Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria, later known as Ferdinand Burg (Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Johann Maria;
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, 27 December 1868 –
Munich
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, 12 March 1915) was a member of the
House of Habsburg
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Biography
Ferdinand Karl was the third son of
Archduke Charles Louis of Austria
Archduke Karl Ludwig Josef Maria of Austria (30 July 1833 – 19 May 1896) was the younger brother of both Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico, and the father of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863–1914), whose assassin ...
and
Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Princess Maria Annunciata Isabella Filomena Sabasia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Italian: ''Maria Annunziata Isabella Filomena Sabasia, Principessa di Borbone delle Due Sicilie''; 24 March 1843 – 4 May 1871) was a political figure from the House ...
.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria, (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I.
F ...
, whose assassination at
Sarajevo
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on 28 June 1914 launched
World War I
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, was his elder brother.
He served as a major-general in the Austrian Army.
Marriage and issue
Like his brother, in 1909 he concluded an
unequal marriage with Bertha Czuber (1879–1979), daughter of
Emanuel Czuber. Unlike his brother, he did so without the emperor's knowledge or consent, having
eloped two years before the marriage was revealed publicly.
On 6 August 1911 he renounced his rights and titles as a
dynast of the
House of Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...
and assumed the name of "Ferdinand Burg",
[C.E.D.R.E., *L'Empire d'Autriche*, Volume II, 1991, p. 197 (French)] at the demand of
Emperor Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his ...
. Henceforth he absented himself from the Viennese court and lived in
Tyrol
Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...
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Death
By then Ferdinand Karl was suffering from
tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, i ...
, of which he died in 1915. He and his wife had no children. A funeral was set for him about four months after his death.
Honours
He received the following orders and decorations:
[Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie (1911)](_blank)
Genealogy p. 3
References
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Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria
Knights of Malta
Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia)
Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class
Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 1st class