Archduke Eduard of Austria

Eduard Karl Joseph Michael Marcus Antonius Koloman Volkhold Maria Habsburg-Lothringen (; born 12 January 1967) is a Hungarian diplomat who served as Hungary's ambassador to the Holy See from 2015 to 2025. He is 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. He spent much of his upbringing in Munich, Germany, Venice, Italy, and Austria.

Education 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.

Business career 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.

Diplomatic career 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.

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.

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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