the 35th International Eucharistic Congress in Barcelona. Marriage and family On 8 May 1938, in the Cathedral of Saint Stephen in Vienna, Karl married Christa Satzger de Bálványos (1914–2001), daughter of Geza Satzger de Bálványos and of his wife, Maria Alexandrina Friedmann. The marriage was morganatic, and the children born to it had no dynastic rights of succession. Karl and Christa had two daughters: Alejandra Blanca de Habsburgo-Lorena y Satzger (born 20 January 1941, at Viareggio), married in 1960 to José María Riera Leyva (two sons and one daughter). María Immaculada Pía de Habsburgo-Lorena y Satzger (born 3 July 1945, at Barcelona), married John Howard Dobkin on 18 Dec 1969 in Arlington, Virginia. On 30 November 1990, Alejandra and Inmaculada were each given the title Countess of Habsburg () by Archduke Otto of Austria. Christa left Karl in 1949. In December 1950, they received a civil divorce in Reno, Nevada. On 4 January 1951, Karl initiated a process petitioning for an ecclesiastical decree of nullity; the case had not been resolved at his death. Death Karl died of a cerebral hemorrhage 24 December 1953, in Barcelona, Spain. Several funeral masses were celebrated for him, including one on 16 January 1954 in Madrid, attended by numerous government officials and members of the diplomatic corps. He was buried in the Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet. Ancestry Notes Bibliography Las Heras y Borrero, Francisco de. Carlos de Habsburgo, un pretendiente desconocido: El otro candidato de Franco. Madrid: Dykinson, 2004. "Archduke Carlos of Spain, Was 44". The New York Times (December 25, 1953): 17. Obituary of Christina Sandor External links Karl Pius voting in 1947 referendum, Barcelona Plaza de Soler, Colegio Electoral n. 11, NO-DO #136A footage in present-day compilation (09:47 to 09.54); note his hand having been kissed by Jose Maria Junyent Quintana) Don Carlos' burial footage Don Carlos' burial report in La Vanguardia Española 1909 births 1953 deaths Nobility from Vienna Carlist pretenders to the Spanish throne House of Habsburg-Lorraine Austrian princes Navarrese titular monarchs