Blessed Karl Of Austria. Blessed Karl Statue — Blessed Karl of Austria Friedrich Gustav Piffl, requesting that the necessary steps to begin the process of canonization of the Emperor be undertaken. He saw his office as a commission from God and spent his life working for peace for his peoples
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The assassination of his uncle, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, had ostensibly precipitated the war, and the death of Franz's father, Franz Joseph, Karl's great-uncle. October 21st: Blessed Karl, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, Head of the House of Habsburg-Lothringen Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
Blessed Karl Statue — Blessed Karl of Austria
Friedrich Gustav Piffl, requesting that the necessary steps to begin the process of canonization of the Emperor be undertaken. Karl's young adulthood was spent pursuing education in politics and law alongside training as a military officer. Karl led a heroic and saintly life, praying at his death.
Vienna Blessed Karl of Austria next to a statue of St Anth… Flickr. Karl ascended the throne as the last emperor of Austria-Hungary during the tumult of World War I in 1916 He saw his office as a commission from God and spent his life working for peace for his peoples
Blessed Karl of Austria Emperor of Austria King of Hungary + HabsbourgLothigen. Family. On October 21, 1911, he married Zita of Bourbon-Parma October 21st: Blessed Karl, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, Head of the House of Habsburg-Lothringen Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem