Kwakukhona isikhathi lapho i-Austria yayiyinhloko yombuso omkhulu owagcina uhlakazekile ngemuva kokuphela kweMpi Yezwe Yokuqala. Izinguquko eziningi noma izimpi zaqeda imibuso nemibuso futhi lokho kwe-Austria kwaba kokugcina ukungena emlandweni. Ngubani-ke owagcina ukufaka umqhele wakhe? Wayengubani umbusi okwakumele acishe ugesi, njengoba besho?
Lowo mbusi wayekhona UCharles I wase-Austria, owaziwa nangokuthi uCarlos IV waseHungary, indoda ezalwe ngo-1887 eyashona ngo-1922. Ngaphandle kokuba yi-Emperor yokugcina yase-Austria kanye neNkosi yokugcina yaseHungary naye wayekhona Wayeyinkosi yokugcina yomndeni eyanikeza amakhosi amaningi emhlabeni, iNdlu yaseHabsburg-Lorraine.
UCharles I wase-Austria wabusa cishe iminyaka emithathu, kusukela ngo-1916 kuya ku-1919 ngenkathi eshiya uhulumeni ngaphandle kokulahla. Ubukhosi babusifa, yize azama ukungakwenzi lokho kuze kufike usuku lokufa kwakhe ngo-1922. Wazalwa ngo-Agasti 17, 1887 ePersenbeug Castle, eLower Austria, ngenkathi uMbusi neNkosi yaseHungary kwakunguMkhulu wakhe umalume uFrancisco José, indoda abengeke azwane naye.
Washada noPrincess Zita waseBourbon-Parma y lapho u-Archduke Franz Ferdinand ebulawa eSarajevo, okuqala iMpi Enkulu, waba yindlalifa. Kungaleso sikhathi kuphela lapho umbusi aqala khona ukumthatha ngokungathi sína kakhulu futhi ethambekele ekumngeniseni ezindabeni zombuso. Ngenkathi uFrancisco José eshona wagcina engenile esihlalweni sobukhosi, ngo-1916. Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, abasePoland babezomemezela inkululeko yabo bese i-Austria iba yinhlangano yezifundazwe, okusho ukuqala kokuphela koMbuso. Ngo-1918 washiya umbuso futhi kwashiyela abase-Austrian nabaseHungary ukuthi bathathe isinqumo ngohlobo lwabo lukahulumeni.
UCharles I wase-Austria, Yize azama ukugcina ubukhosi e-Austria futhi kamuva naseHungary, akazange aphumelele. Waya ekudingisweni nomkakhe esiqhingini saseMadeira. Ngo-1922 wabanjwa amakhaza ngenkathi ehamba edolobheni, kwakunzima kuwo i-bronchitis bese kuba yinyumoniya. Njengoba ayengenawo ama-antibiotic, ayengakasungulwa okwamanje, wahlaselwa yisifo senhliziyo futhi washona ngo-Ephreli 1 phambi komkakhe owayekhulelwe ingane yabo yesishiyagalombili.
Izinsalela zakhe zisangcwatshwe esiqhingini saseMadeira, ngaphandle kwenhliziyo yakhe, yona nonkosikazi wakhe abangcwatshwe eSwitzerland. Ngo-2004 wahlonishwa yiSonto LamaKatolika.