Princess Eleonora Fugger von Babenhausen

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

She was born Princess zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein und Jagstberg, the third child of Prince Carl zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein und Jagstberg (1837–1877) and his wife 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.

Eleonora married Karl, 5th Prince Fugger von Babenhausen (1861–1925) on January 8, 1887 in Vienna.^[1] Her husband was chamberlain to the emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.

Their children together:

• Countess Friederike (October 27, 1887 in Klagenfurt – July 4, 1949), who married Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880–1959)
• Georg, 6th Prince Fugger von Babenhausen (1889–1934), who married Countess Elisabeth Plessen (1891–1976)
• Countess Sylvia (May 8, 1892 in Enzersdorf – April 13, 1949), who married (then divorced in 1928) Count Friedrich zu Münster (1891–1942)
• Count Leopold (1893–1966), who married (then divorced in 1936) Countess Vera Czernin (1904–1959)
• Countess Maria Theresia (March 1, 1899 – June 28, 1994 in Munich), who married Count Chlodwig von und zu Daun (1860–1931)
• Countess Helene (June 21, 1908 – 1915 in Babenhausen)

Her memoirs are filled with stories around the upper classes of the Austro-Hungarian empire and left a living testimony to a world that has since disappeared.

Literature

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

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