József Árpád Habsburg is a member of the Hungarian Palatine branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.

He was born in Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

 the son of Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria

Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria

Joseph Franz Leopold Anton Ignatius Maria, Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary He was the eldest son of Archduke Joseph August of Austria and Princess Auguste Maria of Bavaria...

, and his wife Princess Anna of Saxony

Princess Anna of Saxony (1903–1976)

Princess Anna Monika Pia of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony was the seventh and youngest child of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and his wife Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany and a younger sister of Georg,...

. He is the great-grandson of Archduke Joseph of Austria, Count Palatine of Hungary.,

He is a Knight of the Golden Fleece (number 1274) and a General Captain of the Order of Vitéz

Vitéz

Vitéz, or Order of Vitéz was a Hungarian order of merit which was founded in 1678. It was awarded as a state honour during two periods of Hungarian history...

, a rank and title that is banned in the Republic of Hungary

Statute IV of 1947 regarding the abolition of certain titles and ranks (Hungary)

The Statute IV of 1947 regarding the abolition of certain titles and ranks, a law still in force in the Republic of Hungary, declares the abolition of hereditary noble ranks and related styles and titles, also putting a ban on their use....

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Family

Joseph Arpád married in 1956 Maria von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

Princess Maria of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

-Titles and styles:*6 November 1935 – 25 August 1956: Her Serene Highness Princess Maria of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg*25 August 1956 – present: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess and Princess Maria of Austria; Princess Maria of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia-Ancestry:-References:...

, daughter of Karl, 8th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and Carolina dei Conti Rignon . They had eight children:

• Joseph Karl (1957-1957)
• Monika-Ilona Maria Carolina Stephanie Elisabeth Immacolata Benedicta Dominica (born 1958), in 1996, she married Charles Rambore (born 1968)
• Joseph Karl Maria Arpád Stephan Pius Ignatius Aloysius Cyrillus (born 1960), in 1990 he married Margarete Hohenberg
• Maria Christine Regina Stephania Immacolata Carolina Monika Ägidia (born 1961), in 1988 she married Raymond van der Meide (born 1959)
• Andreas-Augustinus Maria Arpád Aloys Konstantin Pius Ignatius Peter (born 1963), in 1994 he married Marie-Christine von Hatzfeldt-Dönhoff (born 1968)
• Alexandra Lydia Pia Immacolata Josepha Petra Paula Maria (born 1965), in 1999 she married Wilhelmus de Wit (born 1965)
• Nicolaus Franziskus Alexander Nuno Josef Arpád Ruppert Donatus Virgil Maria (born 1973) in 2002 he married Eugenia de Calonje Gurrea
• Johannes Jacobus Josef Arpád Ulrich Pius Stephan Ignatius Hermann Maria (born 1975). In 2009, he married María Gabriela Montenegro Villamizar.

Ancestry