Archduke Karl Pius of Austria, Prince of Tuscany
| Archduke Karl Pius | |
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| Prince of Tuscany | |
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| Born |
4 December 1909 |
| Died | 24 December 1953 (aged 44) Barcelona, Spain. |
| Burial | Poblet Monastery |
| Spouse | Christa Satzger de Bálványos (1914–2001) |
| House | Habsburg-Lorraine |
| Father | Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria |
| Mother | Infanta Blanca of Spain |
| Religion | Catholicism |
4 December 1909
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Archduke Karl Pius of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Prince of Tuscany (4 December 1909 – 24 December 1953), called Carlos Pío de Habsburgo-Lorena y de Borbón in Spain, was a member of the Tuscan branch of the Imperial House of Habsburg and a Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain under the assumed name of "Carlos VIII". He was the tenth and youngest child of Archduke Leopold Salvator, Prince of Tuscany and Infanta Blanca of Spain.
Karl was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, the youngest son of Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria (1863–1931) and of his wife Blanca de Borbón y de Borbón-Parma (1868–1949). His mother was the eldest daughter of Carlos, Duke of Madrid, Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain.
Karl was given the baptismal names Carolus Pius Maria Adelgonda Blanka Leopoldus Ignatius Raphael Michael Salvator Chrillus Angelus Barbara. His godparents were Pope Pius X and the Countess of Bardi.
Karl grew up in the Palais Toskana which formerly stood in Argentinierstrasse in Vienna. In 1919 the republican government of Austria confiscated all the properties of the Habsburgs. Karl moved with his family first to Tenuta Reale, a villa belonging to his mother's family near Viareggio in Italy. Then they moved to Barcelona in Spain. In 1926 he was given Spanish nationality.
After completing high-school Karl entered the Industrial Engineering School. He returned to Austria in the early 1930s and joined the Heimwehr, a conservative militia which engaged in street fights with Communists and Socialists.
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