Carlos Felipe María Otón Lucas Marcos de Aviano Melchor de Habsburgo-Lorena y Arenberg (born 18 October 1954) or simply known as Archduke Carlos Felipe, is a member of the

House of Habsburg-Lorraine The House of Habsburg-Lorraine (german: Haus Habsburg-Lothringen) originated from the marriage in 1736 of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, Francis III, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, and Maria Theresa, Maria Theresa of Austria, later successively List ...

. He is the first male of the former ruling house to be born in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

Academic

Carlos Felipe has studied business administration at the

Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) ( en, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education), also known as Tecnológico de Monterrey or just Tec, is a secular and coeducational private university based in ...

, financial derivatives at the ITAM, Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico and international relations at The College of Mexico. He has earned as well a master's degree in business administration and finance at the

ESADE Business School ESADE Business School is a private college and graduate school located in Barcelona, Spain. It is part of ESADE ( Catalan: ''Escola Superior d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses'', Spanish: ''Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de ...

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. He worked at the AWT Internationale Handels und Finanzierungs A.G., in

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from 1988 to 1990; as a delegate in

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Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...

, and

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, for the National Exterior Commerce Bank of Mexico (BANCOMEXT). Since 2000, he has been president of the Habsburg Financial Services, a family office or a wealth management company. In 2012, Carlos Felipe became a member of the Board of Trustees of the Morelia Music Festival, which he presided till 2018. Carlos Felipe has published different essays and articles in history related publications. He has given many conferences regarding his family’s history as well as the

Second Mexican Empire The Second Mexican Empire (), officially the Mexican Empire (), was a constitutional monarchy established in Mexico by Mexican monarchists in conjunction with the Second French Empire. The period is sometimes referred to as the Second French i ...

. He speaks fluently several languages such as Spanish, German, French, English and Catalan.

Family

Carlos Felipe de Habsburgo is the second offspring and eldest son of

Archduke Felix of Austria Archduke (feminine: Archduchess; German: ''Erzherzog'', feminine form: ''Erzherzogin'') was the title borne from 1358 by the Habsburg rulers of the Archduchy of Austria, and later by all senior members of that dynasty. It denotes a rank within ...

and Princess and Duchess Ana Eugenia of Arenberg. Paternally, he is the grandson of Charles I & IV,

Emperor of Austria The Emperor of Austria (german: Kaiser von Österreich) was the ruler of the Austrian Empire and later the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A hereditary imperial title and office proclaimed in 1804 by Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, a member of the Ho ...

and

King of Hungary The King of Hungary ( hu, magyar király) was the ruling head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 (or 1001) to 1918. The style of title "Apostolic King of Hungary" (''Apostoli Magyar Király'') was endorsed by Pope Clement XIII in 1758 ...

and

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

, and a great-great-nephew of Emperor

Maximilian I of Mexico Maximilian I (german: Ferdinand Maximilian Josef Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen, link=no, es, Fernando Maximiliano José María de Habsburgo-Lorena, link=no; 6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867) was an Austrian archduke who reigned as the only Emperor ...

. Carlos Felipe was married firstly and civilly to Martina Donath (born 1955,

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), in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

on 4 September 1994 (div. 1997), and secondly to Annie-Claire Lacrambe (born 1959, Pau), in Pau on 12 May 1998 and later at the

Seville Cathedral The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See ( es, Catedral de Santa María de la Sede), better known as Seville Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It was registered in 1987 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, along ...

. Carlos Felipe has two sons: * Julian-Lorenz Peter (Spanish: Julián-Lorenzo; born 1994, by his first marriage) * Louis-Damian Henri Maria Marko d'Aviavo Malchior (Spanish: Luiz-Damián; born 1998, by his second marriage)

References

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