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  Otto von Habsburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Otto was born in Reichenau an der Rax, Lower Austria.
Otto spent most of the war years in Washington, D.C.), after escaping from Austria to Portugal with a visa issued by the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux, Aristides Sousa Mendes.
Otto and his wife reside at the "Villa Austria" in Pöcking, Bavaria, Germany.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Otto_von_Habsburg   (547 words)

  
 uphabsot
was born in Reichenau, Austria on 20 November 1912 as the eldest son of Archduke Karl and Princess Zita von Bourbon-Parma, from 1916 the Emperor and Empress of Austria, King and Queen of Hungary.
Otto von Habsburg also promoted future Hungarian and Czechoslovak independence, worked to increase Allied response to the Holocaust, and obtained assurances that ethnic Germans in Czechoslovakia would not be driven from the Sudetenland after the war.
Otto von Habsburg is the author of over 35 books on politics, history and biography published in several languages, and contributes regular columns to international publications on the subject of European socio politics and union.
www.kolumbus.fi /allkiv/uphabsot.html   (750 words)

  
 Karl Habsburg-Lothringen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karl Thomas Robert Maria Franziskus Georg Bahnam Habsburg-Lothringen (born January 11, 1961 at Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany) is the son of Otto von Habsburg and Regina Helene Elisabeth Margarete Prinzessin von Sachsen-Meiningen.
On 31 January 1993, he married Francesca Baronin von Thyssen-Bornemisza, the only daughter of Hans Heinrich Baron von Thyssen-Bornemisza, an Eastern European industrialist known for his art collecting and multiple marriages, and his second wife, Fiona Campbell Walter, a leading British fashion model of the 1950s and 1960s.
Habsburg drew attention with some unusual conservative opinions, such as when he compared the abortion drug Mifegyne with the death penalty.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karl_von_Habsburg   (445 words)

  
 Austrian Press & Information Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The focus of the celebration of Otto von Habsburg's 90th birthday on November 20, 2002 was the forthcoming enlargement of the European Union.
Otto von Habsburg was born in 1912 as Archduke of Austria/Hungary and grew up as heir to the throne of the empire.
Otto von Habsburg's predictions regarding the fall of Communism were confirmed in 1989 during the Velvet Revolution in Central and Eastern Europe.
www.austria.org /nov02/heir.shtml   (960 words)

  
 Otto von Habsburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Otto von Habsburg spent the following years in Switzerland and in Madeira, where Karl died prematurely in 1922, making him pretender to the throne at the age of ten.
Otto spent most of the war years in Washington, D.C (1940-1944), after escaping from Austria to Portugal with a visa issued by the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux Aristides Sousa Mendes.
Well after the end of the Second World War, Otto von Habsburg finally renounced all claims to the Austrian throne (1961) and was eventually allowed to return to his home country in 1966.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/otto_von_habsburg   (428 words)

  
 Karl, Zita, and the Kids - The Habsburg Family today
Archduke Otto von Habsburg + Maria Josefa of Saxony
Otto is the head of the family and was the claimant to the thrones of Austria, Hungary, Bohemia etc. until he renounced his claims in 1961 so he could re-enter Austria and be more active in current European politics.
Otto opposed the annexation of Austria by Hitler and was therefore charged with treason and forced to flee to America.
www.zoltech.net /h/Habs.html   (488 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 FENA News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Otto von Habsburg, who is a member of the European Parliament, today will attend the projection of the film “90 years later”, dedicated to the Sarajevo assassination on June 28 1914, in which his uncle Ferdinand and his wife Sofia were murdered.
Expressing regret that the memories of Sarajevo for Otto von Habsburg are linked with his family tragedy, mayor Hamamdzic said that everything ugly that happened in Sarajevo during its history was never a reflection of the will of its citizens, but instead were forces that came from elsewhere.
He informed Otto von Habsburg that restoration of the Latinska cuprija is in progress and that the memorial monument for the murdered heir couple would be re-laid at this location.
www.fena.ba /uk/vijest.html?fena_id=FSA143635&rubrika=ES   (246 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Otto von Habsburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The title of Emperor of Austria was proclaimed in 1804 by the Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II, who feared for the future of the old Reich in the face of Napoleons aggressions, and wished to maintain his imperial title in the event that the Holy Roman Empire should...
From left to right: Otto von Habsburg, his son Karl, Cardinal Mindszenty and Ottos mother Zita in 1972 Zita of Bourbon-Parma (German: Zita von Bourbon-Parma) (May 9, 1892 - March 14, 1989) was the last Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary.
In November 1916, Otto's father, Archduke Charles, on the death of his granduncle Franz Josef I, ascended to the throne and become Emperor Charles I of Austria and King Charles IV of Hungary while Otto himself, at the age of four, became Crown Prince of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Otto-von-Habsburg   (494 words)

