Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg

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Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg (29 September 1902 - 8 January 1962) was the eldest son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Hungary, Heir Presumptive to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his morganatic wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg.

He was born His Serene Highness Prince Maximilian of Hohenberg, but in 1917 was made His Serene Highness Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg.

Following the assassination of his parents in Sarajevo in 1914 which resulted in the outbreak of World War I, Prince Maximilian, his sister, Princess Sophie and their brother, Prince Ernst, were taken in by their father's brother in law and shooting partner Prince Jaroslav von Thun und Hohenstein.

In 1918 following the collapse of the Empire and the Monarchy, they were exiled from Czechoslovakia, losing their family home, Konopiště Castle and all their possessions they took refuge in Vienna and Artstetten Castle. But in 1938, following the Anschluss they were arrested and deported by the Nazi Regime to Dachau concentration camp, where they spent most of the Nazi era. The reason for their imprisonment was that Duke Maximilian was one of the principal public opponents to the Anschluss. Following the collapse of the Third Reich and their release, Artstetten Castle was returned to the family.

Duke Maximilian married Countess Maria Elisabeth Bona von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee on 16 November 1926. He had six children by her, all sons with the the rank of Serene Highness:

    • 1. HSH Princess Anna (Anita) von Hohenberg born Schloss Berg, Luxembourg, 18 Aug 1958; married 1st Luxembourg 15 Jul 1978 (rel) Artstetten 22 Jul 1978 (div 1998) Romée de la Poëze Count d'Harambure (born Düsseldorf 15 Jul 1949) with issue; married 2nd Schloss Kornberg 9 Jul 2005 Count Andreas von Bardeau (born Graz 13 Feb 1957) no issue,
    • 2. HSH Princess Sophie von Hohenberg, born Schloss Berg, Luxembourg, 10 May 1960; married Artstetten 18 Jun 1983 Jean-Louis Marie René Ghislain de Potesta (born Liège 8 Feb 1951) with issue. She is currently trying to regain ownership of Konopiště Castle, in the Czech Republic[1], on grounds that Hohenberg was never recognized as part of the House of Habsburg, and therefore the provisions of Article 208 of the Treaty of Saint Germain, and the Article 3 of Law no.354 of 1921 in Czechoslovakia, do not apply to them [2].
    • 1. HSH Prince Nikolaus von Hohenberg, born Boulogne-sur-Seine 3 Jul 1961; married Fürstenberg, Westfalen 6 May 1989 Countess Marie Elisabeth von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg (born Münster 7 Aug 1963) with issue.
    • 2. HSH Princess Henriette von Hohenberg, born Boulogne-sur-Seine 9 Nov 1962.
    • 3. HSH Prince Maximilian von Hohenberg, born Buenos Aires 25 Jan 1970; married Lucca 9 Sep 2000 Emilia Oliva Cattaneo Vieti (born Genoa 29 Jul 1971).
  • HSH Prince Albrecht von Hohenberg (born 1931), married Countess Leontine von Cassis-Faraone; had issue:
    • 1. HI&RH Archduchess Margarete von Habsburg, born Vienna 19 Jun 1963; married Vienna 20 Apr 1991 HI&RH Carl, Archduke of Austria and Hungary with issue.
    • 2. HSH Prince Leo von Hohenberg, born Vienna 28 Sep 1964; married Lisbon 3 Sep 1994 Rosalind Roque Alcoforado (born New York 3 Jul 1964) with issue.
  • HSH Prince Johannes von Hohenberg (1933-2003), married Elisabeth Meilinger-Rehrl (born 1947) with issue:
    • 1. HSH Princess Sophie von Hohenberg, born Salzburg 26 May 1970.
    • 2. HSH Prince Stephan von Hohenberg, born Salzburg 3 Jul 1972; married Salzburg 30 Sep 2000 Leonie von Kloss (born Salzburg 11 Apr 1977).
  • HSH Prince Peter von Hohenberg (born Arstetten Castle 26 March 1936), also a Knight of Malta, KCSG, married Christine-Maria Meilinger-Rehrl (born Braberg-Weyerhof 27 April 1945 with issue:
    • 1. HSH Princess Marie-Christine von Hohenberg, born Salzburg 25 Nov 1970.
    • 2. HSH Princess Marie-Therese von Hohenberg, born Salzburg 31 Jul 1972, married Salzburg 27 Oct 2007(rel) to Anthony Bailey KCSS (born London 13 Jan 1970).
  • HSH Prince Gerhard von Hohenberg (born 1941). No issue.

Styles

  • His Serene Highness Prince Maximilian of Hohenberg
  • His Serene Highness The Duke of Hohenberg

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ A battle royal for a Czech castle - Princess wants property taken after empire collapsed, and article by Craig S. Smith on page 3 of the International Herald Tribune, 20 February 2007
  2. ^ "Princess and Heir of Franz Ferdinand Fights to Repeal a Law and Gain a Castle" New York Times, February 19, 2007