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Last crown prince of Austria-Hungary
- Otto von Habsburg was the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary from 1916 until the dissolution of the empire in November 1918. In 1922, he became the pretender to the former thrones, head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and sovereign of the Order of the Golden Fleece, upon the death of his father.
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Early life. The young crown prince Otto with his parents posing for official photographs on the occasion of the coronation in Budapest, 1916. Otto von Habsburg attending his parents' coronation in Budapest on 30 December 1916.
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On 4 July 2011, Otto von Habsburg, also known as Otto of Austria, former head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and Sovereign of the Order of the Golden Fleece (1922–2007), and former Crown Prince (1916–1918) and, by pretense, Emperor-King (from 1922) of Austria-Hungary, died at 98 years of age.
Jul 18, 2011 · The funeral of Otto von Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, has sparked nostalgia for the days of the empire's bygone greatness, writes the BBC's Bethany Bell.
At the funeral of his great-great-uncle Emperor Franz Joseph in November 1916 the four-year-old Otto walked behind the catafalque dressed in white, positioning him as the hope of the dynasty in the public eye.
Otto von Habsburg was the eldest son of Austria-Hungary's last emperor and former heir to the imperial throne. He witnessed the dismantling of the empire his family...
Otto von Habsburg was the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary from 1916 until the dissolution of the empire in November 1918. In 1922, he became the pretender to the former thrones, head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and sovereign of the Order of the Golden Fleece, upon the death of his father.
Otto, the last ‘crown prince’. Otto made his first public appearance as a representative of the House of Habsburg at the tender age of four, at the funeral of his great-great-uncle Emperor Franz Joseph in November 1916.
