Thyssen family

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The Thyssen family^[1] has notable members, all of whom descend from Friedrich Thyssen, which established steel works, elevators and escalators, industrial conglomerates, banks, and art collections - Thyssen AG, ThyssenKrupp and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. Originating from Germany, family members have taken up residence in various countries.

Isaak Lambert Thyssen, (c. 1685-1773), wed firstly before 1720 Johanna Wirtz, died c. 1728; wed secondly 1730 Anna Maria Charlier (died c. 1738); wed 3rdly c. 1740 Mechtild Deutz (1701-?). He had issue:

Nikolaus Thyssen (1727-1778), wed 1763 Anna Maria Hungs (1740-1825)

Nikolaus Thyssen (1763-1814), wed 1792 Christine Nellessen (1767-1818)

Johann Friedrich Thyssen (1804-1877), a banker, wed 1838 his cousin Katharina Thyssen (1814-1888), daughter of Isaak Thyssen (1766-1815) and Margaretha Kluck (1784-1868)

August Thyssen (1842-1926), wed 1872-85 Hedwig Pelzer (1854-1940)

Fritz Thyssen (1873-1951), wed 1900 Amalie Zurhelle (1877-1965)

Anna (Anita) Thyssen (1909-1990), wed 1936 Gábor Ödön Ladislaus Josef Maria Graf Zichy de Zich et Vásonykeö (1910-1974), divorced 1946

Friedrich-August aka Federico Augusto Count Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1937-), wed firstly 1960 Alayde Mutzenbecher (1943-), divorced; wed secondly 1976 Maria Stella Fratta Silvero (1950-), divorced 1984; wed thirdly 1987 Maria Inés Sellarés (1952-), divorced 1989; and wed fourthly 2002 Laura Arce (1958-)

Alejandro Augusto Count Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1961-), wed firstly 1993 Janaina da Silva Fires (1972-), divorced; wed secondly 2002 Anna Sazontyeva (1969-)

Katarina Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1996-)
Julia Pavlina Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (2004-)

Marcia Amelia Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1963-), wed 1987 Felipe de La Balze, divorced
Claudia Caroline Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1966-)
Federico Julian Ladislao Count Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1978-), wed 2005 Carolina Valenzuela (1977-)

Federico Ladislao Count Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (2006-)

Gabriel Federico Count Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1988-)

Gabriel Count Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1942-), wed firstly 1963 Elsa Barcellos (1944-), divorced 1980; wed secondly 1980 Christina Llacer (1960-)

Anna Christina Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1964-), wed 1985 Alejandro Moreno (1963-) with issue: Alejandro Moreno, Sophia Moreno, Bianca Moreno
Isabel Luise Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1966-), wed 1994 Philippe Franck Alexis Chiroussot-Chambeaux (1965) with issue: Alexa Marianne Chiroussot-Chambeaux (1997-), Hélène Chiroussot-Chambeaux (1999-) and Nicolas Chiroussot-Chambeaux (2003-)
Claudio Eduardo Count Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1971-), wed Florencia Badino (1973) with issue: Count Tomas Zichy (2001), Count Maximiliano Zichy (2006) and Countess Emilia Zichy (2010)
Augusto Count Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1974-), wed Maria Eugenia de Andrade (1975) with issue: Count Matias Zichy (2008) and Count Felipe Zichy (2010)
Cynthie Janine Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1981-)
Yasmine Kristen Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1984-)
Amelie Justine Countess Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (1987-), wed Christopher G. Gort, with issue: Shiloh J. Gort, and Kalaya Gort

August Thyssen (1874-1943), wed NN, and had issue:

Bodo Thyssen (1918-2004), wed 1969 as her second husband (divorced 1989) Renate Thyssen-Henne née Kerkhoff (1939-) (whose children by her previous marriage, with Helmut Friedhelm Homey, adopted the Thyssen name)

Gabriella Renate Thyssen (1963) wed firstly 1991 as his second wife, Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen (divorced 1998); and secondly 1998 The Aga Khan IV (separated 2004, and divorced 2011); issue born of both marriages
Joachim Helmut Thyssen (1964)

Heinrich Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1875-1947), wed 1906-32 Margit Freiin Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1887-1971)

Henrik Gábor István Ágost Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1907-1981), wed 1stly 1927 Elisabeth Clarkson, wed secondly 1932 Ilona Kugler (1905-1992), without issue
Margit Gabriella Lujza Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1911-1989), "The Killer Countess", wed 1933 Johann (Iván) Maria Josef Ladislaus Count Batthyány de Német-Ujvar (1910-1985)

