Austria-Hungary

Abstract

Karl I. (IV. in Hungary), Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary; grandson of the late Archduke Karl Ludwig and Princess Annunciata, daughter of the late King Ferdinando II. of Naples, and son of the Archduke Otto Franz Joseph; born August 17, 1887; succeeded his greatuncle, Frauz Josef I., on November 21, 1916; crowned King of Hungary, and took the oath on the Hungarian Constitution, December 30, 1916; married October 21, 1911, to Zita, Princess of Bourbon and Parma, born May 9, 1892. Offspring (1) Archduke Franz Josef Otto, born November 20, 1912 (crown prince); (2) Archduchess Adelheid, born January 3, 1914; (3) Archduke Robert Karl Ludwig, born February 9, 1915; (4) Archduke Felix Friedrich August, born May 31, 1916; and (5) Archduke Karl Ludwig, born March 10, 1918.