Christoph Prinz zu Hohenlohe | |
Birth Name: | Christoph Victorio Egon Humberto Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
Birth Place: | Lausanne, Switzerland |
Birth Date: | 8 November 1956 |
Death Place: | Bangkok, Thailand |
House: | Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
Father: | Alfonso Prinz zu Hohenlohe |
Mother: | Princess Ira von Fürstenberg |
Christoph Victorio Egon Humberto Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (8 November 1956 – 6 August 2006) was a European socialite and member of the extended Agnelli family.[1]
Known as Kiko, he was born at Clinique de Mont Choisi in Lausanne, Switzerland,[2] the elder son of Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1924–2003) and his first wife, Princess Ira zu Fürstenberg, a niece of Giovanni Agnelli, the founder of Fiat.
He died on 6 August 2006 of massive organ failure, related to complications of diabetes and a lung infection, a few days after being imprisoned in Klong Prem Central Prison in Bangkok on charges of suspicion of illegally altering a visa[3] (a month before the 2006 Thai coup d'état). His health had been weakened from a weight-loss regimen at a Thai wellness center.[4] [5]
Before his death, he resided in Honolulu, Hawaii, also in Paris and Geneva, but was a citizen of Liechtenstein.[5]