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Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este

Modena, 20 Jul 1821 – Brno, 15 Dec 1849

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A life in time

  1. 20 Jul 1821

    Born in Modena

  2. 2 Jul 1849

    A daughter is born

  3. 15 Dec 1849

    Dies in Brno, aged 28

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 1

During his lifetime

He lived through 3 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Modena.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1820s · Archduke is born in Modena

Around the world1825–1830

The first passenger railway

In England a steam locomotive pulled the first public train in 1825; within decades railways crossed every continent.

At the table

Spicy parsnip spiritosa dish

A common, spicy tavern dish called spiritosa consisted of boiled yellow parsnips in a sauce made of vinegar, pepper, oregano, garlic, and chili peppers.

What people wore

Cost of wedding attire

A wedding dress for an ordinary person usually cost up to 30 ducats, though wealthy families could spend up to 300 ducats on garments with gold and silver fabrics.

Getting around

Traveling the Difficult Southern Roads

In regions like Calabria, carriages were often impractical due to poor road conditions, forcing travelers to rely on mules or simple calessos for transport. A journey of roughly 500 km from southern Calabria to Naples was considered a major undertaking with no clear travel times advised.

What it cost

Food prices for daily necessities

Bread cost 6 grana per rotolo (approx. 890 grams), while beef cost 16 grana and a liter of wine was 3 grana. Pasta was a staple, with machine-made pasta costing 7 grana and finer varieties reaching 8 grana per rotolo.

Music

Music during religious festival processions

Religious processions often featured musicians, including porters who danced while carrying heavy barrels of wine on their shoulders to the sound of a distant orchestra.

Daily life

Gender-restricted education controlled by the Church

There was no compulsory schooling, and education was heavily influenced by the Church, with 30 articles regulating male education versus only 22 for females. While boys could study reading, writing, and arithmetic, girls' education was largely restricted to domestic arts, catechism, and religious duties.