Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg
His Serene Highness Duke
Maximilian of Hohenberg (
29 September 1902 -
8 January 1962) was the eldest son of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his
morganatic wife
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg.
He was born as HSH Prince Maximilian of Hohenberg, but in 1917 was made HSH Duke Maximilian of Hohenberg.
Following the assassination of his parents, Maximilian, his sister,
Sophie and their brother,
Ernst, were taken in by their father's brother in law and shooting partner Prince Jaroslav von Thun und Hohenstein.
Until late 1919, they were exiled from
Czechoslovakia, losing all their possessions there and took refuge in
Vienna and
Schloß Artstetten. But in
1938, following the
Anschluß they were arrested and deported to
Dachau concentration camp where they spent most of the Nazi era.
Maximilian married Countess Maria von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee on
16 November 1926. He had six children by her, all sons:
* Franz, Duke of Hohenberg (
1927-
1977, Duke since
1962), married HRH Princess
Elisabeth of Luxembourg (born
1922); had issue, but no male issue
* Georg, Duke of Hohenberg (born
1929, Duke since
1977), married Princess Eleonore von Auersperg-Breunner (born
1928); had issue
* Prince Albrecht von Hohenberg (born
1931), married Countess Leontine von Cassis-Faraone; had issue
* Prince Johannes von Hohenberg (born
1933), married Elisabeth Meilinger-Rehrl (born
1947); had issue
* Prince Peter von Hohenberg (born
1936), married Christine-Maria Meilinger-Rehrl (born
1945); had issue
* Prince Gerhard von Hohenberg (born
1941)