Back فرانتس كارل أرشيدوق النمسا Arabic فرانز كارل ارشيدوق النمسا ARZ Франц Карл Австрийски Bulgarian Franz Karl Aostria BR Francesc Carles d'Àustria Catalan František Karel Habsbursko-Lotrinský Czech Franz Karl af Østrig Danish Franz Karl von Österreich German Φραγκίσκος Κάρολος, αρχιδούκας της Αυστρίας Greek Archduke Franz Karl of Austria English
| Archduke Franz Karl | |||||
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 Franz Karl at age 75, 1878. | |||||
| Born | 17 December 1802 Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire | ||||
| Died | 8 March 1878 (aged 75) Vienna, Austria-Hungary | ||||
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| House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
| Father | Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor | ||||
| Mother | Princess Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily | ||||
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| Reference style | His Imperial and Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Imperial and Royal Highness |
Archduke Franz Karl Joseph of Austria (17 December 1802 – 8 March 1878) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
Franz was the father of two emperors: Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico. Through his third son Karl Ludwig, he was the grandfather of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Franz Ferdinand's assassination sparked the hostilities that led to the outbreak of World War I. Karl Joseph was the great-grandfather of the last Habsburg emperor Karl I.