Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria

Archduke of Austria and gun inventor (1839–1892)

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Archduke Karl Salvator

Born| (1839-04-30)30 April 1839
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Austrian Empire
Died| 18 January 1892(1892-01-18) (aged 52)
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Spouse|

Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

(m. 1861)​

Issue|

* Archduchess Maria Theresia
* Archduke Leopold Salvator
* Archduke Franz Salvator
* Karoline Marie, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
* Archduke Albrecht Salvator
* Archduchess Maria Antoinette
* Maria Immakulata, Duchess of Württemberg
* 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
House| Habsburg-Tuscany
Father| Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Mother| Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies

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.

## Early life and career[edit]

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[edit]

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:

* Archduchess Maria Theresia (Alt-Bunzlau, 18 September 1862 – 10 May 1933), married in Vienna on 28 February 1886 Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria (1860 – 1933) and had issue.
* Archduke Leopold Salvator (Alt-Bunzlau, Bohemia, 15 October 1863 – Vienna, 4 September 1931), married in Frohsdorf on 24 October 1889 Blanca, Infanta of Spain (1868 – 1949), and had issue
* Archduke Franz Salvator (Altmünster, 21 August 1866 – Vienna, 20 April 1939), married firstly in Ischl on 31 July 1890 Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (1868 – 1924), and had issue, and married secondly morganatically in Vienna on 28 April 1934 Melanie Freiin von Riesenfels (1898 – 1984), without issue
* Archduchess Karoline Marie (Altmünster, 5 September 1869 – Budapest, 12 May 1945), married in Vienna on 30 May 1894 Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1867 – 1922) and had issue.
* Archduke Albrecht Salvator (Alt-Bunzlau, 22 November 1871 – Bolzano, 27 February 1896), unmarried and without issue
* Archduchess Maria Antoinette (Vienna, 18 April 1874 – Arco, 14 January 1891)
* Archduchess Maria Immakulata (Baden bei Wien, 3 September 1878 – Schloss Altshausen, 25 November 1968), married in Vienna on 29 October 1900 Duke Robert of Württemberg (1873 – 1947) without issue
* Archduke Rainer Salvator (Vienna, 27 February 1880 – Arco, 4 May 1889)
* Archduchess Henriette Maria (Vienna, 20 February 1884 – Traunkirchen, 13 August 1886)
* Archduke Ferdinand Salvator (Baden bei Wien, 2 June 1888 – Traunkirchen, 28 July 1891)

## Ancestry[edit]

Ancestors of Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria

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| 4\. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany|

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| 9\. Infanta Maria Louise of Spain

| 2\. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany|

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| 10\. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies

| 5\. Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily|

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| 11\. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria

| 1\. Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria|
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| 12\. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (= 10)

| 6\. Francis I of the Two Sicilies|

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| 13\. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (= 11)

| 3\. Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies|

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| 14\. Charles IV of Spain

| 7\. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain|

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| 15\. Infanta Maria Luisa of Parma

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## References[edit]

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. 165 (10). National Rifle Association of America: 76.

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Austrian archdukes

Generations are numbered by male-line descent from the first archdukes. Later generations are included although Austrian titles of nobility were abolished in 1919.

1st generation|

* Frederick V
* Albert VI
* Sigismund

2nd generation|

* Maximilian I

3rd generation|

* Philip I of Castile

4th generation|

* Charles I
* Ferdinand I

5th generation|

* Philip II of SpainS
* Maximilian II
* Ferdinand II
* Charles II

6th generation|

* Charles, Prince of AsturiasS
* Ferdinand, Prince of AsturiasS
* Diego, Prince of AsturiasSP
* Philip III of SpainSP
* Rudolf V
* Ernest
* Matthias
* Maximilian III
* Albert VII
* Wenceslaus
* Ferdinand III
* Maximilian Ernest
* Leopold V
* Charles, Bishop of Wroclaw

7th generation|

* Philip IV of SpainSP
* CharlesSP
* FerdinandSP
* AlonsoSP
* Ferdinand IV
* Leopold Wilhelm
* Ferdinand Charles
* Sigismund Francis

8th generation|

* Balthasar Charles, Prince of AsturiasSP
* Philip Prospero, Prince of AsturiasS
* Charles II of SpainS
* Ferdinand IV of Hungary
* Leopold VI
* Charles Joseph

9th generation|

* Joseph I
* Leopold Joseph
* Charles III

11th generation|

* Joseph IIT
* Charles JosephT
* Leopold VIIT
* FerdinandT
* Maximilian Franz, Archbishop-Elector of CologneT

