Thyssen family

The Thyssen family has notable members who are descendants of Friedrich Thyssen and established steel works, elevators and escalators, industrial conglomerates, banks, and art collections - Thyssen AG, ThyssenKrupp and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. Originating from Germany, family members have spread to many countries.

• Isaak Lambert Thyssen, (c. 1685 – 1773), married firstly bef. 1720 Johanna Wirtz (d. c. 1728), married secondly at Laurensberg, August 24, 1730 Anna Maria Charlier (d. c. 1738), married thirdly at Aachen, c. 1740 Mechtild Deutz (b. Aachen, February 26, 1701). He had issue.

• Nikolaus Thyssen (Schlottfeld, 1727 – Aachen, October 2, 1778), married at Aachen, January 16, 1763) Anna Maria Hungs (Aachen, 1740 – Aachen, July 16, 1825)

• Nikolaus Thyssen (Aachen, December 21, 1763 – Aachen, October 15, 1814), married at Aachen, November 4, 1792 Christine Nellessen (Aachen, September 22, 1766 – Aachen, May 8, 1818)

• Johann Friedrich Thyssen (Aachen, October 1, 1804 – Eschweiler, May 25, 1877), a Banker, married at Aachen, October 1, 1838 his cousin Katharina Thyssen (Aachen, September 28, 1814 – Düsseldorf, February 11, 1888), daughter of Isaak Thyssen (Aachen, July 15 1766 – Aachen, April 1 1815) and wife (married at Köln, June 22 1803) Margaretha Kluck (Köln, October 6 1784 – Aachen, February 28 1868)

• August Thyssen, (1842-1926), married 1872-85 with Hedwig Pelzer

• Fritz Thyssen, (1873-1951), wife Amelie Zurhelle

• Anna (Anita) Thyssen (Bonn, May 13 1909 – Munich, August 20 1990), married at Mülheim an der Ruhr, August 6 1936 (div 1946) Gábor Ödön Ladislaus Josef Maria Graf Zichy de Zich et Vásonykeö (Graz, May 1 1910 – Buenos Aires, May 25 1974)

• Friedrich-August aka Federico Augusto Graf Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (b. Aachen, June 22 1937), married firstly at Rio de Janeiro, September 28 1960 (div) Alayde Mutzenbecher (b. Rio de Janeiro, February 19 1943), married secondly February 26 1976 (div 1984) Maria Stella Fratta Silvero (Asunción, February 17 1950), married thirdly October 1987 (div 1989) Maria Inés Sellarés (Goya, July 20 1952), and married fourthly July 23 2002 Laura Arce (b. Buenos Aires, September 13 1958)

• Alejandro Augusto Graf Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (b. Buenos Aires, July 24 1961), married firstly at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 22 1993 (div) Janaina da Silva Fires (b. Rio de Janeiro, July 20 1972), married secondly Le Cannet, France, September 4 2002 Anna Sazontyeva (b. Saint Petersburg, February 16 1969), without issue

• Katarina Gräfin Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (b. Rio de Janeiro, February 27 1996)
• Julia Pavlina Gräfin Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (b. Rio de Janeiro, July 9 2004)

• Marcia Amelia Gräfin Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (b. Rio de Janeiro, April 11 1963), married at Washington, DC, November 4 1987 Felipe Alberto Martín de la Balze (b. Buenos Aires, 19??), without issue
• Claudia Caroline Gräfin Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (b. Rio de Janeiro, August 20 1966), unmarried and without issue
• Federico Julian Ladislao Graf Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (b. Mercedes, October 9 1978), married civily April 8 2005 and religiously June 3 2005 Carolina Valenzuela (b. June 5 1977)

• Federico Ladislao Graf Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (b. 2006)

• Gabriel Federico Graf Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (b. Buenos Aires, October 18 1988)

• Gabriel Graf Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (b. Buenos Aires, April 5 1942), married firstly at Porto Alegre, October 28, 1963 (div 1980) Elsa Barcellos (b. Porto Alegre, March 21 1943), married secondly at Asunción, June 20 1980 Christina Llacer (b. Buenos Aires, November 30 1960)

• Ana Christina Gräfin Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (b. Düsseldorf, October 19 1964), married at Buenos Aires, March 11 1985 Alejandro Moreno (San Luis, October 13 1963), without issue
• Isabel Luisa Gräfin Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (b. Porto Alegre, October 5 1965), unmarried and without issue
• Claudio Eduardo Graf Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (b. Buenos Aires, June 9 1971)
• Augusto Graf Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (b. Buenos Aires, December 11 1974)
• Cynthie Janine Gräfin Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (b. San Luis, December 31 1981)
• Yasmine Kristen Gräfin Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (b. Newport Beach, California, February 10 1984)
• Amelie Justine Gräfin Zichy-Thyssen de Zich et Vásonykeö (b. Buenos Aires, December 1 1987), married Christopher G. Gort and had a daughter, Shiloh J. Gort

