Fifty-five years ago, in 1968, the streets of Prague were witnessing a similar scene to that of Budapest in the autumn of 1956. Otto von Habsburg followed the events in Czechoslovakia as closely as he had followed the revolution in Hungary twelve years before. The former heir to the throne, like other analysts, made a comparison between the two events early on.
On 13 October 2023, at the University in Nancy, Gergely Fejérdy, Deputy Scientific Director of our Foundation, gave a lecture on Otto von Habsburg’s relations to Lorraine and his commitment to Europe. Georg von Habsburg, Ambassador of Hungary in France, was also present at the event. Our Life and Heritage exhibition was opened on the same day at the Sciences Po University in Nancy. The following day, the Hungarian delegation attended the traditional commemo
On 5 October 2023, David Henrie, American actor, writer and director, visited our Foundation.
On 7 October 2023, Princess Yolande de Ligne—the wife of Archduke Carl Ludwig von Habsburg-Lorraine, the fourth son of Charles I and brother of our namesake—was laid to rest in the Capuchin Crypt in Vienna. The Otto von Habsburg Foundation was represented at the ceremony by Deputy Scientific Director Gergely Fejérdy.
