Franz, Duke of Hohenberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFranz, Duke of Hohenberg
austrian nobleman
Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: Artstetten-Pöbring, Lower Austria, Austria
About Franz, Duke of Hohenberg
- Franz Ferdinand, Duke of Hohenberg (13 September 1927 – 16 August 1977), was the eldest son of Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg and Countess Maria of Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee.
- He was also a grandson of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his morganatic wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg.
- As a result of that morganatic marriage, the Hohenbergs were excluded from the line of succession to the Austro-Hungarian throne. Following the socialist take-over in Vienna during the chaos at the close of The Great War and their exiling of the monarchy, all Austrian titles were subsequently abolished by law in 1919.
- From then on, names officially consisted only of forename and surname, without von or titles, scilicet Franz Ferdinand Hohenberg.
- Most simply ignored this Decree.
Read more at Wikipedia