Karl Habsburg-Lorraine [1] ( him. Karl Habsburg-Lothringen ; January 11, 1961 , Starnberg , Bavaria , Germany ) - the current head of the House of Habsburg . The son of Otto von Habsburg and Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen , the grandson of the last Austrian Emperor Charles I.
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| Predecessor | Otto von Habsburg | ||||||
| Birth | January 11, 1961 (58 years old) Starnberg  Bavaria  Germany | ||||||
| Rod | Habsburg-Lorraine House | ||||||
| Father | Otto von Habsburg | ||||||
| Mother | Regina Saxe-Meiningen | ||||||
| Spouse | Francesca von Habsburg | ||||||
| Children | Eleanor Ferdinand Gloria | ||||||
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Political career
Since 1986, Habsburg has been president of the Austrian branch of the Pan-European Union . After studying law for 12 years, in 1992-1993, he conducted the Who is Who game on ORF on public television [2] [3] . In October 1996 he was elected to the European Parliament from the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) .
On January 19, 2002, Karl Habsburg-Lorraingen was appointed the Director General of the UN ( Organization of Nations and Peoples without Representatives ) by the UN Steering Committee [4] . Since December 7, 2008, he is President of the Association of National Committees of the Blue Shield [5] .
House of Habsburg
From January 1, 2007, his father, Otto von Habsburg , refused the status of the head of the Habsburg dynasty and handed it to his son, who accordingly received the title of archduke [6] . Karl is also a formal contender for the thrones of a number of no longer existing kingdoms, such as the Hungarian and Bohemian , Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Galicia-Volyn principality , Illyria and even the Kingdom of Jerusalem , which was lost by the crusaders in 1291 .
Private life
Karl Habsburg-Lorraingen since 1981 lives in Salzburg in the Casa Austria , formerly known as Villa Swoboda , in Anif [7], located near the city.
On January 31, 1993, he married Francesca Thiessen , the only daughter of Baron Hans Heinrich Thiessen , a European industrialist and his third wife, Fiona Campbell Walter. Karl and Francesca have three children:
- Eleonora Elena Maria del Pilar Iona, born February 28, 1994 in Salzburg
- Ferdinand Zvonimir Maria Balthus Keith Michal Otto Antal Banam Leonard, born June 21, 1997 in Salzburg
- Gloria Maria Bogdana Paloma Regina Fiona Gabriela , born October 15, 1999 in Salzburg, her godmother is Gloria, Princess Thurn and Taxis [8] .
Karl and Francesca divorced in 2003 [9] .
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See also
- Habsburg
- Lorraine house
Literature
- ↑ The civil name is Karl Habsburg-Lothringen ; the use of the noble form of Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen is prohibited by the Austrian law of 1919 on the abolition of noble titles.
- Ber " Beruf: Enkel ", Die Presse , 3 April 2011 , < http://diepresse.com/home/meinung/portraitdestages/647306/Beruf_Enkel >
- S Ansichtssache: Ranking der Absonderlichkeiten im ORF - 50 Jahre Fernsehen - derStandard.at ›Etat
- ↑ UNPO. UNPO Steering Committee appoints Karl von Habsburg as the organizations new Director-General . UNPO Website . The appeal date is April 23, 2011. Archived September 3, 2010. This position is separate from the PO world world world world world world.
- ↑ Blue Shield. ANCBS - An organization for protection of culture in danger . Blue Shield Website . The appeal date is April 23, 2011. Archived August 13, 2012.
- ↑ stock heirs. The magazine "Kommersant Power" № 42 from 10.24.2000, p. 32
- Villa Villa Swoboda , SalzburgWiki .
- Le "le baptême de Gloria, archiduchesse d'Autriche", Point de Vue , no. 2688 (26 janvier au 1 fevrier 2000): 32-35.
- Aw Shaw, William, “ We Are Not A Muse ”, New York Times , February 25, 2007.