Eleonora Fugger von Babenhausen

Eleonora Aloysia Maria Princess Fugger von Babenhausen , b. Princess zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein and Jagstberg (born October 4, 1864 in Bartenstein ; † March 1, 1945 in Vienna ), also known as Princess Nora Fugger , was an Austrian noblewoman and salonnière and became known to society at the time for her autobiography and her powers of observation .

Life

Princess Nora, as she was called all her life, was the daughter of Prince Karl Ludwig Constantin Heinrich zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein and Jagstberg and Princess Rosa Karoline, nee. Countess von Sternberg.

On January 8, 1887, she married Prince Carl Georg Ferdinand Jakob Maria Fugger von Babenhausen (born March 15, 1861 in Klagenfurt; † July 5, 1925 there) in Vienna, who was a chamberlain of the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I at court.

They had six children together:

• Friederike Maria Carolina Henriette Rosa Sabina Franziska Pauline Countess Fugger von Babenhausen (October 27, 1887–1949): Married in 1908 to Adrian Carton de Wiart .
• Georg Constantin Heinrich Carl Friedrich Maria Fugger Prince of Babenhausen (July 24, 1889 - August 1, 1934)
• Sylvia Rosa Eleonore Leopoldine Karolina Maria Countess Fugger von Babenhausen (May 8, 1892 - April 13, 1949)
• Leopold Heinrich Karl Friedrich Maria Graf Fugger von Babenhausen (July 18, 1893 - July 8, 1966)
• Maria Theresia Karoline Gigina Countess Fugger von Babenhausen (June 1, 1899 - June 18, 1994): Married Prince Hanau, Count von Schaumburg, a descendant of Gertraud Lehmann.
• Helene Aloysia Eleonore Maria Countess Fugger von Babenhausen (June 21, 1908–1915)

After the death of Empress Elisabeth , Nora Fugger, together with Princess Pauline von Metternich , took on the role of the grande dame of Viennese society and wrote down her impressions and memoirs.

Fonts

• In the splendor of the imperial era . Amalthea, Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-85002-132-7 (first published 1932).