Emperor Karl I

Charles I and IV
Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria and Illyria; King of Jerusalem etc. Archduke of Austria; Grand Duke of Tuscany and of Cracow; Duke of Lorraine, of Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola and the Bukovina; Grand Prince of Transylvania, Margrave of Moravia Duke of Upper and Lower Silesia, of Modena, Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, of Auschwitz and Zator, of Teschen, Friuli, Ragusa and Zara; Princely Count of Habsburg and Tyrol, of Kyburg, Gorizia and Gradisca; Prince of Trent and Brixen; Margrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia and in Istria; Count of Hohenems, Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonnenberg etc.; Lord of Trieste, of Cattaro and on the Windic March; etc., etc.
Reign	21 November 1916 – 11 November 1918
Coronation	30 December 1916
Predecessor	Franz Joseph I
Successor	Monarchy abolished
Prime Ministers	See list Cisleithania Ernest von Koerber Count Heinrich Clam-Martinic Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg Baron Max Hussarek von Heinlein Heinrich Lammasch Transleithania Count Móric Esterházy Count István Tisza Sándor Wekerle Count János Hadik
Born	(1887-08-17)17 August 1887 Persenbeug Castle, Persenbeug-Gottsdorf, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary
Died	1 April 1922(1922-04-01) (aged 34) Madeira, Portuguese Republic
Burial	Igreja Nossa Senhora do Monte, Madeira Heart buried in Muri Abbey, Switzerland
Spouse	Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma
Issue	Otto, Crown Prince of Austria Archduchess Adelheid Archduke Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este Archduke Felix Archduke Carl Ludwig Archduke Rudolf Archduchess Charlotte, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Archduchess Elisabeth
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Archduke Otto Franz of Austria
Mother	Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Blessed Charles of Austria-Hungary
Emperor; Layman
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	3 October 2004, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Feast	21 October
Attributes	Imperial attire Medals

Styles of Charles I of Austria
Reference style	His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty
Spoken style	Your Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty
Alternative style	Sir

Charles I (Karl Franz Joseph Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria; 17 August 1887 – 1 April 1922) was the last ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was the last Emperor of Austria, the last King of Hungary (as Charles IV), and the last monarch belonging to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. After his uncle Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914, Charles became the designated successor of the Emperor Franz Josef. Charles I reigned from 1916 until 1918, when he "renounced participation" in state affairs, but did not abdicate. He spent the remaining years of his life attempting to restore the monarchy until his death in 1922. Following his beatification by the Catholic Church in 2004, within Catholic circles he is commonly known as Blessed Karl of Austria.

Charles was born 17 August 1887 in the Castle of Persenbeug in Lower Austria. His parents were Archduke Otto Franz of Austria and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony. At the time, his granduncle Franz Joseph reigned as Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, and his uncle Franz Ferdinand became heir presumptive two years later.

As a child, Archduke Charles was reared a devout Roman Catholic. He spent his early years wherever his father's regiment happened to be stationed; later on he lived in Vienna and Reichenau an der Rax. He was privately educated, but, contrary to the custom ruling in the imperial family, he attended a public gymnasium for the sake of demonstrations in scientific subjects. On the conclusion of his studies at the gymnasium, he entered the army, spending the years from 1906 to 1908 as an officer chiefly in Prague, where he studied law and political science concurrently with his military duties.

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