Emperor Karl I (1887-1922), Empress Zita ("The Last Empress") (1892-1989) and Family

[linda85]

I know that Otto Von Hapsburg is the oldest son of this marriage. Who are the other siblings? Can anyone list them?
Thanks,
Linda 85

[Warren]

Originally Posted by linda85

I know that Otto Von Hapsburg is the oldest son of this marriage. Who are the other siblings?

The family of Emperor Karl and Empress Zita

• Otto, Crown Prince of Austria and Hungary (1912- )
married Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen

• Adelhaid (1914-1971) unmarried

• Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este, Head of the Ducal House of Modena (1915-1996)
married Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta

• Felix (1916- )
married Princess Anna-Eugenie d'Arenberg

• Carl Ludwig (1918-2007)
married Princess Yolande de Ligne

• Rudolf (1919- )
married (1) Countess Xenia Bezobrazoff
married (2) Princess Anna Gabrielle von Wrede

• Charlotte (1921-1989)
married Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg (-Strelitz)

• Elisabeth (1922-1993)
married Prince Heinrich von und zu Liechtenstein

[britti]

It´s strange that all the girls died in their sixties, but the men become all very old. Especially Otto must be of a very strong constitution. It´s impossible that he always travels sooo much, even if he is much over ninety. He must be a bit like his mother, who became so old, too. When I once say him in TV, I would never have thought that he is ober ninety. I appears much younger to me.
Has anybody recent pictures of the family of his son Karl? Or is there another thread for it? Thanks!

[flcty]

Guys, I found a couple of more pictures .
Zita + Karl inspecting [something].
http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/...hw_karl_01.jpg
First World War [literally called] website.

The Beatification of Europe
Article with pictures.

[sjgrace]

I'd love to see pictures of her funeral in Vienna in 1989.

[lucien]

Oh that was almost something of a national event,in fact,it actually was.Tens of thousands thronged
the streets of Vienna to pay respect,very impressive.

The tomb of HM Empress Zita at the Remembrance Chapel of the Kapuzinergruft,Vienna:

http://www.royaltyguide.nl/images-co...ruft/147-B.jpg

This buste of Emperor Karl is watching over her:
http://www.royaltyguide.nl/images-co...ruft/145-A.jpg

Courtesy dear Mardam.

[Warren]

Originally Posted by sjgrace

I'd love to see pictures of her funeral in Vienna in 1989.

It's only a small picture, but better than nothing...

Funeral Carriage of Empress Zita

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[melbournelad]

I too would be keen to see the video of the Requiem for Emprress Zita. I have heard it is available on the internet, but have failed to find it.

[Warren]

No luck with the Empress Zita funeral, but here's a YouTube tribute to the Emperor Karl, featuring the Empress.

YouTube - Beatous Karl I

[claypoint2]

Originally Posted by melbournelad

I too would be keen to see the video of the Requiem for Emprress Zita. I have heard it is available on the internet, but have failed to find it.

Here is the link for a video of Empress Zita's funeral in 1989. The audio portion is in German.

YouTube - Beerdigung Ihrer Majestät Zita

[kmerian]

Originally Posted by claypoint2

Here is the link for a video of Empress Zita's funeral in 1989. The audio portion is in German.

Here is another, the audio portion is in French:

YouTube - Begräbnis von Zita, der letzten Kaiserin Österreichs - Funerales de la Emperatriz Zita de Austria

[bogardesque]

Which of Zita's sisters ended up in or was in a convent in France? I believe it was somewhere in the south and starts with an S but I may be mistaken. Been trying to find out but can't find any information on that.

[Marengo]

Empress Zita actually had 3 sisters who were a benedictine nun at Solemnes, France: Princess Adelaide of Bourbon-Parma, Princess Fransesca of Bourbon-Parma and Princess Maria Antonia of Bourbon-Parma. Respectivaly no's 13, 16 and 20 of Duke Roberto's children.

[bogardesque]

thanks, Marengo. Does anyone here know of a connection they may have had to Argentina. I seem to recall someone telling me that one of Zita's sisters was distantly connected or related to some noble family in Argentina, possibly even a Dutch connection. And that she ended up in Solesmes where she still was in 1936.

[Marengo]

The only Dutch connection I can think of for the Bourbon-Parma family is that the nephew of Zita and her sisters (Duke Carlo Ugo of Parma) was married to HRH Princess Irene of The Netherlands, sister of the present Queen.

[Marengo]

I have moved the posts about Archduke Otto's carreer, nationality and titles to a new thread dedicated to the Archduke and his wife, which can be found here.

Now about how Zita survived and such, I believe she did receive help from relatives, the Spanish King helped her with the villa in the North of Spain, if I remember correctly.

[Vanesa]

I wish that Emperor Karl could had more time to show how he could have managed as a good Kaiser. I think he could have been a great Emperor. Franz Josef was a very "professional" Emperor, but maybe Karl, helped by his wife, Zita could have become the true soul of Austria.

Vanesa.

[Marengo]

From the catholic news agency:

YouTube - Blessed Charles of Habsburg, Austro Hungarian emperor

[Marengo]

A nice portrait of the Empress:



The family:

[Elsa M.]

When Austria proclaimed the Republic in 1919, the imperial family found refuge in Switzerland, but after a series of meetings between the winning countries of the War, it was decided that Portugal (a peripherical country) would be in better conditions for the exile. Thus the last emperor of Austria was sent to Madeira, a well-known island among the European royalty of the time.

Karl I arrived in Madeira on November 19th 1921, and the imperial couple set their residence in the "Vila Vitória". In January 1922, Empress Zita went to Switzerland, in order to bring the children to Madeira as well and then the family went to live at the "Quinta Gordon" (after renamed Quinta do Monte).

Although Karl I would live just a few months in Portugal, his simplicity and kindness would be remembered by the people of the island, since it was not rare to see the Emperor himself buying the newspaper, or the Empress going for bread.

Karl I died with pneumonia, on April 1st 1922, and he was buried in the Church of Nossa Senhora do Monte. Only his heart was taken by the Empress to Vienna. Then in 1968, a chapel (Capela do Imaculado Coração de Maria) was built to recieve the tomb, which bears the Latin inscription:


CAROLUS I, D.G. AUSTRIAS IMPERATOR BEREMIAE REX...
APOSTOLICAS REX HUGARIAE NOMINE IV. NATUS PERSENBERG XVII-VIII-MDCCCLXXXVII OBTIT MADEIRA ADORAUS SS.SACRAMENTEN PRAESENS DICENS «FIAT VOLUNTAS TUA»


Karl of Habsburg was known for his goodness and faith, and in 2004 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. Among the testimonies gathered in the Positio Super Virtutibus, there are small episodes like the one stating that he saved the life of a man who was drowing in the Isonzo, or the chaplain, Rodolfo Spitzl, who saw the emperor personally taking care of a wonded soldier.