Tassilo Furstenberg

Tassilo Fürstenberg , called "Tassilo (Prince) von Fürstenberg", (born June 20, 1903 in Brussels as Tassilo Egon Maria Karl Georg Leo Prince of Fürstenberg ; †  July 15, 1987 in Strobl , Austria ) was an Austro-Hungarian former nobleman from the Fürstenberg family .

family

The Fürstenberg dynasty was a former noble family with extensive branches in Europe and has been documented since the 13th century. Tassilo was born in 1903 as the eldest of five children of Karl Emil, Prince zu Fürstenberg (* 1867 in Prague ; † 1945 in Strobl; from 1919 Karl Emil Fürstenberg ) and Maria, née Countess Festetics von Tolna (1881–1953; from 1919 Maria Fürstenberg ), born in Brussels, where his father was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat at the time.

Life

He married Claire Jeanne Agnelli (born April 7, 1920 - July 19, 2016) in Turin on November 19, 1938 , a sister of the former Fiat bosses Gianni and Umberto Agnelli . From the marriage the children emerged:

• Ira Fürstenberg (* 1940)
• Egon Fürstenberg (1946-2004)
• Sebastian Fürstenberg (* 1950)

When Tassilo Fürstenberg married into the Italian industrial family Agnelli in 1938, Clara's grandfather Gianni Agnelli had high hopes for the continued existence of the entrepreneurial dynasty, especially since Tassilo was fluent in four languages. Tassilo himself, on the other hand, soon lost all interest in joining the family business and later also in his wife.

After the divorce from Claire Agnelli, he married the Texan Cecil Amelia Blaffer, known as "Titi Furstenberg" on October 17, 1975. She was the daughter of the American industrialist Robert Lee Blaffer (Humble Oil, later ExxonMobil ) and the art philanthropist Sarah Jane Campbell, whose family owned Texaco .

Tassilo Fürstenberg was one of the founders of the American Berlin Opera Foundation in 1986 .

ancestors

16. Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg

8. Karl Egon II of Fürstenberg

17. Elisabeth von Thurn and Taxis

4. Maximilian Egon I. zu Fürstenberg

18. Karl Friedrich (Baden)

9. Princess Amalie of Baden

19. Luise Karoline von Hochberg

2. Karl Emil, Prince of Fürstenberg

20. Franz Maria von Khevenhüller-Metsch

10. Richard von Khevenhüller-Metsch

21. Christine Zichy

5. Countess Leontine von Khevenhüller-Metsch

22. Eduard Maria Lichnowsky

11. Antonia Lichnowsky

23. Eleonora Zichy

1. Tassilo Fürstenberg

24. Count Ladislaus Festetics de Tolna

12. György Festetics

25. Josephine von Hohenzollern-Hechingen

6. Tasziló Graf Festetics of Tolna

26. Kajetán Erdödy

13. Eugénie Erdödy

27. Ernestine von Lerchenfeld-Prennberg

3. Maria, Countess Festetics of Tolna

28. Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton

14. William Douglas-Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton

29. Susan Euphemia Beckford

7. Mary Victoria Hamilton

30. Karl Ludwig Friedrich (Baden)

15. Marie Amalie of Baden

31. Stephanie de Beauharnais

literature

• Vito Avantario: The Agnellies - The secret rulers of Italy. Campus, Frankfurt 2002, ISBN 3-593-36906-0 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} See Vito Avantario: The Agnellies - The secret rulers of Italy. Family tree on p. 240. ( Excerpt from Google Books .)
2. ↑ Tassilo Egon Maria Karl Georg Leo Prinz zu Fürstenberg on thepeerage.com , accessed on August 18, 2015.
3. ↑ Baptized in Strobl in Austria, cf. Sebastián HERREROS (anna.sebas.org): Familia Herreros-Galan, 20090101: Tassilo FÜRSTENBERG. ( Memento from January 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved September 23, 2010.
4. ↑ Note the abolition of the nobility and all titles of nobility in Austria (see Nobility Repeal Act 1919 ) and in its former crown lands.
5. ↑ See the extensive abolition of the nobility or its privileges and disadvantages as a status in European countries.
6. ^ Karl Emil Egon Prince zu Fürstenberg on thepeerage.com , accessed on August 19, 2015.
7. ↑ Tassilo Fürstenberg's father after 1919 also known as Prince Karl Emil Fürstenberg, less often than Karl Emil Prinz Fürstenberg:
   • Cf. Ludwig Freiherr von Flotow , Erwin Matsch (ed.): November 1918 on Ballhausplatz. Memories of Ludwig Baron von Flotow 1895–1920. Böhlau, Graz 1982, ISBN 3-205-07190-5 , mentioned on p. 218 (excerpt in Google Books) .
   • Cf. Eduard von Steinitz (Ed.): Memories of Franz Joseph I. Verlag für Kulturpolitik, Berlin 1930. Foreword, table of contents and book review on Kakanien.info.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 23, 2010.  
   • Cf. Edmund Glaise von Horstenau , Peter Broucek (Ed.): A General in the Twilight. The memories of Edmund Glaises von Horstenau. Volume 2: Minister in the corporate state and general in the OKW. Series “Publications of the Commission for Modern History of Austria”, Vol. 70, Böhlau, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-205-08743-7 , mentioned on p. 204 (excerpt in Google Books) .
   • See Hannes Stekl : Nobility and bourgeoisie in the Habsburg Monarchy, 18th to 20th centuries. Series “Social and Economic History Studies”, Vol. 31, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-486-56846-9 , mentioned on p. 111 (excerpt in Google Books)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info : The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
   • Cf. A piece of the Salzkammergut celebrates its birthday. The Salzkammergut Golf Club is celebrating its 75th anniversary. In: oneJournal, “Sport”, September 6, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
8. ↑ Clara Agnelli, car magnate's daughter - obituary . August 4, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2019.