Eduard of Austria | |
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Born | Munich, Bavaria, West Germany | 12 January 1967
Spouse | |
House | Habsburg-Lorraine |
Father | Archduke Michael of Austria |
Mother | Princess Christiana of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg |
Hungarian Ambassador to the Holy See | |
Assumed office 5 December 2015 | |
President |
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Preceded by | 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.
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 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]
Since 2015, he has served as Hungary’s ambassador to the Holy See and Sovereign Military Order of Malta.[5]
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 Roman Catholic. He has expressed an admiration for Thomas More, Pope Gregory I, József Mindszenty, Thérèse of Lisieux, Charles I of Austria, and Edward the Confessor.[7]