Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst

German prince

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1879

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 24-May-1958

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst

  • Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst full German name: Friedrich Franz Augustin Maria Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (15 February 1879, Budapest, Hungary – 24 May 1958, Curitiba, Brasil) was an Austrian prince who served as a military attache in Saint Petersburg.
  • Later he was chief of German propaganda and director of German espionage in Switzerland.
  • He also served with his regiment on the Russian front. He was married from 1914-1920 to Stephany Julienne Richter, a commoner who became a princess by marriage.
  • In December 1920, he married Countess Emanuela Batthyány von Német-Ujvár of Hungary.
  • They had no children.
  • They moved to Brazil during or after the war, and lived the remainder of their lives there. Princess Stephanie continued to use the title after they divorced.
  • She was suspected as a spy for the German government, and operated in Europe and Britain during the late 1920s and 1930s.
  • This was confirmed in 2005 by the release of previously secret MI5 and FBI files.
  • Fleeing Britain in 1939 when war was declared, she spent the war years in the United States.
  • She was arrested in 1941 when the US entered the war, and was interned from 1941 to 1945 as an enemy alien.

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