Noble Deaths Announcements 2014


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Melissa Countess of Solms-Baruth, née Butler, died on 23 April at her home in Leonardtown, Maryland.

She was born on 5 May 1954 in Providence, Rhode Island, to George and Mary Butler. She married Christian Count of Solms-Baruth (b.1954) [son of Friedrich-Hans Ferdinand Wilhelm Count of Solms-Baruth (1923-2006) & his wife, Princess Oda of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1925-1978)] on 31 October 1979 in New York City.
She is survived by her husband, her children Oda (b.1981), Carolina (b.1987) & Alexander (b.1989) and grandson, Lucas (son of Oda).

Sources: Royal News of 2014, Section II
Descendants of Queen Victoria's siblings


Horrible sadness fell on Countess Philippine of Limburg-Stirum (b.1946) & her husband Renaud Querton (b.1943):

Their second daughter, Marie-Armandine, died on 24 April, aged 40.

She was born in Uccle on 8 January.
She bereft her husband Jose Zurstrassen (b.1967) whom she married in 1999 and five children: Elise (b.2000), Annabelle (b.2002), Nine (b.2006), Eric (b.2009) & Alec (b.2012).
Apart from her parents, husband & children she left her four sisters: Monique (b.1972), Isabelle (b.1979), Sophie (b.1980) & Diane (b.1983), one brother Thomas (b.1974) and eight nephews.

Sources: Descendants of Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum and Countess Marie Th?r?se de Thiennes, Leyenburg et de Rumbeke
http://www.carnetmondain.be/

It's so very sad...I feel so sorry especially for her children...
 
Countess Anna Bertha von Almeida died this year.

She was born in 1925 as second of three children and older daughter of Count Carl von Almeida (1885-1975) & his wife, Princess Gabriele of Lobkowicz (1895-1969). She had a brother, Hieronimus (1923-2006) who was married to Ruth Lankes (1921-2013) and a sister, Maria Annunziata (1927-2009).
She never married. Apparently all three siblings were childless.

Source: Descendants of King Maximilian I Josef of Bavaria

She died on 05 April 2014.

Anna Berta Almeida
 
Countess Jeanne Chantal de Looz Corswarem, nee de Meester died in Avin on 29 April.

She was born in Antwerp on 27 November 1929. She married in Capelle au Bois 1959 Count Arnauld de Looz Corswarem (b.1929) with whom she had two sons: Hugues (b.1960) & Philippe (b.1962).
Apart from her husband and sons she left two granddaughters: Savina (b.1991) & Manaelle (b.1992) - daughters of Philippe & his wife Daphne, nee Binon de Peyronnet.

Source: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
 
Count Claude de Lannoy-Cervaux died on 4 may 2014, aged 82.

He was the youngest child but only son of Count Jules de Lannoy-Cervaux and of his second wife, née Jarrakieva Anguelcova.
He was married since 1968 to Karen Butler, by whom he had a daughter Christine.

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Count Quentin d'Ursel died on 8 May 2014, aged 67.

He was the youngest child of Duke Henri d'Ursel, by his second wife Madeleine (née André).
He was married since 1971 to Marianne Dangis, by whom he had two children, daughter Alexandra and son Quentin.

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Ursel
 
Madame Renata Wagnière, née Princess Radziwill, died on 5 May 2014.

She was born at Cape Town on 11 July 1954, daughter of Prince Dominik Radziwill (1911-1976) and his second wife, Lida Lacey Bloodgood (1923-2008). She married in 1976 André Wagnière, whom she subsequently divorced. She is survived by her children, Gabrielle (b.1982) and Georges (b.1985) Wagnière.

Sources: Royal News of 2014, Section III
http://heinbruins.nl/Teschen.html
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/radziwill.html
 
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Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, née Spencer-Churchill, passed away on 31 May 2014, aged 91.

