Fra' Karel Eduard Paar was a Czech jurist who was a Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice and the Grand Prior Emeritus of Bohemia of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
Position held
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Citizenship
Czech Republic
Born
January 4, 1934
Died
September 25, 2026
Overview
Fra' Karel Eduard Paar (born January 4, 1934 in Prague, then in Czechoslovakia) is a Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice and the Grand Prior Emeritus of Bohemia of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
Family and early life
Paar is the younger son of Alfons, 6th Prince Paar (1903-1979) and of Countess Sophia von Schlitz genannt von Görtz (1906-2002). His elder brother Alfons Wenzel (1932-2016) was 7th Prince Paar. His younger sister Eleonore (1937-2010) married Carlo Cicogna Mozzoni, Conte di Terdobbiate (1922-1979). As the younger son of Prince Paar, he had the title Graf (count) from birth, although this was not recognised by the Czechoslovak government.
As a child Paar lived in the town of Bechyně in Czechoslovakia. In 1947 he moved to Switzerland for health reasons. In 1948 he was joined in Switzerland by his parents who had fled the Communist coup d'état. In 1954 Paar and his family moved to Austria. Their castle in Bechyně was seized by the Communist government by a decision of the people's court in Týn nad Vltavou, March 25, 1949.
