Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Friedrich Franz Augustin Maria Prinz zu Hohenlohe- Waldenburg - Schillingsfuerst (* February 15, 1879 in Budapest, † May 24, 1958 in Curitiba, Brazil ) was a German nobleman and husband of Stephanie Richter.
Life
Friedrich Franz comes from the House Hohenlohe and was born Franziska, nee Countess Esterházy of Galántha in Hungary, the son of Prince Clovis Karl zu Hohenlohe- Waldenburg - Schillings prince and his wife. He married in London on May 12, 1914 morganatic bourgeois Viennese Stephanie Richter. Martha Schad writes:
" Stephanie reported that she was asked at a seminar organized by the Princess Metternich hunting food to audition something on the piano. A young man joined them, and she met her future husband - Prince Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe- Waldenburg - Schillingsfuerst. The next day, the two met again, and he offered her to take her home. He then noticed that Stephanie had a governess. But even this " obstacle " was overcome, and succeeded Stephanie to agree on three secret rendezvous with the prince. "And within two weeks, he made me a proposal of marriage. " "
This marriage served to cover up the consequences of Stephanie's affair with Archduke Franz Salvator. She was pregnant and married her lover and already father of 10 children.
" When Stephanie was expecting a child, arranging the " good Kaiser Franz Joseph " the marriage with the 36 -year-old Prince Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe - Waldenburg - Schillingsfuerst. But as expired as the wedding, she can not just close to a love match. She found on 12 May 1914 in quietly at Westminster Cathedral in London. "
On December 5, 1914 Prince Franz Josef Rudolf Hans Weriand Max Stefan Anton was born of Hohenlohe- Waldenburg - Schillingsfuerst in Vienna. Friedrich Franz recognized him as his own child and gave him his surname. The prince, son of Stephanie and Friedrich Franz,
" Speaks of a happy childhood. In the elegantly furnished apartment of his mother and grandmother opposite the Opera, Kärntner Ring 2, Francis spent most of his early years. Whenever the political situation seemed particularly tense, Franz was sent away with his nanny from the city center. With ten years ' Franzi ' came in the Swiss private school " Le Rosey " in Lausanne, where well-off parents sent their offspring to be educated hopeful. The young Prince Franz then moved to the " College de Normandie " at Rouen, and finally to the " Magdalen College " at Oxford. "
The divorce and second marriage
1920 were divorced Stephanie and Friedrich Franz. Friedrich Franz married one more time in Budapest. On December 6, 1920, he married the ( Countess ) Emanuela Katharine Barbara Helene Batthyány Németújvári ( born April 1, 1883 in Ikervár, † 13 December 1964 in Curitiba, Brazil), daughter of Count Ludwig Anton Geza Stefan Ladislaus Batthyány ( 1860-1951 ) and the Countess Helene de Andrassy Csik - Szent- Kiraly et Krasna Horka ( 1858-1952 ). This marriage remained childless.
Death
Friedrich Franz died on 24 May 1958 in Curitiba, Brazil.