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|birth_place= [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] |
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|reign=24 December 1975 – 23 July 2019 |
|reign=24 December 1975 – 23 July 2019 |
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|predecessor=[[Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck]] |
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|successor=[[Carl von Bismarck|Carl-Eduard von Bismarck]] |
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|issue=[[Carl von Bismarck|Carl-Eduard von Bismarck]]<br>[[Gottfried von Bismarck]]<br>Gregor von Bismarck<br>Vanessa von Bismarck |
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|spouse=Countess Elisabeth Lippens |
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|house=[[House of Bismarck]] |
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|full name=Ferdinand Herbord Ivar Fürst von Bismarck |
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|father=[[Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck]] |
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He was born in London, the son of politician and diplomat [[Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck]] and Swedish socialite [[Ann-Mari Tengbom]]. He was a grandson of statesman [[Herbert von Bismarck]], a great-grandson of statesman [[Otto von Bismarck]],<ref name=angelfire>[http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/Bismarck.html Bismarck] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111052444/http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/Bismarck.html |date=2013-01-11 }}</ref> and the maternal grandson of the prominent Swedish architect [[Ivar Tengbom]]. |
He was born in London, the son of politician and diplomat [[Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck]] and Swedish socialite [[Ann-Mari Tengbom]]. He was a grandson of statesman [[Herbert von Bismarck]], a great-grandson of statesman [[Otto von Bismarck]],<ref name=angelfire>[http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/Bismarck.html Bismarck] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111052444/http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/Bismarck.html |date=2013-01-11 }}</ref> and the maternal grandson of the prominent Swedish architect [[Ivar Tengbom]]. |
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He grew up in London and Rome where his father worked as a diplomat. When his father was released from the foreign service because of his contacts with the [[List of members of the 20 July plot|resistance group]] in November 1944, Ferdinand was sent to Sweden and did not return to Germany until 1947. He was then educated at the [[Schule Schloss Salem]] [[boarding school]]. After a few years in Brazil in the early 1950s, where he worked for the German–Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, he went on to study law, earning a law degree in 1956. He worked for the [[European Commission]] in Brussels for some years, and after 1967 worked as an attorney in [[Hamburg]], based from his home in [[Friedrichsruh]], the estate granted to his grandfather by [[Wilhelm I, German Emperor|Emperor William I]]. Bismarck was a member of the board of the [[Otto-von Bismarck-Stiftung|Otto von Bismarck Foundation]] and was patron of the ''[[Bismarckbund]]'' and the [[Bismarck Order]], as well as chairman of the [[Stiftung Herzogtum Lauenburg|Duchy of Lauenburg Foundation]].{{cn|date=July 2019}} |
He grew up in London and Rome where his father worked as a diplomat. When his father was released from the foreign service because of his contacts with the [[List of members of the 20 July plot|resistance group]] in November 1944, Ferdinand was sent to Sweden and did not return to Germany until 1947. He was then educated at the [[Schule Schloss Salem]] [[boarding school]]. After a few years in Brazil in the early 1950s, where he worked for the German–Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, he went on to study law, earning a law degree in 1956. He worked for the [[European Commission]] in Brussels for some years, and after 1967 worked as an attorney in [[Hamburg]], based from his home in [[Friedrichsruh]], the estate granted to his grandfather by [[Wilhelm I, German Emperor|Emperor William I]]. Bismarck was a member of the board of the [[Otto-von Bismarck-Stiftung|Otto von Bismarck Foundation]] and was patron of the ''[[Bismarckbund]]'' and the [[Bismarck Order]], as well as chairman of the [[Stiftung Herzogtum Lauenburg|Duchy of Lauenburg Foundation]].{{cn|date=July 2019}} |
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He managed his family's estate there, including the [[Sachsenwald]], a forest of 6,000 hectares near Hamburg. He sold parts of the forest as building land, like his father had done, and purchased farm land in Uruguay which he later sold. He also invested in [[Marbella]], Spain, where he was a notable member of the [[Marbella Club]]. He founded the ''„Marbella Hill Club“'', a settlement of luxurious villas, and also acquired the ''„Park Palace“'', a huge tenement building in [[Monte Carlo]]. From 1989, he sold 2,250 hectares of the Sachsenwald to the shipowner Eberhart von Rantzau, owner of the [[Deutsche Afrika-Linien/John T. Essberger Group of Companies|Deutsche Afrika-Linien]], retaining 4,500 hectares to his own.<ref>[https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article106988678/Reeder-Rantzau-Jetzt-gehoert-ihm-schon-ein-Drittel-des-Sachsenwaldes.html Hamburger Abendblatt, 3 May 2005]</ref> |