She was born on 15 September 1922, the youngest daughter of Sir Winston Spencer-Churchill (British Prime Minister in 1940-1945 and in 1951-1955) and of his wife, née Clementine Hozier. Her paternal grandfather, Lord Randolph Spencer-Churchill, was the second son of the 7th Duke and Duchess of Marlborough.
She was married from 1947 until his death in 1987 to Christopher Soames, who was created in 1978 a life peer as Baron Soames. They became parents of three sons and two daughters.
In 2005 she was appinted a Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter.
She is survived by her children, their spouses and by 11 grandchildren.

BBC News - Lady Mary Soames, Winston Churchill's daughter, dies
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Lady Emma Hodgkinson, née Montagu, died on 29 April 2014, aged 48.


Lady Emma Montagu was born in 1965, the third child and only daughter of Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester, and his first wife, née Mary McClure.
She was married since 2001 to Lance Hodgkinson.

Manchester
 
Madeleine, Countess de Montrichard, nee Countess de La Rochefoucauld, died on 1 May.

She was born in chateau Maillot on 11 September 1946, as second child and daughter of Count Jean Aymard de La Rochefoucauld (1921-1989) & his wife, Marie-Agnes de Moustier (1923-2008). She married civilly in Paris on 24 April and religiously on 27 April 1968 Christian Marie Gabriel Rene, Count de Montrichard (b.1942).Source: La Rochefoucauld
 
Claude Suchet, Duchess of Albufèra, passed away on 12 May 2014, aged 91.

She was born as Claude de Ladoucette on 12 March 1923; she married in 1943 to Count Napoléon Suchet (1912-2006), who in 1995 succeeded to his brother as the 6th Duke of Albufèra. They became parents of three sons (two of whom predeceased their parents) and one daughter.

Suchet

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Jacques-Henri de Durfort de Civrac de Lorge, Duke de Lorge, died on 21 May 2014, aged 85.

He was born on 6 October 1928, the eldest son of Armand, Duke de Lorge, and his wife, née Colette Le Clerc de Juigné.
He married in 1959 to Cécile du Temple de Rougemont (1926-2000), by whom he had two sons and two daughters.

Durfort
 
Princess Asja von Croy nee Lukic died in Freising, Germany, on 25 May.

She was born in Dalmatia on 20 July. She married in Alltoting on 28 November 1958 Prince Maximilian von Croy (b.1932) [son of Prince Alexis von Croy (1910-2002) & his first wife, Countess Elisabeth von Beaufort-Spontin (1911-1995)]; they dicorced in 1973.
She left a son Alexis (b.1959), a daughter Anna Maria (b.1965) and two grandchildren: Marian (b.2002) & Amelia (b.2004) - children of Alexis & his wife Nicola, nee Mai (b.1961); Anna Maria is married to much younger Rico Markefka, later von Croy (b.1981).

Sources: Croy
Netty's Royalty Page Genealogical News 2014.

Patricia Held, nee Countess Fugger von Babenhausen died on 15 May.

She was born in Geneva on 3 August 1961, as second of three daughters of Count Rudolf Fugger von Babenhausen (1927-1984) by his second wife, Maria Leila Duarte (1929-1999). Her parents divorced in 1965. She married in New York on 21 December 2005 Gerald Held (b.1958).
Apart from her husband she left her younger sister Alexandra (b.1964); her older sister Christiane predeceased her in 2009 (aged 49), as also did her half-sister Maria Isabella in 1980 (aged 30) [daughter of her father by his first wife Angela Crespi (b.1922)].

Sources: Fugger
Netty's Royalty Page Genealogical News 2014.

Marie Bunau, nee Countess von Solms-Sonnerwalde died this year.

She was born in Potsdam on 15 April 1917 as oldest of four children of Wilhelm, Count von Solms-Sonnerwalde (1886-1981) & his wife Isabelle, nee Countess von Bentinck (1889-1981). She married civilly in Mettman bei Dusseldorf on 21 July and religiously in Rudenhausen on 6 September 1951 Gunther von Bunau (1911-1996).

She left her brother Alfred, current Count von Solms-Sonnerwalde (b.1932); her other sibling Rosa & Otto predeceased her - Rosa in 1928 (aged 20) and Otto in 1931 (aged 10).

