Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth
Count Jefferson von Pfeil and Klein-Ellguth | |
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Born | |
Other names | Jefferson-Friedrich Volker Benjamin Graf von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth |
Title | Count von Pfeil and Klein-Ellguth |
Spouse | |
Children | Count Richard Countess Ingrid |
Parent(s) | Count Friedrich-August von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth Astrid Maria Andres |
Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (Jefferson-Friedrich Volker Benjamin Graf von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth; born 12 July 1967) is a German nobleman and a banker.
Early life and ancestry
Jefferson is born as the younger son and the youngest child of German Count Friedrich-August Rüdiger Albrecht von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (b. 1930) and his wife, Astrid Maria Andres (b. 1930). By birth he is a member of an ancient House of Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, which can trace their noble ancestry back to the beginning of the 12th century.[1]
Marriage and family
He married Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg on 6 June 1998,[2] becoming the husband of a member of the Danish royal family. Jefferson and Alexandra are distantly related, as both have descended from Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau.[3]
Princess Alexandra is the daughter of
The couple resided in Paris, where Count Jefferson was a managing director of the Swiss bank Sal. Oppenheim.[citation needed]
Since 2013 they lived in Heidesheim Castle, Germany, near Mainz.[5] They were always among the Danish royal family for the summer holidays at Gråsten Palace.
They have two children:
- Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (born 14 September 1999 at the Gustav, Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (maternal uncle), Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark (mother's maternal first cousin), Prince Philipp of Hesse (mother's paternal cousin), Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, Countess Andrea of Pfeil-Haag, and Nadine Kettaneh-Farah (father's cousin). He is named after his grandfather Prince Richard von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.
- Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (born 16 August 2003, at Berleburg, Germany. Her godparents are Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (maternal aunt), Countess Bettina von Pfeil and Klein-Ellguth (paternal aunt), Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (mother's maternal first cousin), Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (mother's maternal first cousin) and Prince Georg of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, Martin Bleyer. She is named after her great-grandmother Ingrid of Sweden.
The couple announced their intention to divorce in May 2017.
References
- ^ "Jefferson, Graf von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth : Genealogics".
- ^ Danish Monarchy Archived 29 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine official website
- ^ "Relationship Calculator: Genealogics".
- ^ (11 June 1998) "Princess says 'I do.' Copenhagen Post online
- ^ Article Allgemeine Zeitung
- ^ Endnu en skilsmisse rammer det danske kongehus BT.dk, 17 May 2017
- PureMédias), 24 May 2019.