Count Leo-Ferdinand Maria Lazarus Romwolt Wilhelm Edwin Gerhard Henckel von Donnersmarck (26 December 1935 – 23 July 2009) was a German historian, businessman, and Catholic lay worker.
After retiring from business, Henckel von Donnersmarck served as the President of the German Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1997 to 2006.
He was a member of the House of Henckel von Donnersmarck, an Austro-German noble family which had agricultural holdings and mining operations in Silesia since the 17th century.
[1] During World War II, the family's estates fell under the Iron Curtain and their properties and assets were seized by the Soviets.
[1] Henckel von Donnersmarck studied law and political science at the University of Vienna and completed a Master of Business Administration at the Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires in Fontainebleau.
[2] In 1967, Henckel von Donnersmarck began working as an executive at Lufthansa, a transport company and flag carrier of Germany.
[3] Henckel von Donnersmarck was made a Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta's highest rank.
[6] The funeral was attended by members of the Henckel von Donnersmarck family and by representatives of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.