The House of Habsburg-Lorraine () originated from the marriage in 1736 of Francis III, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, and

Maria Theresa Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure, in her own right. She was the ...

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, later successively Queen of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary, Queen of Germany, Queen of Croatia and

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, etc. etc. Its members form the legitimate surviving line of both the

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and the

House of Lorraine The House of Lorraine () originated as a cadet branch of the House of Metz. It inherited the Duchy of Lorraine in 1473 after the death without a male heir of Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine. By the marriage of Francis of Lorraine to Maria Ther ...

, and they inherited their patrimonial possessions from the

female line Matrilineality, at times called matriliny, is the tracing of kinship through the female line. It may also correlate with a social system in which people identify with their matriline, their mother's lineage, and which can involve the inheritan ...

of the House of Habsburg and from the

male line Patrilineality, also known as the male line, the spear side or agnatic kinship, is a common kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is recorded through their father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritanc ...

of the House of Lorraine. The House of Lorraine's branch of Vaudémont and Guise became the main branch after a brief interlude in 1453–1473, when the duchy passed in right of Charles de Bourbon's daughter to her husband, John of Calabria, a Capetian. Lorraine reverted to the House of Vaudémont, a junior branch of the House of Lorraine, in the person of René II, who later added to his titles that of Duke of Bar. The House of Habsburg takes its name from

Habsburg Castle Habsburg Castle (, ) is a medieval Swiss fortress located in what is now Habsburg, Switzerland, in the canton of Aargau, near the Aar River. At the time of its construction, the location was part of the Duchy of Swabia. Habsburg Castle is th ...

, a fortress built in the 1020s by Count Radbot of Klettgau in

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(now in

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). His grandson, Otto II, was the first to take on the name of the fortress as his own, adding ("Count of Habsburg") to his title. The House of Habsburg gathered dynastic momentum during the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries, and in 1273, Radbot's seventh-generation descendant, Rudolph of Habsburg, became

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. He moved the family's power base to the

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, which the Habsburgs ruled until 1918. The House of Habsburg-Lorraine still exists today, and the head of the family is

Karl von Habsburg Karl von Habsburg (given names: ''Karl Thomas Robert Maria Franziskus Georg Bahnam''; born 11 January 1961) is an Austrian politician and the head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, the former royal house of the defunct Austro-Hungarian thrones ...

. (German: "To be emperor is not a job to strive for") The current house orders are the

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, the Imperial and Royal Order of Saint George and the Order of the Starry Cross.

History of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine

The first member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine to rule over the

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was Joseph II, a sovereign raised during the Enlightenment. By the new ideals he brought, he implemented many reforms, most of which were to the detriment of the clergy. Upon his death in 1790, he was succeeded by his brother Leopold II, who in 1791 invited Europe's powers to help the French royal family stifle the ideals of the revolution without military intervention. He died a few days before

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declared war on Austria. In 1792, Leopold II's son Francis II was crowned emperor in

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. After the beheading of the French sovereigns, he – along with the other European sovereigns – created the First Coalition against Revolutionary France. The coalition initially recorded some success but soon began to withdraw, especially in

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, where the Austrians were repeatedly defeated by the Corsican general

Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

. With the

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in 1797, the

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was handed over to France, while the Austrians gained

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and

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. This pact was followed by others that reduced the dominion of the Habsburgs to Austria, Bohemia and Hungary. Francis II was also forced to dissolve the Holy Roman Empire, but he had already proclaimed himself

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, in order to retain his imperial status. After the defeats at

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(1813) and Waterloo (1815), Napoleon was exiled to the island of

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, where he died. In the same year as Waterloo, the

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was established, with which the Restoration began. The Congress demanded the restoration of the old regimes. Austria recovered all the Italian, Slavic and German territories that it had lost during the

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, and the

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was also established between

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and

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, which had the task of suppressing all the pro-French or independence revolutionary movements that would have erupted in Europe. In the years that followed, Francis II pursued a centralization policy on the advice of Chancellor

Metternich Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein ( ; 15 May 1773 – 11 June 1859), known as Klemens von Metternich () or Prince Metternich, was a Germans, German statesman and diplomat in the service of the Austrian ...

