The Thyssen family has notable members, all of whom descend from

Friedrich Thyssen Johann ''Friedrich'' Thyssen (1 October 1804 in Aachen – 25 May 1877 in Eschweiler) was a German banker and patriarch of the Thyssen family dynasty. Family He was the son of Nikolaus Thyssen and wife Christine Nellessen. His family had sett ...

, who have established

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s and

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, industrial

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s, and art collections -

Thyssen AG Thyssen was a major German steel producer founded by August Thyssen. The company merged with Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp to form ThyssenKrupp in 1999. History On 29 September 1891, August Thyssen and his brother Joseph Thyssen came to be i ...

ThyssenKrupp ThyssenKrupp AG (, ; stylized as thyssenkrupp) is a German industrial engineering and steel production multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate. It is the result of the 1999 merger of Thyssen AG and Krupp and h ...

and

ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems of Germany (often abbreviated TKMS) is a group and holding company of providers of naval vessels, surface ships and submarines. It was founded when large industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp acquired Howaldtswerke-Deutsc ...

. Originating from Germany, family members have taken up residence in various countries.

Ancestors

The Thyssen family traces its origins to Isaak Lambert Thyssen (–1773) who lived near

Aachen Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th- ...

in Germany. Isaak's first marriage to Johanna Wirtz produced a son Nikolaus Thyssen, who married and had a son of the same name, and he a son named Friedrich (1804–1877). Friedrich, a banker and wire producer, married his cousin Katharina Thyssen in 1838 and had two sons,

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and

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. August Thyssen founded the Thyssen Steel conglomerate and with wife Hedwig Pelzer had three children: Fritz, Heinrich, and Hedwig. August's brother Joseph assisted him in his business and with his wife Klara Bagel had two children: Julius and Hans.

More recent descendants

Fritz Thyssen

Fritz Thyssen Friedrich "Fritz" Thyssen (9 November 1873 – 8 February 1951) was a German businessman, born into one of Germany's leading industrial families. He was an early supporter of the Nazi Party, but later broke with them. Biography Youth Thyssen w ...

(1873–1951) was head of the Thyssen

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and steelmaking company and founder of Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG, the biggest mining and steel cartel in the world prior to

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. He was an early supporter of the Nazi Party, though this ended in 1938. He was found a "lesser offender" in the

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tribunals after the war. In 1953 Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG was refounded as ''Thyssen AG'', and with participation of his widow and daughter, merged with KruppHoesch to become

ThyssenKrupp AG ThyssenKrupp AG (, ; stylized as thyssenkrupp) is a German industrial engineering and steel production multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate. It is the result of the 1999 merger of Thyssen AG and Krupp and h ...

in 1997. Fritz was married in 1900 to Amalie Zurhelle (1877–1965); the couple had a single child, Anna. *Anna (Anita) Thyssen (1909–1990), wed 1936 Gábor ''Ödön'' Ladislaus Josef Maria

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Zichy de Zich et Vásonykeö (

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, 1 May 1910 – 25 May 1974), son of count Ladislaus Zichy de Zich et Vásonykeö and Juliane Wittmann. Anita and Ödön divorced in 1946. :*Friedrich-August ''

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'' Federico Augusto Count Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1937–2014), he and his brother Claudio sold their remaining 16,6% in ''Thyssen AG'' in 1995; wed firstly 1960 Alayde Mutzenbecher (1943-), divorced; wed secondly 1976 Maria Stella Fratta Silvero (1950-), divorced 1984; wed thirdly 1987 Maria Inés Sellarés (1952-), divorced 1989; and wed fourthly 2002 Laura Arce (1958-) ::*Alejandro Augusto Count Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1961-), wed 1992 Janaina da Silva, divorced. wed 2002 Anna Sazontyeva, divorced. :::*Katarina Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1996-) :::*Julia Pavlina Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (2004-) ::*Marcia Amelia Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1963-), wed 1987 Felipe de La Balze, divorced ::*Claudia Caroline Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1966-) ::*Federico Julian Ladislao Count Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1978-), wed 2005 Carolina Valenzuela (1977-) :::*Federico Ladislao Count Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (2006-) ::*Gabriel Federico Count Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1988-) :*Claudio Count Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1942-), wed firstly 1963 Elsa Barcellos (1944-), divorced 1980; wed secondly 1980 Christina Llacer (1960-) ::*Anna Christina Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1964-), wed 1985 Alejandro Moreno (1963-) with issue: Alejandro Moreno, Sophia Moreno, Bianca Moreno ::*Isabel Luise Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1966-), wed 1994 Philippe Franck Alexis Chiroussot-Chambeaux (1965-) with issue: Alexa Marianne Chiroussot-Chambeaux (1997-), Hélène Chiroussot-Chambeaux (1999-) and Nicolas Chiroussot-Chambeaux (2003-) ::*Claudio Eduardo Count Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1971-), wed Florencia Badino (1973-) with issue: :::*Tomas Count Zichy-Thyssen (2001-) :::*Maximiliano Count Zichy-Thyssen (2006-) :::*Emilia Countess Zichy-Thyssen (2010-) ::*Augusto Count Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1974-), wed Maria Eugenia de Andrade (1975-) with issue: :::*Matias Count Zichy-Thyssen (2008-) :::*Felipe Count Zichy-Thyssen (2010-) ::*Cynthie Janine Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1981-) ::*Yasmine Kristen Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1984-) ::*Amelie Justine Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1987-), with issue: Shiloh J. Gort, Kalaya C. Gort, and Hezekiah M. Gort

