Archduke Eduard of Austria

Eduard Karl Joseph Michael Marcus Koloman Volkhold Maria Habsburg-Lothringen (born 12 January 1967), also known by his traditional title of Archduke Eduard of Austria, is a Hungarian diplomat and is Hungary's current ambassador to the Holy See. He is also a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, the former ruling family of Austria-Hungary. Early life 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 , 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. Diplomatic career Since 2015, he has served as Hungary’s ambassador to the Holy See and Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Personal life 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.