, 17th Baron Massenbach of the H.R. Empire, etc. (failing knowledge of his elder brother, & notwithstanding his father's abdication of his Rights of Succession, succ.1953 acc. to primogeniture his father Baron Ferdinand III.), of Munich, formerly Berlin, Germany, Dir. Standard Electric Lorenz AG, etc. He was succ. acc. to primogeniture by his brother Karl XIV. (Charlie) (1903-76). s.p.