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Other names Jefferson-Friedrich Volker Benjamin Children Count Richard von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, Countess Ingrid von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth Parents Count Friedrich-August Rudiger Albrecht von Pfeil, Astrid Maria Andres Similar Michael Ahlefeldt Laurvig Bille, Princess Alexandra of Sayn Wittgenstein Berleburg, Princess Nathalie of Sayn Wittgenstein Berleburg | ||
Danish Royal Family at Gråsten Palace - 1 (2015)
Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (Jefferson-Friedrich Volker Benjamin Graf von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, born 12 July 1967) is the son von Count Friedrich-August Rüdiger Albrecht von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth and Astrid Maria Andres.
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Marriage
He married Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg on 6 June 1998, becoming the husband of a member of the Danish royal family.
His wife is the daughter of Princess Benedikte of Denmark, whose elder sister is Queen Margrethe II. The couple were married at Gråsten Palace, the Danish royal family's summer residence in southern Jutland. According to an article in the Copenhagen Post, Princess Alexandra was granted Danish citizenship just prior to her marriage. The couple were sweethearts during their childhood years at Louisenlund school, in Germany.
Titles and styles
In Germany titles were abolished after the First World War, and incorporated into the surname. Jefferson's title in pretence is Graf, the English equivalent of Count. In Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, he would be known as a Greve.
He is styled as Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth.
Family
The couple resided in Paris, where Count Jefferson was a managing director of the Swiss bank Sal. Oppenheim.
Since 2013 they live in Heidesheim, Germany, near Mainz.
They have two children:
They are always among the Danish royal family for the summer holidays at Gråsten Palace.