Editing Zita of Bourbon-Parma (section)

===Hungary and exile in Madeira===
{{further|Attempts of Charles IV to return to the throne of Hungary}}
[[File:Die Kinder von Kaiser Karl und Kaiserin Zita, Quinta Vigia, Funchal.jpg|thumb|The children in [[Lequeitio]], 1920s]]
The family's first home in exile was Wartegg Castle in [[Rorschach, St. Gallen|Rorschach]], Switzerland, a property owned by the [[Bourbon-Parmas]]. However, the Swiss authorities, worried about the implication of the Habsburgs living near the Austrian border, compelled them to move to the western part of the country. The next month, therefore, found them moving to Villa [[Prangins]], near [[Lake Geneva]], where they resumed a quiet family life.<ref name="Bogle"/>{{Rp|20}} This abruptly ended in March 1920 when, after a period of instability in Hungary, [[Miklós Horthy]] was elected [[regent]]. Charles was still technically King (as Charles IV) but Horthy sent an emissary to Prangins advising him not to go to Hungary until the situation had calmed.<ref name="Brook-Shepherd"/>{{Rp|153–156}} After the [[Trianon Treaty]] Horthy's ambition soon grew. Charles became concerned and requested the help of Colonel Strutt to get him into Hungary.<ref name="Brook-Shepherd"/>{{Rp|153–156}} Charles twice attempted to regain control, once in March 1921 and again in October 1921. Both attempts failed, despite Zita's staunch support (she insisted on travelling with him on the final dramatic train journey to [[Budapest]]).<ref name="Brook-Shepherd"/>{{Rp|192}}

Charles and Zita temporarily resided at [[Tata Castle]], the home of [[Móric Esterházy|Count Esterházy]],<ref name="Brook-Shepherd"/>{{Rp|195}} until a suitable permanent exile could be found. [[Malta]] was mooted as a possibility, but was declined by [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston|Lord Curzon]], and French territory was ruled out given the possibility of Zita's brothers intriguing on Charles's behalf.<ref name="Brook-Shepherd"/>{{Rp|199}} Eventually, the Portuguese island of [[Madeira]] was chosen. On 31 October 1921, the former Imperial couple were taken by rail from [[Tihany]] to [[Baja, Hungary|Baja]], where the [[Royal Navy]] [[Monitor (warship)|monitor]] [[Insect-class gunboat|HMS ''Glowworm'']] was waiting. They finally arrived at [[Funchal]] on 19 November.<ref name="Brook-Shepherd"/>{{Rp|200–207}} Their children were being looked after at Wartegg Castle in Switzerland by Charles's step-grandmother [[Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal|Maria Theresa]], although Zita managed to see them in [[Zürich]] when her son Robert needed an operation for [[appendicitis]].<ref name="Brook-Shepherd"/>{{Rp|210–211}} The children joined their parents in Madeira in February 1922.<ref name="Howe">{{cite journal |last1=Howe |first1=Malcolm |title=Zita, the last Empress of Austria, grand-daughter of a King of Portugal |journal=British Historical Society of Portugal Annual Report |date=2020 |volume=47|url=https://www.bhsportugal.org/library/articles/zita-the-last-empress-of-austria-grand-daughter-of-a-king-of-portugal |access-date=5 January 2022}}</ref>