Simeon Carl Eugen Joseph Leopold von Habsburg (born 29 June 1958 in

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(2018), 'Austria', Pages 42-86 also called Simeon Habsburg-Lothringen and Archduke Simeon of Austria, is an Austrian banker, partner and managing director of Principal Asset Management AG in Liechtenstein. He is a member of the

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and as such an Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia with the style

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. He is the third-eldest child of

Archduke Rudolf of Austria Rudolph Johann Joseph Rainier, Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Cardinal-Archbishop of Olomouc (8 January 1788 – 24 July 1831), was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and an Austrian clergyman and noble. He was ...

and his first wife,

Countess Xenia Czernichev-Besobrasov Countess Xenia Czernichev-Besobrasov (Chernysheva-Besobrasova russian: графиня Ксения Сергеевна Чернышёва-Безобразова; 11 June 1929, Paris20 September 1968, Casteau, Belgium) was the first wife of Archduke ...

. Simeon is a paternal grandson of

Charles I of Austria Charles I or Karl I (german: Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria, hu, Károly Ferenc József Lajos Hubert György Ottó Mária; 17 August 18871 April 1922) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary (as Charles IV, ), King of Croati ...

, last ruler of

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Marriage and issue

Simeon married Princess María of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, daughter of Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria and his wife Princess Anne of Orléans, on 13 July 1996 in La Toledana,

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. María's father descends from Duke Robert's first marriage and Simeon from the Duke's second marriage. The couple has five children: *Archduke ''Johannes'' Rudolf Antonio Maria of Austria (born 29 October 1997 in

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) *Archduke ''Ludwig'' Christian Fransikus Maria of Austria (born 16 November 1998 in Grabs,

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

) *Archduchess ''Isabelle'' Rocio Maravillas Lourdes of Austria (born 14 September 2000 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland) *Archduchess ''Carlotta'' Adelaïde Teresa Maria of Austria (born 16 January 2003 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland) *Archduke ''Philipp'' Jozef Christian Maria of Austria (born 15 January 2007 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland)

References

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