Princess Sophie von Hohenberg
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Her Serene Highness Princess Sophie of Hohenberg (24 July 1901 – 27 October 1990) was the only daughter of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his morganatic wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg.
Following the assassination of her parents, Sophie and her two surviving brothers, Maximilian and Ernst, were taken in by their father's close friend and shooting partner Prince Jaroslav von Thun und Hohenstein.
In late 1918, their properties in Czechoslovakia including Konopiště and Chlumec nad Cidlinou were confiscated. The children moved to Vienna and Schloß Artstetten. But in 1938, following the Anschluss they were arrested and deported to Dachau concentration camp where they spent the next seven years of their lives.
Sophie married Count Friedrich von Nostitz-Rieneck on 8 September 1920; they had four children:
- Count Erwein von Nostitz-Rieneck (1921–1949)
- Count Franz von Nostitz-Rieneck (1923–1945)
- Count Aloys von Nostitz-Rieneck (1925–2003)
- Countess Sophie von Nostitz-Rieneck (1929–1953)
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