Heinrich Thyssen

Heinrich ''Freiherr'' Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1875–1947), refused to participate in the Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG of his brother Fritz in 1926 and founded his own enterprise, including his father's foreign investments and some German companies apart from the Thyssen steelworks: ''August Thyssensche Unternehmungen des In- und Auslandes GmbH'', today '' TBG (Thyssen-Bornemisza Group) Holdings N.V.'', wed 1stly 1906 Margit Freiin Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1887–1971), divorced 1932 with issue; wed 2ndly 1932 Else (Maud) Zarske ''adopted'' Feller (1909–), divorced 1937 without issue; wed 3rdly 1937 Gunhild von Fabrice (1908–2008), divorced 1945 without issue *Henrik Gábor ''István'' Ágost Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1907–1981) (called Stephen ), wed 1stly 1929 Elisabeth Clarkson, wed 2ndly 1932 Ilona Kugler (1905–1992), wed 3rdly 1946 Ingeborg Muller, without issue (though I. Muller had a daughter, Birgit Muller (born 1942) from a previous marriage) *Margit Gabriella Lujza Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1911–1989), ''aka'' "The Killer Countess", wed 1933 Johann (Iván) Maria Josef Ladislaus Count Batthyány de Német-Ujvar (1910–1985) :*Johann Ladislaus Heinrich Maria Count Batthyány de Német-Ujvar (1934–1967) :*Robert Heinrich Maria Count Batthyány de Német-Ujvar (born 1935), wed 1966 Christine Riechert (born 1938) ::*Tatiana Christina Maria Countess Batthyány de Német-Ujvar (1968–), wed 1993 Konrad Count von Waldersee (born 1957) (sixth grandson in male line of

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), with issue: Heinrich Count von Waldersee (born 1996), Laura Countess von Waldersee (1998-) and László Count von Waldersee (born 2000) ::*Iván Christof Count Batthyány de Német-Ujvar (born 1979), wed 2009 Carolin Nauber *Gabrielle Wilhelmine Hedwige Marie Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1915–), wed 1938 Adolf Willem Carel Baron Bentinck van Schoonheten (1905–1970), with issue: :*Baroness Anita Tanya Thyssen DeCoste (1958–2019), wed firstly Andrew

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(1977–1990), wed secondly to Christopher DeCoste, had two children, Baron Jarod Kenneth Wilhelm Thyssen DeCoste (1999), and Baroness Magdalene Sophie Thyssen DeCoste (2001). The majority of their holdings are now kept in DeCoste Biotechnological Engineering (2018), founded by Baron Jarod Kenneth Wilhelm Thyssen DeCoste. :*Henriette Louise Maria Baroness Bentinck van Schoonheten (1949–2010), wed firstly 1967 Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton (born 1946), divorced 1973 with issue; wed secondly Richard Thompson, divorced without issue; wed thirdly 1978 Serge

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(1947–2011), with issue :*Carel Johannes Baron Bentinck van Schoonheten (born 1957), wed firstly

Nora de Picciotto Nora Picciotto, formerly Baroness Nora Bentinck and Nora Czartoryski (born Eleonora PicciottoLitchfield D.R.L., Schmitz C., ''The Thyssen art macabre'', Quartet Books, 2006, p. 304 on 9 September 1942,Lenczewski T., ''Genealogie rodów utytułowa ...

