Georg von Habsburg
| Georg von Habsburg | |||||
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| Born | 16 December 1964 Starnberg, Bavaria, West Germany | ||||
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| Issue | Zsófia Ildikó Károly-Konstantin | ||||
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| House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
| Father | Otto, Crown Prince of Austria | ||||
| Mother | Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
Georg von Habsburg[1] (given names Paul Georg Maria Joseph Dominikus; born 16 December 1964, in Starnberg), referred to in Austria as Georg Habsburg-Lothringen,[1] in Hungary as Habsburg György, and in some media as Archduke Georg of Austria,[2] is the second son, and seventh and youngest child of Otto von Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Regina.
Early life
Georg von Habsburg was born in Starnberg, Bavaria, the second son and seventh child of Otto and Regina von Habsburg. His father, heir of Charles I and IV, last monarch of Austria-Hungary, renounced all claims to the Austrian throne in 1961.[3] Georg von Habsburg was raised at his parents' home in exile, Villa Austria, in Pöcking, Bavaria.
Marriage
He married Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg (born 22 August 1972 in Bad Segeberg), the older daughter of Duke Johann of Oldenburg (younger son of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg and his wife Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont) and Countess Ilka of Ortenburg, on 18 October 1997 in Budapest, Hungary, contracting, unlike his elder brother Karl in 1993, a dynastic marriage according to the former Habsburg house laws.[2] His wife remained Lutheran.[2] The couple have three children:
- Zsófia Mária Tatjána Mónika Erzsébet Katalin (Sophie Maria Tatiana Monica Elisabeth Catherine, born 12 January 2001 in Budapest)
- Ildikó Mária Walburga (Hilda Maria Walburga, born 6 June 2002 in Budapest)
- Károly-Konstantin Mihály István Mária (Karl-Konstantin Michael Stephan Maria, born 20 July 2004 in Budapest)
Georg and his family live near the village of Sóskút, in Pest County in Hungary. Their eldest child was the first Habsburg to be born in Hungary in more than fifty years. While Georg is a Roman Catholic, Eilika has chosen to remain a Lutheran.
Career
Georg was the President of Red Cross in Hungary, having been named Hungary's Ambassador extraordinary to the European Parliament in 1996.[2]
References
- ^ a b The Habsburgs' titles are not recognised anymore in Austria or in Hungary, where he is referred to as Georg Habsburg-Lothringen, which is his legal name (see Austrian nobility and Statute IV of 1947 regarding the abolition of certain titles and ranks (Hungary)).
- ^ a b c d de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ‘'Le Petit Gotha'’. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, pp. 172–176, 201–202 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1
- ^ Brook-Shepherd, pg. 181