He died last Habsburg

In Germany, 99, died last representative of the Habsburg dynasty. Otto von Habsburg was the eldest son of the last emperor of Austria-Hungary Karl. Representatives of the Habsburgs ruled Austria, which later became the multinational Austrian Empire, c 1282 until 1918, and was Holy Roman Emperor from 1438 to 1806 years, with a brief interruption in the years 1742-1745. Otto von Habsburg was born in 1912 and became heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne while still a child. But after World War dynasty lost the throne, and the Habsburgs were forced to leave the country. Otto von Habsburg sharply opposed the Nazi regime and the association (the so-called Anschluss) and in fact, the annexation of Austria by Germany, which occurred in 1938. After World War II he actively campaigned for the unification of Europe, separated after the war. In 1961 he gave up the rights to the throne in 1966 and was able to return to their homeland, where there has been since 1919. In 1989, the last Habsburg participated in the organization "Pan-European Picnic" - the opening of the border between Austria and Hungary, so that 600 residents of the GDR were able to get to Western Europe through Hungary. Three months after the Berlin Wall fell. Otto von Habsburg for 20 years was a member of the European Parliament, he was known as a publicist and thinker.