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Non-Sovereign Princely and Ducal Houses – HII

The Non-Sovereign Princely and Ducal Houses of Europe – Volume III – HII

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The Non-Sovereign Princely and Ducal Houses of Europe Volume III – HII

THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF HOCHBERG

The members of this family bear the title Graf or Gräfin von Hochberg, Freiherr/Freiin zu Fürstenstein. The head of the family bears the title Fürst von Pleß (Serene Highness). The eldest son of the Fürst is styled “Fürstliche Gnaden”.

HANS HEINRICH X Gf von Hochberg, Frhr zu Fürstenstein, cr 1850 Fürst von Pleß (Berlin 2 Dec 1806-Berlin 20 Dec 1855); m.1st Kotzen 6 Jun 1832 Ida von Stechow (Berlin 25 Mar 1811-Luzern 30 Sep 1843); m.2d 29 Jan 1848 Adelheid von Stechow (Kotzen 25 Sep 1807-Dziewentline bei Neuschloß 24 Aug 1860)

  • 1a) HANS HEINRICH XI Fst von Pleß (Berlin Berlin 10 Sep 1833-Albrechtsberg bei Dresden 14 Aug 1907); m.1st Zützen 15 Jan 1857 Marie von Kleist (Breslau 1 Oct 1828-Pleß 17 Jan 1883); m.2d Schlobitten 27 Feb 1886 Mathilde Bggfn u. Gfn zu Dohna-Schlobitten (Canthen 20 Aug 1861-Festenberg 15 Jan 1943)
  • 1b) HANS HEINRICH XV Fst von Pleß (Pleß 23 Apr 1861-Paris 31 Jan 1938); m.1st London 8 Dec 1891 (div 1922) Mary-Theresa (Daisy) Cornwallis-West (Ruthin Castle 28 Jun 1873-Waldenburg 29 Jun 1943); m.2d London 25 Jan 1925 (annulled 1934) Clotilde de Silva y Gonzalez de Candamo (Amstenrade, Netherlands 19 Jul 1898-Munich 12 Dec 1978)
  • 1c) HANS HEINRICH XVII Fst von Pleß (Berlin 2 Feb 1900-London 26 Jan 1984); m.1st Dresden 4 Dec 1924 (div 1952) Maria Gfn von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (Berlin 8 Sep 1896-Munich 7 May 1994); m.2d London 23 Jul 1958 (div 1971) Dorothea Mary Elizabeth Minchin (b. Caterham, Surrey 2 Jan 1930)
  • 2c) ALEXANDER Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Konrad Ernst Maximilian Fst von Pleß (London 1 Feb 1905-Pollença, Majorca 22 Feb 1984)
  • 3c) Bolko Konrad Friedrich (Groß-Lichterfelde bei Berlin 23 Sep 1910-Pleß 22 Jun 1936); m. Mittenwald 1934 Clotilde de Silva y Gonzalez de Candamo (Amstenrade, Netherlands 19 Jul 1898-Munich 12 Dec 1978)
  • 1d) Hedwig Marie-Daisy Alexandra Rosita Gioia (b. Munich 11 Oct 1934); m.1st Munich 1954 (div 1980) Alfred Schenk Gf von Stauffenberg (b. Greifenstein 28 Jul 1923); m.2d Munich 30 Jan 1981 Karl Magnus Gf Leutrum von Ertingen (b. Stuttgart 10 Oct 1931)
  • 2d) BOLKO Constantin Stanislaus Maria de la Paz Conrad Juan Fst von Pleß (b. Munich 3 Apr 1936); m.(civ) Munich 8 Jun 1964 (rel) Heidelberg 12 Jun 1964 (div 1969) Ruth Marie Therese Reuther (b. Heidelberg 18 May 1940)
  • 1e) Felicitas Christina Beatrice Alexandra Maria-Theresia (b. Munich 9 Apr 1965)
  • 4c) Beatrix Maria Luise Margarethe (b. Fürstenstein 15 Jul 1929); m.1st Munich 29 Dec 1951 (div 1955) Franz Armin Lindemann (b. Mannheim 25 Jul 1920); m.2d Munich 5 Jun 1961 (div 1965) András Rudnay de Rudna et Divékujfalu (b. Budapest 19 Sep 1911)
