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| El aviso de muerte de la condesa Beatrix. Publicado en Mittelbayerische Zeitung. |
El 30 de septiembre, la condesa Beatriz de Schönburg-Glauchau falleció en el hospital de Ratisbona. Tenía 91 años. El fallecimiento de la condesa fue anunciado por su hija Fürstin Gloria de Thurn y Taxis.
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| El conde Bálint Széchényi y la princesa María Pavlovna Galitzine |
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| La madre de Beatriz: la princesa María Pavlovna Galitzine |
El 30 de enero de 1930 nació en Hegyko, Hungría, la condesa Beatriz María Valeria Teresa Emerica Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsövidék. Beatrix era la cuarta hija y la última hija del conde Bálint Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsövidék (1893 – 1954) y su esposa, la princesa María Pavlovna Galitzine (1895 – 1976), quienes se habían casado en 1921. Beatrix se unió a tres hermanas mayores: Marianne (1923 – 1999; casada en 1952 con Olivér de Harisi), Alexandra (1926 – 2018; casada en 1958 con el barón Dietrich-Eberhard von Wrede) y Eva (1928 – 1997). Los padres de Beatrix, Bálint y María, se divorciaron en 1931.
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| Recién casados: el conde Joachim y la condesa Beatrix von Schönburg-Glauchau |
En octubre de 1957, Beatriz se casó con el conde Joachim von Schönburg-Glauchau (1929-1998). La pareja tuvo cuatro hijos durante su unión: la condesa Maya (1958-2019), la condesa Gloria (n. 1960), el conde Carl-Alban (n. 1966) y el conde Alexander (n. 1969). Beatriz y Joachim se divorciaron en 1986. Beatriz nunca volvió a casarse; Joachim se casó con la madre de su hijo menor el mismo año en que se formalizó su divorcio de Beatriz.
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| Beatrix con su hija Fürstin Gloria von Thurn und Taxis y su nieto Fürst Albert en 2003. Fotografía (c) Presse-Foto-Seeger |
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| La condesa Beatriz con su hermana mayor, la condesa Alexandra, en 2003. Fotografía (c) Presse-Foto-Seeger |
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| Beatrix con su hija Maya en 2003. Fotografía (c) Presse-Foto-Seeger |
Over the years, all of Beatrix’s children married, and she was able to enjoy numerous grandchildren. Her eldest daughter, Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau, married German industrial heir Friedrich Christian “Mick” Flick (b.1944) in 1985. Maya and Mick had three children: Alexander, Maria-Pilar, and Ernst-Moritz. The couple divorced in 1993. Maya went on to have another daughter by her partner Stefan Hipp: Carlotta. After some years of illness, Countess Maya died of breast cancer in 2019 at the home of her mother.
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| Johannes and Gloria of Thurn and Taxis with their three children. |
In 1980, Beatrix’s youngest daughter, Mariae Gloria, married eventual Fürst Johannes von Thurn und Taxis (1926 – 1990). Gloria and Johannes had three children: Princess Maria Theresia (b.1980), Princess Elisabeth (b.1982), and current Fürst Albert (b.1983). Maria Theresia married British artist Hugo Wilson in 2014; the pair have two daughters, Mafalda (b.2015) and Maya (b.2017).
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| Count Carl-Alban, Countess Juliet, and their sons Counts Hubertus (the taller) and Benedikt (the smaller) in 2012. Photograph (c) ALAMY / Ursula Dueren |
Beatrix’s eldest son Carl-Alban married Juliet Beechy-Fowler (b.1966) in 1995. At the time of his marriage, Carl-Alban gave up his rights to the Schönburg-Glauchau title; these passed to his younger brother Alexander. Carl-Alban and his wife Juliet have two sons: Hubertus (b.1996) and Benedikt (b.1999).
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| Count Alexander von Schönburg-Glauchau and Princess Irina of Hesse on their wedding day |
The benjamin of the family, Count Alexander, married Princess Irina of Hesse (b.1971) in 1999. Irina is the daughter of Prince Karl of Hesse and his wife Princess Yvonne. Irina’s grandparents were Prince Christoph of Hesse and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, a sister of the Duke of Edinburgh. Alexander and Irina of Schönburg-Glauchau have three children: Countess Maria-Letitia (b.2001), Count Maximus (b.2003), and Count Valentin (b.2005). Alexander has worked as a columnist for Vanity Fair.
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