Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz
| Mariano Hugo | |
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| Prince of Windisch-Graetz | |
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| Head of House of Windisch-Graetz | |
| Period | 1976 - present |
| Predecessor | Prince Maximilian Antonius |
| Heir | Prince Maximilian Hugo |
| Born |
27 July 1955 Trieste |
| Spouse | Sophie von Habsburg |
| Issue | Prince Maximilian Hugo Prince Alexis Ferdinando (deceased) Princess Larissa Maria |
| House | Windisch-Graetz |
| Father | Maximilian Antonius, Prince zu Windisch-Graetz |
| Mother | Maria Luisa Serra di Gerace |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Occupation | Ambassador |
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Styles of The Prince of Windisch-Graetz |
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| Reference style |
His Serene Highness / His Excellency |
| Spoken style | Your Serene Highness / Your Excellency |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz (German: Mariano Hugo Fürst zu Windisch-Graetz, Italian: Mariano Ugo, Principe di Windisch-Graetz; born 27 July 1955) is the current head of the Austrian or ItalianHouse of Windisch-Graetz. A former ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) to the Republic of Slovakia, he is currently SMOM's ambassador to Slovenia.
Windisch-Graetz was born at Trieste as the elder son of Maximilian Antonius, Prince zu Windisch-Graetz and Maria Luisa (Marlise) Serra di Gerace. His mother was the legitimatised daughter of Gian Battista Serra, 12th Principe di Gerace by Donna Maria Grazia Carafa d'Andria.
Windisch-Graetz was educated firstly in Rome at the school of the De La Salle Brothers and then in England at the University College of Buckingham, from which he graduated in 1975 with an Economics and Political Science degree.
When his father died in 1976, Windisch-Graetz succeeded as head of a cadet branch of the House of Windisch-Graetz, a mediatised house whose members historically bear the style of Serene Highness.
On 11 February 1990 in Salzburg, Austria, Windisch-Graetz married Archduchess Sophie Franziska of Austria, daughter of Archduke Ferdinand and Countess Helene zu Toerring-Jettenbach, daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark. The bride wore a Valentino wedding gown.
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