WILHELM HABSBURG SUITE

Wilhelm von Habsburg-Lothringen is the great-grandson of Emperor Leopold II and the
third cousin of Franz Josef I. He was born on February 10, 1895, near Pula (Istria, modern
Croatia) and graduated from the Military Academy in 1915.
His military career dates back to World War I when the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
underwent major changes. In 1916, his uncle-emperor died, and the throne was taken by
Charles I. At the end of 1918, Austria-Hungary split into several states.
It was the time when the nations started building their states on the ruins of the empires.
Wilhelm von Habsburg-Lothringen, who was just over twenty years old, fought at the helm
of the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen in particular, and that’s when he imbued with
Ukrainian culture and outlook.
This Habsburg came into Ukrainian life, politics, and later history, as Vasyl Vyshyvanyi.
Thanks to Vasyl Vyshyvanyi, the Habsburgs are now the only monarchic family in the
world with a Ukrainian among its members, who once took the arms to fight for an
independent Ukraine.

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  • Yevhen Chernetskiy
  • Nataliya Veresneva
  • Andriy Kobylianskiy

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