Prince Egon von Fürstenberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Prince Egon von Fürstenberg

fashion designer (1946-2004)

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1946

Place of Birth: Lausanne, canton of Bern, Switzerland

Date of Death: 11-Jun-2004

Profession: fashion designer

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Prince Egon von Fürstenberg (Eduard Egon Peter Paul Giovanni Prinz zu Fürstenberg, Prinz Egon zu Fürstenberg; 29 June 1946 – 11 June 2004) was a socialite, banker, fashion and interior designer, and member of the German aristocratic family Fürstenberg.
In 1969, he married fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg, with whom he had two children Prince Alexandre Egon (b.
25 January 1970) and Princess Tatiana Desirée (b.
16 February 1971).
The couple separated in 1973 and divorced in 1983.
The same year, he married Lynn Marshall (born ca.
1950), an American and a Mississippi native who was co-owner of a flower shop; the couple remained childless.
Between his marriages, Egon also had a male partner: He was frank about his bisexuality and the openness of his first marriage.Fürstenberg wrote two books on fashion and interior design (The Power Look, 1978, and The Power Look at Home: Decorating for Men, 1980) as well as opened an interior design firm.
He died in Rome on 11 June 2004 of liver cancer deriving from an earlier hepatitis C infection.
He was survived by his children and both wives.