Andrea von Habsburg | |
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Hereditary Countess of Neipperg | |
Born |
Würzburg, Bavaria |
30 May 1953
Spouse | Karl Eugen, Hereditary Count of Neipperg |
Issue | Count Philipp Count Benedikt Count Dominik Countess Hemma, Mrs Specht Princess Katharina of Lobkowicz |
House | Habsburg-Lorraine |
Father | Otto, Crown Prince of Austria |
Mother | Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen |
Andrea von Habsburg (Andrea Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen) Archduchess of Austria, Hereditary Countess of Neipperg, (born 30 May 1953, in Würzburg, Bavaria), is the first child and oldest daughter of Otto von Habsburg and his wife Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen.
Andrea von Habsburg was born in Würzburg, Bavaria, the first child of Otto von Habsburg, the crown prince of Austria, and his wife, Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen. She was raised at her parents' home in exile, Villa Austria, in Pöcking, Bavaria.
She is a grand-daughter of the last Austrian emperor, Charles I. However, she does not use her ancestral titles as a member of the House of Habsburg, since the use of such titles is illegal in Hungary and Austria.
She married Karl Eugen, Hereditary Count of Neipperg (born 20 October 1951), son of Josef, Count of Neipperg (born 22 July 1918) and Countess Maria von Ledebur-Wicheln (1920–1984), on 9 July 1977 in Pöcking, Bavaria. (The County of Neipperg, centred on Schwaigern, had become an Imperial State of the Holy Roman Empire in 1766, mediatised to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806). They have issue: