Raimund von Hofmannsthal
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Raimund von Hofmannsthal was an Austrian-born author and representative of an American newsreel firm in London.
Raimund von Hofmannsthal
Schloss Prielau, the Hofmannsthal family castle on the shores of the lake at Zell am See
Photograph of his first wife, Ava Astor, c. 1920
"A Girl in a Yellow Dress on a Sofa with a Dog", a portrait of his second wife, Lady Elizabeth Paget, by Rex Whistler, 1938
Ava Alice Muriel Astor
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Ava Alice Muriel Astor was an American heiress, socialite, and member of the prominent Astor family.
Raimund von Hofmannsthal
…by the Nazis because of their Jewish ancestry, but was restituted in 1947. On 21 January 1933, von Hofmannsthal married Princess Obolensky, the former Ava Alice Muriel Astor (1902–1956), in the city court of Newark, New Jersey. Ava was the daughter of Col. John Jacob Astor IV (the wealthiest passenger to die in the sinking…
Ava and Serge pictured on the day of their wedding
Ava Astor House 219 in East Sixty-first Street, Manhattan