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NameAlexander Hochberg Place of burialPollenca, Spain
PredecessorHans-Heinrich XVII, 4th Prince of Pless FatherHans Heinrich XV, 3rd Prince of Pless MotherMary-Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West Born1 February 1905
London (1905-02-01) Baptised28 February 1905
St-James's Palace, London DiedJuly 22, 1984, Pollenca, Spain SiblingsHans Heinrich XVII, 4th Furst von Ples, Bolko Conrad Frederick ParentsDaisy, Princess of Pless, Hans Heinrich XV von Hochberg GrandparentsMary Cornwallis-West, William Cornwallis-West Similar PeopleDaisy - Princess of Pless, Hans Heinrich XV von H, Mary Cornwallis‑West, George Cornwallis‑West
Alexander von Hochberg or Aleksander Pszczyński (1 February 1905 – 18 October 1988, false data: 22 February 1984) — a German-Polish aristocrat, businessman and British Secret Intelligence Service officer. He lived and died in the USSR under the name of "Parfen Alexeevich Svitin". In 1984, he briefly served as the head of the Hochberg von Pless princely family.
He was born 1 February 1905 in London, to Hans Heinrich XV, 3rd Prince von Pleß and his first wife Daisy, Princess of Pless. As an heir of once mighty Silesian ducal family of Dukes von Pless, Alexander (officially styled Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Konrad Ernst Maximilian Graf von Hochberg, baron zu Fürstenstein, 5th Fürst von Pless) had been a Polish citizen. In the wake of World War II he emigrated to Paris, where he joined the Polish Army in the West. He became the 5th Fürst von Pless in 1984. Using the name or title Pless (Pszczynski) before 1984 was against the family rules. He served with distinction in North Africa and in Italy
After the war false Alexander von Hochberg settled in Pollensa in the Spanish island of Majorca, where he officially died 22 February 1984. The von Pless line of his family is headed by his nephew Bolko Hochberg von Pless.