He death of Princess Ira of Fürstenberg On February 18, she left her family and the many friends who knew her devastated. Ira, whose real name was Virginia Carolina Theresa Pancrazia Galdina, belonged to the Central European aristocracy – her father was an Austrian prince – and, on the other hand, she was the niece of the Fiat magnate, Gianni Agnelli. In other words, a branch of the Central European nobility and one of the most important family businesses in Italy converged in Ira.
Problems with mother’s inheritance
Princess Ira of Fürstenberg, at the presentation of her jewelry line.
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And as happens in the best families, problems arise when it comes to inheritance. Ira’s mother, Clara Agnelli, did not make a will, so, in principle, her three children, Ira, Egon –married to designer Diane von Fürstenberg– and Sebastian, each of them would inherit a third of the important fortune left by the woman. Since Egon died in 2004, her two sons Alexander and Tatian, Clara’s grandchildren, would receive her father’s share.
Up to this point, everything would seem normal if it weren’t for the fact that Alexander and Tatian, grandchildren of Clara Agnelli and nephews of Ira, denounced their uncle Sebastian because they did not agree on how she was managing her grandmother’s fortune, and the good woman had not yet died (she did so in July 2016). Sebastian de Fürstenberg justified his nephews by claiming that, since they resided in the United States, distorted information may have reached them.
Ira married Alfonso de Hohenlohe when she was only 15 years old
“Unfortunately my nephews They live on another continent and distance can generate suspicionsbut the truth is that I have always looked out for my mother’s interests,” Sebastian told Corriere de la Sera. Clara Agnelli’s inheritance is still being prosecuted, although the judge removed Sebastian’s responsibility for managing his mother’s money.
Ira, at only 16 years old, gave birth to her eldest son, Christoph. Next to her, Alfonso de Hohenlohe.
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The fortune that Clara Agnelli left to her heirs was estimated at around 100 million eurosin addition to several important properties, such as Villa Papadopoli, near Venice, better known as Villa Fürstenberg, where Sebastian set up the headquarters of Banca Ifis, founded by him in the 80s.
It does not seem that with Ira de Fürstenberg’s inheritance the problems that existed with the legacy of her mother, Clara Agnelli, will be repeated. Ira was the mother of two children, but only one survived her, Hubertus, 65 years old, who became her universal heir..
The family tragedy came with the death of their eldest son
Ira married Alfonso de Hohenlohe when she was only 15 years old and he was 36. A year later the couple’s first child was born. Christoph, affectionately called Kiko.
With his two sons, Christoph and Hubertus.
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Christoph inherited from his mother not only a sensitivity for everything beautiful, but also an obnoxious tendency to gain weight. Ira used to have weight loss treatments at a spa in Thailand to which many celebrities and millionaires went to solve the problem of extra pounds. Kiko, who lived in Hawaii where he ran several real estate businesses, followed in his mother’s footsteps and traveled to Thailand to go to the same spa.
Kiko loved junk food and cola drinks, which he consumed at all hours and which was lethal for the diabetes he suffered from. After her treatment in Thailand, her visa had expired and she decided, at her own expense and risk, to change the visa date with a pen to extend her stay in that country. Her move didn’t go well.
Ira de Fürstenberg, with his son Cristoph, who died in 2006.
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Airport workers detected the botch and they notified the police, so Christoph was arrested and charged with document falsification, which took him directly to Bangkok prison. There he had to suffer the unimaginable. He occupied a cell with 40 other prisoners and, remember, he was diabetic.
Her mother found out about her imprisonment when she was in Monaco, where she was presenting a jewelry collection designed by her. Ira used all of her contacts to try to solve her son’s problem, but her efforts were useless. Christoph needed insulin for his diabetes, he started to feel unwell and the prison doctor ordered his transfer to the hospital, but he died a few hours later. It was 2006 and Christoph was only 49 years old.
The death certificate states that the cause of death was “a simultaneous multi-organ collapse caused by septicemia“But his mother was never satisfied with that statement.”We are devastated, sorry and outragedbut we will not stop until we know all the details of my son’s death,” declared Ira.
Hubertus, universal heir
They say that Ira never recovered from the death of his eldest son. Every year he celebrated a mass in Marbella on the anniversary of his death. Christoph was buried in the family pantheon in Marbella, along with the remains of his father, Alfonso de Hohenlohe.who had died in 2003.
Ira, Hubertus and Simone, Hubertus’ wife, in Marbella.
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Ira and Alfonso separated four years after getting married. Ira abandoned the family after falling in love with the Brazilian industrialist Francisco Matarazzo Pignatari, but she fought in court for custody of her two children and won. Hohenlohe was not satisfied with the judge’s decision and kidnapped the children and took them to live in Mexico.. A soap opera Over the years, Ira and Alfonso reconciled and maintained a very close relationship. They both adored Marbella and the daughters Hohenlohe had from his two subsequent marriages also got along very well with Ira and her brothers Christoph and Hubertus.
What will Hubertus receive after the death of his mother? The inheritance, of course, is substantial. In addition to the money that Ira received after the death of her mother, the princess was the owner of several valuable properties.
Hubertus and Simona, at Ira’s funeral, in Rome.
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Ira owned several houses around the world. In addition to the house in Rome – in which she died – she Ira owned a palace in the Madrid of the Austrias which he bought in 2018. But his most prized house was the Las Monjas farmhousea farm that her first husband had acquired near Ronda, in Malaga.
The estate, which had been a former convent, has on its lands a trout lake, a hunting ground full of partridges, as well as 200 acres of olive groves and vineyards. It was here where Alfonso de Hohenlohe fulfilled his dream of being a winegrower and in these vineyards the Príncipe Alfonso wines are produced.
Married since 2019 and ‘father’ of two children
And if cash or real estate were not enough, Hubertus de Hohenlole, married to Italian designer Simona Gandolfi, will also receive a very valuable collection of art, as well as jewelry of undoubted value that belonged to his mother.
Curiously, Hubertus, who resides between Marbella, Lichtenstein and the Italian Alps, he does not have children, but his wife, Simona, does. Ira’s son and the designer began their relationship in 1994, with a three-year interruption in their relationship in which Simona married another man and had two children, Rachele and Rodolfo. Later, Hubertus and Simona met again and resumed their courtship until, In 2019, they got married in Vaduzcapital de Lichtenstein. Hubertus loves Simona’s children as if they were his own.. Will they finally be the future heirs to Ira of Fürstenberg’s fortune? Everything seems to indicate that this will be the case.
2024-02-28 07:47:47
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