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Ludwig Salvator, Erzherzog von Österreich
© Copyright Archduke Ludwig Salvator, lithograph by I. Eigner, around 1875 Ludwig Salvator, Archduke of Austria, b. Florence (Italy), Aug. 4, 1847, d. Brandys nad Labem, Czech Republic (then Brandeis an der Elbe), Oct. 12, 1915, son of the expelled Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany, was called the "learned Archduke" in the House of Habsburg-Lothringen. Undertook expeditions on his sailing boat in the Mediterranean Sea and wrote many books about them. At court in Vienna he was always considered peculiar due to his careless way of dressing and lack of respect for court etiquette. L. S.-Museum in Mallorca. Works: Die Balearen, 5 vols., 1869-1884; Die Serben an der Adria, 1878; Die Liparischen Inseln, 8 vols., 1893; Spanien in Wort und Bild, 1894; Die Felsenfesten Mallorcas, 1910. Literature: H. Schwendinger, Erzhzg. L. S., Der Wissenschaftler aus dem Kaiserhaus, 1991; B. Hamann, Die Habsburger, 41993 (with work index).
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