JOHN NEPOMUK SALVATOR, ARCH DUKE OF AUSTRIA and PRINCE OF TUSCANY: b. Florence, 25 Nov. 1852; d. — 1891. He was the youngest son of Archduke Leopold II of Tuscany, became colonel (1876) with command of a regiment at Komorn, then (1878) com mander of an infantry brigade at Vienna; then mayor-general, commanding a brigade in the army of occupation at Bosnia. In 1879 he was commander of a division, and was transferred to Lenz (1883-87), commanding the 3d di vision, as a measure for publish ing his 'Drill oder Erziehung> (Vienna 1883) criticizing the leaders of the army. He was suddenly deprived of his command in consequence of his arbitrary claim to the Bulgarian throne. In 1889 he resigned every dignity and rank and took the name of Johann Orth, from the title of his castle near Gmunden. He then went abroad and, having passed his examinations as ship's captain, he purchased, equipped and manned a merchant man, the Margerita, and sailed from Hamburg for South America. It is generally conceded
that he suffered shipwreck on the coast of South America and lost his life, not a soul, however, surviving to corroborate the fact. Legendary stories of his living with his brother Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Tuscany at Majorca and other fabrications have been denied by those best able to know. He also wrote