Austria
The Order of the Golden Fleece
The Order of the Golden Fleece is one of the oldest orders in Europe. It was originally a chivalric order, founded by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in 1430, to celebrate the Duke’s marriage to Isabella of Portugal, his third wife.
Death of Archduke Otto
Otto, Archduke and Imperial Prince of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, the last Crown Prince of the immense Austro-Hungarian Empire before its fall, died on 4 July 2011. He peacefully passed away at his residence, Villa Austria, in Pöcking (Bavaria), surrounded by his seven children; he was 98 years old.