Rest In Peace: The Creative and Charismatic Countess Beatrice von Hardenberg, Former Duchess of Seville

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On the morning of Friday, 13 March, Countess Beatrice von Hardenberg passed away in Marbella, Spain. She was seventy-two years-old. Beatrice’s death was announced by her daughter, Olivia, in the following message:

The countess died a month after her daughter Cristina, who passed away on 13 February in Madrid, aged just forty-four. 

Countess Beatrice Wilhelmine Paula von Hardenberg was born at Donaueschingen on 28 June 1947 as the third child and second daughter of Count Günther von Hardenberg (1918 – 1985) and Princess Maria Josepha zu Fürstenberg (1922 – 2008). Beatrice joined two older siblings: Count Huburtus (b.1944) and Countess Christa-Maria (b.1945). Her parent’s fourth and final child, Count Günther, died the day after he was born in 1950. 

On 7 July 1973 at Baden-Baden, Beatrice married Don Francisco de Paula de Borbón y Escasany (b.1943), Duke of Seville. The Duke and Duchess of Seville had three children: Oliva (b.1974), Cristina (1975 – 2020), and Francisco (b.1979). After sixteen years of marriage, Beatrice and Francisco divorced in 1989. 

With an eye for fashion and design, Beatrice quickly carved out a career of her own. She became a driving force behind the creation of Vogue España. According to press accounts, Beatrice was well-loved by her peers in society. Due to her unique sense of style, Beatrice was known as “the hippy princess” by contemporaries in the 1970s and 1980s. Like her daughter Cristina, she was a lover of nature and creatures of all kinds: Beatrice was particularly partial to frogs. 

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The former Duchess of Seville was extremely close to her three children. She enjoyed being able to spend as much time as possible with her grandchildren, the offspring of her daughter Olivia. Her family and their company seems to have been her greatest joy.

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May She Rest In Peace.