Alois Graf von Waldburg-Zeil
German politician
Alois Graf von Waldburg-Zeil (born 20 September 1933 in Leutkirch im Allgäu; died 14 December 2014)[citation needed] was a German politician.
Life
His parents were Erich August Fürst von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (1899–1953) and Monika Prinzessin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1905–1992). He went to school at Kolleg St. Blasien. He studied politics and economics at universities in Bonn, Rom and Munich.[1]
On 21 June 1956, he married Clarissa Gräfin von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (born in Jüterbog on 14 October 1936).[2]
His children were:
- Monika Gräfin Wolff Metternich zur Gracht (born 1957)
- Clemens Graf von Waldburg-Zeil (born 1960)
- Georg Graf von Waldburg-Zeil (1961–1989)
- Theresa Lenhart Gräfin von Waldburg-Zeil (born 1962)
- Franz-Anton Graf von Waldburg-Zeil (1964–1987)
Waldburg-Zeil was from 1980 to 1998 member of German Bundestag.[3][4]
Awards
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- National Order of the Lion from Senegal
- 1993: Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
- Order of St. Gregory the Great
- Order of Isabella the Catholic
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alois Graf von Waldburg-Zeil.
- Bundestag: Alois Graf von Waldburg-Zeil
- Spiegel.de: Schwabens milliardenschwere Blaublüter, May 1, 2001
