Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza

Hans Henrik Ágost Gábor Tasso Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (13 April 1921 – 26 April 2002), a noted industrialist and art collector, was a Dutch

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-born Swiss

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citizen with a(n) (Austrian

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-)Hungarian

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title, a legal resident of Monaco

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for tax

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purposes, with a declared second residency in the United Kingdom

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, but in actuality a long-time resident of Spain

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, and son of a German father and a Hungarian and English American

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mother (related to Daniel M. Frost

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and John Kerry

John Kerry

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). His fifth and last wife, Carmen "Tita" Cervera

Carmen Cervera

María del Carmen Rosario Soledad Cervera y Fernández de la Guerra, Dowager Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva , daughter of Enrique Cervera y Manent and wife...

, is a former Miss Spain

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Origins

He was born in Scheveningen, The Hague

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, Netherlands

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, the son of Heinrich Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva

Heinrich, Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon

Heinrich Thyssen , since June 22, 1907 Heinrich Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva, was a German-Hungarian entrepreneur and art collector.-Biography:...

(1875–1947) and his first wife, Margit Freiin

Baron

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Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1887–1971). The Thyssen family's fortune was built upon a steel

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and armaments empire: Heinrich Thyssen had abandoned Germany

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as a young man and settled in Hungary

Hungary

in 1905. In Budapest

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, Heinrich married the daughter of the King's chamberlain

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, who, having no sons of his own, adopted Heinrich and passed on his barony to him. The passing along of the title has raised numerous questions over whether Heinrich Thyssen could actually call himself Baron

Baron

at all.

Career

With his father's death, Hans Heinrich inherited a business empire that included naval construction and oil

Oil

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, and a major art collection with hundreds of paintings of European masters from between the 14th and the 19th century. He was also an avid horse

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lover. From then on his business were limited to art

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. Fifteen years after his father's death he bought his first piece, a watercolor painting

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by Emil Nolde

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dated from between 1931 and 1935, starting the entry of 20th century's paintings in the collection, including Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas

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, Piet Mondrian

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, Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

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and Fernand Léger

Fernand Léger

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. His preference however went to German Expressionism

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, and he soon became a real expert in painting

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First marriage and issue

He married firstly at Lugano

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-Castagnola, 1 August 1946, Austrian

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aristocrat Teresa (Theresia) Amalia Franziska Elisabeth Maria Lippe-Weissenfeld

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(Wien

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, 21 July 1925 – 16 July 2008). They divorced on 14 May 1954, and she married secondly civilly at Kloten

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bei Zürich

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, 9 April 1960 Friedrich Maximilian Egon Hubertus Joseph Maria Karl Anna Fürstenberg

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(Schloss Wechselburg, 26 July 1926 – Wien

Wien

, 2 November 1969), by whom she had issue. Their only son was:

Georg Heinrich Alfred Gábor Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (b. Lugano
Lugano
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-Castagnola, 19 March 1950), who had one son by Catharina Eleonore Meran Brandhofen (b. Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt
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, 20 January 1967) daughter of Maximilian Joseph Otto Johannes Graf von Meran Freiherr von Brandhofen (b. Csákberény
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, 20 April 1930) and wife (m. Wien
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, 16 September 1961) Colienne Ida Franziska Kathleen Eleonore Maria Prinzessin zu Schwarzenberg
House of Schwarzenberg
-History:The family was first mentioned in 1172. A branch of the Seinsheim family was created when Erkinger I of Seinsheim acquired the Franconian barony of Schwarzenberg, the castle Schwarzenberg and the title Baron of Schwarzenberg, in 1405–21. At this time, they also possessed some fiefdoms in...

(b. Berlin
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, 16 February 1937):
- Simon Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (b. Wien
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  , 1 December 2001)

Second marriage

He married secondly at Colombo

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, Ceylon or Paris

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, 23 June 1954, Anglo-Indian

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fashion model Nina Sheila Dyer (London

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or Sri Lanka

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, 15 February 1930 – Paris

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, 3 July 1965), a rich heiress with properties in Ceylon; they had no children and divorced on 4 July 1956, by which settlement she got a château

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in France

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. She later married and divorced Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan and committed suicide

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in 1965.

