I am looking forward to this book, Ira: The Life and Times of a Princess, an authorized biography by Nicholas Foulkes. I look forward to reading and reviewing it after the book is published the UK in mid-June. The US publication date is mid-June It is now available for pre-order.
HarperCollins is publishing the book in the United States and in the United Kingdom.
HSH Princess Virginia Carolina Theresa Pancrazia Galdina of Fürstenberg was born in 1940, one of three children of Princess Tassilo of Fürstenberg and Clara Agnelli, daughter of Eduardo Agneli, an Italian businessman.
The Princess has always been called Ira. Her paternal grandparents were Prince Karl Emil of Fürstenberg and Countess Mária Matild Georgina Festetics de Tolna, a member of a Hungarian noble family. Maria's mother was Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, whose first marriage to Prince Albert of Monaco, son of Charles III, ended in divorce, They had one son, Louis II, Prince of Monaco.
Lady Mary was the daughter of William,11th Duke of Hamilton and Princess Marie of Baden. Her marriage to Prince Albert was annulled before he succeeded to the Monegasque throne.
After the death of Princess Grace, Princess Ira was often the companion of Prince Rainier, who was her second cousin as Lady Mary was their great-grandmother. Rainier was the grandson of Prince Louis II and Ira was the granddaughter of Countess Maria.
Ira's brother, Prince Egon, was married to the designer Diane von Fürstenberg.
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