• August Thyssen (Mülheim an der Ruhr, September 25, 1874 – Munich, June 13, 1943) , married and had a son:

• Bodo Thyssen, (1918-2004), second husband of Renate Thyssen-Henne

• Heinrich Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva, (1875-1947), married 1906-32 with Margit Freiin Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva

• Henrik Gábor István Ágost Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (Rechnitz (Rohonc), July 26 1907 – New York, New York, January 23 1981), married firstly at Corpus Christi, Texas, April 27 1927 Elisabeth Clarkson, married secondly at Budapest May 24 1932 Ilona Kugler (Pilismarót, March 20 1905 – Munich, September 26 1992), without issue
• Margit Gabriella Lujza Freiin Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (Rechnitz (Rohonc), June 22 1911 – Lugano-Castagnola, September 15 1989), "The Killer Countess", married at Gandria, Tessin, June 17 1933 Johann (Iván) Maria Josef Ladislaus Graf Batthyány de Német-Ujvar (Kittsee (Köpcsény), April 21 1910 – Lugano, July 16 1985). During the final days of World War II, on 24 March 1945, she hosted a party for SS officers, Gestapo leaders, Nazi Youth, and local collaborators at the Thyssen's castle at Rechnitz during which 200 Jews were slaughtered.

• Johann (Iván) Ladislaus Heinrich Maria Graf Batthyány de Német-Ujvar (Wien, May 16 1934 – Pressbaum, August 26 1967), unmarried and without issue
• Robert Christof Heinrich Maria Graf Batthyány de Német-Ujvar (b. Wien, July 12 1935), married at Hamburg, August 18 1966 Christine Riechert (b. Nordhausen, February 6 1938), daughter of Hans Joachim Riechert and wife Elfriede Brodthage

• Tatiana Christina Maria Gräfin Batthyány de Német-Ujvar (b. Hamburg, June 26 1968), married civily at Lütjenburg, Holstein, May 28 1993 and religiously at Rechnitz, Burgenland, June 26 1993 Konrad Graf von Waldersee (b. Waterneverstorf, March 27 1957), sixth grandson in male line of Leopold III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

• Henry Graf von Waldersee
• Laura Gräfin von Waldersee (January 29 1998)
• László Graf von Waldersee (London, February 16 2000)

• Iván Christof Graf Batthyány de Német-Ujvar (b. Hamburg, March 2 1979)

• Gabriella Vilma Hedvig Mária aka Gabrielle Wilhelmine Hedwige Marie Freiin Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (b. Rechnitz (Rohonc), December 20 1915), married at Gadria, Tessin, September 1 1938 Adolf Willem Carel Freiherr von Bentinck (Ede, September 3 1905 – Paris, March 7, 1970), and had:

• Henriette Louise Maria Freiin von Bentinck (b. London, January 30 1949), married firstly at London, June 13 1967 (div 1973) Spencer Douglas David Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton (b. April 2 1946), married secondly (div) Richard Thompson, and married thirdly at Paris, July 1, 1978 Serge Boissevain (Neuilly, July 10 1947)
• Carel Johannes Freiherr von Bentinck (b. 1957), unmarried and without issue

• Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, (a.k.a. Heini) (1921-2002), founder of the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid

• 1st marriage 1946-50 with Maria Theresa Amalia, Princess von Lippe-Weissenfeld

• Georg Heinrich (1950-)

• 2nd marriage 1954-56 with Nina Sheila Dyer, english
• 3rd marriage 1956-65 with Fiona Frances Elaine Campbell-Walter, english

• Francesca Anne Thyssen-Bornemisza (1958-), married Karl Habsburg-Lothringen
• Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza (1963-), converted to Islam.

• 4th marriage 1967-84 with Denise Shorto, brazilian

• Wilfried Alexander August Thyssen-Bornemisza (1974-)

• 5th marriage 1985 with María del Carmen Rosario Soledad Cervera Fernández de la Guerra (a.k.a.Tita), a former Miss Cataluña, Miss Spain, Miss Europe, and 3rd. Miss Universe in the sixties, and former wife of Lex Barker, (1919-1973)

• Borja (1980-), Tita's son, and adopted by Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza

• Hedwig Thyssen (Mülheim an der Ruhr, December 19, 1878 – Kreuzlingen, Thurgau, July 31, 1950), married firstly at Mülheim an der Ruhr, August 28, 1899 (div 1908) Ferdinand Freiherr von Neufforge (Aachen, August 30, 1869 – Davos, September 7, 1942), married secondly at London, February 9, 1908 Maximilian (Max) Freiherr von Berg (Steierdorf, Krassó-Szörény vm., Hungary, May 1, 1859 – Neu Friedenheim, March 25, 1924); she had a natural son, for he uses his mother's last name:

• Joseph Thyssen