# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/archduke-franz-karl-of-austria
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:59:34.006Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/archduke-franz-karl-of-austria"
name: "Archduke Franz Karl of Austria"
slug: "archduke-franz-karl-of-austria"
description: "The man who didn't rule but fathered two emperors and became grandfather to the archduke whose murder ignited World War I — Habsburg lineage distilled into one understated figure."
tagline: "Austrian archduke (1802-1878)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erzherzog_Franz_Karl.JPG"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1802-12-17"
deathDate: "1878-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.94
  momentum:             1.966433196775472
  historical:           22.68592
  currentAttention:     10.92462887097485
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  190
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Politicians"
    slug: "politicians"
  - name: "Politician"
    slug: "politician"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "19th Century"
    slug: "19th-century"
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    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Archduke%20Franz%20Karl%20of%20Austria"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avstriyal%C4%B1_Frans_Karl_(hersoq)"
    title: "Avstriyalı Frans Karl (hersoq)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Франц Карл Австрийски"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Franz Karl Aostria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesc_Carles_d'%C3%80ustria"
    title: "Francesc Carles d'Àustria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek_Karel_Habsbursko-Lotrinsk%C3%BD"
    title: "František Karel Habsbursko-Lotrinský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Karl_af_%C3%98strig"
    title: "Franz Karl af Østrig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Karl_von_%C3%96sterreich"
    title: "Franz Karl von Österreich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82%2C_%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B9%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%91%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Φραγκίσκος Κάρολος, αρχιδούκας της Αυστρίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Carlos_de_Austria"
    title: "Francisco Carlos de Austria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Karl"
    title: "Franz Karl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantzisko_Karlos_Austriakoa"
    title: "Frantzisko Karlos Austriakoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Kaarle_(It%C3%A4vallan_arkkiherttua)"
    title: "Frans Kaarle (Itävallan arkkiherttua)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "François-Charles d'Autriche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "פרנץ קרל, ארכידוכס אוסטריה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franjo_Karlo_Austrijski"
    title: "Franjo Karlo Austrijski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg%E2%80%93Lotaringiai_Ferenc_K%C3%A1roly_f%C5%91herceg"
    title: "Habsburg–Lotaringiai Ferenc Károly főherceg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Carlo_d'Asburgo-Lorena"
    title: "Francesco Carlo d'Asburgo-Lorena"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "フランツ・カール・フォン・エスターライヒ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ფრანც კარლ ავსტრიელი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%9E%80%EC%B8%A0_%EC%B9%B4%EB%A5%BC_%ED%8F%B0_%EC%99%B8%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%ED%9E%88_%EB%8C%80%EA%B3%B5"
    title: "프란츠 카를 폰 외스터라이히 대공"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francas_Karlas"
    title: "Francas Karlas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erchercogs_Francis_K%C4%81rlis"
    title: "Erchercogs Francis Kārlis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الأرشيدوق فرانتس كارل النمساوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "فرانز كارل ارشيدوق النمسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Franz Karl Joseph was born into the House of Habsburg-Lorraine on 17 December 1802 and lived through most of the nineteenth century without wearing a crown himself. His legacy came through his sons: Franz Joseph I, who ruled Austria for sixty-eight years, and Maximilian, who took and lost the throne of Mexico. Through his third son Karl Ludwig, the line continued to Franz Ferdinand, assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914, the spark that set Europe ablaze. Franz Karl died on 8 March 1878, seventeen years an emperor's father and unaware his descendants would bookend the empire's final chapter — one assassination beginning the war, another great-grandson, Blessed Charles I, closing the Habsburg story when the dynasty fell in 1918.