The Grand Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa, the decoration worn by András Hadik, who captured Berlin, Count Ferenc Nádasdy, Baron József Alvinczi and Charles I (IV), is for the first time placed in a public collection in Hungary, the Otto von Habsburg Foundation.
Otto von Habsburg received several letters informing him of his father’s beatification preparations. We are now publishing one of these sources from the collection of our Foundation.
“Addressing depends on how someone wants to address you. I’ve been through it all, so it matters less to me. I have many titles, but I don’t use them now because I have other things to do” – wrote Otto von Habsburg in a letter of reply dated 29 April 1996. He was responding to questions from a 16-year-old high school student, which were then published in the form of an interview in the local high school newspaper.
On 17 January 2022, the Foundation received valuable family photos and documents from Andrea von Habsburg, the eldest daughter of Otto von Habsburg.
