Charles I of Austria

Charles I or Karl I (Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria 17 August 1887 - 1 April 1922) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary (as Charles IV, King of Croatia, King of Bohemia (as Charles III, (Karel III), and the last of the monarchs belonging to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine to rule over Austria-Hungary. The son of Archduke Otto of Austria and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Charles became heir presumptive of Emperor Franz Joseph when his uncle Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in 1914. In 1911, he married Princess Zita of Parma. He is venerated in the Catholic Church, having been beatified by Pope John Paul II on 3 October 2004, and is known to the Catholic Church as Blessed Karl of Austria.

Issue

 * 1) Ott, Crown Prince of Austria (20 November 1912 – 4 July 2011) married Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen and had issue.
 * 2) Archduchess Adelheid of Austria (3 January 1914 – 2 October 1971) never married.
 * 3) Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este 8 February 1915 – 7 February 1996) married Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta and had issue.
 * 4) Archduke Fleix of Austria (31 May 1916 – 6 September 2011) married Princess & Duchess Anna-Eugénie of Arenberg and had issue.
 * 5) Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria (10 March 1918 – 11 December 2007) married Princess Yolande of Ligne and had issue.
 * 6) Archduke Rudolf of Austria (5 September 1919 – 15 May 2010) married three times and had issue.
 * 7) Archduchess Charlotte of Austria (1 March 1921 – 23 July 1989) married George, Duke of Mecklenburg and had issue.
 * 8) Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (31 May 1922 – 6 January 1993) married Prince Heinrich of Liechtenstein and had issue.

Titles and styles

 * 17 August 1887 – 28 June 1914 His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke Karl of Austria, Prince of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia.
 * 28 June 1914 – 21 November 1916 His Imperial and Royal Highness The Archduke of Austria-Este.
 * 21 November 1916 – 3 April 1919 His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty The Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary and Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia.