- Had a career in banking before becoming a fashion designer.
- Father of Tatiana von Fürstenberg and Alexandre Egon Prinz zu Furstenberg, born in New York City, 25 Jan 1970, who married Alexandra Miller, the daughter of Robert W. Miller and the sister in law of the Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece and Christopher R. Getty.
- Nephew of the late Gianni Agnelli, founder of Italian Fiat company.
- With then-wife Diane von Fürstenberg started a clothing design company in 1967.
- Buried in a family tomb in Austria.
- Was a baron (prince) of Austria, born to a noble German family on his father's side, and heir to the Fiat fortune on his mother's side.
- Baptized by the future Pope John XXIII.
- Younger brother of Ira von Fürstenberg.
- Married his first wife, Diane von Fürstenberg, in Montfort-l'Amaury.
- Former brother-in-law of Prinz Alfonso von und zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
- Father-in-law of Russell Steinberg.
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