Charles I

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Charles I (1887–1922) Austrian Emperor (1916–18) and King (as Charles IV) of Hungary (1916–18). When Hungary and Czechoslovakia declared their independence and Austria became a republic in 1918, Charles, the last Habsburg Emperor, was forced into exile in Switzerland. In 1921, he unsuccessfully attempted to regain the Hungarian throne.

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