Prince Ernst von Hohenberg

His Serene Highness Prince Ernst Alfons Franz Ignaz Joseph Maria Anton von Hohenberg (17 May 1904 - 5 March 1954) was the youngest son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his morganatic wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg.

Ernst was born at his parents' estate at Konopiště in Bohemia. Following his parents' assassination, which precipitated World War I, Ernst and his siblings, Sophie and Maximilian were taken in by their father's close friend, Prince Jaroslav von Thun und Hohenstein.

In late 1918, their properties in Czechoslovakia, including Konopiště and Chlumec nad Cidlinou, were confiscated. Fact|date=April 2008 The children moved to Vienna and Schloß Artstetten.

In 1938, following the Anschluss the family were arrested and sent to Dachau concentration camp. Fact|date=April 2008 Their Austrian properties were confiscated in 1939 but were returned in 1945.

Family

Ernst married Marie-Therese Wood on 25 May 1936; the couple had two children:

*HSH Prince Franz Ferdinand Maximilian Georg Ernst Maria Josef Zacharius Ignaz von Hohenberg (b. 14 March 1937 - d. 8 August 1978); married Heide Zechling and had issue:
**HSH Prince Franz Ferdinand Karl Georg Ernst von Hohenberg (b. 24 May, 1969); married Christiane Pirker, no issue.

*HSH Prince "Ernst" Georg Elemer Albert Josef Antonius Peregrinus Rupertus Maria von Hohenberg (b. 1 March 1944); married 1st on 31 August 1973 to Patricia Anette Caesar (divorced 1999) and had issue; married 2nd on 15 September 2007 to Margareta Anna Ndisi
**HSH Princess Eva Anne Maria von Hohenberg (b. 1 December 1974)

Death

He died at Graz in Austria in 1954, aged 49.