  • 5c) Konrad (12 Jun 1930-29 Nov 1934)
  • 2b) Luise (Pleß 29 Jul 1863-Klitschdorf 7 May 1938); m. Fürstenstein 10 Sep 1881 Friedrich Fst zu Solms-Baruth (Berlin 24 Jun 1853-Klitschdorf 31 Dec 1920)
  • 3b) Konrad (21 Mar 1867-17 Aug 1934)
  • 4b) Friedrich (3 May 1868-16 Sep 1921); m.24 Jan 1905 Hon. Caroline Burke-Roche (1857-8 Nov 1940)
  • 5b) Wilhelm Bolko Emanuel (Pleß 15 Dec 1886-Dambrau, Silesia 24 May 1934); m. Berlin 21 Jun 1909 Anna Marie von Arnim (Criewin 6 Oct 1886-Lindau 1 Nov 1984)
  • 1c) Elisabeth (23 Aug 1910-17 Sep 1952)
  • 2c) Hans Wilhelm Bernd (Goray 15 Apr 1914-k.a. Tremessen 22 Jan 1945); m. Schlogwitz 17 Jan 1944 Margherita von Wittenburg (Schlogwitz 24 Jan 1911-Javea, Alicante, Spain 5 May 1994)
  • 3c) Anna Marie (Goray 28 Apr 1917-Lindau am Bodensee 4 Sep 2000); m. Seehausen 30 Apr 1947 Rudolf Hilbing (Asch, Bohemia 25 Dec 1911-Friedrichshafen 15 Sep 1990)
  • 6b) Anna (Pleß 24 Feb 1888-Salzburg 13 Nov 1966); m. Pleß 29 Mar 1913 Hermann Gf zu Solms-Baruth (Klitschdorf 11 Oct 1888-Eckart 7 May 1961)
  • 2a) Hans Heinrich XIII (13 Aug 1837-10 Dec 1858)
  • 3a) Anna (Fürstenstein 23 Jul 1839-Dresden 14 Mar 1916); m.1st Pleß 6 Jun 1858 Heinrich XII Pr Reuss (Dresden 8 Mar 1829-Bad Liebenstein 15 Aug 1866); m.2d Fürstenstein 25 Sep 1869 Heinrich XIII Pr Reuss (Klipphausen 18 Sep 1830-Baschkow, Posen 3 Jan 1897)
  • 4a) Hans Heinrich XIV Bolko (Fürstenstein 23 Jan 1843-Bad Salzbrunn 1 Dec 1926); m. Saabor 2 Sep 1869 Eleonore Pss von Schoenaich-Carolath (Saabor 25 May 1848-Rohnstock 4 Feb 1923)
  • 1b) Marie Agnes (4 Jun 1871-1 Dec 1953); m.3 Aug 1901 Carl Gf von Pückler (d.14 Apr 1943)
  • 2b) Hans Heinrich XVI (Rohnstock 19 May 1874-Berlin 13 Feb 1933); m. Oberhofen am Thuner See, Switzerland 26 Sep 1903 Paula Eleonore Gfn von Harrach (Tiefhartmannsdorf 4 Jul 1878-Binau am Neckar 31 Aug 1967)
  • 1c) Hans Heinrich XVIII Wilhelm Bolko Ferdinand (Berlin 20 Oct 1905-Elmischwang 13 Feb 1989); m. Mittenwald, Upper Bavaria 1958 Margarete Müller (Berlin 11 Jan 1909-Überlingen am Bodensee 31 Dec 1961)
  • 2c) Christoph Hartmann (14 Jul 1908-24 Nov 1936)
  • 3b) Friedrich Franz (Rohnstock 15 Sep 1875-Oldenburg 7 Mar 1954); m. Waldburg, East Prussia 23 Apr 1908 Eleonore Bggfn u. Gfn zu Dohna-Schlobitten (Waldburg 19 Oct 1878-Liegnitz 20 Jul 1942)
  • 1c) Anna Eleonore (Bad Kösen 20 Apr 1909-5 Jan 2004); m. Breslau 12 Sep 1931 (div 1947) Georg Frhr von Maltzahn (Leuschentin 15 Jan 1907-Uelzen 16 Jan 1990)
  • 2c) Friedrich Hartmann Bolko (Potsdam 30 May 1910-k.a. Ruhlsdorf bei Luckenwalde 1 May 1945); m. Heinsheim am Neckar 27 May 1944 Charlotte Frn von Racknitz (b. Baden-Baden 4 Mar 1923)
  • 3c) Karl Albrecht Heinrich (Potsdam 18 Jan 1912-Königswinter 23 Jun 1979); m.(civ) Bonn 30 Jun 1953 (rel) Berenbach 29 Jul 1953 Ursula Gfn von Schmettow (b. Potsdam 4 Nov 1925)
  • 1d) Hans Heinrich XIX, renounced succession rights 2003 (b. Beuel am Rhein 13 Jun 1954); m.1st (civ) Groß Schneen 3 Jun 1977 (rel) Klein-Schneen 4 Jun 1977 (div 1979) Christine von Schnehen (b. Braunschweig 17 Oct 1956); m.2d Düsseldorf-Benrath (civ) 6 Aug 1982 (rel) 7 Aug 1982 Dagmar Blum (b. Hilden 10 Jan 1957)
  • 1e) Marie-Théres Felicitas Désirée Alexandra (b. Bad Homburg 28 Jun 1983)
  • 2e) Hans Heinrich XX Constantin Albrecht, renounced succession rights 2003 (b. Bad Homburg 25 Jul 1984)
  • 3e) Katharina Elisabeth Huberta Madeleine (b. Bad Homburg 7 May 1986)
  • 4e) Franziska Viktoria Charlotte Antonie (b. Bonn 21 Jan 1988)
  • 5e) Donata Valeska Karen Cécile (b. Bad Honnef 3 Jul 1990)
  • 2d) Peter Konrad Friedrich (b. Beuel 2 Apr 1956); m.(civ) Bocholt 15 Aug 1990 (rel) Anholt 18 Aug 1990 Anne Maria Rüther (b. Rhede 28 Apr 1963)
  • 1e) Bolko Hans Heinrich XXI Maximilian (b. Munich 2 Nov 1992)
  • 2e) Albrecht Heinrich Konrad Wilhelm (b. Köln 6 Feb 1995)
  • 3d) Maximilian Albrecht Mathias (b. Bad Godesberg 7 Jan 1958); m. Königswinter 9 Apr 1992 (rel) Blieskastel 1 May 1992 Sabine Klasen (b. Neunkirchen 4 Apr 1965)
  • 1e) Moritz Georg Dietrich Albrecht Antonius (b. Frankfurt 20 Jul 1993)
  • 2e) Caspar Peter Christian Maria (b. Nürnberg 18 Nov 1995)
  • 3e) Pauline Monika Silvia Ursula Maria (b. Minneapolis 1 Feb 2000)
  • 4d) Philipp Johannes Wilhelm (b. Beuel 31 Jan 1963); m. Lindau im Bodensee 27 May 1994 (rel) Lüftelberg 25 Jun 1994 (div 1997) Stephanie Vogel (b. Bonn 28 Sep 1963); m.2d Frankfurt 5 Dec 1997 Adrienne Wickert (b. Solingen 16 Aug 1969)
  • 1e) Alix Ursula Sylvie (b. Frankfurt 15 Apr 1999)
  • 2e) Calixt Albrecht Ulrich (b. Aschaffenburg 23 Aug 2001)
  • 4c) Marie Renata Elisabeth (Waldburg 9 Jan 1913-28 Jan 2000); m.(civ) Breslau 23 Apr 1937 (rel) Rohnstock 24 Apr 1937 Botho Gf Hahn von Burgsdorff (Markendorf 29 May 1907-k.a. Tiraspol, Romania 7 Sep 1944)
  • 5c) Konrad Eberhard Georg Richard (Potsdam 28 May 1916-k.a. Deutsch-Rasselwitz, Upper Silesia 19 Mar 1945); m. Züllichau Apr 1943 Eleonore von Czettritz u. Neuhaus (b. Schwedt an der Oder 4 Dec 1920)
  • 1d) Michael Georg Botho (b. Züllichau 5 Dec 1943); m.1st Lütjenburg 15 Oct 1971 (div 1972) Rixa Lage (b. Neubrandenburg 9 Nov 1944); m.2d (civ) Pattensen 4 Jun 1982 (rel) Schloß Marienburg 5 Jun 1982 Marie Pss of Hannover (b. Hannover 26 Nov 1952)
  • 1e) Conrad Hans-Heinrich XXI Ernst-August (b. Hamburg 17 Jun 1985)
  • 2e) Georg Karl Albert (b. Hamburg 8 Oct 1987)
  • 6c) Walpurgis Friederike Euphemie (b. Potsdam 12 Oct 1917); m. Rohnstock 5 Jan 1938 Hans Gf von Schweinitz u. Krain (Hausdorf 11 Aug 1909-k.a. Schisdra, nr Orel 26 Feb 1943)
  • 7c) Wilhelm Dietrich Lothar Maximilian (b. Wanscha 27 Jan 1920); m.1st (civ) Hirzenhain 4 Sep 1951 (rel) Frankfurt-Preungesheim 6 Sep 1951 (div 1982) Huberta Pss zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (Wernigerode 21 Sep 1927-Bad Homburg 21 Jan 1984); m.2d Königsfeld, Schwarzwald 24 Feb 1989 Veronika Will (b. Königsfeld 25 Nov 1938)