; but precisely because of it, and emerging ideals of independence, the

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broke out, which wracked all of Europe. This led to the expulsion of Metternich from the Imperial Chancellery and the rise of

Franz Joseph Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( ; ; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the Grand title of the emperor of Austria, other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 1848 until his death ...

, replacing Ferdinand I, who was forced to abdicate in favour of the 18-year-old man.

End of the dynasty's rule in Europe

Franz Joseph (1830–1916) was the last member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine to hold any significant political or military authority in Europe. At the beginning of his reign (1848–1916), Austria was the dominant power in Central Europe, whilst Vienna emerged as one of the greatest metropolitan cities on the continent. The emperor, however, waged the

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and the

Austro-Prussian War The Austro-Prussian War (German: ''Preußisch-Österreichischer Krieg''), also known by many other names,Seven Weeks' War, German Civil War, Second War of Unification, Brothers War or Fraternal War, known in Germany as ("German War"), ''Deutsc ...

. Both ended in defeats, which put an end to Austrian supremacy in Italy and Germany, as well as accelerating the gradual decline of the dynasty. In 1867, Franz Joseph granted effective autonomy to the

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within the Austrian Empire under the terms of the ''Ausgleich''; politically and militarily they were united, but in terms of internal policy and administration, they became separate entities. The title of the head of state became "Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary", although he was also referred to as "Emperor of Austria-Hungary". With the growing interest of

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and

in the Balkans, strong tensions were created between the Habsburgs and Russia, eventually leading Austria-Hungary to enter into an alliance with

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and

. In 1914, with the

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, the

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broke out between the

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(Austria-Hungary, Germany,

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and the

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) and the Entente Powers (the

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, Russia and others). In 1916, Franz Joseph died and was succeeded by his grandnephew, Charles I. Charles (the last sovereign), upon losing the war, renounced the exercise of power but did not abdicate. He was forced into exile on April 3, 1919. The Habsburg dominions were subsequently divided into independent republics. The House of Habsburg-Lorraine refused to swear its allegiance to the new

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, therefore family members were forced into exile and their property was confiscated. The law of exile still applies to the descendants of Emperor Charles under the same conditions. In 1961, Otto von Habsburg, the late head of the house and formerly a member of the

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, relinquished the monarchy and the succession rights of his descendants in exchange for an end to exile. He was known in the Republic of Austria as Dr. Otto Habsburg-Lothringen, since the Republic does not officially recognise titles of nobility.

The dynasty today

The current leader of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine is

, who succeeded his father Otto as head of the imperial house after his father renounced the role in 2007. Karl is the eldest grandson of the last emperor of Austria-Hungary, Charles I, and his

heir apparent An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the current order of succession but could be displaced by the birth of a more e ...

is his eldest son, Ferdinand Habsburg, an Austrian racing driver.

Male-line family tree

* ''

Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II (Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard; 5 May 1747 – 1 March 1792) was the penultimate Holy Roman Emperor, as well as King of Hungary, Croatia and King of Bohemia, Bohemia, and List of rulers of Austria, Archduke of Austri ...

(1747–1792)'' ** '' Emperor Francis I (1768–1835)'' *** '' Emperor Ferdinand I (1793–1875)'' *** Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Franz Karl (1802–1878)'' **** '' Emperor Franz Joseph I (1830–1916)'' ***** Archducal Coronet

'' Crown Prince Rudolf (1858–

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)'' **** ''

Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico Maximilian I (; ; 6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867) was an Austrian archduke who became emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 10 April 1864 until his execution by the Mexican Republic on 19 June 1867. A member of the House of Habsburg-Lorra ...

(1832–1867)''; married to

Charlotte of Belgium Charlotte of Mexico (; ; 7 June 1840 – 19 January 1927), known by the Spanish version of her name, Carlota, was by birth a princess of Belgium and member of the House of Wettin in the branch of House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Saxe-Coburg ...

