Georg, Duke of Hohenberg

Ducal Family of Hohenberg
HH The Duke HH The Duchess HSH Prince Nikolaus HSH Princess Marie HSH Prince Karl HSH Princess Johanna HSH Princess Teresa HSH Princess Sophie HSH Princess Henriette HSH Prince Maximilian HSH Princess Emilia HSH Prince Nikolaus HSH Princess Luisa HSH Prince Leopold Extended family HH Princess Anita HH Princess Sophie HSH Prince Albrecht HSH Princess Leontine HI&RH Archduchess Margarete of Austria HSH Prince Leo Johannes HSH Princess Rosalind HSH Princess Geneviève HSH Prince Adrien HSH Princess Johanna HSH Princess Katharina HSH Princess Johannes HSH Princess Sophie HSH Prince Stephan HSH Princess Leonie HSH Princess Philippa HSH Princess Antonia HSH Prince Nepomuk HSH Prince Georg HSH Princess Valerie HSH Princess Isabelle HSH Prince Peter HSH Princess Christine-Maria HSH Princess Marie-Christine HSH Princess Marie-Therese, Mrs. Anthony Bailey HSH Prince Gerhard HSH Princess Heide HSH Prince Franz Ferdinand HSH Princess Christiane HSH Princess Ernst HSH Princess Margaretha HSH Princess Eva

Georg, Duke of Hohenberg (born on 25 April 1929), is a grandson of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Hungary and his morganatic wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg.^[1]

He was born at Artstetten Castle, community of Artstetten-Pöbring, Lower Austria, on 25 April 1929. He is the second son of Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg and Countess Elisabeth von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee.

Following the collapse of the Monarchy, all Austrian titles were abolished by law in 1919 and from there on the names consists only of prename and surname, without von or title, scilicet Georg Hohenberg.

He was born Prince Georg of Hohenberg, but on 16 August 1977 on the death of his elder brother, Franz, Duke of Hohenberg, Prince Georg became the 3rd Duke of Hohenberg and Head of the House of Hohenberg. Georg Hohenberg was a diplomat and was appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to several countries with his last appointment being to the Holy See during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II.

Georg, Duke of Hohenberg is a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Pius IX, and a Bailiff Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George.

Family

On 4 July 1960 Duke Georg married Princess Eleonore of Auersperg-Breunner at Schloss Wald. The couple have three children:

1. HSH Prince Nikolaus of Hohenberg, born 3 July 1961 at Boulogne-sur-Seine ; married 6 May 1989 at Fürstenberg, Westphalia, to Countess Marie Elisabeth von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg and has issue.
2. HSH Princess Henriette of Hohenberg, born 9 November 1962 at Boulogne-sur-Seine.
3. HSH Prince Maximilian of Hohenberg, born 25 January 1970 at Buenos Aires; married 9 September 2000 in Lucca to Emilia Oliva Cattaneo Vietti and has issue.

Ancestry

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