What happened to the last Habsburg emperor?
What happened to the last Habsburg emperor?
He made two attempts to reclaim the Hungarian throne in 1921; but failed due to the opposition of Hungary’s Calvinist regent Admiral Miklós Horthy. Charles was exiled for a second time to the Portuguese island of Madeira, where he soon fell ill and died of respiratory failure in 1922.
Are there any living Habsburgs left?
The current head of the family is Karl von Habsburg.
Who is the current head of the House of Habsburg?
The House of Habsburg-Lorraine today. The current leader of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine is Karl von Habsburg, who succeeded his father Otto as head of the royal house after his father renounced the role in 2007. Karl is the eldest grandson of the last emperor of Austria-Hungary, Charles I.