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Biography
Otto von Habsburg (20 November 1912 – 4 July 2011) was the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary from 1916 until the dissolution of the empire in November 1918. In 1922, he became the pretender to the former thrones, head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and sovereign of the Order of the Golden Fleece upon the death of his father. He resigned as Sovereign of the Golden Fleece in 2000 and as head of the Imperial House in 2007. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Awards & recognition
- honorary citizen of Gyula · 2002
- honorary citizen of Bjelovar · 1997
- Paulée de Meursault Prize · 1996
- Public recognition of the City of Karlovac · 1994
- honorary doctor of the Medical University of Pécs · 1992
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- doctor honoris causa from the University of Nancy · 1988
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · 1987
- Prix Auguste-Furtado · 1970
- Broquette-Gonin prize in literature · 1967
- Broquette-Gonin prize in literature · 1963
- Bavarian Order of Merit
- Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
- Escudo Silesiano
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary
- honorary citizen of Sarajevo
- honorary citizenship
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Sylvester
- Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
- Order of Saint Hubert
- Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class
- Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau
- Order of the Three Stars, 3rd Class
