Engelbert August Anton of Arenberg (

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, 11 May 1824 –

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, 28 March 1875) was 8th

Duke of Arenberg The House of Arenberg is an aristocratic lineage that is constituted by three successive families that took their name from Arenberg, a small territory of the Holy Roman Empire in the Eifel region. The inheritance of the House of Croÿ-Aarschot ...

and 14th

Duke of Aarschot The Duke of Aarschot (or ''Aerschot'') was one of the most important aristocratic titles in the Low Countries, named after the Brabantian city of Aarschot. The title was held by the House of Croÿ and the House of Arenberg. The present Duke is Leo ...

. He was the son of

Prosper Louis, 7th Duke of Arenberg Prosper Louis, 7th Duke of Arenberg (28 April 1785, Enghien – 27 February 1861) was the Duke of Arenberg, a principality of the Holy Roman Empire. He was also the 13th Duke of Aarschot, 2nd Duke of Meppen, Germany, Meppen and 2nd prince of Reckl ...

, and belonged to one of the most important European noble families. He was Duke of Arenberg, Duke of Aarschot, Duke of

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and Prince of

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. In 1868, he married his second cousin Eleonore Ursula d'Arenberg (1845–1919). They had three daughters and two sons: :* Maria Ludmilla d'Arenberg, Princess and Duchess (1870–1953), married 1888 Carl Alfred Louis Rudolf von Croÿ, 12th Duke von Croÿ (1859–1906). :* Sophie Aloise d'Arenberg, Princess and Duchess (1871–1961), married 1889 Prince and Duke Jean Baptiste Engelbert d'Arenberg, (1850–1914). :* Engelbert Prosper Ernst Marie Joseph Jues Balthasar Benoit Antoine Eleonore Laurent d'Arenberg, 9th Duke d'Arenberg (1872–1949), married 1897 Princess Hedwige Marie Gabrielle de

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(1877–1938), daughter of Prince Charles Joseph Eugene Henri Georges Lamoral de Ligne. :* Marie Salvatrix d'Arenberg, Princess and Duchess (1874–1956), married 1896 Prince Auguste Marie Gustave Etienne Charles Emmanuel de Croÿ (1872–1932). :* Charles Prosper Maria Melchior Engelbert Eleonor Gregor Wolfgang Josef d'Arenberg, Prince and Duke (1875–1948), married 1919 (div. 1920), Emelie Marie Willner (born 1885). They divorced in 1920, and he married 2ndly, in 1923, Anka Baric (born 1893). The Arenberg Foundation describe him as a great patron of the arts. He was the last Duke of Arenberg to hold possessions in Germany. These were lost in the

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. In 1861 he became a member of the

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