Alexander Hochberg

Alexander
5th Prince of Pless
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Predecessor	Hans-Heinrich XVII, 4th Prince of Pless
Full name Alexander Friedrich-Wilhelm Georg Konrad-Ernst-Maximilian Fürst von Pless
Other titles	Count of Hochberg Baron of Fuerstenstein
Born	(1905-02-01)1 February 1905 London
Baptised	28 February 1905 St-James's Palace, London
Died	22 February 1984(1984-02-22) (aged 79) Pollença
Buried	Pollença
Noble family	House of Hochberg
Father	Hans Heinrich XV, 3rd Prince of Pless
Mother	Mary-Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West
Occupation	Businessman; Soldier

Alexander von Hochberg or Aleksander Pszczyński (1 February 1905 – 22 February 1984) was a German aristocrat and military officer. In 1984, he briefly served as the head of the Hochberg von Pless princely family.

He was born 1 February 1905 in London, to Hans Heinrich XV, 3rd Prince von Pleß and his first wife Daisy, Princess of Pless. As an heir of once mighty Silesian ducal family of Dukes von Pless, Alexander (officially styled Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Konrad Ernst Maximilian Graf von Hochberg, baron zu Fürstenstein, 5th Fürst von Pless) had been a Polish citizen when Upper Silesia and Pless became part of Poland in 1921. Due to fiscal problems and indebtedness his estate was partly taken the Polish State (65% of the family's assets). Following his father's death in 1938 he emigrated to Paris, where he surprisingly later joined the Polish Army in the West in the latter stages of the war. He served with distinction in North Africa and in Italy.

After the war he settled in Pollensa on the Spanish island of Majorca, where he died on 22 February 1984. The von Pless line of his family is now headed by his nephew , 6th Fürst von Pless (b. Munich 3 Apr 1936).

References[]

• Ludovici, Laurence James (1993). The Three of Us. London: Marjay Books.
• Luke, Michael (2002). Hansel Pless: Prisoner of History. A Life of H.S.H. Hans Heinrich XVII, 4th Prince of Pless. London: Cygnet Press.

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