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Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza
Austrian archduchess
Baroness Francesca Anna Dolores von Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (born 7 June 1958), formerly Francesca von Habsburg-Lothringen, is a Swiss art collector. By birth, she is a member of the House of Thyssen-Bornemisza. She is also the former wife of Karl von Habsburg, current head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
Early life
[edit]Thyssen-Bornemisza was born in Lausanne, the daughter of Baron Hans Heinrich von Thyssen-Bornemisza and his third wife, fashion model Fiona Frances Elaine Campbell-Walter, the only daughter of Rear AdmiralKeith McNeil Walter (later Campbell-Walter) (1904–1976), aide de camp of King George VI and his wife, Frances Henriette Campbell (b. 1904), daughter of Sir Edward Campbell, 1st Baronet. She was educated at Le Rosey in Switzerland[1] and at the age of eighteen attended Saint Martin's School of Art in London,[2] but left after two years.
Career
[edit]After leaving Saint Martin's School of Art, she worked as an actress, singer and model.[3] Her partying lifestyle in London in the 1980s earned her reputation as an It girl.[1]
For the ten years after she left Saint Martin's, she lived in England, New York and Los Angeles before moving
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Victory for baroness in art feud
Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza, owner of one of Europe's finest private art collections rivalled only by that of the Queen, has emerged victorious from a bitter feud with her stepdaughter.
The baroness has rebuffed insistent demands from Francesca von Habsburg, who is also a collector, to mount an ambitious exhibition of avant-garde contemporary works in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, on whose board the she has a deciding voice.
The former Spanish beauty queen became the fifth wife of Baron Hans Heinrich ("Heini") von Thyssen-Bornemisza in 1985 and, after his death in 2002, one of the world's richest and most powerful art patrons.
But from the moment she married, she was at loggerheads with the children from Heini's four previous marriages, in particular Francesca von Habsburg, daughter of the baron's third wife, the Scottish fashion model Fiona Campbell-Walker.
Francesca has been pushing hard to exhibit works from her own foundation, T-B A21, in the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum. Her collection includes 300 video and digital works. But the baroness has turned her down, saying the proposed exhibits were too avant-garde. "The museum cannot lose its prestige by mounting radical exhibitions. We have to be very careful," she told yes