Archduke Leo Karl of Austria
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| Leo Karl | |
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| Archduke Leo Karl, captain of the imp. and royal Army of Austria-Hungary, officer in the Polish Army. Photo of 1920 (in the Polish Army uniform). | |
| Spouse | Maria-Klothilde von Thuillières |
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| Count Leo Stefan of Habsburg | |
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| Leo Karl Maria Cyril-Methodius Habsburg-Lorraine | |
| House | House of Habsburg-Lorraine |
| Father | Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria |
| Mother | Archduchess Maria Theresia, Princess of Tuscany |
| Born | 5 July 1893 Pula, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 28 April 1939 (aged 45) Bestwina, Poland |
| Burial | Local Cemetery of Bestwina |
Archduke Leo Karl Maria Cyril-Methodius Habsburg-Lorraine, Archduke of Austria (5 July 1893, Pula – 28 April 1939, Bestwina) was the son of Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria and Archduchess Maria Theresia, Princess of Tuscany. He was his father’s answer to the Eastern European question and become a would-be regent of future Balkan zone of influence of the Habsburg monarchy.
In 1913 he and his younger brother, Wilhelm, enrolled at the imperial military academy at Wiener-Neustadt. Upon reaching Habsburg age of majority, twenty years old, he was inducted into the Order of the Golden Fleece – a Habsburg noble order[1] – as well as the upper house of the parliament .
He served first in the Austrian army and then after the fall of the Habsburg Empire he served with great distinction in the Polish Army.
He married an Austrian noble woman Maria-Klothilde von Thuillières Gfn von Montjoye-Vaufrey et de la Roche (1893–1978), known among family as Maja in October 1922, at St. Stephen Cathedral in Vienna. The marriage was acceptable though morganatic. Their children are granted the title of Count of Habsburg.
Children: Count Leo Stefan of Habsburg (b. 1928).
He lived on a partition of the Żywiec family estate, that he and his brother Albrecht inherited from their father Karl Stefan. Leo was rising his children German.[2] He died of tuberculosis on the 28th of April 1939 in his estate in Bestwina, southern Poland. He hadn’t left a last will and the property was inherited by his wife Maja.
He was buried in the local cemetery in Bestwina, a countryside belonging to his family and the place where he and his family moved into a palace in 1933 after the death of Karl Stefan, the father.
References [edit]
- ^ Snyder, Timothy (June 2008). The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke. Basic Books. p. 344. ISBN 978-0-465-00237-5.
- ^ Snyder, Timothy (June 2008). The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke. Basic Books. p. 344. ISBN 978-0-465-00237-5.
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