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| name         =  Mariano Hugo
| title        = Prince of Windisch-Graetz
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| more         = Ambassador
| image        = GER COA Windisch-Graetz.jpg
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| caption      = Coat of Arms of Prince Mariano Hugo as Head of the House of Windisch-Graetz.
| house        = [[Windisch-Graetz]]
| succession   = Head of ''House of Windisch-Graetz''
|reign         = 1976 - present<br>
| reign-type   = Period
|predecessor   = Prince Maximilian
| successor    = Prince Maximilian Hugo
| suc-type     = Heir
| spouse       = Sophie von Habsburg (Archduchess of Austria)
| issue        = Prince Maximilian Hugo<br />Prince Alexis (deceasd)<br /> Princess Larissa
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| father       = Maximilian, Prince zu Windisch-Graetz
| mother       = Maria Luisa Serra di Gerace
| birth_date   = 27 July 1955
| birth_place  = [[Trieste]]
| death_date   =
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| occupation   = [[Ambassador]]
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| religion     = [[Roman Catholic]]
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'''Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Mariano Hugo, Fürst zu Windisch-Graetz'', [[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Mariano Ugo, Principe di Windisch-Graetz''; born 27 July 1955) is the current head of the [[Austria]]n,<ref name="ghda434">''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XIX, "Windisch-Graetz" (Limburg an der Lahn: C.A. Starke, 2011), 434.</ref> or [[Italy|Italian]],<ref name = "cedre">''Les Manuscrits du CEDRE V, Le Royaume d'Italie I. Cercle d'Etudes des Dynasties Royales Europėennes'' (CEDRE), Paris, 1992, [[ISSN]] =0993-3964 p. 196-197</ref> [[House of Windisch-Graetz]]. A former [[ambassador]] of the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]] (SMOM) to the [[Republic of Slovakia]], he is currently ambassador of the SMOM to [[Slovenia]].<ref>[http://www.smomembassytoslovenia.org/index10.html Embassy of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Republic of Slovenia]</ref>

== Upbringing and family ==
Windisch-Graetz was born in [[Trieste]]<ref name="ghda436">''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XIX, "Windisch-Graetz" (Limburg an der Lahn: C.A. Starke, 2011), 436.</ref> as the elder son of Maximilian, Prince zu Windisch-Graetz and Maria Luisa (Marlise) Serra di Gerace.<ref name="ghda435">''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XIX, "Windisch-Graetz" (Limburg an der Lahn: C.A. Starke, 2011), 435.</ref> His mother was the [[legitimation#Family Law|legitimatised]] daughter of Gian Battista Serra, 12th Principe di Gerace by ''[[Don (honorific)#Italy|Donna]]'' Maria Grazia [[Carafa]] d'Andria.<ref name="cedre"/> 

Windisch-Graetz was educated firstly in [[Rome]] at the school of the [[De La Salle Brothers]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} and then in [[England]] at the [[University of Buckingham|University College of Buckingham]],{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} from which he graduated in 1975{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} with a degree in economics and political science.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}

When his father died in 1976, Windisch-Graetz succeeded as head of a [[cadet branch]] of the House of Windisch-Graetz,<ref name="ghda434"/><ref name = "willis508">Willis, Daniel. ''The Descendants of Louis XIII'', Chapter 6: The Imperial Family of Austria (Clearfield Co., 1999), 508-509.</ref> a [[German mediatisation#Mediatisation|mediatised house]] whose members historically bear the style of ''[[Serene Highness]]''.<ref name="ghda431" />

On 11 February 1990 in [[Salzburg, Austria]], Windisch-Graetz married [[Archduke|Archduchess]] Sophie of Austria, daughter of [[Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria#Family|Archduke Ferdinand]] and Countess Helen zu Toerring-Jettenbach.<ref name="ghda436" /><ref name="willis508"/> The Countess was a grand niece of [[Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians]] and daughter of [[Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark]], making her a first cousin of the current [[Duke of Kent]]. The couple had three children: Prince Maximilian Hugo, Prince Alexis Ferdinand (who died at [[Sant'Angelo d'Alife]] in a car accident in 2010)<ref>"Nel Casertano Funerali Secondogenito del Principe d'Hasburg", ''[[Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata]]'' (11 February 2010)</ref>), and Princess Larissa Maria Grazia Helen Leontina Maria Luisa.<ref name="ghda436"/> Windisch-Graetz and his family reside in Italy when he is not abroad on diplomatic appointment, maintaining a home in Rome and ''Il Palazzo'' in Sant'Angelo d'Alife.<ref name="ghda436"/>

