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Frederick Prinz von Anhalt (born in Germany, circa 1933) is best known as the ninth husband of the Hungarian-born American actress Zsa Zsa Gabor. He is technically and legally her eighth husband. Gabor's previous marriage to Mexican actor Felipe de Alba was invalid and subsequently annulled, since she was not divorced from Michael O'Hara when she wed de Alba at sea.
Name
Originally born Hans Robert Lichtenberg (other sources state Hans-Georg Lichtenberg), he was adopted in 1980 by the elderly Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt (1898-1983), (she was married firstly to Prince Joachim of Prussia (a son of William II, German Emperor) and secondly to Baron Johannes-Michael von Loën.[1]), who used such adoptions as a form of income[citation needed]. The transaction was masterminded by "Consul" Hans-Hermann Weyer, a German who pioneered the selling of noble titles, honorary doctorates and other decorations in Germany[citation needed]. As a result, Hans took the name Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt and is also known as simply Frédéric von Anhalt. The adoption and name change did not confer any title or nobility upon Frédéric. Prinz von Anhalt is his surname, rather than a title, as per German law.
Marriage
He married Zsa Zsa Gabor in 1986, and they are still married as of February 2007, making it Gabor's longest marriage.
Affairs
On February 9, 2007, he claimed that he had a decade-long affair with Anna Nicole Smith. Prinz von Anhalt said he and Smith met in the 1990s when Smith was still married to elderly oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II. He said Smith approached him and Gabor at the Plaza Hotel in New York. "She was a very big fan of Zsa Zsa and wanted to be like Zsa Zsa," he said. "She wanted to be a princess." He said the two started an affair soon after, meeting over the years in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York. For much of that time, he said, Smith urged him to make her a princess like his wife. But short of divorcing the actress, he said the only solution would have been adopting Smith. Prinz von Anhalt said he did consider that and even filled out adoption papers, but Gabor refused to sign them.
Claims of paternity
Prinz von Anhalt has been quoted as saying that he could potentially be the father of her infant girl, Dannielynn, who was born in September 2006.[2] Prinz von Anhalt said he would file a lawsuit if Dannielynn is turned over to Howard K. Stern or Larry Birkhead by the courts.
On 12 February 2007, according to the Associated Press, Prinz von Anhalt has announced that he will file a paternity claim and that his marriage likely will be over if his claims of parentage prevail.[3]
References
- ^ AN ONLINE GOTHA - Anhalt
- ^ Gabor Husband may be Smith's baby's dad, Associated Press, February 9, 2007.
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