Johann (Iván) Ladislaus Heinrich Maria Count Batthyány de Német-Ujvar (1934-1967)
Robert Christof Heinrich Maria Count Batthyány de Német-Ujvar (1935-), wed 1966 Christine Riechert (1938-), daughter of Hans Joachim Riechert and wife Elfriede Brodthage

Tatiana Christina Maria Countess Batthyány de Német-Ujvar (1968-), wed 1993 Konrad Count von Waldersee (1957-), sixth grandson in male line of Leopold III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Heinrich Count von Waldersee (1996-)
Laura Countess von Waldersee (1998-)
László Count von Waldersee (2000-)

Iván Christof Count Batthyány de Német-Ujvar (1979-), wed 2009 Carolin Nauber

Gabrielle Wilhelmine Hedwige Marie Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1915-), wed 1938 Adolf Willem Carel Baron van Bentinck (1905-1970), with issue:

Henriette Louise Maria Baroness van Bentinck (1949-2010), wed firstly 1967 Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton (1946-), divorced 1973; wed secondly Richard Thompson, divorced; wed thirdly 1978 Serge Boissevain (1947-2011)
Carel Johannes Baron van Bentinck (1957-), wed firstly Nora Picciotto (ex-wife of Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski), divorced; and wed secondly Lisa Hogan,^[2] actress, divorced, with issue of the second marriage

Hans Heinrich, Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva, aka "Heini" (1921-2002), founder of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid

1st marriage 1946-50 with Princess Maria Theresa Amalia of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1925), with issue:

Baron Georg Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva, aka "Heini Junior" (1950-) who had one son by Countess Catharina Eleonore Meran-Brandhofen (1967):

Simon Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (2001-)

2nd marriage 1954-56 with Nina Sheila Dyer (1930-1965), she wed secondly 1957 Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
3rd marriage 1956-65 with Fiona Frances Elaine Campbell-Walter (1932), daughter of Rear Admiral Keith McNeill Campbell-Walter

Baroness Francesca Anne Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1958-), wed 1993 Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Head of the Imperial House of Habsburg, with issue:

Archduchess Eleonore of Austria (1994-)
Archduke Ferdinand Zvonimir of Austria (1997-)
Archduchess Gloria of Austria (1999-)

Baron Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1963-) converted to Islam, wed Alexandra Wright, with issue:

Baroness Julia Thyssen-Bornemisza (2006)

4th marriage 1967-84 with Denise Shorto (1942)

Baron Wilfried Alexander August Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1974-)

5th marriage 1985 with María del Carmen Rosario Soledad Cervera Fernández de la Guerra, aka "Tita" (1943), a former Miss Cataluña, Miss Spain, Miss Europe, and Miss Universe, and previously wife of actor Lex Barker (1919-1973)

Borja Thyssen-Bornemisza (1980-) (Tita's natural son, adopted by Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza) wed 2007 Blanca Cuesta, with issue:

Sacha Thyssen-Bornemisza (2008-)

Hedwig Thyssen (1878-1950), wed firstly 1899 Ferdinand Freiherr von Neufforge (1869-1942), divorced 1908; wed secondly 1908 Maximilian (Max) Freiherr von Berg (1859-1924); with issue, a daughter and a natural son who used his mother's maiden name:

Maximiliane Freiin von Berg (1908-), wed firstly 1927 Viktor Freiherr Seßler von Herzinger (1901-), divorced 1933; wed secondly 1935 Ernst Cassione (1894-), divorced 1937; wed thirdly 1937 Roman Marquart (1900-), divorced 1944; wed fourthly 1945 Béla Orgoványi-Hanstein (1907-), divorced 1962, with issue from the last:

Attila Orgoványi-Hanstein (1946-1987), wed Britta Winternitz (1941-), with issue:

Diana Orgoványi-Hanstein (1971-), wed 2010 Johannes Erbprinz zu Schwarzenberg (1967-) (son of Karel Prince zu Schwarzenberg, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (1937-), and of Therese Countess zu Hardegg auf Glatz und im Machlande (1940-) )

Ildikó Orgoványi-Hanstein (1951-), wed 1983 Antal Baron Lipthay de Kisfalud et Lubelle (1946-) (whose children, by this marriage, adopted the Freiherren von Berg name), divorced 1990 :

Christoph Freiherr von Berg (1983-)
Antonia Freiin von Berg (1986-)
Valentin Freiherr von Berg (1986-)

Joseph Thyssen

Notes [edit]

^ Marek, Miroslav. "Thyssen-Bornemissza de Kászon et Impérfalva Family". Genealogy.EU. ^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
^ Dailymail.co.uk

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