Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este

Austrian general

Archduke Ferdinand

Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este (1781 – 1850) was the third son of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and of his wife Princess Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este, last member and heiress of the House of Este. For much of the Napoleonic Wars he was in command of the Austrian army.