Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria
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| Archduke Ludwig Viktor | |
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| Archduke Ludwig Viktor, about 1870 | |
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| Ludwig Viktor Joseph Anton | |
| House | House of Habsburg-Lorraine |
| Father | Archduke Franz Karl of Austria |
| Mother | Princess Sophie of Bavaria |
| Born | 15 May 1842 Hofburg, Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 18 January 1919 (aged 76) Schloss Klessheim, Austria |
Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (Ludwig Viktor Joseph Anton; 15 May 1842 – 18 January 1919) from the House of Habsburg was the youngest son born to Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and Princess Sophie of Bavaria. His siblings included Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico and Archduke Karl Ludwig.
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He was born in Vienna shortly after his sister Archduchess Maria Anna had died at four years of age, followed by a stillborn brother. During the Revolutions of 1848 and the Vienna Uprising, pampered "Luziwuzi" with his royal family had to flee the Austrian capital, at first to Innsbruck, later to Olomouc. Ludwig Viktor pursued the usual military career but had no intentions to interfere in politics. He had a city palace erected in Vienna designed by Heinrich von Ferstel, where he hosted homophile soirées.
Despite his mother's attempts to arrange a marriage for him with Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, youngest sister of Empress Elisabeth he remained a bachelor all his life. As a result of his very public homosexuality and transvestitism (Visits at the Central Bathhouse Vienna), his brother Emperor Franz Joseph finally forbade him to stay in Vienna.[1] The same emperor said that he couldn't be worry about his brother only if he would give him a Ballerina as orderly. Ludwig Viktor retired to Klessheim Palace near Salzburg where he died in 1919, at the age of 76. He is buried at the Siezenheim cemetery.
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- 15 May 1842 – 18 January 1919 His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke Ludwig Victor of Austria
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- ^ Kastl, Robert. "Gay and Lesbian Life in Vienna". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927175055/http://www.virtualvienna.net/community/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=60. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
Helmut Neuhold: Das andere Habsburg. Homoerotik im österreichischen Kaiserhaus, Tectum-Verlag
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Media related to Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria at Wikimedia Commons
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