Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
Archduke Franz Karl Joseph of Austria (17 December 1802 - 8 March 1878) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
Franz was the father of two emperors: Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico. Through his third son Karl Ludwig, he was the grandfather of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Franz Ferdinand' s assassination sparked the hostilities that led to the outbreak of World War I. Karl Joseph was the great-grandfather of the last Habsburg emperor Karl I.
1802 births
1878 deaths
House of Habsburg-Lorraine