| Prince Ernst | |
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| Prince of Hohenberg | |
| Prince Ernst of Hohenberg, ca. 1914. | |
| Spouse | Marie-Therese Wood |
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| Prince Franz Prince Ernst |
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| Father | Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria |
| Mother | Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg |
| Born | 17 May 1904 |
| Died | 5 March 1954 (aged 49) |
Prince Ernst Alfons Franz Ignaz Joseph Maria Anton von Hohenberg (17 May 1904 – 5 March 1954) was the younger son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his morganatic wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg.
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Ernst was born at his parents' estate at Konopiště in Bohemia. Following his parents' assassination, which precipitated World War I, Ernst and his siblings, Sophie and Maximilian were taken in by their father's close friend, Prince Jaroslav von Thun und Hohenstein.
In late 1918, their properties in Czechoslovakia, including Konopiště and Chlumec nad Cidlinou, were confiscated. The children moved to Vienna and Schloß Artstetten. In 1938, following the Anschluss the family were arrested and sent to Dachau concentration camp. Their Austrian properties were confiscated in 1939 but were returned in 1945.
Ernst married Marie-Therese Wood on 25 May 1936 ; the couple had two children :
He died at Graz in Austria in 1954, aged 49.
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