Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este

Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor
Archduke of Austria-Este Prince of Modena
Born	(1821-07-20)20 July 1821 Modena
Died	Brno
Spouse	Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
Issue	Maria Theresia, Queen of Bavaria
House	House of Habsburg-Este
Father	Francis IV of Modena
Mother	Maria Beatrice of Savoy

Ferdinand Karl Viktor (20 July 1821 – 15 December 1849) was Archduke of Austria-Este and Prince of Modena.

Biography

Born in Modena, he was the second son of Francis IV of Modena and his wife Maria Beatrice of Savoy. His paternal grandmother had been heiress to the Duchy of Modena, because her father Ercole III d'Este had no sons.

Ferdinand married Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, daughter of Archduke Josef Anton of Austria and his third wife Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg on 4 December 1846 in the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. Elisabeth and Ferdinand had one daughter, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849–1919), who became the last Queen of Bavaria.

Ferdinand, who was a Feldmarschalleutnant (Austrian "two stars" general rank), died at Brno a few months later at the age of 28 from typhus. His widow remarried with Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria.

Ferdinand is the link in the Jacobite succession between his brother Francis I and his daughter Mary IV and III.

Ancestry

Family of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este

16. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine               8. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor                       17. Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans               4. Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este                             18. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor               9. Maria Theresa of Austria                       19. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel               2. Francis IV, Duke of Modena                                   20. Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena               10. Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena                       21. Charlotte Aglaé of Orléans               5. Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este                             22. Alderano Cibo-Malsapina, Duke of Massa               11. Maria Teresa Cibo-Malsapina, Duchess of Massa                       23. Ricciardia Gonzaga of Novellara               1. Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este                                         24. Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia               12. Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia                       25. Polyxena Christina of Hesse-Rotenburg               6. Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia                             26. Philip V of Spain               13. Maria Antonietta of Spain                       27. Elisabeth of Parma               3. Maria Beatrice of Savoy                                   28. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (= 8)               14. Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este (= 4)                       29. Maria Theresa of Austria (= 9)               7. Maria Teresa of Austria-Este                             30. Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena (= 10)               15. Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este (= 5)                       31. Maria Teresa Cibo-Malsapina, Duchess of Massa (= 11)

Source

• The peerage