Archduke Maximilian of Austria (Maximilian Eugen Ludwig Friedrich Philipp Ignatius Josef Maria; 13 April 1895 – 19 January 1952) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and the younger brother of the Emperor Charles I of Austria.
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Early life
Maximilian was the second son of Archduke Otto of Austria and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony.
In 1915 Maximilian was made a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, the special order of the dynasty, by his grand-uncle Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.
Career
During World War I Maximilian served as a major in the Austro-Hungarian Army. He also had the rank of corvette captain in the Austro-Hungarian Navy.
In February 1917, Maximilian was sent to Berlin to formally notify the German Emperor Wilhelm II of the accession of Maximilian's brother Charles as Emperor of Austria. In 1917 / 1918, with consent of Charles I, Maximilian established his household at Belvedere Palace in Vienna, held to the disposition of the imperial family by the government of Austria.