Franz, Duke of Hohenberg
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Franz, Duke of Hohenberg was born at Artstetten Castle, Lower Austria, on 13 September 1927. He was the eldest son of Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg and Countess Maria von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee. He was also a grandson of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Hungary, Heir Presumptive to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his morganatic wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg.
He was born His Serene Highness Prince Franz of Hohenberg, but in 1962 on the death of his father became the 2nd Duke of Hohenberg and Head of the House of Hohenberg.
On 9 May [[1956] Prince Franz married HRH Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg, a daughter of Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg. The couple had two children:
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- 1. HSH Princess Anna (Anita) von Hohenberg born Schloss Berg, Luxembourg, 18 August 1958; married 1st Luxembourg 15 July 1978 (rel) Artstetten Castle 22 July 1978 (div 1998) Romée de la Poëze Count d'Harambure (born Düsseldorf 15 July 1949) with issue; married 2nd Schloss Kornberg 9 Jul 2005 Count Andreas von Bardeau (born Graz 13 Feb 1957) no issue.
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- 2. HSH Princess Sophie von Hohenberg, born Schloss Berg, Luxembourg, 10 May 1960 and married at Artstetten Castle, 18 June 1983 Jean-Louis Marie René Ghislain de Potesta (born Liège 8 February 1951) with issue.
Franz, Duke of Hohenberg died at Ried in der Reidmark on 16 August 1977) and was succeeded by his younger brother, Georg, Duke of Hohenberg.
