Alexander Hochberg

Who was Alexander Hochberg?

Alexander von Hochberg or Aleksander Pszczyński was a Polish-German aristocrat and military officer. In 1984 he briefly served as the head of the Hochberg von Pless princely family.

He was born February 1, 1905 in London, to Hans Heinrich XV von Hochberg, 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 had been a Polish citizen. In the wake of World War II he emigrated to Paris, where he joined the Polish Army in the West.He became the 5th Fürst von Pless in 1984. Using the name or title Pless before 1984 was against the family rules. He served with distinction in North Africa and in Italy

After the war he settled in Pollensa in the Spanish island of Majorca, where he died February 22, 1984. The von Pless line of his family is headed by his nephew Bolko Hochberg von Pless.