Archduke Franz Josef of Austria- Tuscany German: Franz Josef, Erzherzog von Österreich-Toskana (born in Vienna 4 February 1905 - died Hernstein, Austria 9 May 1975) was the fourth son of Archduke Leopold Salvator, Prince of Tuscany and Infanta Blanca of Spain. At the fall of Habsburg monarchy he moved to Barcelona, where he became a naturalized Spanish citizen. He married morgnatically twice and had a daughter from his second marriage. During World War II he lived in the United States, working in the forestry industry. In 1955 he returned to Austria. He inherited the Carlist pretensions to the Spanish throne of his brother Archduke Karl Pius and called himself Duke of Madrid. He died in 1975.
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4 February 1905 Vienna, Austria
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Died |
9 May 1975 (aged 70)
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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