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10 unusual facts about Wertheim


Anastasia, Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

HSH Hereditary Prince Carl Friedrich Hubertus Georg Eduardo Paolo Nicolo Franz Alois Ignatius Hieronymus Maria (30 September 1966-24 April 2010); married Stephanie Freiin von Brenken on 8 August 1998 in Brenken, Germany, and had issue

Charles Thomas, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

In 1802, he participated in a diplomatic mission of the Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg family to Paris.

Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau

Princess Sophie Marie Gabriele Pia (Vienna, 11 July 1837 – Schloss Fischhorn, 25 September 1899), married in Vienna on 4 May 1863 as his second wife Charles, 6th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (Haid, 21 May 1834 – Köln, 8 November 1921), 1,067th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria, and had issue

Freudenberg

Hubertus, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1906–1984), German historian and an early opponent of Adolf Hitler

Handley Page Type L

One prototype was designed and built in 1914 to the order of Princess Ludwig of Löwenstein-Wertheim.

Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal

Charles Thomas, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

Nicodemus, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

Nicodemus was born in Oslo, Norway as the second child and eldest son of Carl Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and his wife Stephanie von Brenken.

Carl Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

Prince Ludwig of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

Ludwig married Lady Anne Savile, daughter of John Savile, 4th Earl of Mexborough and his second wife Agnes Louisa Elizabeth Raphael, on 15 May 1897 in London.

Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

In 1927, Anne financed Captain Leslie Hamilton's attempt to set an aviation record by being the first aviator to fly over the Atlantic Ocean from east to west from England to Canada.


Duke Christian of Oldenburg

Christian is a great-grandson of the last Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Frederick Augustus II and through his mother he is related to the Princes of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, who belong to a morganatic branch of the House of Wittelsbach descending from Frederick I, Elector Palatine.

Duke Christian was born in Rastede, Lower Saxony, the only son of Duke Anton-Günther of Oldenburg and his wife Princess Ameli of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (b. 1923).

Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

He was the son of Richard 4th Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and of his wife, née Princess Madeleine zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg.

Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz

Heinrich XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz (29 June 1794 – 8 November 1859), married firstly in 1834 to Princess Sophie of Löwenstein-Wertheim- Rosenberg, no issue, Princess Sophie died in 1838; Married secondly in 1839 to Landgravine Karoline of Hesse-Homburg, had issue.

Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein

Born at Prague, Joseph Wenzel was the eldest son of Prince Philip Erasmus of Liechtenstein (11 September 1664 – 13 January 1704) and Countess Christina Theresa von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (12 October 1665 – 14 April 1730).

Landgravine Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg

Born at the Landgrave’s Palace in Rotenburg an der Fulda she was the seventh child of Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg by his wife, Countess Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort.

Leipziger Platz

Prior to the war, the square was home to the Reichsmarineamt (Reich Navy Office, originally on Leipziger Platz 13, moved to No. 17/Voßstraße No. 20 in the 1900s), the Wertheim flagship department store (numbers 12-13), the Mosse-Palais (headquarters of the German publisher Hans Lachmann-Mosse, Leipziger Platz 15), Palast-Hotel (No. 18-19) and the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture (No. 6-9).

Ludwig-Ferdinand Prinz von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Ludwig was the son of Richard, 4th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Princess Madeleine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg.

Micha Wertheim

In 2010 Wertheim took part in the New York International Fringe Festival where his show "Amsterdam Abortion Survivor" became the first International act to be awarded an extension as part of the best of Fringe Encore Series.

Nahum Barnet

(The Wertheim factory later became a Heinz factory and, for over 50 years, has been the studios for television station GTV-9.)

Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Agnes married Constantine, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, eldest child and only son of Karl Thomas, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and his wife Princess Sophie of Windisch-Grätz, on 31 May 1829 at Schloss Wildeck in Zschopau, Kingdom of Saxony.

Rosy Wertheim

In 1929 Wertheim moved to Paris where she lived for six years, composing music and writing for the Amsterdam newspaper Het Volk on the Parisian music scene, while studying composition and instrumentation from the composer Louis Aubert.

University Park, Florida

University Park is also home to Reagan House (formally known as University House), the home of FIU's president, the Wertheim Performing Arts Center, the Frost Art Museum, the International Hurricane Research Center, and the university's athletic facilities such as FIU Stadium, FIU Baseball Stadium, and the U.S. Century Bank Arena.

Wertheim am Main

US-bassed environmental activist Shimon Schwarzschild (b. 1925) grew up in Wertheim until age 10, and has visited Wertheim several times in recent years.

Wertheim vacuum cleaner

The Wertheim brand name is owned by Godfreys and sold in Australia and New Zealand exclusively through Godfreys.