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Otto von Habsburg was Vice President (1957–1973) and President (1973–2004) of the International Paneuropean Union movement. From 1979 to 1999, he served as a Member of the European Parliament for the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU).
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.
The Habsburgs did not formally abandon all hope of returning to power until Otto von Habsburg, the eldest son of Charles I, on 31 May 1961 renounced all claims to the throne. In the interwar period, the House of Habsburg was a vehement opponent of Nazism and Communism.
Otto von Habsburg, in Österreich amtlich Otto Habsburg-Lothringen, meist kurz Otto Habsburg [1] (* 20. November 1912 in Reichenau an der Rax, Niederösterreich; † 4. Juli 2011 in Pöcking, Bayern [2] ), war der älteste Sohn von Karl I., dem letzten Kaiser von Österreich und König von Ungarn, und seiner Frau Zita; somit war er von 1916 bis ...
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.
Otto Habsburg-Lothringen. Archduke of Austria; Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary (up to 1918; official abandonment of all claims in 1961) Otto was the eldest son of the last Emperor and Empress of Austria, Karl und Zita, and is thus referred to as the last ‘crown prince’ of the dynasty.
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 von Habsburg was an advocate of the idea of Europe, connected with the names of Konrad Adenauer, Robert Schuman and Alcide de Gasperi, and based on the diversity of European nations and Christian civilization.
Jul 14, 2011 · Archduke Otto von Habsburg, son of the last Austro-Hungarian emperor, died on July 4th, aged 98. IF ONLY his great-uncle had died earlier.
Jul 5, 2011 · Otto, the onetime heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, posing in 1936 in the uniform of a captain of the Tyrolean rifleman's regiment. His family went into exile after World War I....
