Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth


Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth is the son of German Count Friedrich-August Rüdiger Albrecht von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth and Astrid Maria Andres. By birth he is a member of an ancient House of :de:Pfeil |Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth which can trace their noble ancestry way back to 12h century.

Marriage and family

He married Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg on 6 June 1998, becoming the husband of a member of the Danish royal family.
Princess Alexandra is the daughter of Princess Benedikte of Denmark, whose elder sister is Queen Margrethe II. The couple were married at Gråsten Palace, the Danish royal family's summer residence in southern Jutland. According to an article in the Copenhagen Post, Princess Alexandra was granted Danish citizenship just prior to her marriage. The couple were sweethearts during their childhood years at Louisenlund school, in Germany.
The couple resided in Paris, where Count Jefferson was a managing director of the Swiss bank Sal. Oppenheim.
Since 2013 they lived in Heidesheim, Germany, near Mainz. They were always among the Danish royal family for the summer holidays at Gråsten Palace.
They have two children:
The couple announced their intention to divorce in May 2017. On 18 May 2019 Princess Alexandra married Count Michael Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille, a member of an ancient Danish noble family.

Titles and styles

In Germany titles were abolished after the First World War, and incorporated into the surname. Jefferson's title in pretence is Graf, the English equivalent of Count. In Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, he would be known as a Greve.
He is styled as Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth.