Otto zu Windisch-Graetz

Prince Otto of Windisch-Graetz (born 7 October 1873 in Graz as Otto Weriand Hugo Ernst Prince of Windisch-Graetz, from 1902 Fürst of Windisch-Graetz; died 27 December 1952 in Lugano)

During World War I he commanded a battalion on the Italian front.

Involvement in sports Otto was cited as an excellent horseman and a very good swimmer, gymnast and fencer. In 1911 he became Honorary President of the Austrian Sports Federation. In this capacity he was appointed to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1911.

However, because of Austria's role in World War I, his IOC membership was suspended in 1919. When the IOC decided in the 1921 season to reinstate Windisch-Graetz's membership, he refused on the grounds that he no longer resided in Austria (see below).

From 1918 until death

After World War I (1914–1918) Otto became a Yugoslav citizen and lived on the vast lands near Bled (in present-day Slovenia), which he had inherited from his family. The lands, including a castle which served as his summer residence (later named Suvobor castle by the King of Yugoslavia) were sold in 1922 to King Alexander I of Yugoslavia.

He spent World War II with his sister, Countess Eleonore Marie Gabriele Georgine Amalie von Paar (1877-1977), at her palace in Bohemia. After the war they relocated to Switzerland, where they lived together in Lausanne. as Franz Josef Marie Otto Antonius Ignatius Oktavianus Prince of Windisch-Graetz: married (1934 in Brussels) Ghislaine Windisch-Graetz (born 1912 in Ixelles; died 1997 in Namur), née Countess d'Arschot Schoonhoven Ernst Windisch-Graetz (born 1905 in Prague; died 1952 in Vienna), Eleonore Maria Elisabeth Kamilla Philomena Veronika zu Windisch-Graetz:'' married (1933 in Brussels) Count Pierre d’Alcantara de Querrieu (born 1907 in Bachte-Maria-Leerne/Deinze; died 1944 Sachsenhausen concentration camp); married (1945 in Brüssel) Carl Axel Björklund (born 1906 in Högsjö; died 1986 in Anderlecht).