Georg von Habsburg
Georg von Habsburg | |
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Habsburg in 2024 | |
| Ambassador of Hungary to Spain & Andorra | |
| Assumed office May 2025 | |
| President | Tamás Sulyok |
| Ambassador of Hungary to France | |
| In office 2020–2025 | |
| President | János Áder Katalin Novák Tamás Sulyok |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 December 1964 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Occupation | Diplomat |
Georg von Habsburg[1] (born 16 December 1964) is a Hungarian diplomat. He is referred to in Austria as Georg Habsburg-Lothringen and [1] in Hungary as Habsburg György.
He has served as Hungary's ambassador to Spain since May 2025,[2] having previous been the country's ambassador to France from 2020 to 2025.[3]
Family ties
Born in Germany as Paul Georg Maria Joseph Dominikus, he is the second son (and seventh and youngest child) of Otto von Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Regina Prinzessin von Sachsen-Meiningen. His father, heir of Charles I and IV, the last monarch of Austria-Hungary, renounced all claims to the Austrian throne in 1961.[4] Georg von Habsburg was raised at his parents' home in exile, Villa Austria in Pöcking, Bavaria.
He married Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg (born 22 August 1972 in Bad Segeberg), the elder 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, unlike his elder brother Karl in 1993, a dynastic marriage according to the former Habsburg house laws.[5] While Georg is a Catholic, Eilika has chosen to remain a Lutheran.[5] The couple have three children.
Georg and his family live near the village of Sóskút, in Pest County in Hungary. Their eldest child was the first Habsburg to be born in Hungary in more than fifty years.
Career
Georg was named Hungary's ambassador extraordinary to the European Parliament in 1996. He was the President of the Hungarian Red Cross from 2004 to 2012.[5]
In December 2020 he was appointed as Hungary's Ambassador to France.[6] He served in that role until becoming ambassador to Spain in May 2025.[2]
Honours and awards
Dynastic
- House of Habsburg-Lorraine:
- Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece[7]
- Deputy Grand Master of the Order of Saint George[8]
National
- Holy See: Knight Commander with Star of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (2019)[9]
- Tonga:
- Grand Cross of The Most Devoted Royal Household Order of Tonga
- King Tupou VI Coronation Medal
Other
- Civis Honoris Causa of the University of Debrecen[10]
- Kopácsi Sándor Polgárőr Érdemrend Medal[11]
- Honorary Citizen (Civis Honoris Causa) of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics[12]
References
- ^ a b The Habsburgs' titles are not recognised anymore in Austria or in Hungary, where he is referred to as Georg Habsburg-Lothringen, which is his legal name (see Austrian nobility and Statute IV of 1947 regarding the abolition of certain titles and ranks (Hungary)).
- ^ a b "Austro-Hungarian Archduke Georg Habsburg-Lothringen, Hungary's new ambassador to Spain".
- ^ Viktor, Buzna (13 December 2020). "Habsburg György lesz a következő párizsi nagykövet". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ Brook-Shepherd, pg. 181
- ^ a b c de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ‘'Le Petit Gotha'’. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, pp. 172–176, 201–202 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1
- ^ Viktor, Buzna (13 December 2020). "Habsburg György lesz a következő párizsi nagykövet". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Knights of the Golden Fleece". www.antiquesatoz.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "The Order Government – St. Georgs-Orden". Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/2020/acta-gennaio2020.pdf p118
- ^ Debrecen, University of. "University of Debrecen". edu.unideb.hu. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Országos Polgárőr Szövetség - Kitüntetések, elismerések kimutatása". www.opsz.hu. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Díszpolgárok". Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem (in Hungarian). Retrieved 29 November 2021.