Count Franz-Joseph von Seefried auf Buttenheim, Freiherr zu Hagenbach (29 July 1904 – 15 May 1969) was a German nobleman and a naturalist.

Early life

He was born as a youngest child and the only son of Count Otto Ludwig Philipp von Seefried auf

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, Freiherr zu

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(1870-1951) and his wife,

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, granddaughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and

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. He was known for his work as a naturalist and hunter in

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, where he served as

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Marriage and issue

He married Gabrielle von Schnitzler (3 November 1918 – 13 February 2017) on 9 August 1941 in

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. She was the only daughter of Georg August Eduard von Schnitzler and his wife, Lilly Bertha Dorothea von

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(b. 1888). They had four children: * Franz, (born 1942, Frankfurt am Main), married to Ruth Margaretha Schlumpf (b. 1963), no issue * Ferdinand, (born 1944, Madrid, Spain), married to Monique Brouillet (b. 1950), has two daughters and a son * Isabel, (born 1949, Madrid, Spain), married to Martin Edmont Walter Karl, Count Hoyos zu Stichsenstein (1947-2024), has one daughters and two son * Johannes, (born 1959,

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, Austria), never married.

Death

He died on 15 May 1969 in Madrid as a result of a

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, after crashing against a bus. His funeral was celebrated on 14 June at Church of the Conception.ABC Madrid - 12 June 1969
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Selected works

* ''Cacerías de Alta Montaña'', Ediciones y Publicaciones Españolas (EPESA), Madrid, 1949.

References

1904 births 1969 deaths Diplomats for Austria People from Ružomberok Nobility from Madrid Austrian naturalists German hunters 20th-century German nobility 20th-century naturalists {{Germany-noble-stub