Raimund Hofmann von Hofmannsthal

Raimund Hofmann von Hofmannsthal

Son of poet Hugo Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929) and his wife Gertrud Schlesinger (1881-1959)

Born: 1906

Married:

1. Newark, New Jersey 21. Jan 1933 (div. 1939) Alice Astor (1902-1956), daughter of John Jacob Astor IV. (1864-1912) and his wife Ava Willing (1868-1958)

2. 7. Jun 1939 Lady Elizabeth Paget (1916-1980), daughter of Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey (1885-1947) and his wife Lady Victoria Manners (1883-1946), herself a daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland.

Issue of first marriage:

• Romana Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (c. 1935) m. 1958 Roderick McEwen (1932-1982)

Issue of second marriage:

• Octavian Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (1946) m. 1977 Annabel Lee

Died: The London Clinic, London 20. Mar 1974

Buried: Vienna

  

  

Source: Nicholas Jenkins: “W.H. Auden - Family Ghosts“ http://auden.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/auden/