March-April 1918: The Sixtus Affair—Emperor-King Karl I & IV of Austria-Hungary (now Blessed Karl of Austria) attempted to negotiate a separate peace with the French, using as an intermediary Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma, his brother-in-law & a Belgian officer; the secret initiative was publicized by the French, leading to the resignation of the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister Count Ottokar Czernin.
Lest we forget.
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