Kwakukho ixesha apho i-Ostriya yayiyintloko yobukhosi obukhulu obaphela buphela emva kokuphela kweMfazwe Yehlabathi yokuqala. Uvukelo oluninzi okanye iimfazwe ziphelise izikumkani kunye nobukhosi kwaye i-Austria yayiyeyokugqibela ukuhla embalini. Ngubani owokugqibela ukunxiba isithsaba sakhe? Ngubani umlawuli owayefanele ukucima isibane, njengoko besitsho?
Loo mlawuli wayenjalo UCharles I waseOstriya, okwabizwa ngokuba nguCarlos IV waseHungary, Indoda ezelwe ngo-1887 eyasweleka ngo-1922. Ngaphandle kokuba ngu-Emperor wokugqibela wase-Austria kunye noKumkani wokugqibela wase-Hungary naye Wayengukumkani wokugqibela wosapho olunike ookumkani abaninzi kwihlabathi, iNdlu yaseHabsburg-Lorraine.
UCharles I waseOstriya Ulawule iminyaka emithathu, ukususela ngo-1916 ukuya ku-1919 xa wayeshiya urhulumente engakhange arhoxe. Ubukhosi babusifa, nangona wazama ukungakwenzi oko de kube ngumhla wokufa kwakhe ngo-1922. Wazalwa ngo-Agasti 17, 1887 ePersenbeug Castle, e-Lower Austria, xa uMlawuli kunye noKumkani waseHungary umalume uFrancisco José, indoda engasoze ihlangane nayo.
Utshatile uPrincess Zita waseBourbon-Parma y xa uArchduke Franz Ferdinand wagwintwa eSarajevo, nto leyo eyabangela iMfazwe Enkulu, waba yindlalifa. Kungelo xesha kuphela apho umlawuli waqala ukumthatha ngokungathí sina kwaye wayethambekele ekumngeniseni kwimicimbi yaseburhulumenteni. Ukusweleka kukaFrancisco José, wade wangena esihlalweni sobukhosi, ngo-1916. Kungekudala emva koko, ama-Poles ayakubhengeza inkululeko yawo kwaye i-Austria yayiza kuba ngumanyano lwamazwe, nto leyo eyayiza kuthetha ukuqala kokuphela koBukhosi. Ngo-1918 wemka kurhulumente kwaye yayishiya iOstriya kunye neHungary ukuba bathathe isigqibo ngohlobo lwabo lukarhulumente.
UCharles I wase-Austria, Nangona wazama ukugcina ubukhosi e-Austria kwaye kamva nase-Hungary, akazange aphumelele. Yena nenkosikazi yakhe bathinjelwa kwisiqithi saseMadeira. Ngo-1922 wabanjwa ebanda ngelixa esixekweni, kwakunzima ngaphakathi i-bronchitis kunye ne-pneumonia. Ngaphandle kwamehlo amayeza okubulala iintsholongwane, ayengekaveliswa okwangoku, wahlaselwa sisifo sentliziyo kwaye wasweleka ngo-Epreli 1 phambi komfazi wakhe owayekhulelwe umntwana wabo wesibhozo.
Umzimba wakhe usangcwatyelwe kwisiqithi saseMadeira, ngaphandle kwentliziyo yakhe, yona kunye nenkosikazi yakhe abangcwatyelwe eSwitzerland. Ngo-2004 wahlanjululwa yiCawa yamaKatolika.