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Ernst von Hohenberg
His Serene Highness Prince Ernst von Hohenberg (Ernst Alfons Franz Ignaz Joseph Maria Anton) (17 May 1904 - 5 March 1954 was the youngest son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Sophie Chotek.
Following the assassination of his parents, Ernst, his sister, Sophie and their brother, Maximilian, were taken in by their father's close friend and shooting partner Graf Jaroslav Thurn.
In late 1918, they were exiled from Czechoslovakia, losing all their possessions there and took refuge in Vienna and Schloß Artstetten. But in 1938, following the Anschluß they were arrested and deported to Dachau concentration-camp where they spent the next seven years of their lives.
Ernst married Marie-Therese Wood on 25 May 1936 and had two children:
- Franz Ferdinand Maximilian von Hohenberg (14 March 1937 - 8 August 1978)
- Ernst Georg von Hohenberg (1 March 1944 - present)
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