  
 Dragon Key Press Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Habsburgs were to be tied to this cross roads of cultural and political intrigue for a Millennium.
Von Habsburg was born in Reichenau, Austria on November 20, 1912 as the eldest son of Archduke Karl and Princess Zita von Bourbon-Parma, who in 1916 became the Emperor and Empress of Austria, King and Queen of Hungary.
The Archduke and Crown Prince Otto of Austria (he is known as Dr. Otto von Habsburg in his political life in the EU) resided in Austria until his father’s renunciation of power in 1919.
www.dragonkeypress.com /articles/article_2004_10_24_3605.html   (3314 words)

  
 UNPO Steering Committee appoints Karl von Habsburg as the organization’s new Director-General   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Von Habsburg is the eldest son of Otto von Habsburg and Regina, Princess of Sachsen-Meiningen.
Von Habsburg has been actively involved in the Pan European Movement in Austria, and was elected the organization’s President in 1986.
Von Habsburg’s expertise will be of great value to the UNPO in its objective to provide an international platform to occupied nations, indigenous peoples and minority groups united in their struggle for the recognition of their fundamental right to self-determination, both in Europe and world-wide.
www.unpo.org /news_detail.php?arg=01&par=132   (461 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | Habsburgs demand return of estates seized by Nazis in 1938
Karl Habsburg and two relatives are demanding that property worth hundreds of millions of pounds, including several castles and about 50,000 acres of woodland, be given back to the family in a claim filed with the Austrian Restitution Fund for the Victims of National Socialism.
Although the Habsburgs were robustly anti-Hitler, there is disquiet in republican Austria at the idea of the Nazi restitution fund being used to aid the former royal ruling family when many Holocaust victims are still awaiting compensation.
Until 1995, most Habsburgs were banned from returning to Austria by a law that required them to renounce any claim to the imperial title and treasury, but the government was forced to change the legislation when it joined the European Union.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/02/22/whabs22.xml   (510 words)

  
 The Budapest Sun Online - Story page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
So it was that there was a gathering of the Habsburg clan at the family home of Archduke György and his wife Duchess Eilika von Oldenburg at Sóskút, just outside Budapest, to celebrate the birth of their third child, and first son, Archduke Károly Konstantin.
Clearly the House of Habsburg seeks to maintain its name and its connections to the country, but according to its head, it is a matter for individuals rather than a specific role for the family as a unit.
Otto co-hosted a "picnic" at Sopron in August 1989 which allowed more than 600 East Germans to find their way to the West, and began the process which ended with the collapse of the Iron Curtain.
www.budapestsun.com /full_story.asp?ArticleId={60B02F815EF1494A92C74AE1C43F3C7C}&From=Style   (1186 words)

  
 Habsburg Family Today   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Archduke Otto von Habsburg = Maria Josefa of Saxony
tto is the head of the family (Otto von Habsburg’s website), although he resigned as sovereign of the Order of the Golden Fleece in favor of his son Karl on 30 November, 2000.
Otto was the claimant to the thrones of Austria, Hungary, Bohemia etc. until he renounced his claims in 1961 so he could re-enter Austria and be more active in current European politics.
www.antiquesatoz.com /habsburg/habsburg-family.htm   (565 words)

  
 Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome
Von Habsburg: Surely, the most important lesson is the one I just mentioned: that it is necessary to recognize a limitation to power.
Von Habsburg: I, who had the possibility to be present at his death, know how a Christian should die.
Von Habsburg: Of course, at the time my father lived, the question of a united Europe was not yet conceived.
www.zenit.org /english/visualizza.phtml?sid=52633   (715 words)

  
 HABSBURG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Habsburg was one of the ruling houses of Europe: rulers of Austria, kings of Bohemia 1526-1618 and 1621-1918, kings of Spain, and Holy Roman Emperors for several centuries to 1806.
NB: Maria Theresa of Austria, Habsburg heiress and wife of emperor Francis I Stephen, reigned as Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia 1740 - 1780
Emperors of Austria of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
www.yotor.org /wiki/en/ha/Habsburg.htm   (1672 words)

  
 EPP-ED Group: 18/12/2002 : Otto von Habsburg – first honorary member of the EPP-ED Group
Otto von Habsburg cordially thanked the group for the honour it had conferred on him, and said the 20 years he had spent in the European Parliament were the happiest of his life.
On November 19 2002, the day before his 90th birthday, Dr von Habsburg had been on the grandstand at the extraordinary sitting of the European Parliament alongside representatives of EU candidate countries, an occasion at which he was personally and very warmly welcomed by President Cox.
Otto von Habsburg was first elected to the European Parliament in 1979, the year of the first direct elections, and remained a Member until his retirement in 1999.
www.epp-ed.org /Press/showPR.asp?PRControlDocTypeID=1&PRControlID=1570&PRContentID=3050&PRContentLg=en   (467 words)

  
 Royalty.nu - The Habsburgs
The Habsburg Monarchy: From Enlightenment to Eclipse by Robin Okey.
The Habsburg Monarchy 1490-1848: Attributes of Empire by Paula Sutter Fichtner.
Examines relations between the Habsburg ruler of Hungary and his subjects from the crushing of the Hungarian Revolution of 1849 to World War I. The Pomp and Politics of Patriotism: Imperial Celebrations in Habsburg, Austria, 1848-1916 by Daniel L. Unowsky.
www.royalty.nu /Europe/Austria/Habsburgs.html   (1234 words)

