HSH

Serene Highness

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 Princess Eleonora Fugger von Babenhausen (October 4, 1864 in Bartenstein — March 1, 1945 in Vienna

Vienna

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) was an Austria

Austria

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n socialite and chronicler of the Fugger

Fugger

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 family. She is also known as Nora Fugger in her autobiography.

She was born Princess zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein und Jagstberg, the third child of Prince Carl zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein und Jagstberg (1837-1877) and his wife Rosa Karoline née Countess von Sternberg (1836-1918). She had two elder siblings: Princess Marie (1861-1933) and Prince Johannes (1863-1921), who was married to Archduchess Anna Maria Theresia of Austria, a daughter of Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany

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 and sister of Luise, Crown Princess of Saxony, in 1901.

Eleonora married Karl, 5th Prince Fugger von Babenhausen (1861-1925) on January 8, 1887 in Vienna. Her husband was chamberlain to the emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria

Franz Joseph I of Austria

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Their children together:

• Countess Friederike (October 27, 1887 in Klagenfurt - July 4, 1949), who married Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880-1959)
• Georg, 6th Prince Fugger von Babenhausen (1889-1934), who married Countess Elisabeth Plessen (1891-1976)
• Countess Sylvia (May 8, 1892 in Enzersdorf - April 13, 1949), who married (then divorced in 1928) Count Friedrich zu Münster (1891-1942)
• Count Leopold (1893-1966), who married (then divorced in 1936) Countess Vera Czernin (1904-1959)
• Countess Maria Theresia (March 1, 1899 - June 28, 1994 in Munich), who married Count Chlodwig von und zu Daun (1860-1931)
• Countess Helene (June 21, 1908 - 1915 in Babenhausen)

Nora Fugger was known for her skilled observation. Her memoirs are filled with stories around the upper classes of the Austro-Hungarian empire and left a living testimony to a world that has since disappeared.

Literature

• Nora Fugger. The glory of the Habsburgs: The memoirs of Princess Fugger. G.C. Harrap (1932) ASIN B00085SJMS