Sources: Netty's Royalty Page Genealogical News 2014.
Solms

Princess Maria Jadwiga Radziwiłł, nee Princess Czartoryska died in Warsaw on 1 June.

She was born in Konarzewo (Poland) on 2 June 1930 as fourth child (and daughter) of eight children of Prince Roman Jacek Maria Czartoryski (1898-1958) & his wife Teresa, nee Countess Zamoyska (1902-1978
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1902-1978).
She married in Puszczykowo (Poland) on 26 December 1953 Prince Krzysztof Radziwiłł Mikołaj Maciej Leon (1928-2009) by whom she had three children: Elżbieta Maria (b.1955), Mikołaj Konstanty (b.1958) & Anna Maria (b.1965); she survived by them and eight grandchildren.

Sources: http://www.sejm-wielki.pl/b/ut.1.1.283
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/czartoryski.html
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/radziwill.html


Countess Harriet von Plettenberg, nee Baroness Rivalier von Meyssenburg died this year.

She was born in 1966; she married civilly in 1998 and religiously in 1999 Count Constantin von Plettenberg (b.1959) youngest of seven children of Princess Luise-Dorothea of Hohenzollern (1924-1988) & her husband Count Egbert von Plettenberg (1917-1995) by whom she had two children: Franziska (b.1999) & Cosima (b.2002).

Source: http://heinbruins.nl/LouPhil.html

So sad...two girls have become motherless...


Countess Pia von Toggenburg, nee von Enzenberg zum Freyen und Jochelsthurn died this year.

She was born in 1956 as second of three daughters of Count Eugen von Enzenberg zum Freyen und Jochelsthurn (b.1927) by his first wife, Doris Ulrich (b.1933).
She married in 1976 Count Ulrich von Toggenburg (b.1948) by whom she had three children: Ebehard (b.1979), Anette (b.1981) & Desiree (b.1984); apart from them she leaves two grandchildren: Itha (DOB unknown) - daughter of Anette & her husband Ulrich Andergassen (b.1979) and Vincenz (b.2013) - son of
She leaves also two sisters Angelica (b.1955) & Esther (b.1957), five nieces, two nephews, as well as three half-siblings: Veronika (b.1965), Hartmann (b.1967) & Dorothee (b.1975) - children of her father and his second wife, Inge Pregenzer (b.1940).

Source: http://heinbruins.nl/Bavaria.htmlCall
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Donna Nerina Corsini Incisa della Rocchetta died at Vaglie on 21 June.
She was born at Lausanne on 1 May 1942, daughter of Don Tommaso Principe Corsini, Principe Romano, Principe di Sismano, Duca di Civitella, Duca di Casigliano, etc. (1903-1980) and of his wife, Nobile Elena Avogadro di Collobiano dei Conti di Valdengo e dei Signori di Collobiano (1903-1980). In 1961 she married Marchese Don Enrico Incisa della Rocchetta (1934-2005). She is survived by her children.

Source: Royal News of 2014, Section III


Patrick Francois Regis de Rohan-Chabot died on 30 January.


He was born in Malestroit on 9 December 1944 as the youngest of five children of Alain, 12th Duke of Rohan (1913-1966) & his wife Helene, nee de Liencourt (1915-?).
He married in Paris on 28 November 1981 Catherine Payen (b.1952) by whom he had two sons: Antoine Andre Alain (b.1983) & Olivier Jean Philippe (b.1986).
He leaves also three siblings: Josselin (b.1938; current Duke of Rohan), Annick (b.1939) & Olivier, Viscount of Rohan (b.1941); his other sister Marguerite predeceased him on 5 August last year, eight days before her 70th birthday.

Source: http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/chabot.html
 
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Nikolaus "Klaus" von Wuthenau-Hohenthurm died on March 13, 2014, age 82.

He was born in 1931 in Germany, the fourth son of Friedrich von Wuthenau-Hohenthurm (son of Carl Adam, Count von Wuthenau-Hohenthurm [himself son of Countess Pauline of Wurttemberg] and Countess Maria Antonia Chotek) and Anna von Nostitz-Rieneck.

He settled in Ontario, Canada and married Dorin Kos. They had four children: Hubert, Michael, Veronika, and Martin. He is survived by his children and 6 grandchildren.

Source: Nikolaus (Klaus) Von Wuthenau - Obituaries - St. Catharines, ON - Your Life Moments
 
Doña Maria Cristina de Baviera y Mesia, Countess of Odiel died aged 79 in Madrid and was a second cousin of King Juan Carlos of Spain.
 
Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe, died on 2 July.
[She was born at London on 23 March 1915, as a daughter of Robert Offley Ashburton Milnes, later Crewe-Milnes, Marquess of Crewe & his second wife, née Lady Margaret Primrose. From 1935 to 1953 she was married to George Victor Robert John Innes-Ker, 9th Duke of Roxburghe. They did not have children.

Source: Royal News of 2014, Section III
 
Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo, passed away on July 13 at age 75. He is survived by his wife, nee Jennifer Cooper, and their five daughters. His first cousin will succeed him as marquess.
 
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Count Andre of Oultremont died in Tournai on 25 July.

He was born in Polleur on 4 September 1922 as second of seven children and oldest son of Count Emmanuel of Oultremont (1899-1940) & his wife, Marie Antoinette Simonis (1897-1986).
He married in Pulle on 27 December 1945 Nadine van der Werve d'Immerseel (b.18 April 1923) by whom he had seven children: Emmanuel (b.1942), Patrick (b.1949), Alexis (b.1951), Marie (b.1954), Herve (1956-1974), Veronique (b.1959) & Nathalie (b.1961).
He is survived by six of his seven children and their families.

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Oultremont
 
Baroness Philippine de Rothschild passed away on 23 August 2014. She was eighty years old.

She was the daughter of Elisabeth Pelletier de Chambure, a French Catholic aristocrat, and Philippe de Rothschild. Her parents were not married at the time of her birth, and instead her mother's husband was Jonkheer Marc de Becker-Ré my. They divorced in 1934 after Marc attempted to kidnap Baroness Philippine. She has one brother, Baron Charles Henri de Rothschild, who was born and died in 1938. Her mother was arrested by the Gestapo during World War Two and later passed away at Ravensbrück concentration camp, becoming the only known member of the Rothschild family to pass away during the war. In the 1950s, Baroness Philippine later became an actress and took the stage name Philippine Pascale. She had a leading role in Harold and Maude between 1973 and 1980. She also worked in the Rothschild's wine business and was rewarded the Légion d'Honneur in 2007.

She is survived by her first husband; Jacques Noël Sereys, with whom she was two children, Camille Sereys de Rothschild and Philippe Sereys de Rothschild, who were born in 1961 and 1963 respectively. And also her second husband; Jean-Pierre de Beaumarchais with whom she had one son; Julien de Beaumarchais de Rothschild, who was born in 1971.

Sources: Décès de la baronne Philippine de Rothschild
Philippine de Rothschild - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
Countess Anne d'Oultremont died on 24 August 2014. She was 89.

She was the fifth child and fourth daughter of Count Jacques d'Oultremont and of his wife, née Countess Gabrielle d'Ursel. She never married and didn't have children.
She is survived by her sisters Countess Antoinette and Countess Claude, by her sister-in-law Countess Madeleine and by many nephews and nieces.

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Oultremont
 
More deaths in the House of Oultremont:

Countess Théodore d'Oultremont, née Countess Marie-Victoire de Laistre, died on 9 January 2014, aged 99.

She was born on 7 December 1914 and married in 1937 to Count Théodore d'Oultremont (1914-2010), by whom she had two sons, Philippe-Antoine and Patrice.
She is survived by them and their families.

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Countess Suzanne de Beauchamp, née Countess d'Oultremont, died on 2 May 2014, aged 85.

