The League of Prayers for the promotion of Charles's cause set up a website, and Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna has sponsored the cause
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Charles I of Austria
Charles I and IV was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from November 1916 until the monarchy was abolished in November 1918. He was the last of the monarchs belonging to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine to rule over Austria-Hungary. The son of Archduke Otto of Austria and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Charles became heir presumptive o…
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politics · Emperor of Austria from 1916 to 1918 · military officer · politician · monarch · also Charles I of Austria, Karl I, Karl I and IV of Austria-Hungary, Blessed Charles of Austria-Hungary, Karl I of Austria, Austria
Born 17 August 1887 · Died 1 April 1922 · Q51068
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1972· 1 entry
His tomb was opened and his body was discovered to be incorrupt
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1960· 1 entry
Occurred through the intercession of Charles
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1957· 1 entry
Became the Mother Superior of Santa Cruz Hospital in Canoinhas, but the pains in her right leg also gradually became worse
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1922· 1 entry
Died 1922-04-01.
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1921· 3 entries
To reclaim the throne of Hungary, but failed largely because Hungary's regent, Admiral Miklós Horthy (the last commander of the Imperial and Royal Navy), refused to support Charles's restoration
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But failed due to the opposition of Hungary's Calvinist regent, Admiral Miklós Horthy
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The Hungarian parliament formally nullified the Pragmatic Sanction, an act that effectively dethroned the Habsburgs in Hungary
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1917· 1 entry
Charles secretly entered into peace negotiations with France
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1916· 5 entries
Career landmark: Emperor of Austria (1916–1918).
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Career landmark: King of Bohemia (1916–1918).
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Career landmark: coronation.
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Recognized the union of the Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia with Rijeka and during his short reign supported trialist suggestions from the Croatian Sabor and Ban; however, the suggestions were always
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Career landmark: Apostolic King of Hungary (1916–1918).
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1914· 1 entry
Obtained no insight into affairs of state, but led the life of a prince not destined for a high political position
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1911· 3 entries
Charles and Zita were married at the Bourbon-Parma castle of Schwarzau in Austria on 21 October 1911.
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To Princess Zita, to be Charles's feast day
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Married Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma
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1909· 1 entry
His dragoon regiment was stationed at Brandýs nad Labem in Bohemia, from where he visited his aunt at Franzensbad
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1907· 2 entries
Career landmark: Member of the House of Lords (Austria) (1907–1916).
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Was declared of age, and Prince Zdenko von Lobkowitz was appointed as his chamberlain
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1906· 1 entry
Became heir presumptive after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, his uncle, in Sarajevo in 1914, the event which precipitated World War I
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1901· 1 entry
Studied at Schottengymnasium (1899–1901).
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1900· 1 entry
His children were excluded from the succession
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1896· 1 entry
From typhoid made his eldest son, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the new heir presumptive
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1889· 1 entry
Franz Joseph's brother (Charles' grandfather) Archduke Karl Ludwig became next in line to the Austro-Hungarian throne
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1887· 1 entry
Born 1887-08-17.
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