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Charles II, Archduke of Austria

1540 - 1590

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Charles II Francis of Austria (German: Karl II. Franz von Innerösterreich) (3 June 1540 – 10 July 1590) was an Archduke of Austria and a ruler of Inner Austria (Styria, Carniola, Carinthia and Gorizia) from 1564. He was a member of the House of Habsburg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles II, Archduke of Austria is the 1,401st most popular politician (down from 1,272nd in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Austria (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Austrian Politician.

Charles II, Archduke of Austria, was most famous for being the heir to the Spanish throne.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles II, Archduke of Austria ranks 1,401 out of 19,576Before him are Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, Ghazan, Otto of Bavaria, Chulalongkorn, and Michel Aoun. After him are Engelbert Dollfuss, Andronikos I Komnenos, Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah, Cleopatra IV of Egypt, 2nd Dalai Lama, and Sinsharishkun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1540, Charles II, Archduke of Austria ranks 4Before him are Francis Drake, François Viète, and Ludolph van Ceulen. After him are John Sigismund Zápolya, Joseph Justus Scaliger, Lady Katherine Grey, Maharana Pratap, Hümaşah Sultan, José de Acosta, Magnus, Duke of Holstein, and Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme. Among people deceased in 1590, Charles II, Archduke of Austria ranks 3Before him are Pope Urban VII, and Pope Sixtus V. After him are Ambroise Paré, Archduchess Anna of Austria, Christina of Denmark, Gioseffo Zarlino, Bernardino de Sahagún, Francis Walsingham, Catherine of Ricci, Marietta Robusti, and Maddalena Casulana.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Charles II, Archduke of Austria ranks 99 out of 1,424Before him are Otto Wagner (1841), Melanie Klein (1882), Arthur Schnitzler (1862), Alma Mahler (1879), Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852), and Saint Florian (250). After him are Engelbert Dollfuss (1892), Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (1886), Alfred Hermann Fried (1864), Karl von Frisch (1886), Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (1883), and Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1339).

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