Dominic von Habsburg

Archduke Dominic of Austria
Carlist-Carloctavismo claimant to the Spanish throne
as Domingo I
Pretense9 May 1975 - present`
PredecessorFrancisco I
SuccessorIncumbent
Born (1937-07-04) 4 July 1937 (age 87)
Vienna, Austria[1]
Spouse
Virginia Engel von Voss
(m. 1960; div. 1999)

Emmanuella Mlynarski
(m. 1999)
IssueCount Sandor von Habsburg
Count Gregor von Habsburg
Names
Domingo de Habsburgo-Lorena y de Romania
and
Dominic von Habsburg-Lothringen, Erzherzog von Österreich, Prinz von Toskana
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherArchduke Anton of Austria
MotherPrincess Ileana of Romania

Dominic von Habsburg (born 4 July 1937) is a member of the Grand Ducal Family of Tuscany[2] and the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.

Dominic was born in 1937 at Sonnberg Castle [de] (near Hollabrunn, Austria), where he was baptized Dominic Habsburg-Lothringen.[3] In the family, he is nicknamed "Niki". In 1942, after spending the first few years of his childhood at Sonnberg Castle, he moved with his parents, his brother and his four sisters to Romania. There, Dominic resided with his family at Bran Castle in Braşov. After his first cousin, King Michael I of Romania, was forced to abdicate the throne in 1947, Dominic and his family were exiled by the Communist regime and sought refuge in Switzerland and Argentina before ultimately settling in the United States.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Harding, Lost Waltz, p. 20
  2. ^ Burkes Royal Families of the World Vol 1. P343-351
  3. ^ Patrick W. Montague-Smith (1 June 1980). Debrett's peerage and baronetage: with Her Majesty's Royal Warrant Holders 1980 : comprises information concerning the Royal Family, the peerage, Privy Counsellors, Scottish Lords of Session, baronets, and chiefs of names and clans in Scotland. Debrett's Peerage. ISBN 978-0-905649-20-7.