Franz Ludwig Johann Baptist Graf von Meran (b. 11 March 1839 in Vienna; d. 27 March 1891 in Opatija) was an Austrian count [1].
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Franz was the only child of the morganatic marriage of Archduke Johann of Austria and Anne Marie Josephine Plochl, and a grandson of Leopold, Grand Duke Leopold of Tuscany and later Holy Roman Emperor. On 8 July 1862 at Ottenstein, Germany, he married Theresia Gräfin von Lamberg, the second child and only daughter of Franz Philipp Graf von Lamberg and Caroline Gräfin Hoyos [2].
In 1868 he became a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece [3]. He and his descendants were 'Counts of Meran' and 'Barons of Brandhofen'. He died at Opatija, Croatia on 27 March 1891, aged 52.
His marriage to Theresia Gräfin von Lamberg (1836–1913) produced seven offspring.