Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen Explained

Eduard of Austria
House:Habsburg-Lorraine
Father:Archduke Michael of Austria
Mother:Princess Christiana of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Birth Date:12 January 1967
Birth Place:Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
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Termstart:5 December 2015
Predecessor:Gabor Győriványi

Eduard Karl Joseph Michael Marcus Antonius Koloman Volkhold Maria Habsburg-Lothringen (Hungarian: Habsburg-Lotharingiai Eduárd Károly József Mihály Márk Antal Kálmán Folkold Mária; born 12 January 1967) is a Hungarian diplomat who is Hungary's current ambassador to the Holy See. He is a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, the former ruling family of Austria-Hungary.

Early life

Habsburg is the son of Archduke Michael of Austria (b. 1942), son of Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria and Princess Anna of Saxony, and Princess Christiana of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1940), daughter of Karl, 8th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. He is legally known in Austria as German: Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen, and is referred to by the traditional title of Archduke Eduard of Austria in the Almanach de Gotha.[1] He acquired Hungarian citizenship as his father was born in Hungary.[2] Eduard is the great-great-great-grandson of Emperor Franz Joseph I.[3] [4]

Diplomatic career

Since 2015, he has served as Hungary’s ambassador to the Holy See and Sovereign Military Order of Malta.[5]

Personal life

On 1 July 1995 he married Maria Theresia von Gudenus (b. 1967), a descendant of Archduke Johann of Austria. They have six children, one son and five daughters.[6]

Habsburg is a practising Catholic.[7] He has expressed an admiration for Thomas More, Pope Gregory I, József Mindszenty, Thérèse of Lisieux, Charles I of Austria, and Edward the Confessor.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. [Almanach de Gotha]
  2. Mario Galgano, Ehemaliger St. Pöltner Bischofssprecher wird Botschafter, Vatican Radio, 25 July 2016, accessed 2 November 2020
  3. Web site: Zwei Wechsel in der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit der Diözese St. Pölten – Referat für Kommunikation. presse.dsp.at.
  4. Web site: Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen wird Ungarn-Botschafter im Vatikan. Erzdiözese. Wien. www.erzdioezese-wien.at.
  5. News: A Habsburg with a Twitter account: an interview with Hungary's ambassador to the Vatican. Sean Salai, S.J.. America (magazine). 2018-11-05. 2018-12-11.
  6. https://www.noen.at/niederoesterreich/gesellschaft/adel-verpflichtet/name-ist-genug-4901147 Name ist genug
  7. Web site: Christman . Matt . Why Does the Right-Wing Scion of a Failed European Dynasty Want to Tell Us How to Live? . Slate . 16 July 2024.
  8. News: Aragones . Salvador . Meet Eduard Habsburg: The humorous husband, father of 6, and ambassador to the Vatican . Aleteia . 27 December 2018 .