Otto von Habsburg, Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary (1912-2011)
Otto Kaiserlicher Prinz, Erzherzog von Österreich, Königlicher Prinz von Ungarn Born : 20 November 1912, Villa Wartholz in Reichenau an der Rax, Austria-Hungary Died : 4 July 2011,Pöcking, Germany The eldest son of Charles I, the last Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, and his wife, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Otto was born as third in line to the thrones, as His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke and Prince Imperial Otto of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia. With his father's ascent to the thrones in 1916, he was himself likely to become the Emperor. As his father never abdicated, Otto was considered by himself, his family and Austro-Hungarian legitimists to be the rightful Emperor-King from 1922. Had the dual monarchy still existed, he might have had an 89-year reign. Marcia Tracy explores the life of this once potential ruler of many lands. After the Austria-Hungary Royal family’s exile in 1918, he grew up in around various parts of Europe, mostl...