Georg von Habsburg


Georg von Habsburg, referred to in Austria as Georg Habsburg-Lothringen, in Hungary as Habsburg György, and in some media as Archduke Georg of Austria, is the second son, and seventh and youngest child of Otto von Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Regina.

Early life

Georg von Habsburg was born in Starnberg, Bavaria, the second son and seventh child of Otto and Regina von Habsburg. His father, heir of Charles I and IV, last monarch of Austria-Hungary, renounced all claims to the Austrian throne in 1961. Georg von Habsburg was raised at his parents' home in exile, Villa Austria, in Pöcking, Bavaria.

Marriage

He married Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg, the older daughter of Duke Johann of Oldenburg and Countess Ilka of Ortenburg, on 18 October 1997 in Budapest, Hungary, contracting, unlike his elder brother Karl in 1993, a dynastic marriage according to the former Habsburg house laws. His wife remained Lutheran. The couple have three children:
Georg and his family live near the village of Sóskút, in Pest County in Hungary. Their eldest child was the first Habsburg to be born in Hungary in more than fifty years. While Georg is a Roman Catholic, Eilika has chosen to remain a Lutheran.

Career

Georg was the President of Red Cross in Hungary, having been named Hungary's Ambassador extraordinary to the European Parliament in 1996.