Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria

Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria (Italian: Carlo Salvatore Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Filippo Jacopo Gennaro Lodovico Gonzaga Raniero; German: Karl Salvator Maria Joseph Johann Baptist Philipp Jakob Januarius Ludwig Gonzaga Ranier; Florence, 30 April 1839 Vienna, 18 January 1892), was a member of the Tuscan branch of the House of Habsburg.

Archduke Karl Salvator
Born(1839-04-30)30 April 1839
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Austrian Empire
Died18 January 1892(1892-01-18) (aged 52)
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
SpousePrincess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
IssueArchduchess Maria Theresia
Archduke Leopold Salvator
Archduke Franz Salvator
Archduchess Karoline Marie
Archduke Albrecht Salvator
Archduchess Maria Antoinette
Archduchess Maria Immakulata
Archduke Rainier Salvator
Archduchess Henriette
Archduke Ferdinand Salvator
Names
German: Karl Salvator Maria Joseph Johann Baptist Phillipp Jacob Gennarius Ludwig Gonzaga Ranierius
Italian: Carlo Salvatore Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Filippo Jacopo Gennaro Lodovico Gonzaga Raniero
HouseHabsburg-Tuscany
FatherLeopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
MotherPrincess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies

Early life and career

He was an Austrian Archduke, a son of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany and second wife Marie Antoinette of Tuscany. He was a Feldmarschall-Leutnant of the Imperial (k.u.k.) Austro-Hungarian Army.[1][2] He worked with Count George von Dormus as inventor of early self-loading small arms including the Salvator Dormus pistol and the Salvator-Dormus M1893 heavy machine gun.[3]

Family and children

He married in Rome on 19 September 1861 his first cousin Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Naples, 14 April 1844 – Vienna, 18 February 1899), daughter of his maternal uncle Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, and second wife Maria Theresa of Austria.

Their children were:

Ancestry

References

  1. "Costados Nobres de Portugal", Gonçalo de Mesquita da Silveira de Vasconcelos e Sousa e José Manuel de Seabra da Costa Reis, Livraria Esquina, 1.ª Edição, Porto, 1992, N.º 9
  2. Ribera, José António Moya, Costados, N.º 81
  3. Antaris, Leonardo M. (2017). "In the Beginning". American Rifleman. National Rifle Association of America. 165 (10): 76.
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