Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
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Prince Alfonso Maximiliano Victorio Eugenio Alexandro Maria Pablo de la Santisima Trinidad y todos los Santos zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (May 28, 1924 - December 21, 2003) was a playboy and businessman known for his promotion of the Spanish resorts of Marbella and the Costa del Sol. He also founded the Marbella Club.
[edit] Background
He was born in Madrid, a son of Prince Max Egon zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897-1968) and his wife, Maria de la Piedad de Yturbe y von Scholtz-Hersmendorff, Marquesa de Belvis de las Navas (1892-1990) daughter of His Excellency Manuel de Yturbe y del Villar, Mexican ambassador to St. Petersbourg, Vienna, Paris and Madrid, and Trinidad von Scholtz-Hersmendorff y Caravaca, Marchioness of Belvis de las Navas.
[edit] Marriages
- He married, as his first wife, Princess Ira von Fürstenberg on September 17, 1955 (civil) and September 21, 1955 (religious) in Venice, Italy; the marriage was annulled in 1960. They had two sons: Prince Christoph "Kiko" von Hohenlohe (1956-2006) and Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe (1959-).
- He married, as his second wife, Jacqueline Lane, a British actress, on May 3, 1973 (divorced 1985) in Las Vegas, Nevada. They had one daughter Princess Arriana Theresa Mara von Hohenlohe (1975-).
- He married, as his third wife, Marilys Healing (1941-2000) on February 15, 1991.
He also had a daughter, Princess Désirée von Hohenlohe (1980), by a relationship with Heidi Balzer.
[edit] Death
He died in Marbella on December 21, 2003.
