Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria

Ferdinand Karl was the third son of Archduke Charles Louis of Austria and Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination at Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 launched World War I, was his elder brother.

He served as a major-general in the Austro-Hungarian Army.

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Like his brother, in 1909 he concluded an unequal marriage with Bertha Czuber (1879–1979), daughter of Emanuel Czuber. Unlike his brother, he did so without the emperor's knowledge or consent, having eloped two years before the marriage was revealed publicly.

On 6 August 1911 he renounced his rights and titles as a dynast of the House of Habsburg and assumed the name of "Ferdinand Burg",C.E.D.R.E., *L'Empire d'Autriche*, Volume II, 1991, p. 197 (French) at the demand of Emperor Franz Joseph. Henceforth he absented himself from the Viennese court and lived in Tyrol.

By then Ferdinand Karl was suffering from tuberculosis, of which he died in 1915. He and his wife had no children. A funeral was set for him about four months after his death.

He received the following orders and decorations:[http://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=shb&datum=1911&page=25&size=45 Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie (1911)], Genealogy p. 3

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• {{flag|Austria-Hungary}}:
• Knight of the Golden Fleece, 1884[http://www.antiquesatoz.com/sgfleece/knights5.htm "Toison Autrichienne (Austrian Fleece) - 19th century"] (in French), Chevaliers de la Toison D'or. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
• Military Merit Cross
• Military Merit Medal on red ribbon
• Long Service Cross for Officers, 2nd Class
• Bronze Jubilee Medal for the Armed Forces
• {{flagicon|Tuscany|habsburg}} Tuscan Grand Ducal Family: Grand Cross of St. Joseph
• {{flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}: Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion, with Distinction for Jerusalem
• {{flag|Kingdom of Prussia}}: Knight of the Black Eagle, 23 November 1901{{citation|title=Königlich Preussische Ordensliste|chapter-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015025921423&view=1up&seq=5&skin=2021|page=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015025921423&view=1up&seq=613&skin=2021&q1=ferdinand%20carl 5]|lang=German|chapter=Schwarzer Adler-orden|location=Berlin|year=1895|via=hathitrust.org}}
• {{flag|Kingdom of Bavaria}}: Knight of St. Hubert, 1892{{citation|title=Hof- und – Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern|year=1914|language=German|chapter=Königliche Orden|location=Munich|publisher=Druck and Verlag|page=10|via=hathitrust.org}}
• {{flag|Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach}}: Grand Cross of the White Falcon
• {{flag|Kingdom of Saxony}}: Knight of the Rue Crown
• {{flag|Württemberg}}: Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1893{{citation|title=Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg|year=1907|chapter=Königliche Orden|page=31|location=Stuttgart|publisher=Landesamt}}
• {{flag|Empire of Japan}}: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum, 28 January 1901{{cite book|author=刑部芳則|title=明治時代の勲章外交儀礼|url=http://meijiseitoku.org/pdf/f54-5.pdf|year=2017|publisher=明治聖徳記念学会紀要|language=ja|page=150}}
• {{flagicon image|Early 20th Century Qajar Flag.svg}} Persian Empire: Order of the August Portrait, in Diamonds
• {{flag|Russian Empire}}:
• Knight of St. Andrew
• Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky
• Knight of the White Eagle
• Knight of St. Anna, 1st Class
• Knight of St. Stanislaus, 1st Class
• {{flag|Kingdom of Serbia}}: Grand Cross of the White Eagle
• {{flagcountry|Restoration (Spain)}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, with Collar, 21 May 1900{{cite book|chapter-url=http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000989328&search=&lang=es|chapter=Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III|title=Guía Oficial de España|date=1905|access-date=1 October 2020|page=147|language=es}}

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