Count Franz von Limburg Stirum
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Count Franz von Limburg Stirum (born 1943) is a Finnish
farmer of Belgian origin, count of The Holy Roman Empire, and head of the House of Limburg-Stirum
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Franz von Limburg Stirum was educated in Sweden, where he obtained the degree of Agricultural Technologist, at the Lantbruksuniversitet. Then he has been farming, together with his wife countess Marianne (née von Julin, member of a wealthy Finnish industrial dynasty related even to Baron Gustaf Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland, Regent of Finland 1918-1919 and President of the Republic 1944-46), the family's Koski manor in Western Uusimaa
, Finland
.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
farmer of Belgian origin, count of The Holy Roman Empire, and head of the House of Limburg-Stirum
House of Limburg-Stirum
The house of Limburg-Stirum, which adopted its name in the 12th century from the castle of Limburg an der Lenne in what is now Germany, descends from the Ezzonen dynasty in the 9th century, making it one of the oldest families in Europe....
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Franz von Limburg Stirum was educated in Sweden, where he obtained the degree of Agricultural Technologist, at the Lantbruksuniversitet. Then he has been farming, together with his wife countess Marianne (née von Julin, member of a wealthy Finnish industrial dynasty related even to Baron Gustaf Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland, Regent of Finland 1918-1919 and President of the Republic 1944-46), the family's Koski manor in Western Uusimaa
Uusimaa
Uusimaa, or Nyland in Swedish, is a region in Finland. It borders the regions Finland Proper, Tavastia Proper, Päijänne Tavastia and Kymenlaakso...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
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