Emperor Karl I

Karl I 17 August 1887 1 April 1922 was Emperor of Austria King of Hungary as Charles IV Hungarian IV Károly King of Croatia King of Bohemia as Charles III Czech Karel III and the last of the monarchs belonging to the House of HabsburgLorraine to rule over AustriaHungary The son of Archduke Otto of Austria and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony Charles became heir presumptive of Emperor Franz Joseph after his uncle Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in 1914 In 1911 he married Princess Zita of BourbonParma He is venerated in the Catholic Church having been Beatified by Pope John Paul II on 3 October 2004 and is known to the Catholic Church as Blessed Karl of Austria From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia