Archduke Karl Pius of Austria, Prince of Tuscany

Karl Pius of Habsburg-Lorraine - Tuscany ( born December 4, 1909 in Vienna, † December 24, 1953 in Barcelona) from the House of Habsburg- Lorraine ( line of Habsburg-Lorraine - Tuscany) was Archduke of Austria, as Carlos ( VIII ) pretender had been on the throne of Spain.

Life

The Archduke was baptized on the full name of Karl Pius Maria Blanka Adelgonde Leopold Ignaz Raphael Michael Salvator Cyril Angelus Barbara of Austria- Toscana. Karl Pius was a son of Archduke Leopold Salvator (1863-1931) (and thus a descendant of Emperor Leopold II ) and Blanche of Bourbon ( 1868-1949 ), daughter of Carlos María de los Dolores de Borbón ( 1848-1909 ), of Carlos ( VII ) pretender to the Spanish throne had been.

Karl Pius also rose from 1943 to 1953 under the name Carlos ( VIII ) as Carlist pretender genetic claim to the throne. However, when these died in Barcelona at the age of 44 years in 1953, he left only 2 minors, coming from a house not lawful marriage, daughters, so his four- year older brother Archduke Franz Joseph Karl took over the vesting period.

He is buried in the monastery of Poblet.