He died at Prince Michael Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, the seventh in the Line of succession to the former Romanian throne, according to the Constitution of 1923, who today would have been the only male descendant of King Mihai to the throne has passed away in Munich. Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern died in Munich at the age of 83 following a cardiac arrest. His Highness was buried in the family crypt of the Sigmaringen Palace, Saturday, BZI reports.
The Constitution of 1923 provided that the successor to the throne be chosen only in male line, and King Michael I would have been succeed until Friday by Prince Karl Friedrich of Hohenzollern because the former Sovereign has got only girls and both of his grandsons, Nicholas and Michael were excluded from the succession line.
The succession line comes from Prince Wilhelm (grandson of Charles and Ferdinand's older brother) who abdicated the throne of Romania in 1888.
Known as Hansi, Prince Johann Georg was for many years general director of the State Museum of Bavarian paintings collections and he also served as the manager of the Hypo-Kunsthalle, part of the Hypo Cultural Foundation in Munich. He was the sixth of seven children AS Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern and of HRH Princess Margarete, daughter of King Friedrich August III of Saxony and of Archduchess Luise Austria. He was brother in law to the King of Sweden. HSH Prince Johann Georg Friedrich-Carl Leopold Eitel Meinrad Maria Hubertus Michael of Hohenzollern was born in Sigmaringen on July 31, 1932.
He was married to HRH Princess Bridget of Sweden, the second child of HRH Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. The two were married in a civil ceremony in Stockholm on May 25, 1961. The couple had three children: Prince Carl Christian Friedrich Johannes Hubertus Meinrad Edmund (1962), Princess Victoria Louise Margarethe Desiree Katharina Maria Sibylla (1963) and Prince Gustav Adolf Veit Meinrad Hubertus Maria Alexandra (1966) and four grandchildren. Prince Johann Georg and Princess Birgitta have lived separately for many years, but they never divorced. Hansi once said that Birgitta moved to Mallorca because she preferred a warmer climate.
Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern visited Bucharest a few years back and the monasteries in Bucovina, together with a group of outstanding personalities of German business world.
The group included among others the former president of BMW, a general, former chief of the German army and several noble families. Prince Johann was in Romania immediately after the revolution, helping to restore the National Art Museum . After he met with I.P.S. Pimen of Suceava and Radauti, he tried to promote religious tourism in Bucovina.