# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-karl-archduke-of-austria-este
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:37:35.973Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-karl-archduke-of-austria-este"
name: "Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este"
slug: "ferdinand-karl-archduke-of-austria-este"
description: "A Habsburg archduke who founded a dynasty but never ruled the state he was promised — Milan slipped away under Napoleon, and Modena remained a title on paper."
tagline: "Austrian archduke, founder of the House of Austria-Este"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Ferdinand_Karl%2C_Archduke_of_Austria-Este_-_Bratislava_City_Gallery.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
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  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
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  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1754-06-01"
deathDate: "1806-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.816209807590669
  historical:           22.33493866666667
  currentAttention:     10.76320939334638
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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  - name: "Politician"
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  - name: "Politics"
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  - name: "Early Modern Era"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ferdinand, Duce de Modena"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 1 June 1754, Ferdinand Karl was the son of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa of Austria, raised in the thick of Europe's most powerful family. At eleven he was named Governor of the Duchy of Milan, a post he held for three decades until 1796, when French armies swept the region and ended Austrian control. He had also been designated heir to the Duchy of Modena and Reggio, but the Napoleonic Wars ensured he never took that throne. What he did secure was a new branch: the House of Austria-Este, a lineage that would endure past him. He died 24 December 1806, having governed much and inherited nothing.