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.
The Otto von Habsburg Foundation organised a conference entitled “Spain in Europe – The Role and Significance of Otto von Habsburg” and an exhibition on the occasion of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union at the Faculty of Humanities of CEU San Pablo University in Madrid.
Our Foundation is planning an exhibition and commemoration to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Regina, the wife of Otto von Habsburg. In preparation, we visited our namesake’s daughter, Gabriela von Habsburg, at her home near Munich.
On 28 September 2023, the Otto von Habsburg Foundation and the Deák Ferenc Faculty of Law and Political Science of the Széchenyi István University organised a discussion on Otto von Habsburg’s and István Bibó’s perception of Europe in the library of the Faculty of Law in Győr. The event included opening our exhibition “Life and Heritage” on the life of Otto von Habsburg, the latest Hungarian venue for our travelling exhibition.
