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Mitsuko and their two sons, Johannes and Richard, took over management of the family estates in Bohemian Ronsperg.
Johannes and Richard were only toddlers when the family moved to Europe in 1896, so they could not have managed the Ronsperg estates. A scholarly source instead says Mitsuko managed the children and estate after Heinrich died in 1906.
Full reasoning
This sentence is contradicted by the timeline in reliable biographical sources.
- The National Diet Library says Mitsuko moved to Europe in 1896.
- Deutsche Biographie lists Johannes as born 15 September 1893 and Richard as born 17 November 1894.
- That means that when the family relocated to Europe in 1896, Johannes was about 2 years old and Richard about 1 year old. They were far too young to have "taken over management" of a landed estate.
- A scholarly biography of Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi places the estate-management role later: after Heinrich's death in 1906, he says the "children and estate" were managed by Mitsuko.
So the sentence, as written, is factually wrong. The family moved to the Ronsperg estate in 1896, but the two boys did not manage it; sources place Mitsuko's management role after Heinrich's death in 1906.
3 sources
- Coudenhove-Kalergi, Mitsuko | Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures | National Diet Library, Japan
"In 1892 she married Heinrich von Coudenhove-Kalergi ... In 1896 she moved to Europe. After the passing of her husband in 1906, she was in the limelight of the high society in Vienna as a guardian of her 7 children."
- Deutsche Biographie - Coudenhove-Kalergi, Richard von
The page lists Richard as "Geboren am 17. November 1894 in Tokio," shows "1896 - Ronsperg ... Übersiedlung der Familie," and in the genealogy table lists his brother Johannes as "15.9.1893-29.1.1965."
- The time and space of: Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, Pan-Europa and the quest for a European civilisation, 1923-1972
"When the family came to Europe in 1896 ... His father ... died suddenly in 1906, leaving the children and estate to be managed by Mitsuko."