The Embassy of Hungary in Lisbon, the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and the Austrian Embassy in Lisbon organised a conference in memory of Blessed Charles IV, who died in exile in Madeira on 1 April 1922. Gergely Fejérdy, Deputy Director of the Otto von Habsburg Foundation, also gave a lecture on the occasion of the centenary.
On 1 April 1922, Charles I (IV) Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, father of Otto von Habsburg, died in Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary commemoration series, our Foundation, in cooperation with the Embassy of Hungary in Lisbon and local organizers, presented a roll-up exhibition of nine panels in English. A Portuguese version of this was also made available for the public in the form of a brochure.
In 1923 Empress Zita presented a Madeiran family with the royal children’s trousseau that included the white baptismal gown and headband that had been worn by the Emperor and her seven children at their christenings.
The Spanish flu, also known as the 1918 flu pandemic, was the first worldwide epidemic in history, wiping out about 3 to 5 percent of the world’s population. 98 years ago Charles IV, the father of Otto von Habsburg and the last Hungarian king, was among those who lost his life battling the disease.
