Background
Born as Maximilian Egon Christian Karl Aloys Emil Leo Richard Anton, Prince of Fürstenberg, he was the son of Maximilian Egon, Prince of Fürstenberg, and his wife Leontina, Countess of Khevenhüller-Metsch.
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Maximilian Maximilian Egon II, Prince of Furstenberg
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Career
He had a younger brother, born in 1867, Karl Emil Egon, Prince of Fürstenberg. Karl Egon V zu Fürstenberg (1891–1973)
Leontina zu Fürstenberg (1892–1979)
Anna zu Fürstenberg (1894–1928)
Maximilian Egon zu Fürstenberg (1896–1959)
Friedrich Eduard zu Fürstenberg (1898–1916)
He also had an illegitimate daughter, Marie-Louise-Auguste von Almey, by a liaison with Freiin Marguerite von Almey. Until the First World War he was vice-president of the Prussian House of Lords.
His principal residence was at Donaueschingen, near the source of the Danube, where he owned a castle and great deer forests.
The Emperor Wilhelm frequently visited him there, and Max invariably accompanied the Emperor on his hunting expeditions and Norwegian trips. As well as his vast ancestral forests, he also owned coal mines, hotels and breweries.
The same year, 1933, he joined the Nazi Party and the Société Anonyme and in 1938 was appointed to the rank of Standartenführer.
Membership
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Although he was a member of the high Roman Catholic Uradel who had long stood aloof from party politics, after meeting Hitler and Ernst Roehm in November 1933 Max became enthusiastic about Hitler"s leadership, commenting "lieutenant was wonderful, to be able to meet such a great man".
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Nationality
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Political Party
Nazi party