Alexander Von Schnburg

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German journalist and writer. He is the current head of the comital branch of the noble House of Schönburg. Since 2009 he is member of the chief editorial staff of the German boulevard newspaper BILD. On 30 April 1999 Alexander married Princess Irina of Hesse (b. 1971, Munich, Bavaria), in a civil ceremony in Berlin. The new Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau was born Princess Irina Verena, the second child and only daughter of Prince Karl Adolf Andreas of Hesse (b. 1937, Berlin) and his Hungarian wife, Countess Yvonne Szapáry of Muraszombath, Széchysziget and Szapár (b. 1944, Budapest). Irina's grandparents were Prince Christoph of Hesse and his wife Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, elder sister of The Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Elizabeth II. As such, she is closely related to several of Europe's royal houses, and is a second cousin of Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse as well as of Princes William and Harry. The couple has three children. Journalist (seit 2009 in der Chefredaktion BILD) und Schriftsteller. Stammt aus einem alten Adelsgeschlecht, das inzwischen verarmt ist (nach eigenem Bekunden). Seine Geschwister sind Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, Maya Flick und Carl-Alban von Schönburg sowie Anabel Maya-Felicitas aus der zweiten Ehe des Vaters mit Ursula Zwicker. Er ist der Chef des gräflichen Zweigs des bis 1740 souveränen Adelsgeschlecht von Schönburg. Link to Wikipedia biography