Charles V of Hungary (The German Century)

Charles V (born 11 January 1961) is the current King of Hungary, having ascended the throne following the death of his father on 4 July 2011 (having served as the regent since 1 January 2011).

The King was born in Budapest. He was baptised in Pécs, Baranya, as Archduke Charles of Hungary, the name entered in the baptismal records. On 31 January 1993 in Mariazell, he married Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, the only daughter of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon, a European industrialist, and his third wife, the fashion model, Fiona Frances Elaine Campbell-Walter. The marriage received the dynastic authorization of Karl's father, as head of the House of Habsburg, despite objections from some members of the family inasmuch as the bride, although a baroness in the nobility of pre-republican Hungary and Transylvania, did not descend in the canonically legitimate male line from a family of dynastic, mediatised or alter Adel status. Karl and Francesca have three children.