tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166473419881115745.post2557725579702431823..comments2024-01-07T13:44:39.720+00:00Comments on Rafe Heydel-Mankoo: The Uncrowned Emperor -- Otto von Habsburg (1912-2011). RIPUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166473419881115745.post-1362932598202294802012-06-24T09:56:34.638+00:002012-06-24T09:56:34.638+00:00One extraordinary detail of Archduke Otto's li...One extraordinary detail of Archduke Otto's life is that in 1961 Generalisimo Francisco Franco offered him the throne of Spain, Franco having ensured for himself the right to nominate his successor, and that his successor would be King of Spain. Otto declined, and advised Franco that he should nominate Prince Juan Carlos de Borbón, which Franco did eight years later, Juan Carlos succeeding Franco, as King of Spain, on 22 November 1975, on Franco's death.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04941114628847482855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166473419881115745.post-50683833946805538162012-06-24T09:56:20.282+00:002012-06-24T09:56:20.282+00:00One extraordinary detail of Archduke Otto's li...One extraordinary detail of Archduke Otto's life is that in 1961 Generalisimo Francisco Franco offered him the throne of Spain, Franco having ensured for himself the right to nominate his successor, and that his successor would be King of Spain. Otto declined, and advised Franco that he should nominate Prince Juan Carlos de Borbón, which Franco did eight years later, Juan Carlos succeeding Franco, as King of Spain, on 22 November 1975, on Franco's death.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04941114628847482855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166473419881115745.post-82431390073052297452011-07-05T16:06:06.148+00:002011-07-05T16:06:06.148+00:00The last knight of a golden age!The last knight of a golden age!Red Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08393335647714868639noreply@blogger.com