Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza
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Hans Heinrich August Gábor Thyssen-Bornemisza | |
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Madrid, Spain | |
| Born | Hans Heinrich August Gábor Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon 13 April 1921 Scheveningen, Netherlands |
| Died | 27 April 2002 (aged 81) , Spain |
| Spouses | Princess Teresa of Lippe-Weissenfeld
(m. 1946; div. 1954)Nina Sheila Dyer
(m. 1954; div. 1956)Denise Shorto
(m. 1967; div. 1984) |
| Children | 4, including Francesca, Archduchess of Austria |
| Parent(s) | Heinrich, Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon Margit, Baroness Bornemisza de Kászon |
| Relatives | August Thyssen (paternal grandfather) |
Hans Heinrich August Gábor Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon, Baron Thyssen (13 April 1921 – 27 April 2002), was a
He was born to a German father and an American mother. Daniel M. Frost and John Kerry are members of his maternal family.[1] His paternal grandfather was August Thyssen.
Thyssen lived in Spain for most of his adult life. His fifth and last wife, Carmen "Tita" Cervera, is a former Miss Spain.
Early life
Thyssen-Bornemisza was born in
Career
With his father's death, Thyssen-Bornemisza inherited TBG (Thyssen-Bornemisza Group) Holdings N.V., a business empire that included oil, naval construction (Bremer Vulkan) and large parts of Rotterdam harbor, as well as a major art collection with hundreds of paintings of European masters from between the 14th and the 19th centuries.
Thyssen-Bornemisza was also an avid horse lover. From then on, his business was limited to art. He bought more old masters, from
Assets dispute
As part of an attempt to dissolve a
Personal life
He first married at
- Baron Georg Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon (b. Lugano-Castagnola, 19 March 1950 - d. Zürich, 30 September 2022), chairman of TBG (Thyssen-Bornemisza Group) Holdings N.V., who has one son (born out of wedlock) by Countess Catharina Eleonore von Meran, former wife of Alexander Kahane and daughter of Count Maximilian von Meran (born 1930) and his wife, Princess Colienne zu Schwarzenberg (born 1937):
- Simon Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon (b. Vienna, 1 December 2001)
Second marriage
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His second marriage was in
Third marriage
He married for the third time at
- Karl Habsburg-Lothringen (divorced in 2017), heir to the defunct Austro-Hungarianimperial throne, and had issue.
- Baron Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon (born 15 June 1963), who converted to Islam; he is the producer and director of the 2003 film, "Labyrinth" and executive produced "The Garden of Eden" in 2008. He is the Chairman of Thyssen Petroleum and founder of the Kallos Gallery in London. He married in 2005 Alexandra Wright; they have one daughter.
Fourth marriage
He married for the fourth time at Lugano-Castagnola, 13 December 1967, Lilian Denise Shorto (b. Recife, 23 December 1942), a Brazilian banker's daughter, from whom he was divorced 29 November 1984. They had one son:
- Baron Wilfrid "Alexander" August Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon (born Zurich 1974), unmarried and without issue.
Fifth marriage
His fifth and final marriage was in Daylesford, Gloucestershire, on 16 August 1985, María del Carmen Rosario Soledad Cervera y Fernández de la Guerra, popularly known as Carmen "Tita" Cervera, (born Sitges, Barcelona, 23 April 1943), who was Miss Spain in 1961. They had no children, but Hans Heinrich adopted her son, Alejandro Borja (born Madrid, 1980, son of Manuel Segura), who married at Barcelona, 11 October 2007 Blanca María Cuesta Unkhoff[3] and had two children: Sacha Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon on 31 January 2008 and Eric Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon on 5 August 2010. His widow has also adopted two baby girls, twins, called Guadalupe Sabina and María del Carmen in July 2006.
Death
Hans Henrich died in
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See also
- Thyssen family
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum - museum link
- Exame - Negócios em Revista, April, 1989, Ano 1, N.º 1
Notes
- ^ The Ancestors of Senator John Forbes Kerry (b. 1943)
- ^ a b Torok, Ryan (December 12, 2016). "Pasadena trial focuses on Nazi-looted masterpiece". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ^ Boletín Oficial Estado
External links
- Kendall, Jonathan (2002-04-28). "Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, Industrialist Who Built Fabled Art Collection, Dies at 81". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
- Profile by Taki for The Spectator, 4 May 2002
- Ancestors of Baroness Francesca Anne Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kaszon
- Ancestors of Archduchess Eleonore of Austria
- Ancestors of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria
- Ancestors of Archduchess Gloria of Austria
- Marek, Miroslav. "Thyssen-Bornemissza de Kászon et Impérfalva Family". Genealogy.EU.
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