He managed his family's estate there, including the [[Sachsenwald]], a forest of 6,000 hectares near Hamburg. He sold parts of the forest as building land, like his father had done, and purchased farm land in Uruguay which he later sold. He also invested in [[Marbella]], Spain, where he was a notable member of the [[Marbella Club]]. He founded the ''„Marbella Hill Club“'', a settlement of luxurious villas, and also acquired the ''„Park Palace“'', a huge tenement building in [[Monte Carlo]]. From 1989, he sold 2,250 hectares of the Sachsenwald to the shipowner Eberhart von Rantzau, owner of the [[Deutsche Afrika-Linien/John T. Essberger Group of Companies|Deutsche Afrika-Linien]], retaining 4,500 hectares to his own.<ref>[https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article106988678/Reeder-Rantzau-Jetzt-gehoert-ihm-schon-ein-Drittel-des-Sachsenwaldes.html Hamburger Abendblatt, 3 May 2005]</ref> Bismarck died in a hospital in [[Reinbek]], at the age of 88.<ref>[http://www.welt.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/infoline_nt/boulevard_nt/article197428641/Ferdinand-von-Bismarck-gestorben.html welt.de], 25 July 2019</ref> |
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==Family life== |
==Family life== |
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Bismarck married |
In 1960 Bismarck married Elisabeth Lippens (1939−2023),<ref>[https://www.zeit.de/news/2023-06/08/fuerstin-elisabeth-von-bismarck-mit-84-jahren-gestorben ''Die Zeit'', "Fürstin Elisabeth von Bismarck mit 84 Jahren gestorben"], 8 June 2023 (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2023.</ref> daughter of Count Léon Lippens and granddaughter of the Belgian politician [[Maurice Lippens (politician)|Maurice Lippens]]. They had four children: |
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*[[Carl von Bismarck|Carl-Eduard |
*[[Carl von Bismarck|Carl-Eduard Carl-Eduard Otto Wolfgang Jayme Anders von Bismarck-Schönhausen, Prince of Bismarck]] (b. 1961)<ref>[https://webarchiv.bundestag.de/archive/2007/0206/mdb/mdb15/bio/B/bismaca0.html Deutscher Bundestag, Carl-Eduard von Bismarck, CDU/CSU] (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2023.</ref> |
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⚫ | *Count [[Gottfried von Bismarck|Gottfried Alexander Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen]] (1962–2007)<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2630457.ece | location=London | work=The Times | title=Doctor stunned by cocaine level in aristocrats dead body | first1=David | last1=Byers | date=2007-10-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-curse-of-inheritance-do-wealthy-dynasties-always-make-for-happy-heirs-457870.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081006163529/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-curse-of-inheritance-do-wealthy-dynasties-always-make-for-happy-heirs-457870.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 6, 2008 | location=London | work=[[The Independent]] | title=The curse of inheritance: Do wealthy dynasties always make for happy heirs? | date=19 July 2007}}</ref> |
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*Count Gregor Archibald Johannes von Bismarck-Schönhausen (b. 1964) |
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** Countess Grace |
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⚫ | *Countess Vanessa von Bismarck-Schönhausen (b. 1971)<ref name=angelfire/><ref>{{cite web|title=Why European Royalty and Aristocrats are flocking to New York|url=http://gotham-magazine.com/living/articles/why-european-royalty-and-aristocrats-are-flocking-to-new-york|access-date=2015-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509142857/http://gotham-magazine.com/living/articles/why-european-royalty-and-aristocrats-are-flocking-to-new-york|archive-date=2015-05-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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⚫ | *Count [[Gottfried von Bismarck |
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*Count Gregor von Bismarck-Schönhausen (1964), heir of the [[Friedrichsruh]] estate |
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**Countess Marina (born 1986) |
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**Count Léon (born 2002) |
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**Count Otis (born 2007) |
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**Countess Wilhelmina (born 2009) |
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⚫ | *Countess Vanessa von Bismarck-Schönhausen (1971<ref name=angelfire/> |
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Bismarck had the nominal title of Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen from his birth until the death of his father in 1975, when he succeeded to the title of [[Fürst von Bismarck|Prince]]. He was succeeded by his oldest son [[Carl von Bismarck]] in accordance with [[letters patent]] of 1871. |
Bismarck had the nominal title of Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen from his birth until the death of his father in 1975, when he succeeded to the title of [[Fürst von Bismarck|Prince]]. He was succeeded by his oldest son [[Carl von Bismarck]] in accordance with [[letters patent]] of 1871. |
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==External links== |
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Prince of Bismarck | |||||
Tenure | 24 December 1975 – 23 July 2019 | ||||
Predecessor | Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck | ||||
Successor | Carl-Eduard von Bismarck | ||||
Born | London, United Kingdom | 22 November 1930||||
Died | 23 July 2019 Reinbek, Germany | (aged 88)||||
Spouse | Countess Elisabeth Lippens | ||||
Issue | Carl-Eduard von Bismarck Gottfried von Bismarck Gregor von Bismarck Vanessa von Bismarck | ||||
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House | Bismarck | ||||
Father | Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck | ||||
Mother | Ann-Mari Tengbom |
Ferdinand Herbord Ivar, Prince of Bismarck (German: Ferdinand Herbord Ivar Fürst von Bismarck; 22 November 1930 – 23 July 2019) was a German lawyer and landowner from the family of statesman Otto von Bismarck. He was the head of the princely branch of the House of Bismarck.
