Maximilian of Hohenberg

Maximilian Charles French Michael Hubert Anton Ignatius Joseph Maria Herzog von Hohenberg ( Vienna , September 29th 1902 - there, January 8 1962 ) was the middle child of Archduke Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria from his morganatic marriage with Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg . Due to the nature of the morganatic marriage of his parents, he was not himself Archduke. In 1909 he was awarded by the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I, the title Fürst von Hohenberg granted. In 1917he was elevated to Herzog von Hohenberg.

After the attack on Franz Ferdinand and Sophie on 28 June 1914, he and his older sister and younger brother orphaned. They were included in the household of their aunt Henriette Chotek and her husband Jaroslav Thun and Hohenstein . In 1926 he married Elisabetha Bona Countess of Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldsee ( 10 August1904 - 13 March 1993 ). The couple had six sons: Max inherited from his father in 1916 Konopiste castle in the Czech Republic. This was followed by the Czech authorities in 1919 confiscated . The granddaughter of Max, Sophie de Potesta in 2007 began a lawsuit against the Czech state in order to recover the castle Konopste. In 2012, the matter was pending before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg .
 * Franz Ferdinand ( Artstetten , September 13th 1927 - Ried in der Riedmark August 16 1977 ), 2nd Duke of Hohenberg 1962 ; ∞ ( Luxembourg May 9 1956 ) PrincessElizabeth of Luxembourg ( 1922 - 2011 )
 * George (* Artstetten April 25 1929 ), 3rd Duke of Hohenberg 1977 ; ∞ ( Vienna July 4th 1960 ) Eleonora Princess of Auersperg-Breunner (* Goldegg November 121928 )
 * Albrecht (* Artstetten February 4 1931 ); ∞ (Vienna April 11 1962 ) Countess Leontine the Cassis Faraone (* Vught August 3 1933 ), daughter of Flora Fentener Vlissingen
 * Johan (* Artstetten May 3 1933 - October 11 2003 ); ∞ ( Salzburg August 28 1969 ) Elisabeth Meilinger-Rehrl ( Bramberg-Weyerhof May 30 1947 )
 * Peter (* Artstetten March 26th 1936 ); ∞ (Salzburg April 14 1970 ) Christine Mary Meilinger-Rehrl (* Bramberg-Weyerhof April 27 1945 )
 * Gerard (* Vienna December 23 1941 )

In 1938 he and his brother opposed Ernst openly opposed the Anschluss, after which they were both captured and taken to the Dachau Concentration Camp . They too were expropriated. Maximilian was in 1940 released. Ernst was sent to Buchenwald, where he in 1943 was released. He died in 1962 at the consequences of the abuse he had to undergo in captivity.

After the war, Maximilian - with permission from the Soviet occupation army - elected mayor of Artstetten which he stayed for ten years. He was a long time representative of Otto von Habsburg, son of the last Austrian Emperor Charles I , in the negotiations between the House of Habsburg and the Austrian Federal Government.