Third son of Emperor Leopold I. and Eleonora Magdalena of Palatinate-Neuburg. King of Bohemia and Hungary. Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740. Lost the Spanish crown and colonies to Philip of Anjou. Regulation of female succession through the Pragmatic Sanction. Talented musician and great patron of the arts. Expansion of Klosterneuburg as a monastery and residence. Founder of St. Charles's Church.
*17.08.1887 Persenbeug, Lower Austria - †01.04.1922 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Last Emperor of Austria. Great-nephew of Emperor Franz Joseph. Son of Archduke Otto and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony. Husband of Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma. As the “Emperor of Peace,” he strove to establish peace and save the Habsburg Empire. In 1918, he renounced his official duties, then emigrated and went into exile (Switzerland, Madeira). Beatified by Pope John Paul II.
