MILITARY PERSONNEL

Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria

1818 - 1874

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Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (Vienna, 29 July 1818 – Gross Seelowitz (Židlochovice Castle), 20 November 1874) was the second son of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771–1847) and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, and the maternal grandfather of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. A son of the "hero of Aspern", he started his military career in Infantry Regiment 57 in Brno. Later, he received command of a brigade in Italy and fought against the insurgents in Prague in 1848. In 1859, he was a general in Moravia and Silesia and returned to Brno in 1860. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria is the 444th most popular military personnel (up from 459th in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Austria (down from 273rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Austrian Military Personnel.

Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria was most famous for being assassinated on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, by Gavrilo Princip.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria ranks 444 out of 2,058. Before him are Lü Meng, Zinovy Rozhestvensky, August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Petre Dumitrescu, Thrasybulus, and Karl Mack von Leiberich. After him are Günther Rall, Horatius Cocles, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, Sergei Skripal, José Sanjurjo, and François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria ranks 21. Before him are Adolf Anderssen, Sophie of Württemberg, Angelo Secchi, Leconte de Lisle, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, and Charles III, Prince of Monaco. After him are Alexander Bain, Maria Mitchell, Zachris Topelius, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville, Benjamin Butler, and Thomas Mayne Reid. Among people deceased in 1874, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria ranks 9. Before him are Jules Michelet, Howard Staunton, Adolphe Quetelet, François Guizot, David Strauss, and Charles Gleyre. After him are Johann Philipp Reis, Josiah Warren, Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira, Peter Cornelius, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, and Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria ranks 284 out of 1,424. Before him are Hans Hollein (1934), Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), Koloman Moser (1868), Countess Georgina von Wilczek (1921), Paul Lazarsfeld (1901), and Michael Hainisch (1858). After him are Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901), Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1853), Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1534), Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1892), Cecilia Renata of Austria (1611), and Bertha Pappenheim (1859).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Austria

Among military personnels born in Austria, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria ranks 15. Before him are Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1771), Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865), Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817), Gustav Wagner (1911), and Walter Nowotny (1920). After him are Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924), Franz Böhme (1885), Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614), Karl Silberbauer (1911), Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), and Eduard Roschmann (1908).

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