Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

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Prince Alfonso
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
File:Egon von Fürstenberg with Prince Alfonso 1955.jpg
Prince Alfonso (right) with brother-in-law Egon von Fürstenberg in 1955
Born (1924-05-28)28 May 1924
Madrid, Spain
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Marbella, Spain
Burial Cemetery of Saint Barnabas,
Marbella, Spain
Spouse Ira von Fürstenberg (m.1955–1960)
Jocelyn Lane (m.1973–1985)
Marilys Haynes (1991–2000)
Issue Prince Christoph of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Princess Arriana of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Désirée zu Hohenlohe
Full name
Alfonso Maximiliano Victorio Eugenio Alejandro María Pablo de la Santísima Trinidad y Todos los Santos
Father Prince Maximilian Egon zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Mother María de la Piedad de Yturbe y von Scholtz-Hermensdorff, Marquesa de Belvís de las Navas

Prince Alfonso Maximiliano Victorio Eugenio Alexandro María Pablo de la Santísima Trinidad y Todos los Santos zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (28 May 1924 – 21 December 2003) was a businessman known for his promotion of the Spanish resorts of Marbella and the Costa del Sol. He also founded the Marbella Club Hotel.[1]

Background

He was born in Madrid, the eldest son of Prince Maximilian Egon zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg[2] (1897–1968) and his wife, María de la Piedad de Yturbe y von Scholtz-Hermensdorff, Marquesa de Belvís de las Navas (known as Piedita) (1892–1990) daughter of Manuel Adrián de Yturbe y del Villar, Mexican ambassador to St. Petersburg, Vienna, Paris and Madrid, and María de la Trinidad von Scholtz-Hermensdorff y Caravaca, Marquesa de Belvís de las Navas. Hohenlohe came, on his father's side, from a family which traced its history to the twelfth century[3] and were reigning Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in Württemberg until Napoleon I's invasion. His mother Piedad was Marquesa de Belvís de las Navas, granddaughter of Francisco-María de Yturbe, Mexican Minister of Finance, of Basque origin. King Alfonso XIII of Spain was his godfather at a christening in the royal palace.

Alfonso had five siblings, Maria Francesca (known as Pimpinella, his eldest sister, Marquesa de Belvís de las Navas), Alfonso, Christian, Elisabeth, Max Emanuel and Beatrice (known as Teñu).[4]

The hereditary wealth of the Hohenlohe family was depleted in the 20th century. His mother lost estates in the Mexican Revolution; and after the fall of the Third Reich, property in Germany and Czechoslovakia disappeared behind the iron curtain.

Early life

Alfonso was educated by private tutors in Bohemia and Spain, learning fluent German, Spanish, French and English.

After World War II, the prince started to buy land in Marbella in 1947. He sold plots to various rich and powerful friends including the likes of the Rothschild and Thyssen families. In 1954 he created the Marbella Club, the Costa del Sol's first luxury hotel, attracting many celebrities of the time to the former fishing village.[1]

The family fortune was replenished by Alfonso's marriage in 1955 to the 15-year-old Austrian-Italian Princess Ira von Fürstenberg, a Fiat heiress. The bride's youth evoked some scandal in high society, but the couple had obtained a papal dispensation for the marriage and 400 guests attended a 16-day wedding party. Five years later the marriage was dissolved by divorce in Mexico City after Ira left him to marry another notorious 1950s playboy, Francisco "Baby" Pignatari, another dispensation being obtained, this time for an annulment, from the Church in 1969.[3]

Later life

After the divorce, the prince had much-publicised relationships with actresses Ava Gardner and Kim Novak. In 1973 he married actress Jocelyn Lane. This too was a stormy partnership, and ended in divorce in 1985.[1]

In the 1990s, the property speculator Jesus Gil y Gil became mayor of Marbella and the town entered a construction boom. The prince pulled out, selling his shares in the Marbella Club due to the area's increasing association with Arab arms traffickers and Russian mafia, whose conspicuous consumption was peppered with violence. He moved to the town of Ronda and successfully turned his efforts to wine-making, with a new wife, Marilys Haynes.[1] His last wife died on 2 November 2000, apparently taking her own life, the same year he learned he had prostate cancer.[5]

Marriages

  • He married, as his second wife, Jocelyn Lane, with whom he had a daughter, Arriana.
  • With Heidi Balzar he had a daughter, Désirée zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1980), who married on 22 September 2012 Count Thibault d´Ursel.
  • He married, Marilys Haynes (1941–2000) on 15 February 1991.

Death

He died in Marbella on 21 December 2003.[1]

Ancestry

Family of Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Prince Karl Gustav of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Prince Louis of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Princess Friederika zu Fürstenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Prince Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Count Johann Nepomuk von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Countess Gabriele von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Countess Gabrielle Isabella de Longueval de Buquoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Prince Max Egon of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Karl Eduard Friedrich, Count von Schönborn-Buchheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Erwin, Count von Schönborn-Buchheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Maria Anna Antonia, Countess von Bolza
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Countess Anna von Schönborn-Buchheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Ferdinand Joachim, 3rd Prince von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Countess Franziska von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Princess Anna of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Francisco Antonio de Yturbe y Hériz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Francisco María de Yturbe y Anciola
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. María Josefa de Anciola y del Solar-Moctezuma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Manuel Adrián de Yturbe y del Villar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. José Antonio del Villar y Loredo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Cipriana del Villar y Baquero
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. María Antonia de Vaquero y de la Piedra
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. María de la Piedad de Yturbe y von Scholtz-Hersmendorff, Marquesa de Belvís de las Navas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Cristián Federico von Scholtz-Hermensdorff y Roth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Enrique von Scholtz-Hermensdorff y Caravaca, Marques de Belvís de las Navas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Francisca Muñoz y Caravaca
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. María de la Trinidad von Scholtz-Hermensdorff y Caravaca, Marquesa de Belvís de las Navas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Johann Adolf von Behr
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. María Carlota de Behr y Grund
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Henriette Elisabeth Grund
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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  2. ↑ María Piedad de Iturbe, marquesa de Belvis de las Navas. Geneall. Retrieved on 27 July 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XV, C.A. Starke Verlag, 1997, pp.227–239.
  4. ↑ Royal Musings 30 September 2008. Royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com. Retrieved on 27 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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