What is Archduke Franz Karl of Austria?
{{Infobox royalty | name = Archduke Franz Karl | image = Erzherzog Franz Karl.JPG | caption = Franz Karl at age 75, 1878. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1802|12|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Vienna]], [[Archduchy of Austria]], [[Holy Roman Empire]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1878|3|8|1802|12|17|df=y}} | death_place = Vienna, [[Austria-Hungary]] | burial_place = [[Imperial Crypt]] | full name = {{lang-de|Franz Karl Joseph}}<br />{{lang-en|Francis Charles Joseph}} | house = [[House of Habsburg-Lorraine|Habsburg-Lorraine]] | father = [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor]] | mother = [[Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily|Princess Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Princess Sophie of Bavaria]]|1824|1872|reason=d}} | issue = {{plain list| * [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]] * [[Maximilian I of Mexico]] * [[Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria|Archduke Karl Ludwig]] * [[Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born 1835)|Archduchess Maria Anna]] * [[Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria|Archduke Ludwig Viktor]] }} }} {{Infobox royal styles | name = Archduke Franz Carl of Austria | image = [[File:Imperial Coat of Arms of the Empire of Austria (1815).svg|50px]] | reference = [[His Imperial and Royal Highness]] | spoken = Your Imperial and Royal Highness }} '''Archduke Franz Karl Joseph of Austria''' (17 December 1802 – 8 March 1878) was a member of the [[House of Habsburg]]-Lorraine. Franz was the father of two emperors: [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]] and [[Maximilian I of Mexico]]. Through his third son Karl Ludwig, he was the grandfather of [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria]]. Franz Ferdinand's [[assassination]] sparked the hostilities that led to the outbreak of [[World War I]]. Karl Joseph was the great-grandfather of the last Habsburg emperor Karl I. [[Category:1802 births]] [[Category:1878 deaths]] [[Category:19th-century Austrian people]] [[Category:House of Habsburg-Lorraine]]