Prince Edouard-Xavier de Lobkowicz
| Prince Edouard-Xavier | |||||
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| Born | 18 October 1960 Paris, France | ||||
| Died | 27 April 1984 (aged 23) Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France | ||||
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| House | Lobkowicz | ||||
| Father | Prince Edouard de Lobkowicz | ||||
| Mother | Princess Marie-Françoise of Bourbon-Parma | ||||
| Occupation | military officer | ||||
Prince Marie Edouard-Xavier Ferdinand Auguste Gaspard de Lobkowicz (18 October 1960 – 27 April 1984) was a French aristocrat, military officer, and murder victim. The eldest son of Prince Edouard de Lobkowicz and Princess Marie Françoise of Bourbon-Parma, he was a member of the Lobkowicz family and a descendent of the House of Bourbon-Parma the House of Bourbon-Busset. Prince Edouard-Xavier was a trained paratrooper who served as a lieutenant in the Reserve of the French Army and was a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
On 2 April 1984, Prince Edouard-Xavier went missing. A few weeks later, on 27 April 1984, his body was discovered in the Seine. An autopsy revealed that he had been murdered, with a gunshot wound in the throat and left shoulder blade.