Franz von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg

Franz Edmund Joseph Gabriel Vitus Prinz[a] von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg (15 June 1853 – 4 November 1910) was a German aristocrat and a racehorse owner.

[5] After being educated in the academies of Germany, he took an interest in the diplomatic services and served as an attaché in the German Embassy in Washington, D.C.[6] A noted race-horse owner, on 30 March 1906 Prince Franz's horse, Ascetic's Silver, captured the 1906 Grand National which took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England.

He has been a patron of all the fashionable European watering places, and has been most assiduous in cultivating the acquaintance of rich American girls at Monte Carlo, Baden, Homburg, and other resorts.

His father and mother are extremely popular both at Berlin and Vienna, but the Prince is regarded as a black sheep and has severed his connection with both the Diplomatic Service and the army.

"[8]On 28 October 1889, Prince Franz von Hatzfeldt was married to Clara at St Wilfrid's Chapel at Brompton Oratory in London by the Bishop of Emmaus.