Archduke Karl Ambrosius Joseph Johann Baptist of Austria-Este (; Milan, 2 November 1785 – Tata, Hungary 2 September 1809) was an Archbishop of Esztergom.

Biography

Born His Royal Highness Archduke Karl Ambrosius of Austria-Este, the sixth son of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este (son of Maria Theresa of Austria and governor of Italy) and of his wife, Princess Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este, Duchess of Massa and Princess of Carrara, Lady of Lunigiana.

Archduke Karl Ambrosius of Austria-Este

He spent his youth in Monza, where his family had fled after the French invasion of the Duchy of Modena. After staying in Verona, Padua, Trieste and Ljubljana, his family moved in Wiener Neustadt.

Archduke Karl Ambrosius of Austria-Este

Because of his fragility, he was intended for church life. He became Bishop of Vác in 1806 and Archbishop of Esztergom, two years later, making him Primate of Hungary. He died one year later at the age of 23.

Archduke Karl Ambrosius of Austria-Este

Ancestry

External links

www.catholic-hierarchy.org

18th-century Hungarian people

18th-century Italian people

Archbishops of Esztergom

Bishops of Vác

Hungarian Roman Catholics

Austria-Este

Modenese princes

Hungarian people of Italian descent

Italian expatriates in Hungary

Clergy from Milan

Burials at Esztergom Basilica

1785 births

1809 deaths

Austrian princes

Nobility from Milan

Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary

Sons of monarchs