Kohary

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Koháry is a Hungarian noble family and was a magnate of Hungary with its seat at Csábrág, now Čabrad within Slovakia. In 1815, the head of the house, the then imperial chancellor, was elevated to Austrian princely rank (Fürst zu Koháry), with domains of Čabrad and Sitno, both in the today Slovakia (Csabrag, Szitnya).

[edit] List of Princes of Koháry

1815-26 (Francis) Joseph, Prince of Koháry de Čabrad (de Csábrág)

1826-62 (Maria) Antonia, Princess of Koháry de Čabrad, and her husband Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1785-1851), prince of Koháry 1826-51 jure uxoris.

Upon the death of her husband, the widowed Princess Antonia entrusted the princely seat to her second son, Prince August, who also was allowed to take the seats at the Hungarian and Austrian chambers of lords, as caretaker of the lordships. Technically, the "principality" followed the Semi-Salic succession order, though its rightful holders were kings of Portugal and did not live in Austria-Hungary:

from 1851 a "dual" holdership (on one hand, titular heir, and on the other, the caretaker):

technically:

1851-85 Ferdinand II, Prince of Koháry de Čabrad, son of previous, also 1836-37 Prince Consort of Portugal, 1837-53 King Consort of Portugal and 1853-85 Dowager King of Portugal as well as 1853-55 Regent of Portugal

1885-89 Louis I, Prince of Koháry de Čabrad, son of previous, also 1861-89 the reigning King of Portugal and Algarves

1889-1908 Charles, Prince of Koháry de Čabrad, son of previous, also for the same period, King of Portugal and Algarves

1908 Louis Philip, Prince of Koháry de Čabrad (technical holder of the principality for about twenty minutes, between the deaths of his father and himself), son of previous, also 1887-89 Prince of Beira and 1889-1908 Duke of Braganza

1908-32 Emmanuel, Prince of Koháry de Čabrad, brother of previous, Duke of Beja, also 1908-10 King of Portugal and Algarves. Čabrad and Sitno became subjugates of Czechoslovakia in 1918 when Hungary's borders were drawn after World War I.

the holding of the allodial "principality" however entrusted to:

1851-81 August, Prince of Koháry de Čabrad (whose wife was Clementine of Orleans, royal princess of the French)

1881-1921 Philip, Prince of Koháry de Čabrad, son of previous; Čabrad and Sitno became part of Czechoslovakia in 1918

1921-32-34 Peter, Prince of Koháry de Čabrad, Infante of Brazil (dom Pedro de Koháry e Braganca), nephew of previous, son of Louis Auguste of Koháry and Leopoldina of Brazil

upon the 1932 death of his second cousin Emmanuel, i.e dom Manoel II, King of Portugal, all rights to Koháry (and the lands of Čabrad and Sitno) were inherited by Peter

1934-c 1945 Rainer, Prince of Kohary de Čabrad, nephew of previous, son of August Leopold of Koháry and Caroline of Austria-Tuscany, believed to have been killed at Budapest

c 1945-present Johann Heinrich, Prince of Koháry de Čabrad (born 1931), son of previous - the holdings of Čabrad and Sitno, both in the today Slovakia, were lost to emerging communist state of Czechoslovakia during his first years. In 1995, Slovakia separated from the crumbling Czechoslovakia, and the House's lost ancestral lands of Čabrad and Sitno are a part of the today Slovakia.

current heir presumptive: John Henry's father's second cousin, Simeon II, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Koháry, born 1937 and has sons (acted 2001-2005 as Prime Minister of Bulgaria)