Ferdinand Karl Viktor – Archduke who died in Brno

Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor d’Este died in Brno on the 15th of December 1849. The late Habsburg had been very successful in his military career; he was the field marshal. Ferdinand Karl was born on the 20th of July 1821 as a son of Duke Franz IV of Modena and his wife Marie Beatrix of

Archduke Friedrich of Austria

The eldest son of Archduke Karl Ferdinand and his wife Archduchess Elisabeth was born in Židlochovice, a little town near Brno on the 4th of June 1856. A midwife who cared for Elisabeth and her newborn son was Julie Plos from Brno. His mother could have been Empress Elisabeth of Austria, unfortunately, she came from