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He resigned as Sovereign of the Golden Fleece in 2000 and as head of the Imperial House in 2007. The eldest son of Charles I and IV, the last emperor of Austria and king of Hungary, and his wife, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Otto was born as Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius ...
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 4, 2011 · Mon 4 Jul 2011 13.50 EDT. Otto von Habsburg, who has died aged 98, bore the oldest and most eminent dynastic name in European history and could, according to genealogists, trace his ancestry...
Otto’s path from ‘last crown prince’ to European politician. Born at the Villa Wartholz in Reichenau an der Rax (Lower Austria) on 20 November 1912, Otto was the first child of the designated heir to the throne Archduke Karl and his wife Zita. As the future crown prince he was the focus of much attention.
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. He resigned as Sovereign of the Golden Fleece ...
Otto stopped appearing in public after the death of his wife, Regina, last year. He is survived by his younger brother, Felix, as well as seven children, 22 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Jul 4, 2011 · 4 July 2011. Otto von Habsburg only relinquished his claim to the fallen Austro-Hungarian empire in 1961. The eldest son of the last ruler of the Austro-Hungarian empire has died in Germany at the ...