Background and career
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Reference style | His Serene Highness |
Spoken style | Your Serene Highness |
He was born in London, the son of politician and diplomat Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck and Swedish socialite Ann-Mari Tengbom. He was a grandson of statesman Herbert von Bismarck, a great-grandson of statesman Otto von Bismarck,[1] and the maternal grandson of the prominent Swedish architect Ivar Tengbom.
He grew up in London and Rome where his father worked as a diplomat. When his father was released from the foreign service because of his contacts with the resistance group in November 1944, Ferdinand was sent to Sweden and did not return to Germany until 1947. He was then educated at the Schule Schloss Salem boarding school. After a few years in Brazil in the early 1950s, where he worked for the German–Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, he went on to study law, earning a law degree in 1956. He worked for the European Commission in Brussels for some years, and after 1967 worked as an attorney in Hamburg, based from his home in Friedrichsruh, the estate granted to his grandfather by Emperor William I. Bismarck was a member of the board of the Otto von Bismarck Foundation and was patron of the Bismarckbund and the Bismarck Order, as well as chairman of the Duchy of Lauenburg Foundation.[citation needed]
He managed his family's estate there, including the Sachsenwald, a forest of 6,000 hectares near Hamburg. He sold parts of the forest as building land, like his father had done, and purchased farm land in Uruguay which he later sold. He also invested in Marbella, Spain, where he was a notable member of the Marbella Club. He founded the „Marbella Hill Club“, a settlement of luxurious villas, and also acquired the „Park Palace“, a huge tenement building in Monte Carlo. From 1989, he sold 2,250 hectares of the Sachsenwald to the shipowner Eberhart von Rantzau, owner of the Deutsche Afrika-Linien, retaining 4,500 hectares to his own.[2] Bismarck died in a hospital in Reinbek, at the age of 88.[3]
Family life
[edit]In 1960 Bismarck married Elisabeth Lippens (1939−2023),[4] daughter of Count Léon Lippens and granddaughter of the Belgian politician Maurice Lippens. They had four children:
- Carl-Eduard Carl-Eduard Otto Wolfgang Jayme Anders von Bismarck-Schönhausen, Prince of Bismarck (b. 1961)[5]
- Count Gottfried Alexander Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen (1962–2007)[6][7]
- Count Gregor Archibald Johannes von Bismarck-Schönhausen (b. 1964)
- Countess Vanessa von Bismarck-Schönhausen (b. 1971)[1][8]
Bismarck had the nominal title of Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen from his birth until the death of his father in 1975, when he succeeded to the title of Prince. He was succeeded by his oldest son Carl von Bismarck in accordance with letters patent of 1871.
He was a godfather of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands[9] who also attended his funeral at Friedrichsruh. Ferdinand had been a college friend of Prince Claus at a young age when they studied law together in Hamburg. The later Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus also chose him as groomsman for their wedding in 1966. Among the visitors of Friedrichsruh were also the kings Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Juan Carlos I of Spain with their wives, as well as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.[10]
Publications
[edit]- Anmerkungen eines Patrioten ("Observations of a Patriot"), 1998
- Setzen wir Deutschland wieder in den Sattel ("Germany back in the Saddle"), 2004
Ancestry
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Bismarck Archived 2013-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hamburger Abendblatt, 3 May 2005
- ^ welt.de, 25 July 2019
- ^ Die Zeit, "Fürstin Elisabeth von Bismarck mit 84 Jahren gestorben", 8 June 2023 (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ Deutscher Bundestag, Carl-Eduard von Bismarck, CDU/CSU (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ Byers, David (2007-10-10). "Doctor stunned by cocaine level in aristocrats dead body". The Times. London.
- ^ "The curse of inheritance: Do wealthy dynasties always make for happy heirs?". The Independent. London. 19 July 2007. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008.
- ^ "Why European Royalty and Aristocrats are flocking to New York". Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ^ Willem-Alexander
- ^ DIE WELT, 19 Nov 2000
- ^ Sveriges Statskalender 1877 p. 514
External links
[edit]- "Innocence In Danger Gala" Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine, Life
- "Innocence In Danger Art For Children Charity Gala", Wire Image, 26 April 2008, Berlin, Germany