Simeon von Habsburg | |
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Born | Katana, South Kivu, Belgian Congo | 29 June 1958
Nationality | Austrian |
Occupation(s) | Partner and managing director of Principal Asset Management AG |
Spouse | Princess María of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (m. 1996) |
Parent(s) | Archduke Rudolf of Austria Countess Xenia Czernichev-Besobrasov |
Simeon Carl Eugen Joseph Leopold von Habsburg (born 29 June 1958 in Katana, South Kivu, Belgian Congo), [1] also called Simeon Habsburg-Lothringen, is an Austrian banker, partner and managing director of Principal Asset Management AG in Liechtenstein. [2] [3] He is a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine - the former royal house of the defunct Austro-Hungarian thrones. [1] He is the third-eldest child [1] of Archduke Rudolf of Austria and his first wife, Countess Xenia Czernichev-Besobrasov. [1] Simeon is a paternal grandson of Charles I of Austria, last ruler of Austria-Hungary. [1]
Simeon married Princess María of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, daughter of Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria and his wife Princess Anne of Orléans, on 13 July 1996 in La Toledana, Spain. [4] [5] Simeon is a (half) second cousin of his wife's father, both being great-grandchildren of Robert I, Duke of Parma. María's father descends from Duke Robert's first marriage and Simeon from the Duke's second marriage. The couple has five children. [1]
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