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Karl Josef Henckel von Donnersmarck

1928–2008

Born
7 Nov 1928
Country of birth
Luxembourg(inferred from the family)
Died
16 Apr 2008
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A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Child born: Andreas Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck

    Birth

  3. Child born: Marie-Felix Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck

    Birth

  4. Child born: Winfried Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck

    Birth

  5. Child born: Charlotte Gräfin Henckel von Donnersmarck

    Birth

  6. Died

    Death

What was it like?

The world around 1928: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Karl was born the same year as Andy Warhol, Stanley Kubrick, and Maya Angelou.

Known for

Count Karl Josef Henckel von Donnersmarck was a Polish-German nobleman and, as the husband of Princess Marie-Adélaïde of Luxembourg, a member of the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg. The wedding of Count Karl Josef and Princess Marie-Adélaïde was the first royal wedding to be televised.

Born the same year

  • Andy Warhol

    American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)

  • Stanley Kubrick

    American filmmaker and photographer (1928–1999)

  • Maya Angelou

    American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)

  • Elie Wiesel

    Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor (1928-2016)

  • Che Guevara

    Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)

  • Noam Chomsky

    American linguist and activist (born 1928)

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