An exhibition on Otto von Habsburg opened at the Sopron Archives of the National Archives of Hungary on 10 September. In addition to key milestones in our namesake’s life, it explores his role in European politics and his ties to Sopron.
More than a century after it disappeared from view, Maria Theresa’s unique diamond-set Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stephen has been identified. One part of this exceptional insignia, long believed to have been lost, is preserved in the collection of the Otto von Habsburg Foundation.
Our knowledge of the inner world of the 19th-century Habsburg dynasty derives chiefly from its rigid court etiquette, the cold pragmatism of political compromises, and rivalries for power. Yet the private correspondence preserved in our Foundation’s collection reveals a more personal side of family life.
The public can now view a selection of the Habsburg dynasty’s jewels preserved in Canada for the first time. The exhibition opened on 4 Septe
