Carl-Eduard von Bismarck

Carl-Eduard von Bismarck
Born	Carl-Eduard Otto Wolfgang Jayme Anders Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen (1961-02-16) February 16, 1961 Zurich, Switzerland
Nationality	Germany
Spouse(s)	Laura Harring (1987-1989) Celia Demaurex (1997-2004) N. Bariman (2004-2014)
Children	Alexei von Bismarck Grace von Bismarck
Parent(s)	Prince Ferdinand von Bismarck Countess Elisabeth Lippens

Carl-Eduard Otto Wolfgang Jayme Anders Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen (born February 16, 1961 in Zurich) is a German politician (CDU).

Background and education

Bismarck is the eldest grandson of the CDU politician Otto Christian Archibald, Prince von Bismarck, the great-grandson of Herbert, Prince von Bismarck and the great-great-grandson of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.

Bismarck's younger sister, Vanessa Grafin von Bismarck-Schönhausen (b. 26 March 1971, Hamburg, Germany) works in public relations in the United States. His brother Gottfried Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen died of a heart attack in 2007.

Following his Abitur in 1982 in Wentorf, he served in the military as an officer cadet, and from 1985 to 1989 he studied economics. In 1987 he married American actress Laura Harring. The couple divorced in 1989 but they reportedly remain friendly. In 1997 he married Celia Anouk Demaurex (1971–2010). He has two children: Alexei and Grace von Bismarck.

Between 1989 and 1992, he worked for the company Investor Treuhand in Düsseldorf. Since 1993 he has worked for the Princely Bismarck Administration (Fürstlich von Bismarck'schen Verwaltung) in Friedrichsruh.

Political career

Bismarck became a member of the CDU in 1995, and was elected vice-chairman of the CDU in Lauenburg in 1999 (his ancestor, Otto von Bismarck, had been the nominal Duke of Lauenburg in the 1890s). When Peter Harry Carstensen became Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein, Bismarck replaced him in the Bundestag, the German parliament. In the 2005 federal election, he won his constituency with a plurality (44.4%) of the vote.

He resigned his mandate on December 19, 2007. If he had resigned in January, as planned, he would have been eligible for a pension, inciting more criticism.

Ancestry

Family of Carl-Eduard von Bismarck

16. Prince Otto Eduard von Bismarck               8. Prince Herbert von Bismarck                       17. Johanna von Puttkamer               4. Prince Otto Christian von Bismarck                             18. Count Georg Anton of Hoyos               9. Countess Marguerite Malvine of Hoyos                       19. Alice Whitehead               2. Prince Ferdinand von Bismarck                                   20. Captain Sven Justus Tengbom               10. Ivar Justus Tengbom                       21. Agnes Carolina Almqvist               5. Ann-Mari Tengbom                             22. Lars August Nordin               11. Hjördis Frederika Nordin                       23. Ida Josefina Hansson               1. Prince Carl-Eduard von Bismarck                                         24. Auguste Philippe Marie Lippens               12. Raymond Lippens                       25. Marie Ghislaine t’Serstevens               6. Count Léon Lippens                             26. Baron Léon Marie de Béthune               13. Baroness Ghislaine de Béthune                       27. Anne Jeanne David-Fischbach-Malacord               3. Countess Elisabeth Lippens                                   28. Hippolyte Philippe Marie Lippens               14. Count Maurice Auguste Lippens                       29. Countess Louise de Kerchove de Denterghem               7. Countess Suzanne Lippens                             30. Henri Édouard Auguste Peltzer               15. Madeleine Peltzer                       31. Suzanne Amélie Orban

See also

• Gottfried von Bismarck (brother)
• Mona von Bismarck
• House of Bismarck