Ira von Fürstenberg

Princess Virginia von Fürstenberg (Virginia Carolina Theresa Pancrazia Galdina Prinzessin zu Fürstenberg; The elder of her two brothers, Prince Egon von Fürstenberg, became a fashion designer.

Early life Von Fürstenberg was born in Rome, Italy, During the Second World War, she lived in Switzerland, later in Italy and Austria. she was educated in a boarding school in England for a while.

Career Ira von Fürstenberg started a modeling career at age 13, walking down the runway for Emilio Pucci, She posed for Helmut Newton and Cecil Beaton. It became the first of 28 films, She never trained as an actor. In 1968 Roger Vadim offered her Barbarella, but she declined, and Jane Fonda landed a success. She returned to fashion, with a post of president of the Italian branch of the cosmetics company Germaine Montell, and from 1978 general director of Valentino.

Personal life

Her first husband was Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1924–2003), who founded the Marbella Club, a Spanish resort. They married in Venice on 17 September 1955, when she was aged 15 and the groom, 31. The wedding was a lavish feast, attended by international society. 8 November 1956 – 6 August 2006), who died of massive organ failure a few days after being imprisoned in Klongprem Central Prison in Bangkok on charges of suspicion of illegally altering a visa. His health had been weakened from a weight-loss regimen at a Thai wellness center. Hubertus Rudolph (known as "Hubi"; born 2 February 1959), a musician and photographer who was on Mexico's Olympic skiing team in 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2010, and 2014. Married to Simona Gandolfi on 17 June 2019 in Vaduz.

They lived in Mexico City, because her husband had family ties there, and introduced the VW Beetle into Latin America. She left with the children in 1960. The funeral service took place on 23 February 2024 in the Church of Santa Maria in Rome. In addition to the family, John Elkann and his wife Lavinia, Tomás Terry and Marisela Federici were also present. Her grave is located in the cemetery in Strobl am Wolfgangsee.

Selected filmography Matchless (1967) Dead Run (1967) I Killed Rasputin (1967) Caprice Italian Style (1968) Negresco (1968) The Vatican Affair (1968) The Battle of El Alamein (1969) Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970) No desearás al vecino del quinto (1970) Hello-Goodbye (1970) The Beasts (1971) The Fifth Cord (1971) Nights and Loves of Don Juan (1971) Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears (1973) Processo per direttissima (1974)

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