Archduke Karl Salvator, Prince Of Tuscany
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Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria (
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: ''Karl Salvator Maria Joseph Johann Baptist Philipp Jakob Januarius Ludwig Gonzaga Rainer''; 30 April 1839 in
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– 18 January 1892 in
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), was a member of the Tuscan branch of the
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.


Early life and career

He was an Austrian
Archduke Archduke (feminine: Archduchess; German: ''Erzherzog'', feminine form: ''Erzherzogin'') was the title borne from 1358 by the Habsburg rulers of the Archduchy of Austria, and later by all senior members of that dynasty. It denotes a rank within ...
, a son of
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopold II, , English: ''Leopold John Joseph Francis Ferdinand Charles''. (3 October 1797 – 29 January 1870) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1824 to 1859. He married twice; first to Maria Anna of Saxony, and after her death in 1832, to Mari ...
and second wife Marie Antoinette of Tuscany. He was a ''
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'' of the Imperial (
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)
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. He worked with Count George von Dormus as inventor of early self-loading small arms including the
Salvator Dormus pistol The Salvator-Dormus pistol is the earliest-patented semi-automatic pistol. It was patented on 11 July 1891, by Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria and Count . As the first of its kind, it was designed without the benefit of experience with earlier ...
and the Salvator-Dormus M1893 heavy machine gun.


Family and children

He married in
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on 19 September 1861 his first cousin Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (
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, 14 April 1844 –
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, 18 February 1899), daughter of his maternal uncle
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, and second wife
Maria Theresa of Austria Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position in her own right. She was the sovereig ...
. Their children were: * Archduchess Maria Theresia ( Alt-Bunzlau, 18 September 1862 – 10 May 1933), married in
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on 28 February 1886
Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria Archduke Charles Stephen Eugene Viktor Felix Maria of Austria (, ; 5 September 1860 – 7 April 1933) was a member of the House of Habsburg, a Grand Admiral in the Austro-Hungarian Navy and candidate for the Kingdom of Poland (1916-1918), Polish ...
(1860 – 1933) and had issue. * Archduke Leopold Salvator ( Alt-Bunzlau,
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, 15 October 1863 –
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, 4 September 1931), married in
Frohsdorf Lanzenkirchen is a market town in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Geography Lanzenkirchen is situated on the river Leitha, south of the city Wiener Neustadt, at the foot of the Rosaliengebirge mountai ...
on 24 October 1889 Blanca, Infanta of Spain (1868 – 1949), and had issue * Archduke Franz Salvator (
Altmünster Altmünster (; In the local dialect: ''Oidmünsta''), also known as Altmünster am Traunsee, is a market town located about 3 kilometres south of Gmunden in the Austrian state of Upper Austria, on the west shore of the Traunsee. Its economic base ...
, 21 August 1866 –
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, 20 April 1939), married firstly in
Ischl Bad Ischl (Austrian German ) is a spa town in Austria. It lies in the southern part of Upper Austria, at the river Traun in the centre of the Salzkammergut region. The town consists of the Katastralgemeinden ''Ahorn'', ''Bad Ischl'', ''Haiden' ...
on 31 July 1890
Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria Archduchess Marie Valerie Mathilde Amalie of Austria (22 April 1868 – 6 September 1924) was the youngest child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. She was usually called Valerie. On 31 July 1890, she married Archdu ...
(1868 – 1924), and had issue, and married secondly
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in
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on 28 April 1934 Melanie Freiin von Riesenfels (1898 – 1984), without issue * Archduchess Karoline Marie (
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, 5 September 1869 –
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, 12 May 1945), married in
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on 30 May 1894
Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Braganza (6 December 1867 – 11 October 1922), known in Brazil as Dom Augusto Leopoldo, was a prince of the Empire of Brazil and of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry. He was the seco ...
(1867 – 1922) and had issue. *Archduke Albrecht Salvator ( Alt-Bunzlau, 22 November 1871 –
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, 27 February 1896), unmarried and without issue *Archduchess Maria Antoinette (
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, 18 April 1874 –
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, 14 January 1891) *Archduchess Maria Immakulata (
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, 3 September 1878 – Schloss Altshausen, 25 November 1968), married in
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on 29 October 1900 Duke Robert of Württemberg (1873 – 1947) without issue *Archduke Rainer Salvator (
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, 27 February 1880 –
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, 4 May 1889) *Archduchess Henriette Maria (
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, 20 February 1884 –
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, 13 August 1886) *Archduke Ferdinand Salvator (
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, 2 June 1888 –
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, 28 July 1891)


Ancestry


References

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