Tessa Gräfin von Walderdorff

Tessa von Walderdorff
Born Tessa June Gräfin von Walderdorff
20 February 1994
New York City
New York
Spouse(s) Barron Nicholas Hilton II (2018 - present)
Father Count Franz von Walderdorff
Mother Anna-Sabrina Brühwiler
Occupation real estate broker, socialite, writer, actress

Countess Tessa June von Walderdorff (Tessa June Gräfin von Walderdorff in German; born 20 February 1994), also known by her married name Tessa Hilton, is an American socialite and real estate broker. She previously worked as an actress in short films, a free-lance disc jockey, and was a writer for the German fashion and lifestyle magazine I Love You. She is a member of the Walderdorff family, a German noble family of comital rank, and a morganatic descendant of the Löwenstein-Wertheim branch of the House of Wittelsbach. She is a member of the Hilton family through her marriage to Barron Nicholas Hilton II.

Early life and family

Countess Tessa von Walderdorff was born on 20 February 1994 in New York City.[1] Her father is photographer and artist Count Franz von Walderdorff[2] and her mother is artist Anna-Sabrina Brühwiler.[3][4] She is a member of the German noble Walderdorff family and is a morganatic descendant of the German House of Wittelsbach. Walderdorff's paternal grandfather, Count Hugo von Walderoff, left Germany during World War II to escape forced recruitment into the Hitler Youth.[5] Her paternal grandmother is Countess Marie Josepha von Ballestrem, a daughter of Princess Therese zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.[5] She has a younger sister, Countess Mia Rose von Walderdorff.[6] She is of German heritage on her father's side and German, Swiss, French, and Dutch heritage on her mother's side.[7][8] Walderdorff spoke French as her first language, and later became fluent in German and in English.[9] As a child, Walderdorff spent a lot of time at Schloss Höfling, her family's 18th century castle near Regensburg in Bavaria.[9]

Career

Walderdorff worked as a production assistant for Holly Li Productions during New York Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week in 2012 and 2013.[9] In 2013 she also interned for Donna Karan.[7] Since 2014 Walderdorff has been working as an intern at Laird + Partners, a subsidiary of MDC Partners.[10][11]

Walderdorff made her film debut in the 2017 film Rosewood: The Best Version of Yourself. She played Jessica Cabot in the upcoming film Spring to Winter.[12] Inspired by music she discovered while living in Berlin, and with her classical piano training, Walderdorff has done free-lance work as a disc jockey and has begun producing her own music.[9]

Walderdorff is a licensed real estate agent and works as a salesperson for Hilton and Hyland, a real estate firm owned by Jeffrey Hyland and her father-in-law Richard Hilton.[9]

Walderdorff has written two compilations of short stories and is publishing a series of children's books with Full Cycle Publications.[9] She also writes for the Berlin-based I Love You magazine.[13]

Personal life

Walderdorff graduated from Bard College in 2016, where she double majored in Written Arts and French.[7]

She met Barron Nicholas Hilton II, younger brother of Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton Rothschild, at a restaurant in Saint Barthélemy in 2016, and began dating shortly after.[9] Hilton proposed to Walderdorff on 17 September 2017 in Central Park.[14][15] They announced their engagement via Instagram later that month.[16][17] Walderdorff and Hilton were married in Gustavia; first in a civil ceremony at the town hall on 1 June 2018 and then in a religious ceremony at St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church on 3 June 2018.[18][19][20][21] After the ceremony they had a reception at the Villa La Plage.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "Tessa, countess of Walderdorff, * 1994 - Geneall.net". geneall.net.
  2. ↑ "Los Hilton ya no brillan como antes".
  3. ↑ "Paris et Nicky Hilton : Leur petit frère Barron va se marier".
  4. ↑ "FRANZ WALDERDORFF - SABRINA BRUHWILER HOME". FRANZ WALDERDORFF ----------------- SABRINA BRUHWILER.
  5. 1 2 "Another Hilton Hits the Euro-jackpot -". 6 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Family tree of Mia Rose von Walderdorff". Geneanet.
  7. 1 2 3 "TESSA VON WALDERDORFF".
  8. ↑ País, El (4 October 2017). "Barron Hilton deja a un lado su alocada vida por amor" – via elpais.com.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "TESSA GRÄFIN von WALDERDORFF". 14 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Paris Hilton's Little Brother Is Engaged".
  11. ↑ "Paris Hiltons kleiner Bruder heiratet Gräfin".
  12. ↑
  13. ↑ "I Love You".
  14. ↑ "The second most-boring Hilton is engaged". 3 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "Barron Hilton Is Engaged to Tessa Gräfin von Walderdorff!". 4 October 2017.
  16. ↑ Lawson, Richard. "The Hedonistic Hilton Era May Finally Be Over".
  17. ↑ "Kathy Hilton Is Excited for Son Barron's Wedding, Too: 'It's Going to Be Such a Great Year'".
  18. ↑ https://www.brides.com/story/barron-hilton-and-tessa-von-walderdorff-wedding-photos
  19. ↑ "Paris Hilton's brother Barron marries socialite Tessa".
  20. ↑ "Barron Hilton Weds Tessa Gräfin von Walderdorff in St. Barts".
  21. ↑ Staff, AOL. "Barron Hilton gets married in St. Barts with his famous family by his side".
  22. ↑ https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/lifestyles/announcements/wedding-countess-tessa-grafin-von-walderdorff-and-barron-hilton/0tAA8Db6DsAo6hZmV9A8oJ/
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