Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria

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Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria (5 September 1860-7 April 1933) was a member of the House of Habsburg and a Rear Admiral in the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

He was born in Groß-Seelowitz the son of Archduke Karl Ferdinand (1818-1874) and his wife Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska (1831-1903). Following the creation of the Kingdom of Poland by the Act of November 5th, Archduke Charles Stephen who was living at the time at the gates of Krakow in Saybusch Castle was seen as a candidate. His chances were enhanced by the fact he spoke fluent Polish and had married two of his daughters to Polish Princes belonging to the noble houses of Radziwill and Czartoryski. However as Archduke Charles Stephen was a member of Imperial House of Austria he needed permission to become king from the head of the family, Emperor Charles I, who hesitated, having himself planned to assume the Polish Crown.

Archduke Charles Stephen died at Zywiec having had six children with his wife Archduchess Maria Theresia (1862-1933) who he married on February 28, 1886 at Vienna.

• Archduchess Eleonora (1886-1974) married Alfons von Kloss.
• Archduchess Renata (1888-1935) married Prince Hieronymus Radziwill.
• Archduke Karl Albrecht (1881-1951)
• Archduchess Mechthildis (1891-1966) married Prince Olgierd Czartoryski.
• Archduke Leo Karl (1893-1939) married Maria-Klothilde von Thuillières Gfn von Montjoye-Vaufrey et de la Roche.
• Archduke Wilhelm (1895-1948)

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• The Austrian Court from Within by Princess Catherine Radziwill
• Online Gotha
• thepeerage