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Charles I of Austria

1887 - 1922

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Charles I (German: Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria, Hungarian: Károly Ferenc József Lajos Hubert György Ottó Mária; 17 August 1887 – 1 April 1922) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary (as Charles IV), and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from November 1916 until the monarchy was abolished in November 1918. He was 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles I of Austria is the 281st most popular politician (up from 295th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Austria (up from 26th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Austrian Politician.

Charles I of Austria is most famous for being the last emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was born on August 18, 1887, and he died in 1922.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles I of Austria ranks 281 out of 19,576. Before him are Lucius Verus, Slobodan Milošević, Pratibha Patil, Augusto Pinochet, Louis Philippe I, and Reinhard Heydrich. After him are Darius III, Demosthenes, Louis XII of France, Wu Zetian, Henry II of France, and Ferdinand I of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Charles I of Austria ranks 6. Before him are Le Corbusier, Chiang Kai-shek, Erwin Schrödinger, Bernard Montgomery, and Marc Chagall. After him are Erich von Manstein, Padre Pio, Marcel Duchamp, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Ernst Röhm, and Gustav Ludwig Hertz. Among people deceased in 1922, Charles I of Austria ranks 4. Before him are Pope Benedict XV, Alexander Graham Bell, and Marcel Proust. After him are Fredrik Bajer, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, Enver Pasha, Erich von Falkenhayn, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Ernest Shackleton, Djemal Pasha, and Hermann Rorschach.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Charles I of Austria ranks 23 out of 1,424. Before him are Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (1858), Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863), Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741), Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (1791), Maximilian I of Mexico (1832), and Karl Popper (1902). After him are Ferdinand I of Austria (1793), Klara Hitler (1860), Niki Lauda (1949), Alfred Adler (1870), Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685), and Theodoric the Great (454).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Charles I of Austria ranks 8. Before him are Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830), Maria Theresa (1717), Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527), Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459), Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741), and Maximilian I of Mexico (1832). After him are Ferdinand I of Austria (1793), Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685), Theodoric the Great (454), Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552), Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747), and Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578).

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