Born on 12 december 1928, she was a daughter of Count and Countess Pierre d'Oultremont. She married in 1967 to Count Louis de Beauchamp (1919-1993); they didn't have children.
She is survived by her siblings and siblings-in-law Countess Jean d'Ursel, the Baron de Dorlodot, Countess Roland d'Oultremont and Countess Jean-Pierre d'Oultremont with their families.

http://www.algr.be/documents/necros/suzannedoultremont.pdf
 
Countess Irmeline Lombard de Buffieres de Rambuteau, nee de Claret de Fleurieu died sometime this year.

She was born in 1935. In 1956 she married Count Henri Lombard de Buffieres de Rambuteau (1925-1991), son of Amelie de MacMahon (1900-1987) [herself daughter of Princess Marguerite of Orleans (1869-1940) & her husband Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta (1855-1927)] & her husband Almaric de Buffieres de Rambuteau de Rambuteau, Count Lombard de Buffieres (1890-1944).
She left four children: Marie (b.1958), Claude, Count Lombard de Buffieres (b.1959), Philibert (b.1966) & Charles (b.1968) as well as twelve grandchildren.
Her firstborn son Jean predeceased her in 2012, aged 55 - he was childless, so it was his brother who inherited the title.
In 1991 she lost also her baby granddaughter Marie, daughter of Claude & his wife Diane, nee Claret de Fleurieu (b.1961); they probably are related.

Source: Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French
 
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Count Friedrich-August (Federico) Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vasonkeo died on 13 August.

He was born in Aachen on 22 June 1937, as firstborn son of Count Gabor Odon Zichy de Zich et Vasonkeo (1910-1974) & his wife Anna, nee Thyssen (1909-1990). In 1942 his only brother, Claudio, was born. When he was nine, his parents divorced.
He was married six times: firstly to Alayde Mutzenbecher (b.1943; Rio de Janeiro 28 September 1960-1976) by whom he had a son Alejandro (b.1961) and two daughters Marcia (b.1963) and Claudia (b.1966); secondly to Maria Stella Fratta Silveiro (b.1950; 26 February 1976-1984) by whom he had another son Federico (b.1978); thirdly to Maria Ines Sellares (b.1952; 3 October 1987-1989) by whom he had his last son Gabriel (b.1988); fourthly to Norma Sebre, fifthly to Laura Arce (b.1958; 23 July 2002-?) sixthly to Rachel Romain.
Apart from his six children he left four grandchildren: Katharina (b.1995) - daughter of Alejandro & his former wife Janaina da Silva Fires (b.1972), Julia (b.2004) - daughter of Alejandro & his current wife Anna, nee Sazontyeva (b.1969), Federico (b.2006) & Alexia (DOB unknown) - children of Federico & his wife Carolina, nee Valenzuela (b.1977).
He is also survived by his brother Claudio and his numerous family - Claudio from his three marriages has twelve children and fourteen grandchildren.

Sources: Zichy
Descendants of August Thyssen and Hedwig Pelzer
 
Count Alexis Marie de Noailles died in Paris on 14 September, nine days after his 62nd birthday and eight days after his 10th wedding anniversary.

He was born in Paris as third and youngest child of Philippe Francois Armand Marie, 8th Duke de Mouchy, 8th Duke de Poix, 9th Marquess de Arpajon (1922-2011) & his first wife, Diane Rose Anne Marie de Castellane (1927-2010); they divorced in 1974.

He bereft his wife, Princess Diane of Orleans (b.1970) [oldest of three children and only daughter of Prince Jacques of France, Duke of Orleans (b.1941) & his wife Gersende, nee Sabran-Pontevres (b.1942) and three little daughters: Celine (15-1-2005), Leontine (11-4-2006) & Victoire (19-2-2008), as well as his sister Nathalie (b.1949), brother Antoine, 9th Duke de Mouchy, 9th Duke de Poix, 10th Marquess de Arpajon (b.1950) and their families.

Source: Noailles

Three little girls became fatherless...so sad.
 
Prince Clemens Anton Philipp Joseph von Croy died on 2 August.

