Monday, November 16, 2009

German princess drops suit

November 16, 1949

Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, 55, has dropped her suit against Peter Schaefer, 43, a factory worker. According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, the princess filed suit against Schaefer "for return of valuables she alleged she gave him during a whirlwind romance," after the war.
The princess said she withdrew the suit because of "unwelcome publicity." Schaefer has since married another woman.
Under German law, "the giver of an engagement ring" can ask for it back if the engagement is broken.
Princess Stephanie, who was born in 1895, is the eldest child of Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern and Princess Josephine of Belgium. In 1920, she married Joseph Ernst, Fürst Fugger von Glött. They were divorced in 1943.

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