  • 1d) Friedrich Christian (b. Frankfurt 5 Apr 1953); m.1st Laubach 22 Oct 1977 (div 1982) Tatiana Gfn zu Solms-Laubach (b. London 16 Dec 1958); m.2d Hamburg (civ) 21 Nov 1984 (rel) 2 Feb 1985 Carina Edye (b. Hamburg 28 Sep 1953)
  • 1e) Benjamin (b. Brussels 21 Apr 1978)
  • 2e) Bernd Botho Dominic (b. Hamburg 9 Jul 1986)
  • 3e) Christian Max Mortimer (b. Hamburg 21 Mar 1988)
  • 4e) Hans Henry Michael (b. Hamburg 10 Sep 1991)
  • 5e) Constantin Camillo (b. Hamburg 5 Nov 1993)
  • 2d) Constantin Alexander (b. Frankfurt 21 Mar 1955); m. Bargteheide (civ) 13 Apr 1987 (rel) 6 Jun 1987 Birgit Schulz (b. Hamburg 25 Oct 1956)
  • 1e) Anna Lena Huberta (b. Bad Oldesloe 22 Oct 1987)
  • 2e) Carolin Alexandra (b. Bad Oldesloe 28 Sep 1989)
  • 3e) Maria Renata (b. Bad Oldesloe 3 May 1993)
  • 3d) Nicolai Sylvester (b. Frankfurt 30 Dec 1958)
  • 4d) Dominic (b. Frankfurt 16 Sep 1963)
  • 4b) Anna (7 Jun 1877-17 Oct 1878)
  • 5b) Hans Ferdinand, took surname “Hiller” (Rohnstock 21 Nov 1879-Altwigshagen 25 May 1945); m. Ossining, New York 9 Sep 1906 Luise Ernestine Carow (Berlin 11 Jul 1883-Berlin 1 May 1934)
  • 1c) Johanna Luise Hiller (b.3 Sep 1906); m.11 Jul 1939 John F C Moore (b.4 Mar 1907)
  • 2c) Ernestine-Ferdinande Hiller (b. Farmington 15 Nov 1911); m. Berlin 6 Jun 1939 Gerhard Felix Moderow (Haifa 1 Mar 1911-Greifswald 22 Nov 1983)
  • 3c) Robert Ludwig Hiller (17 May 1915-Alma, Michigan 5 Jan 1987); m.1st 4 Apr 1942 (div) Elizabeth Rice (b.25 Jul 1911); m.2d 4 Mar 1978 Ute Stargardt (b.12 Mar 1943)
  • 1d) Elizabeth Tobey Hiller (b.4 Nov 1943); m.1st 18 May 1963 (div) Herbert A. Schwarz; m.2d Philipp Ziegler
  • 2d) Bruce Hiller (5 Jul 1945-15 Jun 1972); m. 26 Sep 1967 Linda Daily (b.31 Oct 1945)
  • 1e) Elisabeth April Hiller (b.24 Apr 1969)
  • 4c) Sophie Charlotte Hiller (28 Feb 1917-Madison 7 Nov 1983)
  • 6b) Gottfried (Rohnstock 29 Jan 1882-Bayreuth 18 Jun 1929); m. Gauernitz 8 Oct 1913 Mathilde Pss von Schönburg-Waldenburg (Gauernitz 10 Sep 1878-Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth 3 Nov 1948)
  • 1c) Gottlob Ernst Viktor (Dresden 10 Jun 1915-k.a. Berdytschew, Russia 8 Jan 1944); m. Schwarzenegg, Styria 10 Sep 1942 Marie-Luise von Saldern-Ahlimb (b. Ringenwalde 17 Dec 1922)
  • 1d) Elisabeth Charlotte (b. Klonitz 7 Jun 1943); m.(civ) Wuppertal 19 Jan 1968 (rel) Hannover 20 Jan 1968 (div 2001) Gerhard Leyendecker (b. Kirchhellen 24 Dec 1941)
  • 2d) Irmingard (b. Klonitz 9 Aug 1944); m. Marburg an der Lahn 20 Aug 1965 Heinz Reinermann (b. Bad Oeynhausen 16 May 1935)
  • 2c) Friedrich Wilhelm (17 Feb 1917-k.a.21 Dec 1941)
  • 7b) Renata Erdmute Charlotte Marie (Rohnstock 7 Jul 1883-Lauenburg 21 May 1948); m. Rohnstock 10 Jan 1907 Eberhard Bggf u. Gf zu Dona-Schlobitten (Waldburg 23 Dec 1875-Laubach 11 Dec 1957)
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