Karl Habsburg-Lothringen

Infobox Austrian Royalty|archduke
name = Archduke Karl
title = Archduke and Prince Karl of Austria; Prince Karl of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia
full name = Karl Thomas Robert Maria Franziskus Georg Bahnam
date of birth = birth date and age|1961|01|11
place of birth = Starnberg, Bavaria
spouse = Baroness Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza
issue = Archduchess Eleonore
Archduke Ferdinand
Archduchess Gloria
father = Otto, Crown Prince of Austria
mother = Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen
royal house = House of Habsburg-Lorraine

Archduke Karl of Austria ("Karl Thomas Robert Maria Franziskus Georg Bahnam von Habsburg-Lothringen") Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, (born January 11, 1961 at Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany) is the son of Otto von Habsburg and Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen and the grandson of the last Austrian emperor, Charles I. Karl is the current head of the Austrian branch of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

None of Habsburg's titles are recognised in Austria, where he is referred to as Karl Habsburg or Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, which is his legal name. (See Austrian nobility)

Karl Habsburg is the founder and president of the organization Paneurope-Austria (1987). On October 13, 1996 he was elected to the European Parliament (Austrian People's Party). Since January 19, 2002 he has been the Direcor General of UNPO (Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization). Habsburg has also had a short lived career as a host of a TV game show with Austrian public TV broadcaster ORF, called Who-is-Who.

In January 2007 his father relinquished to him his status as the Head of his House. [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/austria.html]

Private life

Archduke Karl has lived in Salzburg, Austria, since 1981. On 31 January 1993, he married Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, the only daughter of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, a European industrialist and his second wife, Fiona Campbell Walter. Archduke Karl and Francesca separated amicably in 2003. They have three children:
*HI&RH Archduchess "Eleonore" Jelena Maria del Pilar Iona of Austria (born Salzburg, February 28, 1994)
*HI&RH Archduke "Ferdinand" Zvonimir Maria Balthus Keith Michal Otto Antal Bahnam Leonhard of Austria (born Salzburg, June 21, 1997), who is heir after his father of the House of Habsburg-Lothringen.
*HI&RH Archduchess "Gloria" Maria Bogdana Paloma Regina Fiona Gabriela of Austria (born Salzburg, October 15, 1999), whose godmother is Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis.None of these titles are recognised in Austria (as all noble, royal, and imperial titles are illegal in Austria).

The Archduke was also mentioned in the media for importing jewelry from Switzerland to Austria without disclosing it to customs officials. The jewellery belonged to his wife and she was supposed to wear it at a wedding ceremony.

Karl and his wife reside in "Casa Austria", formerly "Swoboda Villa", in Anif, Salzburg, Austria.

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1= 1. Archduke Karl of Austria
2= 2. Otto, Crown Prince of Austria
3= 3. Regina of Saxe-Meiningen and Hildburghausen
4= 4. Charles I of Austria
5= 5. Zita of Parma
6= 6. Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
7= 7. Countess Clara Maria of Korff
8= 8. Archduke Otto Franz of Austria
9= 9. Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony
10= 10. Robert I, Duke of Parma
11= 11. Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal
12= 12. Prince Frederick John of Saxe-Meiningen
13= 13. Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld
14= 14. Count Alfred of Korff
15= 15. Baroness Hélène of Hilgers
16= 16. Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria
17= 17. Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
18= 18. George of Saxony
19= 19. Maria Anna of Portugal
20= 20. Charles III, Duke of Parma
21= 21. Louise Marie Thérèse of France
22= 22. Miguel of Portugal
23= 23. Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
24= 24. Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
25= 25. Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langeburg
26= 26. Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld
27= 27. Countess Caroline of Wartensleben
28= 28. Count Maximilian Frederick of Korff
29= 29. Countess Gabrielle of Mirbach-Kosmanos
30= 30. Baron Francis Richard of Hilgers
31= 31. Agnes Zernentsch

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