Maximilian von Hohenberg
His Serene Highness Duke Maximilian von Hohenberg (29 September 1902 - 8 January 1962) was the eldest son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Sophie Chotek. He was born as HSH Prince Maximilian von Hohenberg, but in 1917 was made HSH Duke Maximilian von Hohenberg. Following the assassination of his parents, Maximilian, his sister, Sophie and their brother, Ernst, were taken in by their father's close friend and shooting partner Graf Jaroslav Thurn. Until late 1918, they were exiled from Czechoslovakia, losing all their possessions there and took refuge in Vienna and Schloß Artstetten. But in 1938, following the Anschluß they were arrested and deported to Dachau concentration-camp where they spent the next seven years of their lives. Maximilian married Maria von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee on 16 November 1926. He had six children by her, all sons: - HSH Duke Franz von Hohenberg (1927-1977, Duke since 1962), married HRH Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg (born 1922); had issue, but no male issue
- HSH Duke George von Hohenberg (born 1929, Duke since 1977), married HSH Princess Eleonore von Auersperg-Breunner (born 1928); had issue
- HSH Prince Albrecht von Hohenberg (born 1931), married Countess Leontine von Cassis-Faraone; had issue
- HSH Prince Johannes von Hohenberg (born 1933), married Elisabeth Meilinger-Rehrl (born 1947); had issue
- HSH Prince Peter von Hohenberg (born 1936), married Christine-Maria Meilinger-Rehrl (born [[1945); had issue
- HSH Prince Gerhard von Hohenberg (born 1941)
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