Otto von Habsburg: The Last Crown Prince and Europe's Visionary

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the remarkable life of Otto von Habsburg, the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary. Born in 1912 at the height of imperial power, he witnessed the empire's collapse in 1918 and spent decades in exile. But Otto's story doesn't end with loss; he became a champion of European integration, a member of the European Parliament, and a key figure in the Pan-European Picnic that helped bring down the Iron Curtain. Along the way, we discuss his wartime resistance to Nazism, his fraught relationship with his father Emperor Karl I's beatification, and the Habsburg Law that banned him from Austria until 1966. How did a man born to rule transform into a prophet of a united Europe? Tune in for a story of adaptation, principle, and the long arc of history. #OttoVonHabsburg #Habsburg #AustriaHungary #EuropeanIntegration #PanEuropeanPicnic #ColdWar #EuropeanParliament #IronCurtain #EmperorKarl #Exile #Nazism #HabsburgLaw #20thCentury #EuropeanHistory #Royalty #Monarchy #History #FexingoHistory #AustrianHistory #HabsburgDynasty Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo