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Fürstenberg (princely Family)
Fürstenberg (also Fuerstenberg and Furstenberg) may refer to: Historical states * Fürstenberg-Baar, county (1441–1559) * Fürstenberg-Blumberg, county (1559–1614) * Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen, county (1617–1698) * Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg, county (1408–1441, 1704–1716) and principality (1716–1804) * Fürstenberg-Geisingen, county (1441–1483) * Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, county (1559–1664) and principality (1664–1716) * Fürstenberg-Messkirch, county (1614–1716) and principality (1716–1744) * Fürstenberg-Möhringen, county (1599–1641) * Fürstenberg-Pürglitz, principality (1762–1806) * Fürstenberg-Stühlingen, county (1614–1704) * Fürstenberg-Taikowitz, county (1759–1806) * Fürstenberg-Weitra, county (1705–1806) * Fürstenberg-Wolfach, county (1408–1490) * Principality of Fürstenberg, county (1250–1408) and principality Cities and municipalities * Fürstenberg/Havel, a city in the district of Oberhavel, Brandenburg, Germany * Fürste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xanten
Xanten (, Low Rhenish: ''Santen'') is a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the district of Wesel. Xanten is known for the Archaeological Park, one of the largest archaeological open air museums in the world, built at the site of the Roman settlements '' Colonia Ulpia Traiana''. Other attractions include the medieval town centre with Xanten Cathedral, many museums and large man-made lakes for various watersport activities. Xanten is visited by approximately one million tourists a year. It is also the only German town with a name that begins with ''X''. Geography Xanten is made up of three boroughs ('' Ortsteile''): ''Hochbruch'', ''Niederbruch'', and the ''town centre''. Other localities (''Bezirke'') belonging to the town of Xanten include ''Birten'', ''Lüttingen'', ''Marienbaum'', ''Vynen'', ''Obermörmter'', ''Wardt'', ''Mörmter'', ''Willich'', ''Beek'' and ''Ursel''. Parts of a nature reserve called ''Bislicher Insel'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Fürstenberg
Carl Fürstenberg (28 August 1850 – 9 February 1933) was one of the most prominent German bankers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, and was responsible for the revival of the German mining industry during his era. Biography Fürstenberg was born on 28 August 1850 to Jewish parents in Danzig (Gdańsk). While working at a West Prussian textile mill throughout his childhood, he apprenticed under local banker R. Damme. At the age of seventeen, he moved to Berlin. At first, Fürstenberg worked for the textile company of Gebr. Simon (Simon Bros.). Two years later, he became an employee at the Disconto-Gesellschaft, one of the leading German joint-stock banks. In 1871, he defected to aristocrat Gerson von Bleichröder's well-known S. Bleichröder Bank, working in the firm as a départemental manager. In 1883, he became first director of the joint-stock bank Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft (B. G.-H.) and dominated it during the next decades in a way, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsy Von Furstenberg
Elizabeth Caroline Maria Agatha Felicitas Therese, Graf, Gräfin von Fürstenberg-Herdringen (August 16, 1931 – April 21, 2015), known as Betsy von Furstenberg, was a German-born American actress who starred in several Broadway theatre, Broadway plays, films and television series between 1950 and the early 1980s. In 1988, she published ''Mirror, Mirror'', a novel centered on an heiress pursuing love among Europe's elite social circles. Early life Elizabeth Caroline Maria Agatha Felicitas Therese, Graf, Gräfin von Fürstenberg-Herdringen was born in Arnsberg, Germany. Her parents were Franz-Egon, Graf (Count) von Fürstenberg-Herdringen (1896–1975) and his first wife, Elizabeth Foster Johnson (1899–1961), a native of Memphis, Tennessee."Countess Engaged to Peter S. Howard; Caroline E. von Furstenberg-Herdringen to Be Bride of Late Turfman's Grandson." ''The New York Times'', November 7, 1950. Her stepmothers were Gloria Guinness, Gloria Rubio, Clara János Ghyczy, Ghyczy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Von Fürstenberg
Princess Virginia Maria Clara von und zu Fürstenberg (''Virginia Maria Clara Prinzessin von und zu Fürstenberg''; 5 October 1974 – 10 May 2023) was an Italian artist, poet, filmmaker, and fashion designer. Early life and family Princess Virginia von Fürstenberg was born in Genoa, Italy on 5 October 1974 to Prince Sebastian zu Fürstenberg (b. 1950) and his wife, Elisabetta Guarnati (b. 1951). She was a member of an ancient Swabian House of Fürstenberg. Her paternal grandparents were Prince Tassilo zu Fürstenberg and Clara Agnelli. She was a niece of actress Princess Ira von Fürstenberg and fashion designer Prince Egon von Fürstenberg, the ex-husband of Diane von Fürstenberg. Von Fürstenberg was a first cousin of Prince Alexandre von Fürstenberg, Tatiana von Fürstenberg, Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and the late Prince Christoph of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Career Von Fürstenberg was a fashion designer and creator of the fashion label ''Virginia V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Von Fürstenberg
Alexandra Natasha von Fürstenberg (; born October 3, 1972) is a Hong Kong-born American heiress, socialite, entrepreneur and furniture designer based in Los Angeles. She is the youngest daughter of American billionaire and DFS Group co-founder Robert Warren Miller. Early life Alexandra Miller was born in 1972, in British Hong Kong to American entrepreneur Robert Warren Miller and his Ecuadoran wife, María Clara "Chantal" (). She has two older sisters Pia and Marie-Chantal. Alexandra and her sisters grew up between Hong Kong, Paris and New York. She attended Parsons School of Design and Brown University, where she studied costume design and art history. In the 1990s, Miller and her sisters were popularly dubbed by New York high society as the Miller Sisters. Career In 1995, Alexandra joined the design team of her then mother-in-law, Diane von Fürstenberg. During her ten-year career at DVF as Creative Director and later as Director of Image, Alexandra was instrumental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Alexander Von Fürstenberg
Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg (born Alexandre Egon von und zu Fürstenberg; January 25, 1970) is an American businessman, socialite, and the son of fashion designers Diane von Fürstenberg and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg. Early life and education He is the son of fashion designers Diane von Fürstenberg (née Halfin) and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg. His mother is from a Belgian Jewish family, from present-day Moldova and Greece; and his father was half German and half Italian, the son of the German Prince Tassilo zu Fürstenberg of the House of Fürstenberg and his Italian first wife, Clara Agnelli, the elder sister of the chairman of FIAT, Gianni Agnelli. His parents separated in 1972, and were divorced in 1983. Prince Alexander and his sister Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg were raised in New York City. Alex attended Brown University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1993. Work Alexander von Fürstenberg began his career in 1993 as a trader on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Agnelli
Clara Jeanne Nuvoletti (née Agnelli; 7 April 1920 – 19 July 2016), formerly Princess Clara von Fürstenberg, was an Italian socialite and heiress. Early life and family Clara Jeanne Agnelli was born in Turin on 7 April 1920 to Edoardo Agnelli, a businessman and member of the Agnelli family, and ''Donna'' Virginia Bourbon del Monte, a noblewoman. She was the sister of Cristiana Brandolini d'Adda, Susanna Agnelli, Maria Sole Agnelli, Gianni Agnelli, Giorgio Agnelli, and Umberto Agnelli. Her paternal grandfather, Giovanni Agnelli, was the founder of Fiat S.p.A. Her maternal grandfather was Carlo Bourbon del Monte, Prince of San Faustino. In 1935, when Agnelli was fifteen years old, her father died in an airplane crash. Her mother died in a car accident in 1945. In November 1968, Agnelli went to the break-away state of Biafra in Nigeria to give money to secessionist leader C. Odumegwu Ojukwu on behalf of her family. Marriages Agnelli married Prince Tassilo zu Fürsten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Fürstenberg (Westphalia)
The House of Fürstenberg () is the name of a German nobility, German noble family of Westphalia, which descended from Hermannus de Vorstenberg. He was a liegeman of the Archbishop of Cologne, who was among the prince electors of the Holy Roman Empire. Hermannus held a castle for his lord called Fürstenberg Castle (Höingen), Fürstenberg ("Prince's Hill") at Ense-Höingen in Soest, Germany, Soest; this castle would give the family its name. His son was Wilhelm von Vorstenberg, the Justiciar and Castellan of Werl. History Already Imperial Knights, the family members were created Imperial Barons (''Freiherr, Reichsfreiherren'') on 26 April 1660. Matriculation to the baronial class in the Kingdom of Bavaria occurred on 22 August 1891 for Friedrich Freiherr von Fürstenberg, ''Rittmeister à la suite'' in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt and Freeholder of Egenburg by Würzburg. The baronial Fürstenberg family of Westphalia should not be confused with the House of Fürstenberg ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Fürstenberg (Swabia)
The House of Fürstenberg () was an influential Swabian noble family in Germany, based primarily in what is today southern Baden-Württemberg near the source of the Danube river. Numerous members of the family have risen to prominence over the centuries as soldiers, churchmen, diplomats, and academics. Sometimes the name is gallicized as de Furstenberg or anglicized as Furstenberg. History Fürstenberg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire in Swabia, present-day southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The county emerged when Count Egino IV of Urach inherited through marriage large parts of the Duchy of Zähringen upon the death of Duke Berthold V in 1218, and was originally called the county of Freiburg. Egino's grandson Count Henry began to take as his surname the name of his residence at Fürstenberg Castle around 1250. File:Burg Hohenurach gesehen vom Eppenzillfelsen.jpg, Urach Castle File:01, Burg Fürstenberg (Hüfingen).JPG, Land works of the former Fürstenberg Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fürstenberg Castle (Höingen)
Fürstenberg Castle (), also called the Electoral Cologne State Castle ('' kurkölnische Landesburg''), is a ruined castle near the former site of the village Höingen, in the municipality of Ense, Soest in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Built on a high point above the Ruhr as a castle for the Archbishop of Cologne, who was among the prince electors of the Holy Roman Empire, the site was called the Prince's Hill (''Fürstenberg''), lending its name to the House of Fürstenberg (Westphalia) that started with the Imperial Knight Hermann, the ''Lehnsmann'' who held the castle for the prince when it was first built, . Location The ruins of this hill castle lie on the hill of Fürstenberg above the site of the former village of Höingen and the Ruhr. It was part of the Duchy of Westphalia and was in a position of strategic importance on the border with the County of Arnsberg. The inner bailey was on an eminence known as ''Richters Köpfchen'', the outer bailey furth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fürstenberg Castle (Hüfingen)
Fürstenberg Castle ( or simply ''Fürstenberg'', literally "Prince's Hill") is a castle in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the ''Fürstenberg'' hill in the Baar region, near the town of Hüfingen. The castle was first mentioned in a deed of 1175 as a possession of the House of Zähringen, which became extinct with the death of Duke Berthold V. Around 1250, his heir Count Henry of Urach made it his residence and thereafter was the first to call himself a Count of Fürstenberg. The castle was devastated in the Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ..., and it was never rebuilt. Fürstenberg family residences {{BadenWürttemberg-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
