On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of the last Austrian Emperor and Hungarian King, Andreas Gottsmann, Director of the Austrian Historical Institute in Rome, and Gergely Fejérdy, Deputy Scientific Director at the Otto von Habsburg Foundation, answered questions from Leonidio Paulo Ferreira, a renowned Portuguese journalist.
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.
Mosaics from Otto von Habsburg’s Childhood – Memories of Countess Kerssenbrock
In 1923 Empress Zita presented a Madeiran family with the royal children’s trousseau that included the white baptismal gown and headband that had been worn by the Emperor and her seven children at their christenings.
