Royal Profile: Archduke Joesph Karl of Austria

Archduke Joseph Karl Maria Árpád Stephan Pius Ignatius Aloysius Cyrillus of Austria was born 18 March 1961 as the son of Archduke Joesph of Austria and Princess Maria zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg {Source}. He has two older siblings, and five younger, as well as many siblings-in-law, nieces, and nephews{Source}:

1. Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (1957-1957)
2. Archduchess Monika-Ilona of Austria (1958)
1. Charles Henri de Rambures (1968, m. 1996)
1. Clara-Marie de Rambures (1998)
3. Archduchess Maria-Christina of Austria (1961)
1. Raymond van der Meide (1959, m. 1998)
1. James Andrew van der Meide (1991)
2. Miriam van der Meide (1992)
3. Veronica van der Meide (1993)
4. John van der Meide (1996)
5. Philip van der Meide (1998)
6. Susanne van der Meide (2001)
7. Elisabeth van der Meide (2003)
4. Archduke Andreas-Augustinus of Austria (1963)
1. Marie-Christine Gräfin von Hatzfeldt-Donhoff (1968, m. 1994)
1. Archduke Frederic Cyprien of Austria (1995)
2. Archduke Pierre of Austria (1997)
3. Archduchess Célina of Austria (1999)
4. Archduchess Maria-Floriana of Austria (2001)
5. Archduke Benedikt-Alexander of Austria (2003)
6. Archduke Chrysostomo of Austria
5. Archduchess Alexandra of Austria (1965)
1. Wilhelmus de Wit (1965, m. 1999)
1. Laurents-Jan de Wit (2001)
2. Clemens-Karl de Wit (2003)
3. Johannes Paul de Wit (2005)
6. Archduke Nikolaus of Austria (1973)
1. Eugenia de Calonje Gurrea (1973, m. 2002)
1. Archduke Nicolás of Austria (2003)
2. Archduchess Sofía of Austria (2006)
3. Archduke Santiago of Austria (2008)
4. Archduchess María Carlota of Austria (2010)
7. Archduke Johannes-Jacobus of Austria (1975)
1. Maria Gabriela Montenegro Villamizar (1978, m. 2009)
1. Archduke Johannes of Austria (2010)
2. Archduke Alejandro of Austria (2012)
3. Archduke Ignacio José of Austria (2014)

On 28 December 1990, he married Princess Margarite of Hohenberg. Together, they have four children:

• Archduchess Johanna of Austria (1992)
• Archduke Joseph Albrecht of Austria (1994)
• Archduke Paul Leo of Austria (1996)
• Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (1998)

Through his mother, he is a distant relation of the Belgian Royal family as she and Queen Paola are 2nd cousins 1x removed. He shares a birthday with Prince Eudes Thibaut Joseph Marie d'Orléans, The Duke of Angouleme.