****

'' Archduke Karl Ludwig (1833–1896)'' ***** Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863–

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)'';

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to Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg ***** Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Otto Francis (1865–1906)'' ****** '' Emperor Charles I (1887–1922)'' ******* Archducal Coronet

'' Crown Prince Otto (1912–2011)'' ******** Archduke Karl (born 1961) ********* (1) Archduke Ferdinand (b. 1997) ******** (2) Archduke Georg (b. 1964); married to Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg ********* (3) Archduke Karl-Konstantin (b. 2004) ******* Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Robert of Austria-Este (1915–1996)'' ********(4) Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este (b. 1955); married to Princess Astrid of Belgium *********(5) Archduke Amedeo of Austria-Este (b. 1986); married to Elisabetta Maria Rosboch von Wolkenstein **********(6) Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este (b. 2019) *********(7) Archduke Joachim of Austria-Este (b. 1991) ********(8) Archduke Gerhard of Austria-Este (b. 1957); married to Iris Jandrasits ********(9) Archduke Martin of Austria-Este (b. 1959); married to Princess Katharina von Isenburg *********(10) Archduke Bartholomäus of Austria-Este (b. 2006) *********(11) Archduke Emmanuel of Austria-Este (b. 2008) ********* (12) Archduke Luigi Amedeo of Austria-Este (b. 2011) ******* Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Felix (1916–2011)'' ********(13) Archduke Carlos Felipe (b. 1954); married in 1994 to (1) ivorced (and annulled ?) in 1997Martina Donath, (2) ivilly (and religiously ?)Annie-Claire Lacrambe, two sons, one by either marriage (the eldest one was born before marriage). *********(14) Archduke Louis-Damian (b. 1998) ********''Archduke Raimund (1958–2008)'', married to Bettina Götz *********(15) Archduke Felix (b. 1996) ********(16) Archduke István (b. 1961), married to Paola de Temesváry *********(17) Archduke Andreas (b. 1994) ********* (18) Archduke Pál (b. 1997); married to Antonia Lütz ******* Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Carl Ludwig (1918–2007)'' ********(19) Archduke Rudolf (b. 1950); married to Baroness Hélène de Villenfagne de Vogelsanck (marriage retroactively approved as dynastic) *********(20) Archduke Carl Christian (b. 1977); married to Estelle de Saint-Romain **********(21) Archduke Peter Georg (b. 2021) *********(22) Father Johannes Habsbourg-Lorraine (b. 1981), a priest of the Eucharistein Community *********(23) Archduke Thomas (b. 1986) *********(24) Archduke Franz-Ludwig (b. 1988); married to Mathilde Vignon *********(25) Archduke Michael (b. 1990) ********* (26) Archduke Josef (b. 1991) ******** (27) Archduke Carl Christian (b. 1954); married to Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg *********(28) Archduke Imre (b. 1985); married to Kathleen Walker **********(29) Archduke Karl (b. 2023) *********(30) Archduke Christoph (b. 1988), married to Adélaïde Drapé-Frisch **********(31) Archduke Josef (b. 2020) ********* (32) Archduke Alexander (b. 1990); married to Natacha Roumiantzeff-Pachkevitch ******* Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Rudolf (1919–2010)'' ********(33) Archduke Karl Peter (b. 1955); married to Princess Alexandra von Wrede *********(34) Archduke Lorenz (b. 2003) ********(35) Archduke Simeon (b. 1958); married to Princess María of Bourbon-Two Sicilies *********(36) Archduke Johannes (b. 1997) *********(37) Archduke Ludwig (b. 1998) ********* (38) Archduke Philipp (b. 2007) ****** Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Maximilian Eugen (1895–1952)'' ******* Archducal Coronet

''Archduke Ferdinand (1918–2004)'' ******** (39) Archduke Maximilian (b. 1961); married to Sara Maya Al-Askari *********(40) Archduke Karl Otto Nikolaus Ferdinand (b. 2005) *********(41) Archduke Constantin (b. 2007) ******* Archducal Coronet

''Archduke Heinrich (1925–2014)'' ********(42) Archduke Philipp (b. 1962); married to Mayasuni Heath ********(43) Archduke Ferdinand (b. 1965); married to Countess Katharina von Hardenberg ********* (44) Archduke Jakob-Maximilian (b. 2002) ******** (45) Archduke Konrad (b. 1971); married to Ashmita Goswami. ** T08_Grossherzog

'' Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769–1824)'', founder of the Tuscany branch of the imperial house. *** T08_Grossherzog

'' Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1797–1870)'' **** T08_Grossherzog

'' Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1835–1908)'' ***** '' Archduke Peter Ferdinand (1874–1948)'' ****** Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Gottfried (1902–1984)'' ******* ''Archduke Leopold Franz (1942–2021)'' ********(46) Archduke Sigismund, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1966); married to Elyssa Edmonstone *********(47) Archduke Leopold, Grand Prince of Tuscany (b. 2001) ********* (48) Archduke Maximilian (b. 2004) ********(49) Archduke Guntram (b. 1967); morganatically (in Tuscany) married to Debora de Sola, recognised as Countess von Habsburg *********(50) Tiziano Leopold, Count von Habsburg (b. 2004), keeps his Austro-Hungarian dynastic rights. ****** Archducal Coronet

''Archduke Georg (1905–1952)'' *******(51) Archduke Radbot (b. 1938); morganatically married to Caroline Proust, with issue. ******* (52) Archduke Georg (b. 1952). **** Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Karl Salvator, Prince of Tuscany (1839–1892)'' ***** Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Leopold Salvator, Prince of Tuscany (1863–1931)'' ****** Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Anton (1901–1987)'' ******* (53) Archduke Dominik (b. 1937) ******** (54) Count Sandor von Habsburg (b. 1965), keeps his Austro-Hungarian dynastic rights. ********* (55) Count Constantin von Habsburg (b. 2000), keeps his Austro-Hungarian dynastic rights. ******** (56) Count Gregor von Habsburg (b. 1968), keeps his Austro-Hungarian dynastic rights. ***** Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Franz Salvator, Prince of Tuscany (1866–1939)'' ****** Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Hubert Salvator (1894–1971)'' *******''Archduke Friedrich Salvator (1927–1999)'' ********(57) Archduke Leopold (b. 1956) ******** (58) Archduke Alexander Salvator (b. 1959); married to Countess Maria-Gabriele von Waldstein *********(59) Archduke Constantin Salvator (b. 2002) ********* (60) Archduke Paul Salvator (b. 2003) *******(61) Archduke Andreas Salvator (b. 1936); married to (1) ivorced 2001 (and annulled 2002)Maria de la Piedad Espinosa de los Monteros y Rosillo (2) 2001 (civilly) and 2003 (religiously) Countess Valerie Podstatzky-Lichtenstein. Issue by the second marriage only. ******** (62) Archduke Thadeus Salvator (b. 2001) ********(63) Archduke Casimir Salvator (b. 2003) *******(64) Archduke Markus (b. 1946); married morganatically to Hildegard (Hilde) Maria Jungmayr, with issue. *******(65) Archduke Johann (b. 1947); married morganatically to Anne-Marie Stummer, with issue. ******* (66) Archduke Michael (b. 1949); married in 1992 to Eva Antonia von Hofmann, with one daughter. ****** Archducal Coronet

''Archduke Theodore Salvator (1899–1978)'' *******''Archduke Carl Salvator (1936–2023)''; married to Edith Wenzl Frn von Sternbach''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XVI. "Haus Österreich". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2001, pp. 87–90, 119–120, 563, 568–569, 577. . ******** ''Count Matthias of Habsburg (1971–2024)'', keeps his Austro-Hungarian dynastic rights; married to Eva Anderle *********(67) Count Nikolaus of Habsburg (b. 2000), keeps his Austro-Hungarian dynastic rights; married to Sandra Aschauer *********(68) Count Jakob of Habsburg (b. 2001), keeps his Austro-Hungarian dynastic rights. ********* (69) Count Martin of Habsburg (b. 2011), keeps his Austro-Hungarian dynastic rights. ********(70) Count Johannes of Habsburg (b. 1974), keeps his Austro-Hungarian dynastic rights; married to Katharina Lieselotte Riedl Edle von Riedenstein ********(71) Count Bernhard of Habsburg (b. 1977), keeps his Austro-Hungarian dynastic rights. ******** (72) Count Benedikt of Habsburg (b. 1983), keeps his Austro-Hungarian dynastic rights. ****** Archducal Coronet