(ex-wife of Prince

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), divorced; and wed secondly to Lisa Hogan, actress, divorced, with issue by second marriage: * Hans Heinrich, Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva, ''aka'' "Heini" (1921–2002), founder of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in

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:*1st marriage 1946–50 with Princess Maria Theresa Amalia of

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(1925–2008), with issue (a son that the alleged biological father is their brother-in-law Count Iván Batthyány de Német-Ujvar) : :*Georg Heinrich, Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva, ''aka'' "Heini Junior" (1950-2022), chairman of TBG, who has one son by Catharina Eleonore Countess von Meran-Brandhofen (1967–) ::*Simon Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (2001–) :*2nd marriage 1954–56 with Nina Sheila Dyer (1930–1965), she wed secondly 1957

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:*3rd marriage 1956–65 with Fiona Frances Elaine Campbell-Walter (1932-), daughter of

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Keith McNeill Campbell-Walter, with issue: :* Baroness Francesca Anne Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1958-), wed 1993

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, Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Head of the Imperial

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, separated 2003 and divorced 2017, with issue: ::* Archduchess Eleonore of Austria (1994-) ::* Archduke Ferdinand Zvonimir of Austria (1997-) ::*Archduchess Gloria of Austria (1999-) :*Baron Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1963-) converted to

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, wed Alexandra Wright, with issue: ::*Baroness Julia Thyssen-Bornemisza (2006-) :*4th marriage 1967-84 with Denise Shorto (1942-), with issue: :*Baron Wilfried ''Alexander'' August Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1974-) :*5th marriage 1985 with María del Carmen Rosario Soledad "Tita" Cervera Fernández de la Guerra (1943-) :*Borja Thyssen-Bornemisza (1980-) (Tita's

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son, adopted by his stepfather Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza) wed 2007 Blanca Cuesta, with issue: ::*Sacha Thyssen-Bornemisza (2008-) ::*Eric Thyssen-Bornemisza (2010-)

Hedwig Thyssen

Hedwig Thyssen (1878–1950), wed firstly 1899 Ferdinand Freiherr von Neufforge (1869–1942), divorced 1908; wed secondly 1908 Maximilian (Max) Freiherr von Berg (1859–1924), separated; with issue, three daughters and a

son (this last who used his mother's maiden name) *Hedwig Freiin von Neufforge (1900–1962), wed firstly 1918 Tassilo Freiherr von Berg (1897–1962), divorced 1923; wed secondly 1924 Gustav

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von Remiz (1888–1939) :*Dagmar Baroness von Berg (1919–), wed firstly 1954 Joseph

von Ledebur-Wicheln (1899–1963); wed secondly 1967 Juan Manuel de Celorrio (1920–) ::*Carlos Count von Ledebur-Wicheln (1954-), wed 1981 Claudia di Baja (1956-), with issue: Alexandra Countess von Ledebur-Wicheln (1982-), Dominique Countess von Ledebur-Wicheln (1985-), Patrick Count von Ledebur-Wicheln (1989-) and Maximilian Count von Ledebur-Wicheln (1998-) ::*Huberto Count von Ledebur-Wicheln (1956-), wed 1994 Maria Alejandra Mettler, with issue: Maria Victoria Countess von Ledebur-Wicheln (1995-) and José Igneus Count von Ledebur-Wicheln (1998-) *Maximiliane Freiin von Berg (1908–2004), wed firstly 1927 Viktor Freiherr Seßler von Herzinger (1901-), divorced 1933; wed secondly 1935 Ernst Cassione (1894-), divorced 1937; wed thirdly 1937 Roman Marquart (1900-1944), divorced 1944; wed fourthly 1945 Béla Orgoványi-Hanstein (1907–), divorced 1962, with issue from the last: :*Attila Orgoványi-Hanstein (1946–1987), wed Britta Winternitz (1941-), with issue: ::*Diana Orgoványi-Hanstein (1971-), wed 2010 Johannes

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(1967-; son of Karel Prince zu Schwarzenberg) :*Ildikó Orgoványi-Hanstein (1951-), wed 1983, as his third wife (divorced 1990) to Antal Baron Lipthay de Kisfalud et Lubelle (1946-; whose children, by this marriage, adopted the

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von Berg name) ::*Christoph Freiherr von Berg (1983-) ::*Antonia Freiin von Berg (1986-) ::*Valentin Freiherr von Berg (1986-) *Mignonne Freiin von Berg (1917–1958), wed 1939 Count Friedrich of

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(1904–1997), divorced 1945, without issue *

Bodo Thyssen Bodo Thyssen (1918–2004) was a German industrialist and medical doctor, son of Hans Thyssen and wife and grandson of Josef Thyssen, the younger brother of August Thyssen. His businesses included Telefonbau & Normalzeit, Thyssen-Heizkessel an ...

(1918–2004), wed 1969 (divorced 1989) Renate (née Kerkhoff, born 1939-; her children by her previous marriage, with Helmut Friedhelm Homey, adopted the Thyssen name): :* Gabriella Renate Thyssen (1963-) wed firstly 1991 as his second wife,

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(divorced 1998); and secondly 1998 The Aga Khan IV ( separated 2004, and divorced 2011); issue born of both marriages :*Joachim Helmut Thyssen (1964-)

Ancestors

More recent descendants

Fritz Thyssen

Heinrich Thyssen

Hedwig Thyssen

Julius and Hans

Notes

References