<p>His spokeswoman said in a statement that the man who was once first in line to the throne of the former Austro-Hungarian empire which covered most of central Europe died at his home in Bavaria.<br /><br />Born in 1912, Habsburg was forced to flee into exile when the empire collapsed in 1919. He returned as a young adult only to be chased out again by the Nazi regime, which he had publicly opposed.<br /><br />In exile, the man also known as Archduke Otto of Austria embarked on a distinguished career as a politician.<br /><br />An ardent anti-Communist and devout Christian, he spent two decades as a member of the European Parliament for Germany's Christian Social Union of Bavaria and became one of the most vocal proponents of the former eastern bloc's integration into the European Union.<br /><br />His spokeswoman said the funeral will taker place in Vienna on July 16.</p>
<p>His spokeswoman said in a statement that the man who was once first in line to the throne of the former Austro-Hungarian empire which covered most of central Europe died at his home in Bavaria.<br /><br />Born in 1912, Habsburg was forced to flee into exile when the empire collapsed in 1919. He returned as a young adult only to be chased out again by the Nazi regime, which he had publicly opposed.<br /><br />In exile, the man also known as Archduke Otto of Austria embarked on a distinguished career as a politician.<br /><br />An ardent anti-Communist and devout Christian, he spent two decades as a member of the European Parliament for Germany's Christian Social Union of Bavaria and became one of the most vocal proponents of the former eastern bloc's integration into the European Union.<br /><br />His spokeswoman said the funeral will taker place in Vienna on July 16.</p>