Third marriage and issue

He married thirdly at Lugano

Lugano

-Castagnola on 17 September 1956 New Zealand-born British

United Kingdom

photographic and fashion model Fiona Frances Elaine Campbell-Walter (b. Takapuna

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, Auckland Region

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, New Zealand

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, 25 June 1932). They divorced on 20 January 1965, and she went on to have a well-publicized relationship with Greek shipping heir Alexander Onassis, the only son of Aristotle Onassis

Aristotle Onassis

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. She was a daughter of Rear Admiral

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Keith McNeill

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Walter (later Campbell-Walter) (Hazaribagh

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, British Raj

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, 31 August 1904 – 24 April 1976) and wife (m. 16 December 1930), Frances Henriette Campbell

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(Semarang

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, Java

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, Dutch East Indies

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, 30 November 1904 – ?), paternal granddaughter of Alexander McNeill Walter, of Hazaribagh

Hazaribagh

, India

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, Zamindar

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i Manager

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(Calcutta, British Raj, 12 May 1875 – Hazaribagh

Hazaribagh

, British Raj, 12 February 1936), and wife Florence Ruth Gisella Downing (Purnesh, Bengal

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, British Raj, 5 October 1879 – Holloway Sanatorium

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, Egham

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, Surrey

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, 8 April 1976), and maternal granddaughter of Sir Edward Taswell Campbell, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Campbell, 1st Baronet

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, and wife Edith Jane Warren. Their children were:

Francesca Anne Dolores Freiin Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva
Francesca von Habsburg
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(b. Lausanne
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, 7 June 1958), married at Mariazell
Mariazell
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, 31 January 1993 to Karl Habsburg-Lothringen
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, heir to the defunct Austrian
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Imperial Throne, and had issue
Lorne Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (b. Lugano
Lugano
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or Lausanne, 15 June 1963), who converted to Islam
Islam
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and is unmarried and without issue; he is the producer
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and director
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of Labyrinth (2003
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) and the executive producer
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of The Garden of Eden (2008
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)

Fourth marriage and issue

He married fourthly at Lugano

Lugano

-Castagnola, 13 December 1967, Liane Denise Shorto (b. Garça

Garça

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, São Paulo

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, São Paulo

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, 23 December 1942), a Brazil

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ian banker's daughter, divorced in 29 November 1984. They had one son:

Wilfried Alexander August Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (b. Zürich
Zürich
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, 20 November 1974), unmarried and without issue

Fifth marriage

He married, lastly, fifthly at Daylesford

Daylesford, Gloucestershire

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, Moreton-in-Marsh

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, Gloucestershire

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, on 16 August 1985, the beautiful María del Carmen Rosario Soledad Cervera y Fernández de la Guerra

Carmen Cervera

María del Carmen Rosario Soledad Cervera y Fernández de la Guerra, Dowager Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva , daughter of Enrique Cervera y Manent and wife...

, popularly known as Carmen "Tita" Cervera, (b. Sitges

Sitges

*Church of Sant Bartolomeu i Santa Tecla . It houses two Gothic sepulchres , belonging to the an older church located on the same site...

, Barcelona

Barcelona

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, 23 April 1943), who was Miss Spain

Miss Spain

in 1961, daughter of N Cervera y N and wife María del Carmen Fernández de la Guerra (d. Madrid

Madrid

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, 22 February 1992), without issue. Hans Heinrich adopted her son, Alejandro Borja Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (b. Madrid

Madrid

, 1980, son of Manuel Segura), who married at Terrassa

Terrassa

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, Barcelona

Barcelona

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, 11 October 2007 Blanca Cuesta and had a child Sacha Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva on 31 January 2008. His widow has also adopted two baby girls, twins, called Guadalupe Sabina and María del Carmen in July 2006.

Assets dispute

As part of an attempt to dissolve a trust

Trust law

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and thereby gain control of her third husband's assets, she (Tita) cast doubt on the paternity of Baron Georg Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, alleging that his father was actually Count Iván Batthyány de Német-Ujvár, the husband of Thyssen's sister, Margit Batthyány. However, a settlement was reached between the parties before the Baron's death, which brought to a "peaceable" conclusion the wrangling over control of the vast Thyssen art collection, which will remain in Spain, for what he was the founder of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid

Madrid

Death

Hans Heinrich died in Sant Feliu de Guíxols

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, Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

, Spain

Spain

. He is buried in the family burial vault

Burial vault (tomb)

A burial vault is a structural underground tomb.It is a stone or brick-lined underground space or 'burial' chamber for the interment of a dead body or bodies. They were originally and are still often vaulted and usually have stone slab entrances...

of Landsberg Palace in the Ruhr valley near Essen

Essen

- Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...

, Germany

Germany

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Profile by Taki
Taki Theodoracopulos
Taki Theodoracopulos , originally named Panagiotis Theodoracopulos is a Greek/American journalist, socialite, and political commentator.Better known as Taki, diminutive for Panagiotis, he is a Greek-born journalist and writer living in New York City, London and Switzerland...

for The Spectator
The Spectator
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, 4 May 2002
Ancestors of Baroness Francesca Anne Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kaszon
Ancestors of Archduchess Eleonore of Austria
Ancestors of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria
Ancestors of Archduchess Gloria of Austria
Thyssen-Bornemissza de Kászon et Impérfalva Family

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First marriage and issue

Second marriage

Third marriage and issue

Fourth marriage and issue

Fifth marriage

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Death

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