!!!Franz Karl, Erzherzog von Österreich

b. Vienna, Dec. 7, 1802, 
d. Vienna, March 8, 1878, 2nd son of Emperor  Franz II (I), brother of 
Emperor  Ferdinand I, father of Emperor  Franz Joseph I. A member of 
the State Conference (Staatskonferenz), a consultative body which 
conducted the affairs of state for his brother, Emperor Ferdinand, 
from 1836-1848. Influenced by his wife, Sophie of Bavaria, he 
renounced his right to succeed to the throne in favour of his eldest 
son Franz Joseph after Emperor Ferdinand had abdicated in 1848.

!Literature
B. Hamann, Die Habsburger, %%sup 4/%1993.



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