# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/archduke-ludwig-viktor-of-austria
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:59:42.517Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/archduke-ludwig-viktor-of-austria"
name: "Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria"
slug: "archduke-ludwig-viktor-of-austria"
description: "The youngest brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I who refused arranged marriages, lived openly gay in an empire that whispered, and spent his privilege on art and charity instead of power."
tagline: "Austrian archduke (1842-1919)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludwig_Viktor%2C_Erzherzog_von_%C3%96sterreich.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "AT"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1842-05-15"
deathDate: "1919-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.155284
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  sourceConfidence:     60
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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tags:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Ludwig Viktor Joseph Anton was born 15 May 1842, the last child of Archduke Franz Karl and Princess Sophie of Bavaria. He followed the expected military path for Habsburg archdukes but kept clear of politics, even as his eldest brother ruled Austria-Hungary. He turned down the princesses presented to him and made no secret of his sexuality — a rare defiance in that world. Instead of dynastic duty, he poured himself into collecting art and funding causes that mattered to him. He died 18 January 1919, having lived exactly as he chose.