Karl Albrecht Archduke of Austria
- Category : 1888-births
- Type : MGP
- Profile : 5/1 - Heretical / Investigator
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : LAX Education 2
Biography
Austrian Archduke, as the eldest son of Archduke Karl Stephan and Archduchess Maria Theresia, Princess of Tuscany.
He fought in the Polish–Soviet War. In 1920, he commanded the Grudziądz Fortress. During the German occupation of Poland, he declared Polish nationality and refused to sign the Volksliste. He was imprisoned in November 1939, kept in Cieszyn and tortured by the Gestapo. His wife was interned in Wisła. He left prison blind in one eye and half-paralyzed. In October 1942, Albrecht and his family were sent to a labor camp in Strausberg.
On 8 November 1920 he married morganatically Alice Elisabeth Ankarcrona. They had four children.
He died on 17 March 1951, aged 62, near Stockholm, Sweden.