Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria

Charles Joseph of Austria
Archduke of Austria
Prince-Bishop of Olomouc
Reign 1662 – 27 January 1664
Born Charles Joseph
7 August 1649
Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died 27 January 1664 (aged 14)
Linz, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
House Habsburg
Father Ferdinand III
Mother Maria Leopoldine of Austria
Religion Roman Catholicism
Charles as a child

Charles Joseph (German: Karl Joseph) (7 August 1649 – 27 January 1664) was an Archduke of Austria and Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (1662–64). He was also the bishop of Olmütz, and Breslau, Passau.

Charles Joseph was born in Vienna as the son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor and his first cousin, Maria Leopoldine of Austria. His mother died shortly after giving birth to him. Charles Joseph, himself, died in his early teens in Linz.

Ancestry

Male-line family tree