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Originally Posted by Alison20

Thanks, HMTLove23, for your answer re Lady Frances Armstrong-Jones. Which leads to another question. Do you know the nationality of her husband, Rodolphe von Hofmannsthal? Many thanks.

Rodolfphe von Hofmannsthal ist the great grandson of the famous Austrian Writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal (Author of the play 'Jedermann' which is performed every year at the Salzburger Festspiele) and the grandson of Raimund von Hofmannsthal. Raimund had to escape to London during the Nazi regime. Hugo von Hofmannsthl died in 1929 suffering from a stroke which hit him on the way to the funeral of his other son (Franz who comitted suicide at the age of 26).