Beatrix, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau

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Beatrix Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék
Countess of
Schönburg-Glauchau
Full name
Beatrix Maria Valeria Thérèse Emerica Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék
Born(1930-01-30)30 January 1930
Hegykő, Kingdom of Hungary
Died30 September 2021(2021-09-30) (aged 91)
Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
BuriedNordfriedhof, Munich, Germany
Noble familySzéchenyi
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1957; div. 1986)​
Issue
Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis
Count Carl-Alban von Schönburg-Glauchau
Alexander, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau
FatherCount Bálint Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék
MotherPrincess Marie Pavlovna Galitzine

Beatrix, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau (

Gloria, Princess of Thurn und Taxis
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Biography

Countess Beatrix Maria Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék was born in Hegykő, Kingdom of Hungary on 30 January 1930 to Count Bálint Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék and Princess Marie Maya Pavlovna Galitzine.[1][2] She had three older sisters. Beatrix was a great-granddaughter of the Hungarian statesman Count István Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék.[3][4] Her parents divorced in 1931, a year after her birth.

During the

Communist regime.[4][5][6]

In 1957 she married Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau, a German journalist and head of the Glauchau branch of the comital Schönburg family.[4][6][7][8] Her husband's family's castles and estates in Saxony were seized by the Communist government during the Soviet Military Administration in Germany.[5] She and her husband had four children:[9]

After her husband accepted a journalist post in Africa, she and her family spent five years living in Togo and Somalia, returning to Germany in 1970.[10]

She and her husband divorced in 1986.

After suffering a fall at her apartment, she was taken to the Munich Municipal Clinic and underwent an operation.

requiem mass took place on 6 November 2021 at the Kreuzkirche, Munich.[4][12][13] The mass was celebrated by Hungarian bishop János Székely.[14] Music for the ceremony was performed by opera singer Countess Christine Esterházy and the Fürstlichen Hofkapelle Thurn und Taxis.[14] She was buried at Nordfriedhof.[15]

References

  1. ^ "www.myheritage.com/names/beatrix_von%20sch%C3%B6nburg-glauchau". myheritage.com. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  2. ^ "Fürstin Gloria von Thurn und Taxis: Sie trauert um ihre Mutter Beatrix". GALA.de. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  3. ^ "The family Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsövidek | www.thurnundtaxis.de". thurnundtaxis.de. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Meghalt Széchenyi Beatrix grófnő". Origo (in Hungarian). 2021-10-02. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  5. ^ a b "Titles Still Count for Something : A German Pop Princess Is the Focus of Media Attention". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  6. ^ a b c d "Gloria von Thurn und Taxis: mourning for her mother, Countess Beatrix". California18. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  7. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels
  8. ^ "Gloria von Thurn und Taxis: Trauer um ihre liebe Mutter Gräfin Beatrix | Leute". fr.de. Archived from the original on 2022-01-16. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  9. ^ "Béatrix SZÉCHÉNYI von Sarvar-Felsövidék : Family tree by Edgar FROGIER (efrogier)". Geneanet. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  10. ISBN 978-3-7980-0849-6
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  11. ^ "Gloria von Thurn und Taxis: Trauer um ihre Mutter Gräfin Beatrix". Frankfurter Rundschau. 2021-10-03. Archived from the original on 2022-01-16. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  12. ^ "Gloria von Thurn und Taxis: Unendliche Trauer um ihre Mutter Gräfin Beatrix". 24royal.de. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  13. ^ "Trauerfall bei Gloria von Thurn und Taxis: Ihre Mutter ist tot | BR24". br.de. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  14. ^ a b "Adieu, Grande Dame: Abschied von Matriarchin Gräfin Beatrix | Regional". BILD.de. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  15. ^ "Letztes Geleit: Mutter von Fürstin Gloria von Thurn und Taxis in München beerdigt | Abendzeitung München". abendzeitung-muenchen.de. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
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