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Encyclopedia > Sophie von Hohenberg
HSH Princess Sophie von Hohenberg
HSH Princess Sophie von Hohenberg

Her Serene Highness Princess Sophie von Hohenberg (24 July 190127 October 1990) was the eldest of four children born of the morganatic marriage of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Countess Sophie Chotek. Her mother was created Fürstin von Hohenberg at the time of the marriage, and the children were born with that title (boys were Fürst), though when their mother became Duchess von Hohenberg, they became Prince von Hohenberg or Princess von Hohenberg. Image contains a picture of Sophie von Habsburg, daughter of Archduke Franz Ferdinand GFDL File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A morganatic marriage is a type of marriage which can be contracted in certain countries, usually between persons of unequal social rank (unebenbürtig in German), which prevents the passage of the husbands titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage. ... Archduke Franz Ferdinand (right) with his family. ... This page is about the European nobility; for the baseball term, see count (baseball). ... Countess Sophie With family. ...


Following the assassination of her parents, Sophie and her two surviving brothers, Maximilian and Ernst, were taken in by their father's close friend and shooting partner Graf Jaroslav Thurn. Maximilian von Hohenberg His Serene Highness Duke Maximilian von Hohenberg (29 September 1902 - 8 January 1962) was the eldest son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Sophie Chotek. ... HSH Prince Ernst von Hohenberg His Serene Highness Prince Ernst von Hohenberg (Ernst Alfons Franz Ignaz Joseph Maria Anton) (17 May 1904 - 5 March 1954 was the youngest son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Sophie Chotek. ...


Until late 1918, 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 the next seven years of their lives. Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... Schloß Artstetten is a castle near the Wachau valley in Lower Austria. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 12, 1938: German troops march into Austria The general German term Anschluss [1] (literally meaning connection, but in this context translated as annexation in the sense of political union) often refers to Anschluss Österreichs — the inclusion of Austria in a Greater Germany in 1938. ... This article is about Dachau town. ...


Sophie married Count Friedrich von Nostitz-Rieneck, Duke of Tetschen and Elbe, on 8 September 1920 and had four children: September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...

  1. Count Erwein von Nostitz-Rieneck (1921–1949)
  2. Count Franz von Nostitz-Rieneck (1923–1945)
  3. Count Aloys von Nostitz-Rieneck (1925–2003)
  4. Countess Sophie von Nostitz-Rieneck (1929–1953)

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Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg at AllExperts (1182 words)
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, born Sophie Maria Josephine Albina Chotek, Countess of Chotkova and Wognin (March 1, 1868 - June 28, 1914) was the morganatic wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
Sophie was born in Stuttgart to a prominent Bohemian aristocratic family.
Sophie and Franz Ferdinand had a joint funeral mass, but, according to a television report on WWI her plinth was placed 18 inches below her husband's in light of her lower social station.
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