Name Prince of | House Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | |
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Born 14 April 1943 (age 80)
Umkirch Castle, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany ( 1943-04-14 ) Issue Valerie-Alexandra
Stefanie Michaela
Henriette Annabelle
Moritz Johannes Father Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern Mother Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony Spouse Maja Synke Meinert (m. 1999–2007), Eliane Etter (m. 1977–1987), Angela von Morgen (m. 1968–1973) Children Stefanie Michaela Sigrid Birgitta of Hohenzollern Parents Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony Siblings Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern Similar People Tatjana Gsell, Karl Friedrich - Prince of, Prince Johann Georg of, Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony | ||
Ferfried von Hohenzollern (German: Ferfried Maximilian Pius Meinrad Maria Hubert Michael Justinus Prinz von Hohenzollern) (born 14 April 1943 at Umkirch Castle, Germany) is a German nobleman and former champion race car driver. He belongs to the Swabian or Sigmaringen branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty. The Brandenburg-Prussian branch of the Hohenzollerns ruled the German Empire until 1918.
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Biography
Ferfried is the youngest child and fourth son of Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern and his wife Margarete Karola, daughter of the last Saxon king, Frederick Augustus III. Pope Pius XII was his godfather.
In 1971, Ferfried won the second 24-hour race at Nürburgring in Germany with a BMW 1600 Alpina. After 36 years of absence from active racing, in 2007 he raced again for the private racing team Racing Strip.com live, again in a BMW. Ferfried had about 50 wins in his career.
None of Ferfried's three marriages was considered dynastic by the House of Hohenzollern when contracted, although the first, to Angela von Morgen in 1968 (sister of Erika von Morgen, wife of Carl-Philip, Prince of Salm-Salm) was to a member of Germany's historical nobility, albeit untitled. The children of that marriage, like those of his 1977 marriage to Eliane Etter, were listed in the third section of the 2001 Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels: Fürstliche Häuser rather than in the first section, which lists dynastic Hohenzollern offspring.
Ferfried acknowledged a relationship with Tatjana Gsell publicly in 2004, which garnered extensive media coverage. Beginning 8 May 2006 the reality programme Tatjana & Foffi – Cinderella Becomes A Princess was broadcast on television, focusing on the couple's preparations for their wedding. Later in 2006, Ferfried and Tatjana announced their separation.
He appeared several times alongside Birte Karalus on a German TV cooking show called Royal Dinner.
Marriages and children
His first marriage, on 21 September 1968, was to Angela von Morgen (born 11 November 1942), daughter of Ernst von Morgen and Countess Margarethe von Schlitz gen. von Görtz. They were divorced in 1973, having had two daughters:
His second marriage, on 7 April 1977, was to Eliane Etter (born 4 May 1947), daughter of Dr. Hans Etter and Irmgard Zosso. They were divorced in 1987, having had two children:
In 1999 he married Maja Synke Meinert (born 8 October 1971). They were divorced in early March 2007.