How to Pronounce Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
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Jul 29, 1818 Vienna, Austria Died on 20 Nov 1874 (aged 56)
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About Archduke Karl Ferdinand Of Austria
- 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 a 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.
- He became a Lieutenant Field Marshal of the Austrian Army.
