He was a successful racing driver, but Ferfried Prinz von Hohenzollern is best known to the general public for his relationship with reality TV star Tatjana Gsell. Now “Foffi” died in a hospital in Munich.
Mourning for Ferfried “Foffi” Prince of Hohenzollern. The former touring car racer died on Tuesday night in the Großhadern Clinic in Munich. His closest family circle confirmed this to both the “Bunte” and the “Bild” newspapers. He was 79 years old. The cause of death is not known.
Ferfried Maximilian Pius Meinrad Maria Hubert Michael Justinus Prince von Hohenzollern was born on April 14, 1943 at Umkirch Castle in Baden-Württemberg, the youngest son of Friedrich von Hohenzollern (1891-1965), head of the former princely House of Hohenzollern.
After studying law, Ferfried devoted himself to a career as a racing driver and in 1966 began to regularly compete in races in Europe with a BMW. In 1969 he was accepted into the works team at BMW. In 1971 he won the famous 24-hour race on the Nürburgring together with Gerold Pankl.
However, he received media attention mainly through his relationship with reality TV star Tatjana Gsell in 2004, although the prince was still married in his third marriage at the time. Their liaison was apparently so interesting to the public that the broadcaster RTLzwei decided in 2006 to start with “Tatjana
Ferfried Prince of Hohenzollern was married three times. In September 1968 he married Angela von Morgen for the first time. They had two children but divorced in 1973. In April 1977 he married his second wife Eliane Etter. The two also had two children. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1987. In 1999 he gave his vows to his third wife Maja Synke Meinert, and their marriage lasted until 2007.
