AUSTRIAN THRONE.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXIX, Issue 46, 17 January 1913, Page 2

AUSTRIAN THRONE.

iIIHTH OK PKOSPFCTI YF, HFJR. At •!.!■") this morning, in the \'illa Wartholz, at Rciehcnau, near Vienna, a prospective heir to the Imperial and rtoyal throne of Austria-.Hunwary was horn (ivrote the Vienna correspondent of 'Die Daily .Mail' on November 20), The infant is the iirst-born child of Ihe Arehdnke Charles Francis .Joseph and the Arehduehess Zita, who wero married in October, 1911. Owing to the fact ilint the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the next heir to the throne, resigned the right of succession of children horn to him from his morganatic marriage with the Duchess of Hohonberg, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand will he succeeded on the throne by llu> Archduke Charles Francis .lo; eph, whose iirst-horn child came into ihe world this morning. 'I he F.niporor was acquainted with the news on awaking before <hnvji today, and promised to go to Reichenau to act as godfather to the child, who "ill receive 17 names, including those of Karl Fran/ Josef Otto. Preparations are already being made to decorate the chapel for the baptism, which takes place on Saturday, when the aged Emperor will have the gratification of holding this third heir to the throne in his arms. The Archduke Charles Francis Joseph and the Archduchess Zita, who made a ovo-inatcli last autumn, were able to carry through their project of marriage with the aid of the Emperor, who frequently says that he only wishes the younger generation to he happy.