Prince Edouard de Lobkowicz (12 June 1926 – 2 April 2010) was an Austrian-American diplomat and investment banker. A member of the House of Lobkowicz, he served as the

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of the

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to Lebanon.

Early life

Lobkowicz was the elder son of Prince Edouard Josef von Lobkowicz (1899–1959) and his American wife, Anita Lihme (1903–1976). Since he was born in the

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, he held American citizenship. He was baptised with the names ''Maria Eduard August Joseph Wilhelm Ignatius Patricius Hubertus Kaspar''.''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels'', Fürstlicher Häuser Band XVIII, 189. Lobkowicz was educated at the Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague in Paris. From 1944 to 1947, he served in the

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. He then completed his tertiary education at the

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and at

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Banking career

From 1951 to 1958, Lobkowicz worked at

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in New York. In 1960, he became assistant to the director of the investment firm A. L. Stamm, and in 1963, delegate for Europe and the Middle East of the same firm. In 1969, he transferred to Coleman and Co. From 1972 to 1989, he worked for Stralem and Co.

Marriage and family

On 11 December 1959, at Besson, Allier, France, Lobkowicz was married civilly to Princess Marie-Françoise of Bourbon-Parma, eldest daughter of

Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma Xavier, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, known in France before 1974 as Prince Xavier de Bourbon-Parme, known in Spain as Francisco Javier de Borbón-Parma y de Braganza or simply as Don Javier (25 May 1889 – 7 May 1977), was head of the ducal House ...

and his wife, Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset. A religious wedding followed on 7 January 1960, in

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; this was the first marriage of a member of the

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at Notre Dame since the 1816 wedding of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, to

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. Lobkowicz and his wife had four children: * Prince Marie ''Edouard''-Xavier Ferdinand Auguste Gaspard (18 October 1960, Paris – 27 April 1984,

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); murdered. * Prince Marie ''Robert'' Emanuel Joseph Michel Benoît Melchior (31 December 1961, Paris – 29 October 1988, Bhannes,

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); died of a brain tumor. * Prince Marie ''Charles-Henri'' Hugues Xavier Benoît Michel Edouard Joseph Balthazar (born 17 May 1964, Paris). * Princess ''Marie Gabrielle'' Anita Olga Thérèse Lisieux Gaspara (born 11 June 1967, Paris); a member of the Little Sisters of the Poor.

Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Lobkowicz was an active member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He entered the order as a Knight of Honour and Devotion, but later became a Knight in Obedience. Eventually, he advanced to the degree of a knight grand cross. In 1980, Lobkowicz was appointed the Order's ambassador to

, a position he held until 1990.H.J.A. Sire, ''The Order of Malta, A Modern Resurrection'' (London: Third Millennium, 2016), 249-250. In 1981, he set up the Order's Lebanese Association. In 1987, Lobkowicz and his wife founded the ''Association Malte Liban''. Under Lobkowicz’s leadership, the Order’s medical centres increased from one to thirteen. Lobkowicz died on Friday, 2 April 2010, in Paris. His

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was celebrated in the Église Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin.

Honours

* : Commander of the

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(from 14 July 2005) "La promotion du 14 juillet 2005", ''Le Figaro'' (15 juillet 2005). * : Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre * : Commander of the

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* : Grand Officer of the National Order of the Ivory Coast * : Grand Officer of the

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* : Grand Cordon of the

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* : Grand Cross with Swords of the Order ''pro merito Melitensi''

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