Gottfried von Kühnelt-Leddihn

Fra' Gottfried Ritter[1] von Kühnelt-Leddihn (born 1948, Austria) is a Knight of Justice and a member of the Sovereign Council of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.[2] He is a retired government official of the State of Tyrol in Austria.[3]

Family

Kühnelt-Leddihn is the younger son of Austrian political scientist and Catholic intellectual, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn and of Countess Marie Christiane von Goëss. He has an older brother Erik (born 1938) and an older sister, Isabel (1946-2015) who was active in the Paneuropean Union.

In 1975, Kühnelt-Leddihn married Baroness Eleonore Fraydt von Fraydenegg und Monzello (born 1952), fourth daughter of Baron Wolf-Otto Fraydt von Fraydenegg-Monzello and of Christine Kosak. They had five children.

Order of Malta

Since 1970 Kühnelt-Leddihn has volunteered with the charitable works of Malteser International. After the death of his wife, he took simple vows as a Knight of Justice in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. On June 21, 2013, he took solemn vows.[3]

He is a member of the Chapter of the Grand Priory of Austria and has since 2014 been the Hospitaller responsible for co-ordinating relief work.[3]

In May 2019 he was elected to a five-year term as a member of the Sovereign Council.[4]

Publications

Notes
  1. Ritter was originally a title denoting an hereditary knight. In 1919 all titles of nobility were abolished in Austria. The title continues to be used socially.
  2. "Sovereign Council", Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
  3. " Generalkapitel des Malteserordens wählt eine neue Ordensregierung – Zwei Österreicher in wichtige Funktionen berufen"
  4. "The Chapter General of the Sovereign Order of Malta has been held in Rome". Permanent Observer Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the United Nations, May 2, 2019.
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