Isabella von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli
| Isabella | |||||
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| Princess Ludwig Rudolph of Hanover | |||||
| Born | German: Isabella Maria Gräfin von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli 12 February 1962 | ||||
| Died | 29 November 1988 (aged 26) Gmunden, Austria | ||||
| Burial | 2 February 1989 Grunau im Almtal, Austria | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Prince Otto Heinrich of Hanover | ||||
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| House | Thurn-Valsássina (by birth) Hanover (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Count Ariprand Raimund von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli | ||||
| Mother | Princess Maria Perpetua Euphemia von Auersperg | ||||
Princess Ludwig Rudolph of Hanover (born Countess Isabella Maria von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli, 12 February 1962 – 29 November 1988) was an Austrian model, socialite, and noblewoman. She was a princess of the House of Hanover through her marriage to Prince Ludwig Rudolph of Hanover. She died of a drug overdose in 1988, which reportedly led to her husband's suicide later that day.
Biography[edit]
Isabella was the daughter of Count Ariprand Raimund von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli (1925–1996) and Princess Maria Perpetua Euphemia von Auersperg (b. 1929), both members of the defunct Austrian high nobility. By birth she was a member of the Thurn und Valsassina family, a cadet branch of the Princely House of Thurn und Taxis that were made Imperial counts of the Holy Roman Empire in 1541 by Charles V. She worked as a fashion model before getting married. She spent her childhood between Burg Bleiburg and Castle Hagenegg, which were both owned by her family.
Marriage and family[edit]
She married Prince Ludwig Rudolph of Hanover on 4 October 1987 at her family's castle in Bleiburg.[1] Isabella and Ludwig were distantly related (7th cousins), both sharing descent from Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg and his wife, Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis.[2] The couple had one son, Prince Otto Heinrich Ariprand Georg Johannes Ernst August Vinzenz Egmont Franz of Hanover, who was born on 13 February 1988 in Gmunden.[3]
Death[edit]
On 29 November 1988 the princess was found dead in her bedroom at her home in Gmunden following a suspected drug overdose.[4][5] Authorities announced her death was likely caused by a cocaine overdose.[6] Later that day her husband shot himself.[7] They were buried together in Grunau im Almtal, Austria. Their orphaned son, Prince Otto, was raised by his maternal grandparents.
References[edit]
- ^ Gómez, Juan (26 April 2012). "Un Hannover con mucho arte". El País – via elpais.com.
- ^ https://www.genealogics.org/relationship.php?altprimarypersonID=I00031330&savedpersonID=&secondpersonID=I00058390&maxrels=1&disallowspouses=1&generations=8&tree=LEO&primarypersonID=I00031330.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Death Turns Out the Lights at a Noble Couple's Last Soiree". PEOPLE.com.
- ^ "Prince Commits Suicide After Wife's Drug Death". AP NEWS.
- ^ "OVERDOSE, SUICIDE CLAIM ARISTOCRATIC PAIR EUROPEAN NOBLES MOURN FAIRY-TALE COUPLE DESTROYED BY COCAINE INVOLVEMENT". DeseretNews.com. 3 December 1988.
- ^ Opfell, Olgs S. (2001). Royalty Who Wait: The 21 Heads of Formerly Regnant Houses of Europe. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 46. ISBN 0-7864-0901-0.
- ^ "German Prince Kills Himself After Wife Dies of Overdose". Reuters. 29 November 1988 – via NYTimes.com.