3/2/2021 The Grand Master at the funeral of Otto von Habsburg - Order of Malta [ Grand Master. (Jul. 18, 2011). The Grand Master at the funeral of Otto von Habsburg. Sovereign Order of Malta. Reproduced for educational purposes only. Fair Use relied upon. ] Home / News NEWS The Grand Master at the funeral of Otto von Habsburg Rome, 18/07/2011 GRAND MASTER Baili of the Order of Malta and former European Parliament member, his father was the last emperor of ThisAustria website and uses king technicalof Hungary and assimilated cookies as well as user-proling third party Close cookies in a grouped format to simplify online navigation and to protect the use of services.All Vienna To nd came out to more a halt or for to the refuse funeral consent of Archduke to the Ottouse ofvon one Habsburg or any of– eldest the cookies, son of Blessed click Charles, last hereemperor. Closing of thisAustria banner, and king browsing of Hungary this page – who or died clicking at the on age anything of 98. Head will of be the taken Imperial as House of consentHabsburg to the from use 1922 of cookies. to 2007 and member of the Order of Malta since 1932, for over twenty years von https://www.orderofmalta.int/2011/07/18/the-grand-master-at-the-funeral-of-otto-von-habsburg/ 1/2 3/2/2021 The Grand Master at the funeral of Otto von Habsburg - Order of Malta Habsburg was a member of the European Parliament and President of the International Pan-European Union. Over a thousand people participated in the funeral service ociated by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna, in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in the heart of the Austrian capital. Also present, together with the heads of state and government of numerous European countries, was the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra’ Matthew Festing, who led a procession of some two hundred Austrian knights and dames of the Order. After the funeral, the mortal remains of Otto von Habsburg left St. Stephen’s between a corridor of people to be taken to the imperial crypt of the Capuccini, where 145 members of the Habsburg dynasty have been interred since 1633. The Order of Malta’s Austrian hospital service – with 70 paramedics, ve doctors and 16 ambulances – provided medical assistance in the cathedral and during the funeral procession through the streets of Vienna. GALLERY Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta Magistral Palace, Via Condotti, 68 Rome - Italy Tel. +39.06.67581.1 | [email protected] This website uses technical and assimilated cookies as well as user-proling third party Close cookies in a grouped format to simplify online navigation and to protect the use of services. To nd out more or to refuse consent to the use of one or any of the cookies, click here. Closing this banner, browsing this page or clicking on anything will be taken as consent to the use of cookies. https://www.orderofmalta.int/2011/07/18/the-grand-master-at-the-funeral-of-otto-von-habsburg/ 2/2 .