Michael Graf von Buquoy (1941-2024)

 Michael Carl Maria de Longueval, Count von Buquoy, was the eldest son of Ferdinand de Longueval, Count von Buquoy(1915-1986) and Countess Charlotte von Ledebur-Wicheln (1913-1994).   He died in Starnberg, Bavaria at the age of 84. 

Michael Count von Buquoy

He married Carlotta Hilda Maria Anna Assunta Giulia Brunetti on April 29, 1972 at the Klosterkirche in Andechs, Bavaria.  Carlotta was the second of three daughters of HRH Princess Editha Maria Gabriela Anna Kunigunde of Bavaria (1924-2013) and  Tito Tommaso Maria Brunetti(1905-1054).   They had two children: Nicolo Ferdinand Carl Maria de Longueval, Count of Buquoy (1976), and  Flora-Serena Editha Maria Assunta de Longueval, Countess of Buquoy (1979).

Michael and Carlotta were sixth cousins, descendants of  Leopold II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, and his wife, Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain.   Michael is a descendant of Leopold's eldest son, Emperor Franz, and Carlotta descends from two younger sons, Ferdinando, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary.

Michael and Carlotta (1989)   (All four photos courtesy of Carlotta Brunetti.)

Michael was the head of the Buquoy family, a French noble family from Picardy that "served the Habsburgs in many places."  They settled in Bohemia in 1620.  The Palais Buquoy has housed the French Embassy in Prague since 1919.

In 2003, he retired after a long and distinguished career with Commerzbank. One of his co-workers said: "We will keep a loyal and grateful memory of the aforementioned colleague."

In 2017, Count Michael visited the Bucher church in Austria (@Bucher church)

Michael Count von Buqouy was 83 years old.