== Activities and appointments ==
The business activities of Windisch-Graetz include the food production industry, notably [[biscuits]] and [[mozzarella]] cheese, and entrenprenuial finance.<ref name="cedre">''Les Manucsrits du C.E.D.R.E., numero V''. ''Le Royaume d'Italie, volume I''. ISSN 0993-3964 ''Cercle d'Etudes des Dynasties Royales Europeennes'' (CEDRE), Paris, 1992, p.197.</ref> In the early 1990s, he was a major shareholder in the ''Banco di Napoli'' and a holding company, Sogesco, of which he owned 82%, was capitalised at 10 billion ''lire''.<ref>[http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1994/febbraio/14/Grandi_battaglie_tra_ricchezza_nobilta_co_0_9402146674.shtml "Grandi Battaglie tra ricchezza e nobilta",] (in Italian), ''Corriere della Sera'', 19 February 1994 (accessed 29 April 2011)</ref> 

On December 19, 1987, [[Pope John Paul II]] appointed Windisch-Graetz a [[Papal Gentlemen|Gentleman of His Holiness]],<ref>''Annuario Pontificio 2011 (Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2011), 2320.</ref> a role which entails meeting visiting heads of state and ambassadors and escorting them to meet the pope.<ref>Hyginus Eugene Cardinale, ''The Holy See and the International Order'' (Gerrards Cross: Colin SMythe, 1976), 208.</ref> He is also a Knight of Honour and Devotion in Obedience of the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]].<ref name="ghda436"/>

In 2003 Windisch-Graetz was appointed Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Republic of Slovakia;<ref>[http://www.orderofmalta.int/news/39627/grand-master-greets-the-president-of-the-republic-of-slovakia-rudolf-schuster/?lang=en Grand Master Greets the President of the Republic of Slovakia]</ref> this appointment was renewed in 2006, until December 2009.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} In March 2009 he was appointed Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Republic of Slovenia.<ref>[http://www.smomembassytoslovenia.org/PRESENTATION%20OF%20THE%20LETTER%20OF%20CREDECE%20TO%20PRESIDENT.html Presentation of the Letters of Credencials]</ref>

==Honours and awards==
*{{flag|SMOM}}: Knight of Honour and Devotion in the Obedience of the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]]<ref name="ghda436" />
*{{flag|SMOM}}: Knight Grand Officier of the [[Order pro merito Melitensi]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}
*{{flag|Holy See}}: Knight Grand Officer of the [[Order of the Holy Sepulchre]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}
*{{flag|Morocco}}: Grand Officer of the [[Order of Ouissam Alaouite]]{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1738).svg}} [[House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]]: Knight of Justice of the [[Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George]],<ref name="ghda436"/>
*{{flagicon image|Flag Portugal (1830).svg}} [[House of Braganza]]: Knight Grand Officer of the [[Order of Saint Michael of the Wing]]{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg}} [[House of Habsburg]]: Knight of the Austrian [[Order of the Golden Fleece]].<ref name="ghda436" />
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Montenegro (1905-1918 & 1941-1944).svg}} [[House of Petrović-Njegoš]]: Knight Commander of the [[Order of Prince Danilo I]]{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg}} [[House of Savoy]]: Knight of the Collar of the [[Order of the Most Holy Annunciation]]<ref name="ghda436" /><ref name=savoy>[http://www.savoydelegation-usa.org/museum/UserView.asp?DocumentID=23&strTotalHits=True Leadership of the Savoy Orders]</ref>
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg}} [[House of Savoy]]: Knight of Grand Cross of the [[Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus]]<ref name=savoy /><ref name="ghda_plate">''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XIX, "Windisch-Graetz" (Limburg an der Lahn: C.A. Starke, 2011), plate facing page 436.</ref>

==References==
[[File:SERRA DI GERACE TREE.jpg|thumb|Serra di Gerace family tree]]
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| NAME              = Windisch-Graetz, Mariano Hugo Of
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Ugo, Principe di Windisch-Graetz
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
| DATE OF BIRTH     = 27 July 1955
| PLACE OF BIRTH    = [[Trieste]]
| DATE OF DEATH     =
| PLACE OF DEATH    =
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Windisch-Graetz, Mariano Hugo Of}}
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[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta]]
[[Category:Knights of Malta]]

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