1950's - Otto von Habsburg Foundation

Politics in Light of the Eucharist – Otto von Habsburg at the International Eucharistic Congresses

2021.09.07

In connection with the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress to be held in Hungary in September 2021, it is worth recalling that the last heir to the Hungarian throne participated twice in this event of particular importance to the Catholic world. Otto von Habsburg first took part in the historically renowned Congress – first held in 1881 in Lille, France – in Barcelona in 1952 and then in Munich in 1960.

Wedding a ’la Habsburg 70 years ago

2021.05.10

On 10 May 1951 Otto von Habsburg and Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen were married in Nancy, France. The carefully prepared and documented event, attended by tens of thousands of people from the countries of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, was worthy of the historical and social status of the last heir to the Hungarian throne, the head of the House of Habsburg.

Instead of an International Conference – On the 70th Anniversary of the Schuman Plan

2020.05.11

Seventy years ago, on 9 May 1950, French foreign minister Robert Schuman announced the Plan which was the first stage in the creation of the European Union.

The relations of Otto von Habsburg and the person, for whom the 70 years old Schuman Plan is named

2020.05.09

70 years ago, on Tuesday, May 9, 1950, at 6 pm two hundred journalists crowded the embellished Salon d’Horloge hall of Quai d’Orsay in anticipation of a hastily announced foreign ministerial press conference.

1950’s

Politics in Light of the Eucharist – Otto von Habsburg at the International Eucharistic Congresses

Wedding a ’la Habsburg 70 years ago

Instead of an International Conference – On the 70th Anniversary of the Schuman Plan

The relations of Otto von Habsburg and the person, for whom the 70 years old Schuman Plan is named

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