Karl Habsburg-Lothringen

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Karl Habsburg-Lothringen
Born	January 11, 1961 (1961-01-11) (age 47) Starnberg, Bavaria
Other names	Karl Thomas Robert Maria Franziskus Georg Bahnam
Title	Archduke and Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia
Spouse	Baroness Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza
Children	Archduchess Eleonore, Archduke Ferdinand, Archduchess Gloria
Relatives	Otto, Crown Prince of Austria and Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen

Archduke Karl of Austria (Karl Thomas Robert Maria Franziskus Georg Bahnam von Habsburg-Lothringen) Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, (born January 11, 1961 at Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany) is the son of Otto von Habsburg and Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen and the grandson of the last Austrian emperor, Charles I. Karl is the current head of the Austrian branch of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

None of Habsburg's titles are recognised in Austria, where he is referred to as Karl Habsburg or Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, which is his legal name. (See Austrian nobility)

Karl Habsburg is the founder and president of the organization Paneurope-Austria (1987). On October 13, 1996 he was elected to the European Parliament (Austrian People's Party). Since January 19, 2002 he has been the Direcor General of UNPO (Unrepresented Nations and People Organisation). Habsburg has also had a short lived career as a host of a TV game show with Austrian public TV broadcaster ORF, called Who-is-Who.

[edit] Private life

Archduke Karl has lived in Salzburg, Austria, since 1981. On 31 January 1993, he married Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, the only daughter of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, a European industrialist known for his art collecting and multiple marriages, and his second wife, Fiona Campbell Walter, a leading British fashion model of the 1950s and 1960s. They have three children:

• HI&RH Archduchess Eleonore Jelena Maria del Pilar Iona of Austria (born February 28, 1994)
• HI&RH Archduke Ferdinand Zvonimir Maria Balthus Keith Michal Otto Antal Bahnam Leonhard of Austria (born June 21, 1997), who is heir after his father of the House of Habsburg-Lothringen.
• HI&RH Archduchess Gloria Maria Bogdana Paloma Regina Fiona Gabriela of Austria (born October 15, 1999), whose godmother is Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis.

Titular Austrian Imperial Family

HI&RH The Crown Prince HI&RH The Crown Princess HI&RH Archduchess Andrea HI&RH Archduchess Monika HI&RH Archduchess Michaela HI&RH Archduchess Gabriela HI&RH Archduchess Walburga HI&RH Archduke Karl HI&RH Archduchess Francesca HI&RH Archduchess Eleonore HI&RH Archduke Ferdinand HI&RH Archduchess Gloria HI&RH Archduke Georg HI&RH Archduchess Eilika HI&RH Archduchess Zsófia HI&RH Archduchess Ildiko HI&RH Archduke Károly-Konstantin

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None of these titles are recognised in Austria (as all noble, royal, and imperial titles are illegal in Austria).

The Archduke was also mentioned in the media for importing jewelry from Switzerland to Austria without disclosing it to customs officials. The jewellery belonged to his wife and she was supposed to wear it at a wedding ceremony.

v • d • e Ancestors of Karl Habsburg-Lothringen

16. Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria               8. Archduke Otto Franz of Austria                       17. Princess Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies               4. Charles I of Austria                             18. George of Saxony               9. Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony                       19. Maria Anna of Portugal               2. Otto, Crown Prince of Austria                                   20. Charles III, Duke of Parma               10. Robert I, Duke of Parma                       21. Louise Marie Thérèse of France               5. Zita of Parma                             22. Miguel of Portugal               11. Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal                       23. Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg               1. Archduke Karl of Austria                                         24. Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen               12. Prince Frederick John of Saxe-Meiningen                       25. Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langeburg               6. Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen                             26. Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld               13. Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld                       27. Countess Caroline of Wartensleben               3. Regina of Saxe-Meiningen and Hildburghausen                                   28. Count Maximilian Frederick of Korff               14. Count Alfred of Korff                       29. Countess Gabrielle of Mirbach-Kosmanos               7. Countess Clara Maria of Korff                             30. Baron Francis Richard of Hilgers               15. Baroness Hélène of Hilgers                       31. Agnes Zernentsch

Karl Habsburg-Lothringen House of Habsburg-Lorraine Born: 11 January 1961
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Otto, Crown Prince of Austria current pretender	Line of succession to the Austro-Hungarian throne 1st position	Succeeded by Archduke Ferdinand