Prince Edouard-Xavier de Lobkowicz

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Prince Edouard-Xavier
Born(1960-10-18)18 October 1960
Princess Marie-Françoise of Bourbon-Parma
Occupationmilitary officer

Prince Marie Edouard-Xavier Ferdinand Auguste Gaspard de Lobkowicz (18 October 1960 – 27 April 1984) was a French aristocrat, military officer, and murder victim. The eldest son of Prince Edouard de Lobkowicz and Princess Marie Françoise of Bourbon-Parma, he was a member of the Lobkowicz family and a descendent of the House of Bourbon-Parma the House of Bourbon-Busset. Prince Edouard-Xavier was a trained paratrooper who served as a lieutenant in the Reserve of the French Army and was a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

On 2 April 1984, Prince Edouard-Xavier went missing. A few weeks later, on 27 April 1984, his body was discovered in the Seine. An autopsy revealed that he had been murdered, with a gunshot wound in the throat and left shoulder blade.

Early life and family

Prince Edouard-Xavier was born at the

Spanish throne and head of the House of Bourbon-Parma, and Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, daughter of Georges de Bourbon-Busset, Count de Lignières and a member of the non-dynastic Bourbon-Busset line of the House of Bourbon.[2] He was a great-grandson of the Danish-American industrialist C. Bai Lihme and a great-great grandson of the American manufacturer Edward C. Hegeler.[2]

Prince Edouard-Xavier was the nephew of Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma, Princess Cécile, Countess of Poblet, and Prince Sixtus Henry, Duke of Aranjuez. He was the older brother of Princess Marie-Gabrielle, Prince Robert, and Prince Charles-Henri.[2]

After graduating from secondary school in France, he attended the University of San Francisco, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1983.[2] He had plans of working in finance.[1]

Prince Edouard-Xavier was a lieutenant in the Reserve of the French Army and had done active service as a paratrooper.[2] A devout Catholic, he was a Knight of Honor and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.[2]

Disappearance and murder

On 2 April 1984, Prince Edouard-Xavier left his parents' Paris residence for an appointment after receiving a telephone call.

Seine River, weighed down by a large iron bar tied around his waist.[1][3]

An investigation was opened after his death, but no reason was found as to why he had been murdered. The French newspaper France-Soir ran a story suggesting that he had been abducted and murdered due to his mother's connections with charitable organizations for Lebanese Christians and because of his father's association with the arms industry.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Prince Edouard-Xavier de Lobkowicz, son of one of Europe's..." UPI.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Pace, Eric (May 8, 1984). "Body of Prince Found Near Paris". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "DEUX ARMES ONT SERVI A L'ASSASSINAT DU PRINCE DE LOBKOWICZ". Le Monde.fr. May 8, 1984 – via Le Monde.
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