Georg von Habsburg
Hungarian diplomat (born 1964) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Georg von Habsburg[1] (born 16 December 1964) is a Hungarian diplomat. He is referred to in Austria as Georg Habsburg-Lothringen,[1] in Hungary as Habsburg György, and in some international media by his courtesy title Archduke Georg of Austria.[2]
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| Born | 16 December 1964 |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
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| Children | 3 |
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In December 2020 he was appointed as Hungary's Ambassador to France.[3]
Family ties
Born in Germany as Paul Georg Maria Joseph Dominikus, he is the second son (and seventh and youngest child) of Otto von Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Regina Prinzessin von Sachsen-Meiningen. His father, heir of Charles I and IV, the last monarch of Austria-Hungary, renounced all claims to the Austrian throne in 1961.[4] Georg von Habsburg was raised at his parents' home in exile, Villa Austria in Pöcking, Bavaria.
He married Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg (born 22 August 1972 in Bad Segeberg), the elder daughter of Duke Johann of Oldenburg (younger son of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, and his wife Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont) 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.[2] While Georg is a Roman Catholic, Eilika has chosen to remain a Lutheran.[2] The couple have three children.[citation needed]
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.
Career
Georg was named Hungary's Ambassador extraordinary to the European Parliament in 1996. He was the President of the Hungarian Red Cross from 2004 to 2012.[2]
In December 2020 he was appointed as Hungary's Ambassador to France.[5]
Honours and awards
Dynastic
House of Habsburg-Lorraine:
- Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece[6]
- Deputy Grand Master of the Order of Saint George[7]
National
Holy See: Knight Commander with Star of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (2019)[8]
Tonga:
- Grand Cross of The Most Devoted Royal Household Order of Tonga
- King Tupou VI Coronation Medal
Other
- Civis Honoris Causa of the University of Debrecen[9]
- Kopácsi Sándor Polgárőr Érdemrend Medal[10]
- Honorary Citizen (Civis Honoris Causa) of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics[11]
Arms
References
External links
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