Franz, Duke of Hohenberg

Franz
Duke of Hohenberg
Predecessor	Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg
Successor	Georg, Duke of Hohenberg
Spouse(s)	Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg
Issue Princess Anna Princess Sophie
Father	Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg
Mother	Countess Maria of Waldburg at Wolfegg and Waldsee
Born	(1927-09-13)13 September 1927
Died

Franz Ferdinand, Duke of Hohenberg (born 13 September 1927 at Artstetten Castle, Austria – died 16 August 1977 at Ried in der Riedmark, Austria). He was the eldest son of Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg and Countess Maria of Waldburg at Wolfegg and Waldsee. He was also a grandson of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Hungary and his morganatic wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. By definition of a morganatic marriage, he was excluded as Heir Presumptive to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Following the collapse of the Monarchy, all Austrian titles were abolished by law in 1919 and from there on the names consists only of prename and surname, without von or title, scilicet Franz Ferdinand Hohenberg.

Family

He was born His Serene Highness Prince Franz Ferdinand of Hohenberg, but in 1962 on the death of his father, he became the 2nd Duke of Hohenberg and Head of the House of Hohenberg.

On 9 May 1956 in Luxembourg, Prince Franz married HRH Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg, a daughter of Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. The couple had two children:

• HSH Princess Anna (Anita) of Hohenberg born Schloss Berg, Luxembourg, 18 August 1958; married 1st Luxembourg 15 July 1978 (rel) Artstetten Castle 22 July 1978 (div 1998) Romée de la Poëze, Count of Harambure (born Düsseldorf 15 July 1949) with issue; married secondly 9 July 2005 at Schloss Kornberg to Count Andreas von Bardeau (born Graz 13 Feb 1957) no issue.
• HSH Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, born Schloss Berg, Luxembourg, 10 May 1960 and married at Artstetten Castle, 18 June 1983 Jean-Louis Marie René Ghislain de Potesta (born Liège 8 February 1951) with issue.

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

Family of Franz, Duke of Hohenberg

16. Archduke Franz Karl of Austria               8. Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria                       17. Princess Sophie of Bavaria               4. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria                             18. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies               9. Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies                       19. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria               2. Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg                                   20. Karl, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin               10. Bohuslav, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin                       21. Countess Marie Berchtold, Baroness of Ungarschitz               5. Countess Sophie Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin                             22. Count Joseph Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau               11. Countess Wilhelmine Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau                       23. Countess Marie Czernin of Chudenitz               1. Franz, Duke of Hohenberg                                         24. Friedrich, Prince of Waldburg at Wolfegg and Waldsee               12. Franz, Prince of Waldburg at Wolfegg and Waldsee                       25. Countess Elisabeth of Königsegg-Aulendorf               6. Maximilian, Prince of Waldburg at Wolfegg and Waldsee                             26. Count Maximilian of Arco-Zinneberg               13. Countess Sophie Leopoldine of Arco-Zinneberg                       27. Countess Leopoldine of Waldburg at Zeil and Trauchburg               3. Countess Elisabeth of Waldburg at Wolfegg and Waldsee                                   28. August Longin, Prince of Lobkowicz               14. Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz                       29. Princess Bertha of Schwarzenberg               7. Princess Maria Sidonia of Lobkowicz                             30. Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein               15. Princess Anna Maria of Liechtenstein                       31. Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau

Titles in pretence
Preceded by Maximilian	— TITULAR — Duke of Hohenberg 1962–1977	Succeeded by Georg