Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1 February 1745 – 18 January 1761) was the second son of the Habsburg ruler Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Charles Joseph was the favourite son of Maria Theresa and Francis. He is known to have hated his older brother, the future Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II. He ridiculed him for his haughtiness and thought himself to be more deserving of the Crown of the Holy Roman Empire because he was the first son born to Francis during his reign as emperor. Charles Joseph often said that he meant to contend with his brother for the imperial crown.[1]
The rivalry between the brothers was ended by Charles Joseph's death from smallpox, two weeks before his sixteenth birthday. While his mother was sitting by his bed in tears, Charles Joseph told her:
You should not weep for me, dear mother, for had I lived, I would have brought you many more tears![2]
Charles Joseph is buried in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna. His heart was buried separately in the Habsburg Crypt in the Loreto chapel of the Augustinian Church in Vienna.
Notes and references
- ↑ In fact, Charles Joseph was mistaken. Francis was elected emperor in September, which means that Charles wasn't born to an emperor either. Mahan, 270.
- ↑ Mahan, 270.
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Ancestry
| Family of Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1745–1761) |
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16. Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine |
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8. Charles V, Duke of Lorraine |
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17. Claude-Françoise of Lorraine |
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4. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine |
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18. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor |
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9. Eleonora Maria of Austria
Queen Dowager of Poland-Lithuania |
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19. Eleanor Gonzaga of Mantua |
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2. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor |
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20. Louis XIII of France |
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10. Philippe de France, Duke of Orléans, Monsieur |
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21. Anne of Austria |
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5. Princess Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans |
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22. Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine |
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11. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Charlotte of Simmern, Madame |
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23. Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel |
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1. Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria |
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24. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (= 18) |
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12. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor |
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25. Maria Anna of Spain |
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6. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor |
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26. Philip William, Elector Palatine |
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13. Eleonore Magdalena of the Palatinate |
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27. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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3. Maria Theresa of Austria
Queen of Hungary & Bohemia |
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28. Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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14. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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29. Duchess Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg |
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7. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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30. Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen |
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15. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen |
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31. Duchess Christine Frederica of Württemburg |
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Generations are numbered by male-line descent from the first archdukes. Later generations are included although Austrian titles of nobility were abolished in 1919.
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- S: also an infante of Spain
- P: also an infante of Portugal
- T: also a prince of Tuscany
- M: also a prince of Modena
- B: also a prince of Belgium
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* also an archduke of Austria
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