Alexander Hochberg

Alexander von Hochberg or Aleksander Pszczyński (1 February 1905 – 22 February 1984) was a German aristocrat and military officer. In 1984, he briefly served as the head of the Hochberg von Pless princely family.

Alexander
5th Prince of Pless
Coat of arms
PredecessorHans-Heinrich XVII, 4th Prince of Pless
Full name
Alexander Friedrich-Wilhelm Georg Konrad-Ernst-Maximilian
Titles and styles
His Serene Highness
Born(1905-02-01)1 February 1905
London
Baptised28 February 1905
St-James's Palace, London
Died22 February 1984(1984-02-22) (aged 79)
Pollença
BuriedPollença
Noble familyHouse of Hochberg
FatherHans Heinrich XV, 3rd Prince of Pless
MotherMary-Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West
ReligionChristian (Roman Catholicism since 1920, previously Lutheranism)
OccupationBusinessman; Soldier

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 following the annexation of Upper Silesia and Pless by Poland in 1921. Following the confiscation by the Polish State of 65% of the family's assets and his father's death in 1938 he emigrated to Paris, where he surprisingly later joined the Polish Army in the West in the latter stages of the war. He served with distinction in North Africa and in Italy.

After the war he settled in Pollensa on the Spanish island of Majorca, where he died on 22 February 1984. The von Pless line of his family is now headed by his nephew Bolko Graf von Hochberg, 6th Fürst von Pless (b. Munich 3 Apr 1936).

References
  • Ludovici, Laurence James (1993). The Three of Us. London: Marjay Books.
  • Luke, Michael (2002). Hansel Pless: Prisoner of History. A Life of H.S.H. Hans Heinrich XVII, 4th Prince of Pless. London: Cygnet Press.

Ancestry


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