12th generation|

* Emperor Francis IT
* Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of TuscanyT
* CharlesT
* Alexander LeopoldT
* JosephT
* Anton VictorT
* JohnT
* Rainer JosephT
* LouisT
* Cardinal RudolfT
* Francis IV, Duke of ModenaM
* Ferdinand Karl JosephM
* MaximilianM
* Karl Ambrosius, Primate of HungaryM

13th generation|

* Emperor Ferdinand I
* Joseph Franz
* Franz Karl
* Leopold II, Grand Duke of TuscanyT
* Albrecht
* Karl Ferdinand
* Frederick Ferdinand
* Wilhelm Franz
* Stephen
* Joseph Karl
* Leopold Ludwig
* Ernest
* Sigismund
* Rainer Ferdinand
* Heinrich Anton
* Francis V, Duke of ModenaM
* Ferdinand Karl ViktorM

14th generation|

* Emperor Franz Joseph I
* Maximilian I of Mexico
* Karl Ludwig
* Ludwig Viktor
* Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of TuscanyT
* Karl SalvatorT
* Ludwig SalvatorT
* John SalvatorT
* Friedrich
* Charles Stephen
* Eugen
* Joseph August
* Archduke Ladislaus Philipp

15th generation|

* Crown Prince Rudolf
* Franz Ferdinand
* Otto
* Ferdinand Karl
* Leopold FerdinandT
* Josef FerdinandT
* Peter FerdinandT
* Leopold SalvatorT
* Franz SalvatorT
* Albrecht Franz
* Karl Albrecht
* Leo Karl
* Wilhelm
* Joseph Francis

16th generation|

* Emperor Charles I
* Maximilian

Habsburg
Tuscany|

* GottfriedT
* RainerT
* Leopold MariaT
* AntonT
* Franz JosephT
* Karl PiusT
* Franz Karl SalvatorT
* Hubert SalvatorT

Palatines
of Hungary|

* Joseph Árpád
* Géza

17th generation|

| Descent of
Charles I|

* Crown Prince Otto
* Robert
* Felix
* Carl Ludwig
* Rudolf

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Tuscany|

* DominicT

Palatines|

* Eduard

18th generation|

| Charles|

* Karl
* Georg
* LorenzB
* Karl Philipp
* Simeon

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19th generation|

| Charles|

* Ferdinand Zvonimir
* Károly
* AmedeoB

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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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Tuscan princes

Generations are numbered from the children of Francesco de' Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany. Later generations are included but the grand duchy was abolished in 1860.

1st generation|

* Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany
* Cardinal Giovanni
* Prince Garzia
* Ferdinando I, Grand Duke of Tuscany
* Prince Pietro

2nd generation|

* Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
* Cardinal Carlo, Bishop of Ostia
* Prince Filippo "Filippino", Grand Prince of Tuscany

3rd generation|

* Ferdinando II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
* Cardinal Giovan Carlo
* Mattias, Governor of Siena
* Prince Francesco
* Leopoldo, Governor of Siena

4th generation|

* Cosimo III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
* Francesco Maria, Duke of Rovere

5th generation|

* Ferdinando, Grand Prince of Tuscany
* Gian Gastone, Grand Duke of Tuscany

6th generation|

* None

7th generation|

* Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor*
* Prince Charles Joseph*
* Leopold I*
* Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Breisgau*
* Maximilian Francis, Elector of Cologne*

8th generation|

* Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor*
* Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany*
* Charles, Duke of Teschen*
* Alexander Leopold, Palatine of Hungary*
* Joseph, Palatine of Hungary*
* Prince Anton Victor*
* Prince John*
* Prince Rainier Joseph*
* Prince Louis*
* Cardinal Rudolf*

9th generation|

* Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany*

10th generation|

* Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany*
* Prince Karl Salvator*
* Prince Ludwig Salvator*
* Prince Johann Salvator*

11th generation|

* Prince Leopold Ferdinand*
* Prince Joseph Ferdinand*
* Prince Peter Ferdinand*
* Prince Leopold Salvator*
* Prince Franz Salvator*

12th generation|

* Prince Gottfried*
* Prince Rainer*
* Prince Leopold Maria*
* Prince Franz Joseph*
* Prince Karl Pius*
* Prince Franz Karl Salvator*
* Prince Hubert Salvator*

13th generation|

* Prince Dominic*

* also an archduke of Austria

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