Archduke Louis of Austria
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| Archduke Louis | |||||
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| Born | (1784年12月13日)13 December 1784 Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany | ||||
| Died | 21 December 1864(1864年12月21日) (aged 80) Vienna, Austrian Empire | ||||
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| House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
| Father | Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor | ||||
| Mother | Maria Luisa of Spain | ||||
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Archduke Louis, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia and Prince of Tuscany (Louis Joseph Anton Johann; 13 December 1784 – 21 December 1864), was the 15th child of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain.
Biography
[edit ]Archduke Louis was born in Florence, Italy. He entered the Austrian Imperial Army at an early age and soon gained the rank of Feldmarschal-Leutnant. From 1807 to 1809, he was general director of the Military Frontier. In 1809, he was appointed commander of V Armeekorps. In this capacity, he fought at the battles of Abensberg, Landshut, and Ebersberg in April and May, after which he relinquished his command.
He also demonstrated his political abilities by representing his brother, Emperor Francis II, on several occasions and was appointed in his brother's will to be head of the State Conference (from 1836 to 1848), which controlled all government offices on behalf of Emperor Ferdinand I. The Archduke was in favour of Metternich's politics and supported absolutism.
He retired after the revolution of 1848 and lived quietly until his 1864 death in Vienna, the last surviving child of Leopold II.
Ancestry
[edit ]| Ancestors of Archduke Louis of Austria[1] |
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1. Archduke Louis of Austria |
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 109.
- Bowden, Scotty & Tarbox, Charlie. Armies on the Danube 1809. Arlington, Texas: Empire Games Press, 1980.
- House of Habsburg-Lorraine
- 1784 births
- 1864 deaths
- Austrian Empire commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
- Austrian princes
- Generals of the Holy Roman Empire
- Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria
- Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
- Burials at the Imperial Crypt
- Sons of emperors
- Children of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Sons of kings
- Sons of dukes
- Sons of counts