  
 Habsburg restitution claim turned down   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Christian Habsburg Lothringen, a member of the former royal family, made the claim on behalf of about 16 family members in May. They were demanding the return of 20,000 hectares of private forest, a castle and several houses in Vienna.
The young son of the Habsburg emperor who was forced to abdicate at the end of WWI is named Otto von Habsburg.
Otto spent much of the war in Washinton, sucessfully convincing the Americans that Austria was a victim of the Nazis, rather than collaborators.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1302042/posts   (1041 words)

  
 The Slovak Spectator - Slovakia's English Language Newspaper
THE OLDEST son of the last Austro-Hungarian emperor Charles von Habsburg has been named an honorary citizen of the western Slovak town of Holíč for his family's contribution to the town's development.
Otto von Habsburg, born in 1912, served as an MP in the European Parliament and is now head of the Pan-European Union.
During his trip to Holíč, Otto von Habsburg visited the town's castle, which, under Empress Maria Theresa, had served as a summer retreat for his family.
www.slovakspectator.sk /clanok_tlac.asp?cl=13278&rub=spect_feat   (748 words)

  
 News in English   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Otto von Habsburg, heir to the Habsburg dynasty and one of the first advocates of European unity, has said that Croatia is a markedly European country and that everything should be done for it to become a member of the European Union as soon as possible.
Von Habsburg is travelling the United States and holding talk with US officials, academicians and members of various organisations.
Von Habsburg said the way in which del Ponte led the tribunal's Prosecution showed she had no understanding of the law.
www.hrt.hr /vijesti/arhiv/2005/04/18/ENG.html   (1164 words)

  
 The President of the Republic of Estonia: The President of the Republic's Academic Council discusses the EU accession ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
President of the International Paneuropean Union Otto von Habsburg is in Estonia on the invitation of President Rüütel.
Otto von Habsburg, the eldest son of the last Emperor of Austria and the last King of Hungary, was born in Austria in 1912.
Otto von Habsburg was elected to the European Parliament at the first elections in 1979 and he was a member of the European Parliament for four terms.
www.president.ee /en/duties/press_releases.php?gid=35004   (202 words)

  
 SIKERESEN ZÁRULT HABSBURG OTTÓ AMERIKAI LÁTOGATÁSA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Otto von Habsburg, a legendary statesman and one of the initial architects of the European Union, completed a five-day program in New York City on Thursday, the last stop on his three-week visit to the United States.
Habsburg's visit to New York City was the final stop on his US tour, which also took him to Cleveland and Washington, D.C. He was accompanied by his wife Archduchess Regina von Habsburg, son Archduke Ambassador Georg von Habsburg, daughter Archduchess Gabriela von Habsburg and grandson Mr.
Habsburg concentrated on the major issues facing Europe today, including the problems of a changing Russia, while emphasising the support of the peoples of the "New Europe" for the United States.
www.hhrf.org /hhrf/en/habsburg.2005.pr.en.htm   (514 words)

  
 LewRockwell.com Blog: His Royal Highness
So, when I had read that Otto Habsburg would be in town back in the mid 1990s it was just a matter of contacting my good friend Baron Antal Lipthay to see about the possibility of speaking with His Royal Highness.
Habsburg, in his speech at age 93 was, if to be faulted for anything, much too kind to the brutal demons of history like FDR, who he maintained communication and consultant relationship with during the war.
Sadly, the always optimistic Habsburg did not mention in his speech before the Kossuth House that FDR had already sold his soul to satan in the embodiment of Stalin, whose supporters had fatally infiltrated FDR's administration.
blog.lewrockwell.com /lewrw/archives/007864.html   (1112 words)

  
 Otto on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Otto Schily et le leader du syndicat ver.di, Frank Bsirske, le 18 décembre Au cours des négociations, Otto Schily, menant.
Otto Reich (G), l'homme de Bush en Amérique Latine rencontre le président uruguayen Jorge Batlle Otto Reich, l'homme du pr.
Otto de Habsbourg Otto de Habsbourg, héritier de la célèbre dynastie austro-hongroise et militant paneuropéen de la premiè.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-O1tto.asp   (504 words)

  
 HungarianAmerica Foundation, Inc.
Habsburg is on a U.S. tour between April 9-22, organized by the Hungarian American Coalition.
He was accompanied by several members of his family, among them his wife, Archduchess Regina von Habsburg, his son, Ambassador Georg von Habsburg, and his daughter, Archduchess Gabriela von Habsburg.
After welcoming remarks by the Chairman of the Board of the HRFA, the President of HAC, and the Ambassador of Hungary, Dr. Habsburg gave a short speech and answered questions from the audience.
www.hungarianamerica.com /Feature_Habsburg.asp   (108 words)

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