Princess Eleonora Fugger von Babenhausen

Princess Eleonora Fugger von Babenhausen (October 4, 1864 in Bartenstein — March 1, 1945 in Vienna) was an Austrian noblewoman, socialite and chronicler of the House of Fugger. She is also known as Nora Fugger in her autobiography.

Early life

Eleonore Aloysia Maria was born Princess zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, as the third child of Prince Carl zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1837–1877) and his wife Princess 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 and sister of Luise, Crown Princess of Saxony, in 1901.^[1]

Marriage and issue

Eleonora married Karl, 5th Prince Fugger von Babenhausen (1861–1925) on January 8, 1887, in Vienna.^[2] Her husband was chamberlain to the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Together, they were the parents of two sons and four daughters:^[3]

Friederike Maria Carolina Henriette Rosa Sabina Franziska Pauline Fugger von Babenhausen (1887–1949), who married Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart in 1908.^[4]
Georg Constantin Heinrich Carl Friedrich Maria Fugger von Babenhausen (1889–1934), who married Countess Elisabeth von Plessen in 1914.^[5]
Sylvia Rosa Eleonore Leopoldine Karolina Maria Fugger von Babenhausen (1892–1949), who married Count Friedrich zu Münster, son of Prince Alexander Münster and Lady Muriel Hay (a daughter of the 12th Earl of Kinnoull), in 1925.^[6] They divorced in 1928.^[7]
Leopold Heinrich Karl Friedrich Maria Fugger von Babenhausen (1893–1966), who married Countess Vera Czernin von und zu Chudenitz in 1924.^[8] The divorced in 1936 and she married Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg.^[9]
Maria Theresia Karoline Gigina Fugger von Babenhausen (1899–1994), who married Prince Heinrich von Hanau und Horowitz,^[8] a grandson of Frederick William, Elector of Hesse.^[3]
Helene Aloysia Eleonore Maria Fugger von Babenhausen (1908–1915), who died young.^[3]

Her memoirs are filled with stories about the upper classes of the Austro-Hungarian empire and are a testimony to that period of history.^[10]

Literature

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

References

^ "Prinzessin Eleonora von Fugger-Babenhausen". 4 October 1864.
^ The Lady's Realm: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine. London: Hutchinson and Co. 1898. p. 645.
^ ^a ^b ^c The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe. Harrison & Sons. 1914. pp. 674–675. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ Ogden, Alan (4 November 2021). The Life and Times of Lieutenant General Adrian Carton de Wiart: Soldier and Diplomat. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-350-23314-0. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der gräflichen Häuser (in German). Justus Perthes. 1917. p. 822. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ Korotin, Ilse Erika (2016). BiografiA: Lexikon österreichischer Frauen (in German). Böhlau Verlag. ISBN 978-3-205-79590-2. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ Shaw, Christine (2007). Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2008. Debrett's. p. 576. ISBN 978-1-870520-80-5. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b McNaughton, Arnold (1973). The Book of Kings: The Royal Houses. Garnstone Press. pp. 61, 133. ISBN 978-0-900391-19-4. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ Schuschnigg, Kurt von; Schuschnigg, Janet Von (1 January 2012). When Hitler Took Austria: A Memoir of Heroic Faith by the Chancellor's Son. Ignatius Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-58617-709-6. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ The Glory of the Habsburgs: The Memoirs of Princess Fugger