Princess Eleonora Fugger von Babenhausen
# Princess Eleonora Fugger von Babenhausen

Princess Eleonora Fugger von Babenhausen (October 4, 1864 in Bartenstein — March 1, 1945 in Vienna) was an Austrian noblewoman, socialite and chronicler of the House of Fugger. She is also known as Nora Fugger in her autobiography.

## Early life

Eleonore Aloysia Maria was born Princess zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, as the third child of Prince Carl zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1837–1877) and his wife Princess Rosa Karoline née Countess von Sternberg (1836–1918). She had two elder siblings: Princess Marie (1861–1933) and Prince Johannes (1863–1921), who was married to Archduchess Anna Maria Theresia of Austria, a daughter of Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany and sister of Luise, Crown Princess of Saxony, in 1901.

## Marriage and issue

Eleonora married Karl, 5th Prince Fugger von Babenhausen (1861–1925) on January 8, 1887, in Vienna. Her husband was chamberlain to the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.

Their children together:

* Countess Friederike (October 27, 1887 in Klagenfurt – July 4, 1949), who married Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880–1959)
* Georg, 6th Prince Fugger von Babenhausen (1889–1934), who married Countess Elisabeth von Plessen (1891–1976)
* Countess Sylvia (May 8, 1892 in Enzersdorf – April 13, 1949), who married (then divorced in 1928) Count Friedrich zu Münster (1891–1942)
* Count Leopold (1893–1966), who married (then divorced in 1936) Countess Vera Czernin von und zu Chudenitz (1904–1959)
* Countess Maria Theresia (March 1, 1899 – June 28, 1994 in Munich), who married Prince Heinrich von Hanau und Horowitz (1900-1971)
* Countess Helene (June 21, 1908 – 1915 in Babenhausen)

Her memoirs are filled with stories about the upper classes of the Austro-Hungarian empire and are a testimony to that period of history.

## Literature

* Nora Fugger. The Glory of the Habsburgs: The memoirs of Princess Fugger. G.C. Harrap (1932) ASIN B00085SJMS
