Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria
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Archduke Karl Albrecht in 1918 | |||||
| Born |
18 December 1888 Pula, Austro-Hungary | ||||
| Died |
17 March 1951 (aged 62) near Stockholm, Sweden | ||||
| Spouse | Alice Elisabeth Ankarcrona | ||||
| Issue |
Prince Karl-Stefan Princess Maria-Christina Prince Karl Albrecht Princess Renata | ||||
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| House | House of Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
| Father | Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria | ||||
| Mother | Archduchess Maria Theresia, Princess of Tuscany | ||||
Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria-Teschen (Karl Albrecht Nikolaus Leo Gratianus von Österreich, later Karl Albrecht Habsburg-Lothringen, since 1919 – Karol Olbracht Habsburg-Lotaryński; (Pula, 18 December 1888 – Östervik, nr. Stockholm, 17 March 1951).
Early life and career
He was an Austrian Archduke, the oldest son of Archduke Charles Stephen and Archduchess Maria Theresia, Princess of Tuscany.
He was a landowner in Żywiec, Officer Colonel of Artillery in both the Imperial (k.u.k.) Austro-Hungarian Army (on Horse) and the Polish Army, and the 1,175th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1910, etc.[1]
In 1918 and again in 1939 he volunteered to the Polish Army. He fought in the Polish–Soviet War.[2] In 1920, he commanded the Grudziądz Fortress. During the German occupation of Poland, he declared Polish nationality and refused to sign the Volksliste. He was imprisoned[2] in November 1939, kept in Cieszyn and tortured by the Gestapo.[2] His wife was interned in Wisła. He left prison blind in one eye and half-paralyzed. In October 1942, Albrecht and his family were sent to a labor camp in Strausberg.[2] After liberation, he moved to Kraków and then to Sweden. His estate was confiscated in 1939 by the Nazis, and again in 1945 by the communists.[2]
Family and children
On 8 November 1920 he married morganatically Alice Elisabeth Ankarcrona (Tullgarn, near Trosa, 18 December 1889 - Saltsjöbaden, near Stockholm, Sweden, 26 November 1985) in the Castle of Żywiec, Poland. Alice became the Princess von Altenburg (with the style Highness) on 15 December 1949, as a daughter of Oscar Carl Gustav Ankarcrona (10 June 1857 -), and his wife (m. 20 November 1886) Anna Elisabeth Aurora Carleson (5 November 1867 -).
Their children were:
- Karl-Stefan Maximilian Ferdinand Narcissus Maria Prince of Altenburg (b. Balice, Poland, 29 October 1921 - ); married in Geneva, Switzerland on 18 September 1952 his first cousin, Maria-Louise Victoria Katharina Elisabeth af Petersens (b. Stockholm), 4 November 1910 - Östervik, Sweden, 27 May 1998), daughter of August af Petersens and wife, Victoria (Vera) Ankarcrona, and had two children:
- Maria-Christina Immaculata Elisabeth Renata Alice Gabriela Princess of Altenburg (b. Castle of Żywiec), Poland, 8 December 1923 – 2 October 2012, Żywiec, Poland unmarried and without issue.
- Karl-Albrecht Maximilian Leo Maria Dominic Prince of Altenburg (b. Castle of Żywiec), Poland, 4 August 1926 - Castle of Żywiec, Poland, 19 December 1928)
- Renata Maria Theresia Alice Elisabeth Princess of Altenburg (b. Castle of Żywiec), Poland, 13 April 1931 -), married in Stockholm on 26 June 1957 Spanish Diplomat Eduardo de Zulueta y Dato (b. Paris, France 4 December 1923 -), and had issue.
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