Charles IV of Hungary - Otto von Habsburg Foundation

Commemoration on Madeira Island

2022.04.04

On 1 April 1922, Charles I (IV) Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, father of Otto von Habsburg, died in Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary commemoration series, our Foundation, in cooperation with the Embassy of Hungary in Lisbon and local organizers, presented a roll-up exhibition of nine panels in English. A Portuguese version of this was also made available for the public in the form of a brochure.

Historians on the last emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

2022.03.29

Academic conference on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of Emperor and King Charles I (IV).

In search of the last emperor in Vienna

2022.03.02

In preparation for the 100th anniversary of the death of Otto von Habsburg’s father, Charles I, the last Austrian Emperor and King of Hungary (as Charles IV), three of our Foundation’s colleagues, Szilveszter Dékány, Bence Kocsev and Gergely István Szűts, conducted a short research in the public collections of Vienna.

Filming at our Foundation in relation to the commemoration of King Charles IV

2022.02.21

The Austrian private channel Servus TV visited our Foundation on 14 February 2022. The forthcoming television programme will commemorate Charles I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (as Charles IV), who died 100 years ago on the island of Madeira.

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