daughter of August af Petersens and wife Victoria (Vera) Ankarcrona, and had two children:- Maria-Christina Ninfa Renata Margarita Isabella Clara Eugenia Anselma Princess of Altenburg (b. StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, 21 April 1953 -), unmarried and without issue - Karl-Albrecht Ferdinand Leopold Philipp Joseph Rafael Maria Prince of Altenburg (StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, 24 October 1956 - ZürichZürichZurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, 26 May 1957)
- Maria-Christina Ninfa Renata Margarita Isabella Clara Eugenia Anselma Princess of Altenburg (b. Stockholm
- Maria-Christina Immaculata Elisabeth Renata Alice Gabriela Princess of Altenburg (b. CastleCastleA castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
of Saysbusch (ŻywiecZywiecŻywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants . Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship....
), Galicia, 8 December 1923), unmarried and without issue; lives in Żywiec - Karl-Albrecht Maximilian Leo Maria Dominic Prince of Altenburg (CastleCastleA castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
of Saysbusch (ŻywiecZywiecŻywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants . Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship....
), Galicia, 4 August 1926 - CastleCastleA castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
of Saysbuch (ŻywiecZywiecŻywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants . Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship....
), Galicia, 19 December 1928) - Renata Maria Theresia Alice Elisabeth Princess of Altenburg (b. CastleCastleA castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
of Saysbusch (ŻywiecZywiecŻywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants . Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship....
), Galicia, 13 April 1931 -), married in StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
on 26 June 1957 Spanish DiplomatDiplomatA diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
Eduardo de Zulueta y DatoEduardo de Zulueta y DatoEduardo de Zulueta y Dato is a Spanish Diplomat.Born in Paris, son of Ernesto de Zulueta e Isasi, of the Marquesses of Álava Viscounts of Casa Blanca and wife Eduardo de Zulueta y Dato (b. Paris, 4 December 1923 –) is a Spanish Diplomat.Born in Paris, son of Ernesto de Zulueta e Isasi, of the...
(b. Paris, 4 December 1923 -), and had issue