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Archduke Ludwig Viktor Joseph Anton of Austria (15 May 1842 – 18 January 1919) was the youngest child of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and his wife Princess Sophie of Bavaria, and as such was the younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I. He had a military career, as was usual for archdukes, but did not take part in politics.

Learn about the life and legacy of Archduke Karl Ludwig, the third son of Archduke Franz Karl and Sophie of Bavaria, who became the progenitor of the main line of the Habsburg dynasty. Find out how he was known for his conservatism, his piety, his military career and his role as a patron of the arts.

Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (30 July 1833 - 19 May 1896) was the father of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, whose shooting occasioned the start of World War I. He was born at Schönbrunn in Vienna, the son of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802-1878) and his wife Sophie of Bavaria (1805-1872).

Archduke Karl Ludwig is described as an upright family man. He was the only one of Franz Joseph’s brothers to have surviving male offspring who could continue the ruling branch of the dynasty. Karl Ludwig was married three times: His first marriage was to Margarete of Saxony (1840–1858), a daughter of King Johann of Saxony and Princess ...

Archduke Karl Ludwig Josef Maria of Austria was the younger brother of both Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico, and the father of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria , whose assassination ignited World War I. His grandson was the last emperor of Austria, Charles I.

Archduke Karl Ludwig was born in Florence on 5 September 1771. He was the fifth of the sixteen children born to the prolific union of Archduke Peter Leopold, Grand Duke of Tuscany (later Emperor Leopold II) and Maria Luisa of Naples and Sicily from the Bourbon dynasty. As a child, Karl did not stand out in any way.