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The Last Funeral in The Capuchin Crypt

2023.10.10

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.

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SPANISH FLU IN MADEIRA

2020.04.09

The Spanish flu, also known as the 1918 flu pandemic, was the first worldwide epidemic in history, wiping out about 3 to 5 percent of the world’s population. 98 years ago Charles IV, the father of Otto von Habsburg and the last Hungarian king, was among those who lost his life battling the disease.

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