Editing Charles I of Austria (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Kaiser Karl I as a child.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Boy wearing a sailor suit|Charles as a child, {{circa|1889}}]]

Charles was born on 17 August 1887, in the Castle of [[Persenbeug-Gottsdorf|Persenbeug]], in [[Lower Austria]]. His parents were [[Archduke Otto Franz of Austria]] and [[Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1867–1944)|Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony]].<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20041003_charles-austria_en.html "Charles of Austria (1887{{spaced ndash}}1922)", Vatican News Service]</ref> At the time, his grand-uncle [[Franz Joseph]] reigned as [[Emperor of Austria]] and [[King of Hungary]]. Upon the death of [[Crown Prince Rudolph]] in 1889, the Emperor's brother, [[Archduke Karl Ludwig]], Charles' grandfather, was next in line to the Austro-Hungarian throne. However, his death in 1896 from typhoid made his eldest son, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the new [[heir presumptive]].

Archduke Charles was raised a devout [[Catholic]]. He spent his early years wherever his father's regiment happened to be stationed; later on, he lived in [[Vienna]] and [[Reichenau an der Rax]]. He was privately educated, but, contrary to the custom ruling in the imperial family, he attended a public [[Gymnasium (school)|gymnasium]] (the [[Schottengymnasium]]) for the sake of demonstrations in scientific subjects. On the conclusion of his studies at the gymnasium, he entered the army, spending the years from 1906 to 1908 as an officer chiefly in [[Prague]], where he studied [[Law]] and [[Political Science]] concurrently with his military duties.<ref name=eb>{{Cite EB1922 |last=Pribram |first=Alfred Francis | wstitle=Charles}}</ref>

In 1907, he was declared of age, and [[Zdenko Lobkowitz|Prince Zdenko von Lobkowitz]] was appointed as his [[Chamberlain (office)|chamberlain]]. During the next few years, he carried out his military duties in various [[Bohemia]]n garrison towns. Charles's relations with his great-uncle were not intimate, and those with his uncle Franz Ferdinand were not cordial, with the differences between their wives increasing the existing tension between them. For these reasons, Charles, up to the time of the assassination of his uncle in 1914, obtained no insight into affairs of state, but led the life of a prince not destined for a high political position.<ref name=eb/>