Prince Maximilian Emanuel Maria Alexander Victor Bruno de la Santísima Trinidad y Todos los Santos zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (6 October 1931 – 1 December 1994) was a Liechtensteiner alpine skier who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics.[1]

Max von Hohenlohe
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
BornMaximilian Emanuel Maria Alexander Victor Bruno de la Santísima Trinidad y Todos los Santos zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(1931-10-06)6 October 1931
Vienna, Austria
Died1 December 1994(1994-12-01) (aged 63)
Marbella, Spain
Burial
Cemetery of Saint Barnabas,
Marbella, Spain
SpouseAna Luisa de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba
IssuePrince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Prince Pablo of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Princess Flavia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
HouseHouse of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
FatherPrince Max Egon zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
MotherDoña María de la Piedad de Yturbe von Scholtz-Hermensdorff, 3rd Marquesa de Belvís de las Navas
ReligionCatholicism

He is credited for having found the land where the Marbella Club Hotel was built, and commissioned his son to acquire and develop it.[2]

Personal life

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Being a son of Prince Max Egon of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897-1968) and Doña María de la Piedad de Yturbe von Scholtz-Hermensdorff, 3rd Marquesa de Belvís de las Navas (1892-1990), he was brother of Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and thus uncle of Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg who has skied for the Mexican Olympic team at multiple winter games.[3]

In 1961, he married Ana Luisa de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, 12th Marquesa de Navahermosa (1940−2012), the eldest child of Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli. They had 3 children and divorced in 1982:

  • Prince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (8 March 1962 - 19 August 2016), married in Ronda, 1 June 1996, with Sandra Schmidt-Polex, with issue; became 19th Duke of Medinaceli in 2014.
  • Prince Pablo of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 5 March 1963), married in Tavera Monastery, Toledo, 6 June 2002, with María del Prado y Muguiro, daughter of Juan Carlos del Prado, 11th Marquis of Caicedo, and Teresa de Muguiro y Pidal, with issue;
  • Princess Flavia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 9 March 1964), married in Seville, 10 November 1990, with her second cousin José Luis de Vilallonga y Sanz, with issue.

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Max von Hohenlohe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  2. ^ Foulkes, Nick (2024-11-07). "The Marbella Club at 70". theweek. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  3. ^ "Hubertus VON HOHENLOHE". Sochi 2014 Olympic site. Archived from the original on 13 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
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