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Archduke Louis of Austria

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House
  
Habsburg-Lorraine

Mother
  
Maria Luisa of Spain

Name
  
Archduke of


Archduke Louis of Austria

Born
  
13 December 1784 Florence, Italy (
1784-12-13
)

Father
  
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

Died
  
December 21, 1864, Vienna, Austria

Parents
  
Maria Luisa of Spain, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

Grandparents
  
Maria Theresa, Charles III of Spain, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, Maria Amalia of Saxony

Uncles
  
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV of Spain

Cousins
  
Louis XVII of France, Ferdinand VII of Spain, Marie Therese of France, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Princess Sophie Helene B

Similar People
  
Leopold II - Holy Roman E, Johann von Hiller, Archduke Rainer Joseph of, Maria Luisa of Spain, Maria Theresa of Austria

Archduke Louis, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia and Prince of Tuscany (Louis Joseph Anton Johann; 13 December 1784 – 21 December 1864), was the 14th child of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain.

Archduke Louis was born at Florence, Italy. He entered the Austrian Imperial Army at an early age and soon gained the rank of Feldmarschal-Leutnant. In 1809, he was appointed commander of V Armeekorps. In this capacity, he fought at the battles of Abensberg, Landshut, and Ebersberg in April and May, after which he relinquished his command.

He also demonstrated his political abilities by representing his brother, Emperor Francis II, on several occasions and was appointed in his brother’s will to be head of the State Conference (from 1836 to 1848) which controlled all government offices on behalf of Emperor Ferdinand I. The Archduke was in favour of Metternich’s politics and supported absolutism.

He retired after the revolution of 1848 and lived quietly until his death in Vienna.

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Archduke Louis of Austria Wikipedia