Rudolf von Habsburg (5 September 1919 – 15 May 2010) was the sixth child and youngest son of Emperor

Charles I of Austria Charles I or Karl I (german: Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria, hu, Károly Ferenc József Lajos Hubert György Ottó Mária; 17 August 18871 April 1922) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary (as Charles IV, ), King of Croatia, ...

and

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Early life

He was born in

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, where the former Austrian Imperial family were staying after they had been sent into exile. He was named after

Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria Rudolf IV (1 November 1339 – 27 July 1365), also called Rudolf the Founder (german: der Stifter), was a scion of the House of Habsburg who ruled as duke of Austria (self-proclaimed archduke), Styria and Carinthia from 1358, as well as count ...

. Educated with his siblings first in Spain then in Belgium, , but Rudolf was expelled in 1946 once his membership in the formerly imperial

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was exposed.de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ''Le Petit Gotha''. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, p. 172-174, 196-198 (French) After the war he travelled to the United States, Canada and the

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. Rudolf worked as a

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junior executive and a bank director.''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XV. "Haus Österreich". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2001, pp. 87, 97. (German) .

First marriage

Rudolf was married by Archbishop

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to Countess Xenia Czernichev-Besobrasov the daughter of Count Sergei Aleksandrovich Czernyshev-Besobrasov and Countess Elizabeta Dmitrievna

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a, on 22 June 1953 at

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. They had four children. Xenia was killed in a car crash on 20 September 1968, in which Rudolf was also seriously injured. * Archduchess Maria Anna Charlotte Zita Elisabeth Regina Therese of Austria (b. 1954) married Prince Peter

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(b. 1955); on 24 November 1981. They have six children: **Princess Xenia Petrovna Galitzine (23 May 1983), married Alberto Matta y Maya (b. 1983) on 23 September 2007. They have three children. ** Princess Tatiana Petrovna Galitzine (16 August 1984), married Guillermo Sierra y Uribe (13 June 1984) on 29 April 2017. They have one son. **Princess Alexandra Petrovna Galitzine (7 August 1986) ** Princess Maria Petrovna Galitzine (11 May 1988 – 4 May 2020) she married Rishi Roop Singh (b. 1978) on 24 September 2017. They have one son. ***Maxim (10 February 2018) **Prince Dimitri Petrovich Galitzine (11 June 1990) **Prince Ioann Teimouraz Petrovich Galitzine (27 May 1992) *Archduke Karl Peter Otto Serge Joseph Paul Leopold Heinrich of Austria (5 November 1955) married Princess Alexandra von

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(12 May 1970). They have two children. * Archduke Simeon Carl Eugen Joseph Leopold of Austria (29 June 1958) married Princess María of

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(b. 1967) on 13 July 1996. They have five children.de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ''Le Petit Gotha''. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002 (French) ''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XV. "Spanien". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1997, pp. 104-105. (German) . *Archduke Johannes Karl Ludwig Clemens Maria Joseph Markus d'Aviano Leopold of Austria (11 December 1962 – 29 June 1975)

Second marriage

Rudolf was married secondly to Princess Anna Gabriele von

(11 September 1940) on 15 October 1971 in

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. They have one daughter. *''Archduchess Catharina-Maria'' Johanna Zita Sophie Caspara (14 September 1972) married Count Massimiliano Secco di Aragona (b. 1967); on 9 December 1998. They have three sons.

Death

Rudolph died on 15 May 2010. He was survived by two older brothers;

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and

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Ancestry

References

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