Charles, Margrave of Burgau

German nobleman
Charles
Margrave of Burgau
Charles, Margrave of Burgau, copper engraving by Dominicus Custos, after 1606[1]
Born22 November 1560
Křivoklát Castle in Bohemia
Died30 October 1618(1618-10-30) (aged 57)
Überlingen
BuriedCapuchin monastery in Günzburg
Noble familyHabsburg
Spouse(s)Sibylle of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
FatherFerdinand II, Archduke of Austria
MotherPhilippine Welser

Charles, Margrave of Burgau, also known as Charles of Austria, (22 November 1560 at Křivoklát Castle in Bohemia – 30 October 1618 in Überlingen[2]), was the son of Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria and his first morganatic marriage to Philippine Welser. He was the brother of Andrew of Austria.

Biography

Charles of Burgau pursued a military career. He unsuccessfully led a Spanish regiment in the war against the Netherlands and was then deployed in the Long War against the Ottoman Empire. Here, he recorded some successes — at the expense of his soldiers, who were hungry and unpaid; some of them deserted — and was promoted to Field Marshal.

His father died in 1595. Since Charles was born from a morganatic marriage, he was not entitled to inherit the archduchy. He was, however, amply compensated financially and given some territories. His most important possession was the Margraviate of Burgau. He also held the Landgraviate of Nellenburg and the County of Hohenberg. Contemporary sources describe his magnificent court at his residence, Günzburg Castle.

Charles was not popular among his subjects, whom he forbade to drink wheat beer. Nor was he popular among the noble residents of his margraviate, who included the Bishop of Augsburg, the Counts of Fugger and the free imperial cities of Ulm and Augsburg, and with whom he had conflict about tax increases and about their sovereign rights.

In 1615 or 1616, he founded a Capuchin monastery in Günzburg. In 1617, he expelled the Jews from Günzburg; they were ordered to leave the city within a year.

Charles died on 30 October 1618. In 1619, his body was transferred to the church of the Capuchin monastery in Günzburg.[2] His widow as also buried there, in 1627. When the monastery was demolished in 1806, both bodies were transferred to St. Martin's church in Günzburg.

Marriage and issue

In 1601, Charles married Sibylle (26 August 1557 – 1627), the daughter of Duke William of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. This marriage remained childless, and after Charles's death, his possessions fell back to the main line of the House of Habsburg.[3]

However, Charles had several children from extramarital affairs:[4]

  1. With Chiara Elisa Isabella di Ferrero:
    1. Anna Elisabeth, Baroness of Hohenberg (* 1588, † 1621 in Vienna), married in 1607 Pietro Francesco di Ferrero, Marchese della Marmora († 1611)[5]
  2. With an unknown woman:
    1. Charles, Baron of Hohenberg
    2. Ferdinand, Baron of Hohenberg

Ancestors

Male-line family tree

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  • e
House of Habsburg[n 1]
  Original line
Albert
Count of Habsburg
c. 1188–1239
Rudolf I
of Germany
c. 1218–1291
Albert I
of Germany
1255–1308		Hartmann
1263–1281		Rudolf II
Duke of Austria
1270–1290
Rudolf I
of Bohemia
1281–1307		Frederick
the Fair
c. 1289–1330		Leopold I
Duke of Austria
1290–1326		Albert II
Duke of Austria
1298–1358		Henry
the Friendly
1299–1327		Otto
Duke of Austria
1301–1339		John
Parricida
c. 1290–1312/1313
  Albertinian line  Leopoldian line
Rudolf IV
Duke of Austria
1339–1365		Frederick III
Duke of Austria
1347–1362		Albert III
Duke of Austria
1349–1395		Leopold III
Duke of Austria
1351–1386		Frederick II
Duke of Austria
1327–1344		Leopold II
Duke of Austria
1328–1344
Albert IV
Duke of Austria
1377–1404		William
Duke of Austria
c. 1370–1406		Leopold IV
Duke of Austria
1371–1411		Ernest
Duke of Austria
1377–1424		Frederick IV
Duke of Austria
1382–1439
Albert II
of Germany
1397–1439		Frederick III
HRE
1415–1493		Albert VI
Archduke of Austria
1418–1463		Sigismund
Archduke of Austria
1427–1496
Ladislaus
the Posthumous
1440–1457		Maximilian I
HRE
1459–1519
Philip I
of Castile
1478–1506
  Spanish / Iberian line  Austrian / HRE line
Charles V
HRE
1500–1558		Ferdinand I
HRE
1503–1564
Philip II
of Spain
1527–1598		Maximilian II
HRE
1527–1576		Ferdinand II
Archduke of Austria
1529–1595		Charles II
Archduke of Austria
1540–1590
Carlos
Prince of Asturias
1545–1568		Philip III
of Spain
1578–1621		Rudolf II
HRE
1552–1612		Ernest
of Austria
1553–1595		Matthias
HRE
1557–1619		Maximilian III
Archduke of Austria
1558–1618		Albert VII
Archduke of Austria
1559–1621		Wenceslaus
Archduke of Austria
1561–1578		Andrew
Margrave of Burgau
1558–1600		Charles
Margrave of Burgau
1560–1618		Ferdinand II
HRE
1578–1637		Maximilian Ernest
of Austria
1583–1616		Leopold V
Archduke of Austria
1586–1632		Charles
of Austria
1590–1624
Philip IV
of Spain
1605–1665		Charles
of Austria
1607–1632		Ferdinand
of Austria
1609–1641		John-Charles
of Austria
1605–1619		Ferdinand III
HRE
1608–1657		Leopold Wilhelm
of Austria
1614–1662		Ferdinand Charles
Archduke of Austria
1628–1662		Sigismund Francis
Archduke of Austria
1630–1665
Balthasar Charles
Prince of Asturias
1629–1646		Charles II
of Spain
1661–1700		Ferdinand IV
King of the Romans
1633–1654		Leopold I
HRE
1640–1705		Charles Joseph
of Austria
1649–1664
Joseph I
HRE
1678–1711		Charles VI
HRE
1685–1740
Notes:
  1. ^ "Habsburg family tree". Habsburg family website. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

References

  • Heinrich Benedikt (1957), "Burgau, Karl", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 3, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 44; (full text online)
  • Franz Reißenauer: Günzburg — Geschichte einer schwäbischen Stadt, 2 vols, Wißner-Verlag, Augsburg, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89639-721-8
  • Constantin von Wurzbach: Habsburg, Karl (Markgraf von Burgau), in: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, vol. 6, Verlag L. C. Zamarski, Vienna, 1860, p. 364, Online

External links

  • Images of Charles at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna

Footnotes

  1. ^ Irmgard Christa Becker: Vorderösterreich — nur die Schwanzfeder des Kaiseradlers? Die Habsburger im deutschen Südwesten, Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart, 1999, ISBN 3-88294-276-2, p. 269.
  2. ^ a b Alexandra Kohlberger: Günzburg – Kapuzinergruft für einen Habsburger, Online in the database of Bavarian monasteries of the Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte, viewed on 25 August 2010
  3. ^ Constantin von Wurzbach: Habsburg, Karl (Markgraf von Burgau). In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. vol. 6, Vienna 1860, p. 364
  4. ^ Johann Georg Keyßler, Neueste Reisen durch Deutschland, Böhmen, Ungarn, Band 1, Hannover 1751, p. 22–23
  5. ^ Habsburg 4 - Genealogy index, Descendants of Ferdinand von Tirol
  6. ^ a b Press, Volker (1990), "Maximilian II.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 16, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 471–475; (full text online)
  7. ^ Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Philipp I. der Schöne von Oesterreich" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 112 – via Wikisource.
  8. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Joanna" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  9. ^ a b Priebatsch, Felix (1908), "Wladislaw II.", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 54, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 688–696
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