Franz, Duke of Hohenberg

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Franz Ferdinand
Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee

Franz Ferdinand, Duke of Hohenberg (13 September 1927 – 16 August 1977), was the eldest son of

. As a result of that morganatic marriage, the Hohenbergs were excluded from the line of succession to the Austro-Hungarian throne.

Following the socialist take-over in Vienna during the chaos at the close of

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Franz Ferdinand Hohenberg. Most simply ignored this Decree.

Family

He was born

House of Hohenberg
.

On 9 May 1956 in

. They had two daughters:

  • Princess Anna (Anita) Charlotte Maximiliana Euphemia Maria Helena of Hohenberg (born 18 August 1958, Berg Castle). She married Romee de La Poeze, Count d'Harambure on 22 July 1978. They have four children. In 1998 they divorced and on 9 July 2005 she married Count Andreas von Bardeau.
  • Princess Sophie Felicitas Elisabetha Bona Maria Antonia of Hohenberg (born 10 May 1960) married Jean-Louis de Potesta on 18 June 1983. They have three children.

Since he had no sons, he was succeeded by his younger brother Georg as Duke of Hohenberg and head of the House of Hohenberg.

Ancestry

Titles in pretence
Preceded by — TITULAR —
Duke of Hohenberg

1962–1977
Succeeded by