Beatrix, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau

Beatrix Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék
Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau
Full name
Beatrix Maria Valeria Thérèse Emerica Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék
Born(1930-01-30)30 January 1930
Hegykő, Kingdom of Hungary
Died30 September 2021(2021-09-30) (aged 91)
Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
BuriedNordfriedhof, Munich, Germany
Noble familySzéchenyi
Spouse(s)
(m. 1957; div. 1986)
IssueCountess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau
Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis
Count Carl-Alban von Schönburg-Glauchau
Alexander, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau
FatherCount Bálint Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék
MotherPrincess Marie Pavlovna Galitzine

Beatrix, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau (née Countess Beatrix Maria Valeria Thérèse Emerica Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék; 30 January 1930 – 30 September 2021) was a Hungarian-German aristocrat and socialite. By birth a member of the Széchényi family, a Hungarian noble family, she fled Hungary in 1956 during the Communist Revolution. After arriving in Germany, she married Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau, the nominal head of the House of Schönburg-Glauchau, and moved to Africa. She lived in Togo and Somalia, where her husband worked as a journalist, before returning to Germany in 1970. After divorcing her husband in 1986, she moved to Regensburg to live with her daughter, Gloria, Princess of Thurn und Taxis.