Austria-Hungary
Charles I of Austria
1887–1922 Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, 1916–1918
Born in 1887, the son of Archduke Otto, Charles became heir presumptive in 1914 when his uncle Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. In 1916 he commanded XX Corps in the offensive against Italy and then an army group against the Russians and Romanians. He succeeded his grand-uncle Franz Joseph on 21 November 1916. In March 1917 he received his brother-in-law Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma at Laxenburg and opened secret peace contacts with France, which failed. After Georges Clemenceau published letters signed by Charles in April 1918, Foreign Minister Czernin resigned. On 11 November 1918 Charles relinquished any share in government without abdicating, and in April 1919 the Austrian National Assembly banished him. He died on Madeira on 1 April 1922 and was beatified in 2004.
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- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_Austria
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- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixtus_Affair
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