He was born at Grumsmühlen on 7 September 1926, son of Prince Anton Prosper Clemens von Croy (1893-1973) and of his first wife, née Rosalie von Heyden-Linden (1894-1942). In 1955 he married Marie Therese Gräfin von Schaesberg (1927-2004). He is survived by their four children and their families.

Source: Royal News of 2014, Section II

Count Rudiger von Stillfried und Rattonitz died this year.

He was born in Silbitz on 14 July 1923. In 1944 he married Countess Elisabeth of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1923-2012) [daughter of Count Franz Xavier of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1894-1947) & his wife, Princess Barbara of Bourbon-Sicilly (1902-1927)] by whom he had three daughters: Barbara (1948-1951), Gabrielle (b.1950) and Pia (b.1956).
He is survived by his two younger daughters and four grandchildren: Barbara (b.1974) - daughter of Gabrielle & her former husband Franz-Josef Kirschbaum (b.1948) as well as Valentin (b.1991), Benedikt (b.1996) & Philippa (b.1998) - children of Pia & her husband, Baron Falk von Uslar-Gleichen (b.1959).

Sources: http://heinbruins.nl/Teschen.html
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/stolberg.html
 
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Bjarne Rosenlund Andersen died this year.

He was born in 1959. Since 1993 he was married to Vivian Larsen (b.1962), daughter of Ksenia Gurievna Kulikovsky (b.1941) [herself granddaughter of Grand Duchess Olga of Russia (1882-1960) & her second husband Nikolay Alexandrovitch Kulikowsky (1881-1958)] & her second husband Finn Larsen (b.1940).
He bereft his wife, their son Philipp (b.1997) and and twins Anja & Mathias (b.1988) - out-of-wedlock children of Vivian, whom he officially adopted.

Source: Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark
 
John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer, 11th Duke of Marlborough died on 16 October.

He was born in London on 13 April 1926 as third child and older son of John Albert Edward William Spencer, 10th Duke of Marlborough (1897-1972) & his first wife, Honourable Sarah Mary Cadogan (1900-1961).
He was married four times:
First: to Susan Mary Hornby (1929-2005) - from 1951 to 1960.
Second: to Athina Livanos (1926-1974; previously wife of Aristotle Onassis and mother of his children) - from 1961 to 1971
Third: to Dagmar, Countess Douglas (b.1943) - from 1972 to 2008.
Fourth: to Mrs. Lily Mahtani (since 2008).

He is survived by his son Charles James, who inherits the title after him (b.1955) and daughter Henrietta Mary (b.1958) by his first wife as well as son Edward Albert Charles (b.1974) and daughter Alexandra Elizabeth Mary (b.1977) by his third wife, grandchildren and two younger siblings: Rosemary Mildred (b.1929) and Charles George William Colin (b.1940) with their families; his older sisters already passed away - Sarah Consuelo in 2000 (aged 79) and Caroline in 1992 (aged 69).
He experienced twice the most horrible pain of a father: his firstborn son John David Ivor, Earl of Sutherland died in 1955 aged two and a half; also his second son Richard died as a baby in 1973.
So sad...

Source: Marlborough
 
John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer, 11th Duke of Marlborough died on 16 October.
The family surname is Spencer-Churchill
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Very sad time has come for Count Dietrich von Harrach (b.1945):

His firstborn daughter, Daphne died on 22 September after a long illness (probably cancer).
She was born in Heidelberg on 12 January 1976; on 1 August 2008 she became a wife of Bastian Gebauer (b.1977) who later assumed the name von Harrach; they didn't have children.

Exactly 20 days after the death of Daphne her mother Evelyn, nee Lobe followed her;
She was born in Neisse an der Oder on 22 January 1944 and became Count Dietrich's wife in Munich on 19 April 1973.

Count Dietrich has two more daughters: Xenia (b.1980) & Berenike (b.1983).

To lose daughter and wife together...so sad...

Sources: Harrach
http://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/fm/957/36414507_1.pdf
 
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Count Dietrich has two more daughters: Xenia (b.1980) & Benedikte (b.1983).
Just a small correction: the youngest daughter is named Berenike, not Benedikte.
 
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