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Austrian Royalty
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Francis I (Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor)
Children include Archduchess Marie Louise Ferdinand I Archduchess Maria Leopoldina Archduchess Clementina Archduke Joseph Franz Archduchess Marie Caroline Archduke Franz Karl Archduchess Marie Anne Grandchildren include Franz Joseph I Archduke Maximilian Archduke Karl Ludwig Archduchess Maria Anna Archduke Ludwig Viktor Great-grandchildren include Archduke Franz Ferdinand Archduke Otto Franz Archduke Ferdinand Karl Archduchess Margarete Sophie Archduchess Maria Annunciata Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie Great-great-grandchildren include Charles I Archduke Maximilian Great-great-great-great-grandchildren include Archduchess Sophie
Ferdinand I
Franz Joseph I
Children Archduchess Sophie Archduchess Gisela Crown Prince Rudolf Archduchess Marie Valerie Grandchildren include Archduchess Elisabeth Marie
Charles I
Children include Crown Prince Otto Archduchess Adelheid Archduke Robert Archduke Felix Archduke Carl Ludwig Archduke Rudolf Archduchess Charlotte Archduchess Elisabeth Grandchildren include Archduchess Gabriela Archduchess Walburga Archduke Karl Archduke Georg Archduke Lorenz Archduchess Maria-Anna Archduke Simeon Great-Grandchildren include Archduchess Eleanore Archduke Ferdinand Zvonimir Archduke Amedeo
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Ferdinand Zvonimir von Habsburg (Given names: Ferdinand Zvonimir Maria Balthus Keith Michael Otto Antal Bahnam Leonhard Habsburg-Lothringen; born on 21 June 1997 in Salzburg), referred to in Austria as Ferdinand Zvonimir Habsburg-Lothringen, in Hungary as Habsburg Ferdinánd Zvonimir, and by his royal name as Archduke Ferdinand Zvonimir of Austria, is the eldest son of Karl von Habsburg, now head of the House of Habsburg. He thus is heir apparent to the headship of the House of Habsburg and the Sovereignty of the Order of the Golden Fleece. He is the great-grandson of Emperor Charles I of Austria through his grandfather Otto von Habsburg.

Ferdinand was baptised on 20 September 1997 in Zagreb by Cardinal Franjo Kuharić, and was also given the traditional Croatian name Zvonimir ( after King Zvonimir of Croatia from 11th Century). His godparents were his uncle Georg von Habsburg, Alois-Konstantin of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela, and Agnes Husslein (born Countess von Arco).

Ferdinand is an Austrian citizen. While his traditional titles (Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia and Archduke of Austria) are used abroad and by genealogical literature, he is not allowed to use them in Austria. His grandfather Otto von Habsburg renounced to all claims to the Austrian throne, as a necessary condition to return to Austria.

Future headship

As a future head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, he would be considered, by monarchists, as :

• Ferdinand II, Emperor of Austria
• Ferdinand VI, King of Hungary and King of Bohemia

Ancestry

See also

• House of Habsburg
• Habsburg Family Tree

Notes

1. ^ The Habsburg's titles are not recognised anymore in Austria or in Hungary, where he is referred to as Ferdinand Zvonimir Habsburg-Lothringen, which is his legal name. (See Austrian nobility)
2. "Croatians celebrate christening of Habsberg heir". The Nation. 22 September 1997. p. 7.
3. "Le baptême de l'archiduc Zvonimir", Point de Vue, no. 2566 (24 au 30 septembre 1997): 10–12.
4. Royal and noble titles were abolished in Austria by the Adelsaufhebungsgesetz of 3 April 1919. The family name of the members of the former House of Austria was claimed to be Habsburg-Lothringen by an Austrian ministerial decision in 1957 and by a German court (Landgericht Würzburg) on 16 July 1958. The alternative family name "von Habsburg" can be used in all states apart from Austria.

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