Predecessor Levan Duchidze Name Gabriela Habsburg Father Crown Prince Otto | House Habsburg Successor Vladimer Chanturia Role Sculptor | |
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In office 6 November 2009 - 15 January 2013 Issue Severin MeisterLioba MeisterAlena Meister Spouse Christian Meister (m. 1978–1997) Children Severin Meister, Alene Meister, Lioba Meister Parents Otto von Habsburg, Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen Siblings Georg von Habsburg, Karl von Habsburg Similar People Otto von Habsburg, Georg von Habsburg, Karl von Habsburg, Walburga Habsburg Douglas, Andrea von Habsburg | ||
Gabriela von habsburg ambassador of georgia to germany
Gabriela von Habsburg, (born 14 October 1956), also known as Archduchess Gabriela of Austria, is the granddaughter of Charles I, the last Emperor of Austria. She is also a prolific abstract sculptor, working mainly in stainless steel as well as stone-printed lithography. She was the Ambassador of Georgia to Germany from 2009 to 2013.
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- Gabriela von habsburg ambassador of georgia to germany
- Gabriela von habsburg dangers in the caucasus
- Early life
- Career
- Some public installations
- Marriage and children
- National dynastic honour
- National state honours
- Literature
- References
Gabriela von habsburg dangers in the caucasus
Early life
Gabriela von Habsburg was born in Luxembourg, the fourth child of Otto von Habsburg, the erstwhile crown prince of Austria, and his wife, Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen. She was baptised with the names Gabriela Maria Charlotte Felicitas Elisabeth Antonia. According to her birth certificate, her last name is "of Austria-Hungary" (von Österreich-Ungarn).
She was raised at her parents' home in exile, Villa Austria, in Pöcking, Bavaria. As a result of the Habsburgs' banishment from Austria, she feels that she grew up deprived of any sense of pride of country, evolving instead a self-concept as a "European". She believes that her dynasty's role in history shaped her upbringing, "I grew up in a family where we never spoke about anything at mealtimes except politics," she recalls.
After graduating in 1976, Gabriela von Habsburg studied philosophy for two years at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. From 1978 to 1982, she studied art at the Munich Academy of Arts with Robert Jacobsen and Eduardo Paolozzi.
She is a grand-daughter of the last Austrian emperor, Charles I. However, she does not use her ancestral titles as a member of the House of Habsburg: "Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia", with the style of Imperial and Royal Highness." The use of such titles is illegal in Hungary and Austria.
Career
Since 2001, she has been an art professor at the Academy of Arts of Tbilisi, Georgia while also teaching at the Summer Academy of Arts in Neuburg an der Donau, Germany until 2005. She found the creativity and cheerfulness of her students in the face of the adversity then prevalent in Georgia inspiring. During her tenure there she was granted Georgian citizenship. Her five hectare vineyard in Georgia produces wine.
In November 2009, Georgia appointed Gabriela von Habsburg as its ambassador to Germany, and since March 2011 she has maintained a flat in Berlin. Believing that Georgian history served as a crucible for European culture, she has maintained that the liberalizing reforms of President Mikheil Saakashvili have been welcome and invigorating for Georgia's people and economy, which has prompted her to work for Georgia's membership in the European Market. She was dismissed from her position in January 2013, after the change of government in Georgia in October 2012.
Since March 2010 Gabriela von Habsburg has represented Georgia at the International Council of the Austrian Service Abroad.
Some public installations
Marriage and children
On 30 August 1978, in Pöcking, Bavaria, Gabriela was married civilly and on 5 September 1978 religiously at St. Odile to Christian Meister, a German attorney. They divorced in 1997 and the marriage was annulled canonically. Gabriela was the only one of her parents' seven children to marry a spouse who had neither a title nor an aristocratic name. They had three children and two grandchildren:
National dynastic honour
National state honours
Literature
Gabriela von Habsburg.Sculpture (English version) By Prof. Mathias Frehner and Prof. Carla Schulz-Hofmann Bucher GmbH & Co. Druck Verlag Netzwerk; (22. Oktober 2007) ISBN 978-3-902612-31-1
Gabriela von Habsburg.Skulpturen (German version) ISBN 978-3-902612-20-5