Georg von Habsburg
Quick Facts
| Intro | Second son, and seventh and youngest child of Otto von Habsburg | ||||||||
| Is | Journalist | ||||||||
| From | Austria | ||||||||
| Field | Journalism | ||||||||
| Gender | male | ||||||||
| Birth | 16 December 1964, Starnberg, Starnberg, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | ||||||||
| Age | 58 years | ||||||||
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Biography
Georg von Habsburg (given names Paul Georg Maria Joseph Dominikus; born 16 December 1964, Starnberg), referred to in Austria as Georg Habsburg-Lothringen, in Hungary as Habsburg György, and by his royal name 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 Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen. He has worked as a television journalist, based in Budapest, since 1993.
Life
He married Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg (born 22 August 1972) the older 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, as had his elder brother Karl in 1993, a dynastic marriage according to the Habsburg house laws. His wife remained Lutheran. The couple have three children:
- Zsófia Mária Tatjána Mónika Erzsébet Katalin (Sophie Maria Tatiana Monica Elisabeth Catherine), born Budapest, 12 January 2001)
- Ildikó Mária Walburga (Hilda Maria Walburga), born Budapest, 6 June 2002)
- Károly-Konstantin Mihály István Mária (Karl-Konstantin Michael Stephan Maria), born Budapest, 17 November 2002)
Georg has been a strong supporter of the enlargement of the European Union. On 1 May 2004 he was chairman of the Grand Europe Ball, a black tie charitable gala held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York to celebrate this historic occasion.
Georg was the President of Red Cross in Hungary, having been named Hungary's Ambassador extraordinary to the European Parliament in 1996. He is a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Georg and his family live near the village of Sóskút, in Pest County in Hungary.
Honours
National honours
House of Habsburg: Sovereign Knight with Collar of the Austrian Imperial and Royal Order of the Golden Fleece- House of Habsburg: Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Imperial and Royal Order of Leopold
- House of Habsburg: Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Imperial and Royal Order of the Iron Crown
- House of Habsburg: Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Imperial and Royal Order of Saint George
Foreign honours
 Tonga: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Household Order-  Tonga: Recipient of the King Tupou VI Coronation Medal
 Ancestors
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