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Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria

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Archduke Karl Albrecht
Archduke Karl Albrecht in 1918
Born(1888-12-18)18 December 1888
Pula, Austro-Hungary
Died17 March 1951(1951-03-17) (aged 62)
near Stockholm, Sweden
SpouseAlice Elisabeth Ankarcrona
IssuePrince Karl-Stefan
Princess Maria-Christina
Prince Karl Albrecht
Princess Renata
Names
Karl Albrecht Nikolaus Leo Gratianus
HouseHouse of Habsburg-Lorraine
FatherArchduke Charles Stephen of Austria
MotherArchduchess Maria Theresia, Princess of Tuscany

Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria-Teschen (Karl Albrecht Nikolaus Leo Gratianus von Österreich, later Karl Albrecht Habsburg-Lothringen, since 1919 – Karol Olbracht Habsburg-Lotaryński; (Pula, 18 December 1888 – Östervik, nr. Stockholm, 17 March 1951).

Early life and career

He was an Austrian Archduke, the oldest son of Archduke Charles Stephen and Archduchess Maria Theresia, Princess of Tuscany.

He was a landowner in Żywiec, Officer Colonel of Artillery in both the Imperial (k.u.k.) Austro-Hungarian Army (on Horse) and the Polish Army, and the 1,175th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1910, etc.[1]

In 1918 and again in 1939 he volunteered to the Polish Army. He fought in the Polish–Soviet War.[2] In 1920, he commanded the Grudziądz Fortress. During the German occupation of Poland, he declared Polish nationality and refused to sign the Volksliste. He was imprisoned[2] in November 1939, kept in Cieszyn[citation needed] and tortured by the Gestapo.[2] His wife was interned in Wisła. He left prison blind in one eye and half-paralyzed. In October 1942, Albrecht and his family were sent to a labor camp in Strausberg.[2] After liberation, he moved to Kraków and then to Sweden. His estate was confiscated in 1939 by the invading Germans, and again in 1945 by the Polish People's Republic.[2]

Family and children

On 8 November 1920 he married morganatically Alice Elisabeth Ankarcrona (Tullgarn, near Trosa, 18 December 1889 - Saltsjöbaden, near Stockholm, Sweden, 26 November 1985) in the Castle of Żywiec, Poland. Alice became the Princess von Altenburg (with the style Highness) on 15 December 1949, as a daughter of Oscar Carl Gustav Ankarcrona (10 June 1857 -), and his wife (m. 20 November 1886) Anna Elisabeth Aurora Carleson (5 November 1867 -).

Their children were:

  • Karl-Stefan Maximilian Ferdinand Narcissus Maria Prince of Altenburg (b. Balice, Poland, 29 October 1921); married in Geneva, Switzerland, on 18 September 1952 his first cousin, Maria-Louise Victoria Katharina Elisabeth af Petersens (Stockholm, 4 November 1910 - Östervik, Sweden, 27 May 1998), daughter of August af Petersens and wife, Victoria (Vera) Ankarcrona, and had two children:
    • Maria-Christina Ninfa Renata Margarita Isabella Clara Eugenia Anselma Princess of Altenburg (b. Stockholm, 21 April 1953), unmarried and without issue
    • Karl-Albrecht Ferdinand Leopold Philipp Joseph Rafael Maria Prince of Altenburg (Stockholm, 24 October 1956 - Zürich, 26 May 1957)
  • Maria-Christina Immaculata Elisabeth Renata Alice Gabriela Princess of Altenburg (Castle of Żywiec, Poland, 8 December 1923 – 2 October 2012, Żywiec, Poland), unmarried and without issue.
  • Karl-Albrecht Maximilian Leo Maria Dominic Prince of Altenburg (Castle of Żywiec, Poland, 4 August 1926 - Castle of Żywiec, Poland, 19 December 1928)
  • Renata Maria Theresia Alice Elisabeth Princess of Altenburg (b. Castle of Żywiec, Poland, 13 April 1931), married in Stockholm on 26 June 1957 Spanish Diplomat Eduardo de Zulueta y Dato (b. Paris, France 4 December 1923), and had four children.
    • Carlos Eduardo Zulueta y Altenburgo (b. New York City), 19 October 1958), married in Santillana del Mar on 4 July 1987 Anna Iturralde (b. Madrid, 17 December 1961), and had one child
      • Inez Zulueta y Iturralde (b. Madrid, 27 September 1989)
    • Ernesto Maria Zulueta y Altenburgo (b. New York City), 7 July 1961), married in Saudburg, Ontario, Canada, on 25 July 1987 Adriana de la Riva, and had one child
    • Isabel Zulueta y Altenburgo (b. Madrid), 7 March 1965), married in Madrid, in June 1990, Juan Pedro Alcobia y Luz, and had one child
      • Gaetana Alcobia y de Zulueta (b. 11 June 1992)
    • Jaime Zulueta y Altenburgo (1971 - 15 February 1988), unmarried and no issues.

Ancestry

Family of Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria
16. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
8. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
17. Maria Louisa of Spain
4. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
18. Frederick William, Duke of Nassau
9. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg
19. Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg
2. Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria
20. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (=16)
10. Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
21. Maria Louisa of Spain (=17)
5. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
22. Duke Louis of Württemberg
11. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg
23. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg
1. Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria
24. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
12. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
25. Princess Luisa of the Two Sicilies
6. Archduke Karl Salvator, Prince of Tuscany
26. Francis I of the Two Sicilies
13. Princess Marie Antoinette of the Two Sicilies
27. Maria Isabella of Spain
3. Archduchess Maria Theresia, Princess of Tuscany
28. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (=26)
14. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
29. Maria Isabella of Spain (=27)
7. Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
30. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (=8)
15. Maria Theresa of Austria
31. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (=9)


Titles, styles, honours, and arms

Awards


References

  1. ^ Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 81
  2. ^ a b c d e Timothy Snyder. The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke. Basic Books. 2008.


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