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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...
Learn about the life and achievements of Otto von Habsburg, the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary and a prominent figure in European politics. From his opposition to Nazism and Communism to his role in the fall of the Iron Curtain, he was a controversial and influential figure in his times.
A biography of Otto von Habsburg, the eldest son of the last emperor of Austria-Hungary and a champion of European unification. Learn about his life, exile, political career and role in the Pan-European Picnic that helped end the Cold War.
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 ...
Jul 14, 2011 · Otto von Habsburg. Archduke Otto von Habsburg, son of the last Austro-Hungarian emperor, died on July 4th, aged 98. Jul 14th 2011 |. IF ONLY his great-uncle had died earlier. Franz Joseph I was a ...
