Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck

Politician

1830 – 1916

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Who was Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck?

Guido Georg Friedrich Erdmann Heinrich Adalbert Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck, from 1901 Fürst Henckel von Donnersmarck was a German nobleman, industrial magnate, and one of the richest men of his time. Unaware of Henckel's personal quirks, which included a pathological devotion to his deceased first wife, US Ambassador James W. Gerard found him affable and politically reasonable at a time when many German conservatives were extreme nationalists.

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Born
Aug 10, 1830
Wrocław
Nationality
  • Germany
Lived in
  • Wrocław
Died
Dec 19, 1916
Berlin

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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