Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este
Austrian archduke, founder of the House of Austria-Este · Austria · Historical Figures · Lived 1754 to 1806 · aged 52
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Something wrong?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.
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Portrait of Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este - Bratislava City Gallery
Maria Theresa of Austria family
Fritzsch after Wagenschön - Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este
Cagnoni, Domenico - Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este
Domenico Cimarosa - Olimpiade - titlepage of the libretto - Mailand 1788
Francesco Bianchi - Olimpiade - titlepage of the libretto - Mailand 1781
Franz anton widman, arciduca ferdinando e beatrice d'este, 1771
Johann Adolph Hasse - Il Ruggiero - titlepage of the libretto - Milan 1771Awards
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Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-EstePartners
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Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este
Maria Theresa of Austria-Este
Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este
Francis IV of Modena
Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este
Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este
Archduke Karl of Austria-Este- Josef Franz von Österreich-Este
- Josepha von Österreich-Este
- Marie-Antoinette of Austria-Este
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Marie Antoinette
Maria Carolina of Austria
Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria
Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria
Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria
Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria
Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria
Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria
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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.
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