''Archduke Clemens Salvator (1904–1974)''; married to Elisabeth Gfn Rességuier de Miremont arriage retroactively approved as dynastic (only in Austria)ref name="ghda"/> ******* ''Clemens, Prince von Altenburg (1932–2022)'', retroactively integrated into the dynasty; married to Laurence Costa de Beauregard ********(73) Philipp, Prince von Altenburg (b. 1966), retroactively integrated into the dynasty. *******(74) Georg, Prince von Altenburg (b. 1933), retroactively integrated into the dynasty. ******* ''Peter, Prince von Altenburg (1935–2008)'', retroactively integrated into the dynasty; married to Juliane Gfn von Waldstein-Forni ******** (75) Friedrich, Prince von Altenburg (b. 1966), retroactively integrated into the dynasty; married to Gabriele Gfn von Walterskirchen *********(76) Emanuel, Prince von Altenburg (b.2002) ********* (77) Nikolaus, Prince von Altenburg (b. 2008) ******** (78) Leopold, Prince von Altenburg (b. 1971), retroactively integrated into the dynasty. ******* (79) Johannes, Prince von Altenburg (b. 1949), retroactively integrated into the dynasty. ** Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (1776–1847)'' *** Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Joseph Karl (1833–1905)'' **** Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Joseph August (1872–1962)'' ***** Archducal Coronet

'' Archduke Joseph Francis (1895–1957)'' ******'' Archduke Joseph Árpád (1933–2017)'' *******(80) Archduke Joseph Karl (b. 1960); married to Princess Margarete von Hohenberg ********(81) Archduke Joseph Albrecht (b. 1994); married to Countess Sophie von Schaesberg ********(82) Archduke Paul Leo (b. 1996) *******(83) Archduke Andreas-Augustinus (b. 1963); married to Countess Marie-Christine von Hatzfeldt-Dönhoff ********(84) Archduke Friedrich-Cyprian (b. 1995) ********(85) Archduke Pierre (b. 1997) ********(86) Archduke Benedikt-Alexander (b. 2005) *******(87) Archduke Nikolaus (b. 1973); married to Eugenia de Calonje y Gurrea ********(88) Archduke Nicolás (b. 2003) ******** (89) Archduke Santiago (b. 2006) ******* (90) Archduke Johannes (b. 1975); married to María Gabriela Montenegro Villamizar ********(91) Archduke Johannes (b. 2010) ********(92) Archduke Alejandro (b. 2011) ******** (93) Archduke Ignacio (b. 2013) ******(94) Archduke Géza (b. 1940); married morganatically twice to (1) ivorcedMonika Decker and (2) ivillyElizabeth Jane Kunstadter. Issue by both marriages. ****** (95) Archduke Michael (b. 1942); married to Princess Christiana of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, his brother's sister-in-law. ******* (96) Archduke Eduard (b. 1967); married to Baroness Maria Theresia von Gudenus ******** (97) Archduke Paul Benedikt (b. 2000) ******* (98) Father Paul Habsburg (b. 1968), a priest of the

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* C. A. Macartney, ''The Habsburg Empire, 1790–1918'', Faber & Faber, 2014, 900 pages. *

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, ''Histoire de l'empire des Habsbourg, 1273–1918'', Fayard, 1990, 810 pages. * Hans Bankl, ''Mal d'Asburgo. Vizi, vezzi, malanni e manie della Casa Imperiale d'Austria '', traduzione di Flavia Foradini, Trieste, mgs press, 1998, pp. 202 * Flavia Foradini, "Otto d'Asburgo. L'ultimo atto di una dinastia", mgs press, Trieste, 2004. * Martha e Horst Schad, La prediletta. Il diario della figlia di Sissi, traduzione di Flavia Foradini, Trieste, mgs Press 2001, * Sigrid-Maria Größing, Rodolfo d'Asburgo. Libero pensatore, rubacuori, psicopatico, traduzione di Flavia Foradini, Trieste, mgs Press 2006,

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