Archduke Eduard of Austria

• Name — Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen • Born — 12 January 1967 • Birthplace — Munich, Bavaria, West Germany • Office1 — Hungarian Ambassador to the Holy See • Term Start1 — 5 December 2015 • Term End1 — 30 November 2025 • Predecessor1 — Gabor Győriványi • Successor1 — Péter Kveck • Prime Minister1 — Viktor Orbán Intellectuals

Habsburg is the son of Archduke Michael of Austria (b. 1942), son of Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria and Princess Anna of Saxony, and Princess Christiana of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1940), daughter of Karl, 8th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. He is legally known in Austria as Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen and is referred to by the traditional title of Archduke Eduard of Austria in the Almanach de Gotha. He acquired Hungarian citizenship as his father was born in Hungary. Eduard is the great-great-great-grandson of Emperor Franz Joseph I. He spent much of his upbringing in Munich, Germany, Venice, Italy, and Austria.

Habsburg studied philosophy and history at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, where he earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1999 with a dissertation on the end of Neo-Thomism, graduating magna cum laude. He later pursued further studies at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.

After university, he worked for a children’s television company in Germany and produced animated series “Nick and Perry”. He was a zombie-movie screenwriter, cartoon producer, love-triangle novelist and media personality.

In December 2015, Habsburg was appointed to serve as Hungary’s ambassador to the Holy See and Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He concluded his mission to the Holy See in November 2025.

On 1 July 1995 he married Maria Theresia von Gudenus (b. 1967), a descendant of Archduke Johann of Austria. They have six children, one son and five daughters. Habsburg is a practising Catholic. He has expressed an admiration for Thomas More, Pope Gregory I, József Mindszenty, Thérèse of Lisieux, Charles I of Austria, and his patron saint and namesake Edward the Confessor.

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The authorities additionally record the headings Eduard Habsburg, Eduard Karl Erzherzog von Österreich, Eduard von Habsburg, Eduard Karl Joseph Michael Marcus Koloman Volkhold Maria Habsburg-Lothringen and Habsburg-Lotharingiai Eduárd Károly főherceg. His recorded language was German. He was the child of Archduke Michael of Austria and Christiana Prinzessin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. He married Marie Therese Baronin von Gudenus. 4 children are recorded: Anne Caroline Erzherzogin von Österreich, Theresa Maria von Österreich, Paul Benedikt von Österreich and Sophie von Österreich.

Archduke Eduard of Austria is recorded as having received Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.