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
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria, (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I.
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and his
morganatic
Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty or other inherited title prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spous ...
wife
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (; cs, Žofie Marie Josefína Albína hraběnka Chotková z Chotkova a Vojnína 1 March 1868 – 28 June 1914) was the wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. Their assas ...
, who were assassinated at
Sarajevo
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in 1914.
Life
Prince Ernst was born at his parents' estate at
Konopiště
Konopiště Castle (; german: Schloss Konopischt) is a four-winged, three-storey castle located in Konopiště, now a part of the town of Benešov in Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. It has become famous as the last residence of Archduke F ...
in
Bohemia
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. Following his parents' assassination, which precipitated
World War I
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, Ernst and his siblings,
Sophie and
Maximilian
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The name " Max" is considered a shortening of "Maximilian" as well as of several other names.
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*Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459 ...
, were taken in by their uncle, Prince Jaroslav von
Thun und Hohenstein
The House of Thun und Hohenstein, also known as Thun-Hohenstein, belonged to the historical Austrian and Bohemian nobility. There is one princely and several comital branches of the family. The princely branch of the family lived at Děčín (Te ...
.
In late 1918, their properties in
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
, including Konopiště and
Chlumec nad Cidlinou
Chlumec nad Cidlinou (; german: Chlumetz an der Zidlina) is a town in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,600 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The town is made up of town parts of Chlumec ...
, were confiscated. The children moved to
Vienna
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, registration_plate = W
, postal_code_type = Postal code
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, timezone = CET
, utc_offset = +1
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and
Schloß Artstetten
Artstetten Castle (german: Schloss Artstetten, ) is a château near the Wachau valley in Lower Austria, in the community of Artstetten-Pöbring.
History
Artstetten Castle was owned by a number of families over the centuries until it was purchas ...
.
In 1938, following the ''
Anschluss
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The idea of an (a united Austria and Germany that would form a " Greater Germany ...
'', 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
,
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, location = Upper Bavaria, Southern Germany
, built by = Germany
, operated by = ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS)
, original use = Political prison
, construction ...
with his brother. 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.
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
Radmer is a municipality in the district of Leoben in Austria
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), 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
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), married Heide Zechling (born 4 January 1941 in
Eisenerz
Eisenerz (; "Iron ore") is a market place and old mining town in the Austrian state of Styria, . N.W. of Graz by rail. Pop. (2001) 6,400. It is situated in the deep Erzbach Valley, dominated on the east by the Pfaffenstein , on the west by the ...
). They have one son.
* Prince ''Ernst'' Georg Elemer Albert Josef Antonius Peregrinus Rupertus Maria of Hohenberg (born 1 March 1944 in Vienna), first married Patricia Caesar (born 12 June 1950 in
Glen Cove) in 1973; they divorced in 1999. In 2007 he married Margareta Anna Ndisi (born 26 November 1959 in
Östhammar
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Hist ...
. He has one daughter from his first marriage.
Death
Prince Ernst died at
Graz
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in
Austria
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in 1954, aged 49. He is buried in the
crypt
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Originally, crypts were typically found below the main apse of a chur ...
of the Hohenberg family's
Artstetten Castle
Artstetten Castle (german: Schloss Artstetten, ) is a château near the Wachau valley in Lower Austria, in the community of Artstetten-Pöbring.
History
Artstetten Castle was owned by a number of families over the centuries until it was purchas ...
in
Lower Austria
Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...
. His wife's remains are in a
sarcophagus
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to the right of his.
Honours
*
Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Family: Knight of the
Order of the Golden Fleece
The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece ( es, Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro, german: Orden vom Goldenen Vlies) is a Catholic order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in 1430, to celebrate his marriage ...
, ''1945''
Ancestry
References
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1904 births
1954 deaths
20th-century Austrian people
20th-century Czech people
Austrian princes
Austrian people of German Bohemian descent
Austrian people of Czech descent
Bohemian nobility
Chotek family
Dachau concentration camp survivors
Czech people of Austrian descent
Czechoslovak refugees
German Bohemian people
Ernst
Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
* Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst"
* Anton Ernst (1975-) ...
People from Benešov
Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria