Edmund BATTHYANY-STRATTMANN

Background

BATTHYANY-STRATTMANN, Edmund was born in 1826 in Milan. Son of Prince G. Batthyany Strattmann and Baroness d’Ahrenfeldt. Succeeded father, 18S3.

Education

Eton; first foreigner and Catholic admitted. Was in the boats.

Career

Served in National Guard, 1848. Honourable Attache Austrian Embassy in London under Count Beust. Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve.

Founder of Y. Italian A. Prince and Count of the Holy Roman Empire.

Hereditary member of Hungarian Upper House. Hereditary titular Ban of Croatia and Lord Lieutenant of County Eisenburg. Chamber of Nobles in Upper and Lower Austria, Moravia, and Carinthia.

Prince in Bohemia: Imperial Austrian Chamberlain and Privy Councillor.

Membership

Clubs: Turf, Bath, Royal Yacht Squadron, Royal Thames Yacht.

Interests

• Yacht racing, winner of 3 Queen's and many other Cups with Kriemliilda and Flying Cloud. Shooting, tennis, and lawn-tennis.

Connections

Spouse 1901, Amelia Holzmann (b. Vienna, 1875).

Father:

Prince G. Batthyany Strattmann

Mother:

Baroness

Spouse:

Amelia Holzmann