Prince Ernst of Hohenberg
Prince Ernst | |
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Prince of Hohenberg | |
Born | 27 May 1904 |
Died | 5 March 1954 | (aged 49)
Spouse(s) | Marie-Thérèse Wood |
Issue | Prince Franz Prince Ernst |
Father | Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria |
Mother | Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg |
Prince Ernst of Hohenberg (Ernst Alfons Franz Ignaz Joseph Maria Anton von Hohenberg; 27 May 1904 – 5 March 1954) was the second son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his morganatic wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, who were assassinated at Sarajevo in 1914.
Life
Prince Ernst was born at his parents' estate at Konopiště in Bohemia. Following his parents' assassination, which precipitated World War I, Ernst and his siblings, Sophie and Maximilian, were taken in by their uncle, Prince Jaroslav von Thun und Hohenstein.
In late 1918, their properties in Czechoslovakia, including Konopiště and Chlumec nad Cidlinou, were confiscated. The children moved to Vienna and Schloß Artstetten.
In 1938, following the Anschluss, some of the family members were arrested. Prince Ernst, having previously spoken at pro-monarchist meetings and having publicly opposed the Anschluss, was sent to Dachau concentration camp with his brother.[citation needed] Prince Ernst was later transferred to other camps and was freed in 1943. The family's Austrian properties were confiscated in 1939, but they were returned in 1945. [citation needed]
Marriage and issue
Prince Ernst married on 25 May 1936 in Vienna, Marie-Thérèse Wood (9 May 1910 in Vienna – 28 November 1985 in Radmer), daughter of Captain George Jervis Wood and Countess Rosa Lónyay de Nagy-Lónya et Vásáros-Namény. The couple had two children:
- Prince Franz Ferdinand Maximilian Georg Ernst Maria Josef Zacharius Ignaz of Hohenberg (14 March 1937 in Vienna – 8 August 1978 in Graz), married on 17 October 1964 in Orth an der Donau, Heide Zechling (born 4 January 1941 in Eisenerz), daughter of Johann Zechling and Margarethe Vielhaber. They have one son:
- Prince Ernst Georg Elemer Albert Josef Antonius Peregrinus Rupertus Maria of Hohenberg (born 1 March 1944 in Vienna), married firstly on 31 August 1973 in Radmer, Patricia Caesar (born 12 June 1950 in Glen Cove), daughter of Arthur M. Caesar and Selma Maguire; they divorced in 1999. He married secondly on 15 September 2007 in Falun, Margareta Anna Ndisi (born 26 November 1959 in Östhammar, firstly married with Hubert Géza Wells). He has one daughter from his first marriage:
- Princess Eva Anne Maria of Hohenberg (born 1 December 1974 in Graz), married in 2005, Alessandro Geromella (born 15 October 1965)
Death
Prince Ernst died at Graz in Austria in 1954, aged 49. He is buried in the crypt of the Hohenberg family's Artstetten Castle in Lower Austria.[1] His wife's remains are in a sarcophagus to the right of his.
Honours
- Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Family: Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 1945[2]
Ancestry
References
- ^ Family crypt info Archived 9 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Boettger, T. F. "Chevaliers de la Toisón d'Or - Knights of the Golden Fleece". La Confrérie Amicale. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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- Austrian people of German Bohemian descent
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