Hans von Francken-Sierstorpff (1895-1944)

Count "Johnny" Hans Francken-Sierstorpff, of Pasadena, California

He married Princess Elisabeth Hohenlohe-Öhringen, granddaughter of Prince Hugo zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen, Politician and Mining Industrialist. Hans "fled Hitler's Germany, leaving his wife, a Nazi sympathizer, and their grown children behind". He divorced her in absentia and in 1942 married Clotilde Knapp. After his death, his widow married U.S. Under Secretary of State for Administration, Charles E. Saltzman.

Parents

Johannes von Francken-Sierstorpff

Count Johannes von Francken-Sierstorpff, of the Zyrowa Palace, Silesia

1858-1917

Mary von Francken-Sierstorpff

Countess Mary (Knowlton) von Francken-Sierstorpff

1870-1929

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