Georg von Habsburg


Georg von Habsburg is a Hungarian diplomat. He is referred to in Austria as Georg Habsburg-Lothringen and in Hungary as Habsburg György.
He has served as Hungary's ambassador to Spain since May 2025. Previously, he was the country's ambassador to France from 2020 to 2025.

Family ties

Born in Germany as Paul Georg Maria Joseph Dominikus, he is the second son of Otto von Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Regina Prinzessin von Sachsen-Meiningen. His father, heir of Charles I and IV, the last monarch of Austria-Hungary, renounced all claims to the Austrian throne in 1961. Georg von Habsburg was raised at his parents' home in exile, Villa Austria in Pöcking, Bavaria.
He married Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg, the elder daughter of Duke Johann of Oldenburg and Countess Ilka of Ortenburg, on 18 October 1997 in Budapest, Hungary. He contracted a dynastic marriage according to the former Habsburg house laws, unlike his elder brother Karl in 1993. While Georg is a Catholic, Eilika has chosen to remain a Lutheran. The couple have three children.
He and his family live near the village of Sóskút, in Pest County in Hungary. Their eldest child was the first Habsburg to be born in Hungary in more than fifty years.

Career

He was named as Hungary's ambassador extraordinary to the European Parliament in 1996. He served as the president of the Hungarian Red Cross from 2004 to 2012.
In December 2020, he was appointed as Hungary's ambassador to France. He served in that role until becoming the ambassador to Spain in May 2025.

Honours and awards

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