Biography
A son of Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Ira of Fürstenberg, Hubertus was born in Mexico when his father worked at a Volkswagen factory. His grandmother is half Mexican, according to a story in Time magazine. He lived in Mexico the first four years of his life and then moved to Spain. He later studied in Austria and his main residence was in Vienna, where he works as a photographer and artist. He only spends a few weeks in Mexico a year, in Cabo San Lucas, but he has Mexican nationality which makes him eligible to compete for Mexico. He is fluent in several languages and grew up in Europe, mainly Austria, of which he is also a citizen. Hohenlohe has a brother named Christoph. He currently resides in Liechtenstein.
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