Alexander Hochberg

Alexander
Alexander
5th Prince of Pless
Coat of arms
Predecessor	Hans-Heinrich XVII, 4th Prince of Pless
Full name	Alexander Friedrich-Wilhelm Georg Konrad-Ernst-Maximilian
Titles and styles	His Serene Highness
Born	1 February 1905; London
Baptised	28 February 1905; St-James's Palace, London
Died	22 February 1984 (aged 79); Pollença
Buried	Pollença
Noble family	House of Hochberg
Father	Hans Heinrich XV, 3rd Prince of Pless
Mother	Mary-Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West
Occupation	Businessman; Soldier

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

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. In the wake of World War II he emigrated to Paris, where he joined the Polish Army in the West. He became the 5th Fürst von Pless in 1984. Using the name or title Pless (Pszczynski) before 1984 was against the family rules. He served with distinction in North Africa and in Italy

After the war he settled in Pollensa in the Spanish island of Majorca, where he died 22 February 1984. The von Pless line of his family is headed by his nephew Bolko Hochberg von Pless.

Family

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

Family of Alexander Hochberg

16. Count Hans-Heinrich VI. von Hochberg (1768–1833)

8. Hans-Heinrich X. von Hochberg, 1st Prince of Pless (1806–1855)

17. Princess Anne von Anhalt-Köthen-Pless (1770–1830)

4. Hans-Heinrich XI. von Hochberg, Duke and 2nd Prince of Pless (1833–1907)

18. Friderich von Stechow (1771–1839)

9. Ida von Stechow (1811–1843)

19. Baroness Caroline von der Recke (1772–1835)

2. Hans-Heinrich XV. von Hochberg, 3rd Prince of Pless (1861–1938)

20. Leopold von Kleist (1752–1830)

10. Eduard, 1st Count von Kleist (1795–1852)

21. Auguste Friederike von Klitzing (1779–1801)

5. Marie von Kleist (1828–1883)

22. Count Hans-Heinrich VI. von Hochberg (1768–1833)

11. Countess Luise von Hochberg (1804–1851)

23. Princess Anne von Anhalt-Köthen-Pless (1770–1830)

1. Alexander von Hochberg, 5th Prince of Pless (1905–1984)

24. Frederick West (1765–1852)

12. Frederick Richard West (1799–1862)

25. Mary Myddelton (1784–1843)

6. William Cornwallis-West (1835–1917)

26. John Whitby (1774–1806)

13. Theresa Whitby (1805–1886)

27. Mary Anne Symonds (1783–1850)

3. Mary-Theresa Cornwallis-West (1873–1943)

28. Frederick FitzPatrick (1790–1871)

14. Frederick FitzPatrick (1821–1898)

29. Edwina Stone ()

7. Mary FitzPatrick (1854–1920)

30. Thomas Taylour, 2nd Marquess of Headfort (1787–1870)

15. Lady Olivia Taylour (1824–1916)

31. Olivia Stevenson (1790–1834)

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