Birth Name: Richard Nikolaus Eijiro von Coudenhove-Kalergi
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Date of Birth: November 16, 1894
*German, as well as Greek, Danish, Belgian, Lithuanian, and Polish (father)
*Japanese (mother)
Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi was an Austrian-Japanese politician and philosopher. He served as the founding president of the Paneuropean Union for 49 years.
Richard was born in Tokyo, Japan, the son of Mitsuko “Mitsu” (Aoyama) and Heinrich Johann Maria von Coudenhove-Kalergi, a count and diplomat. His mother was born in Tokyo, Japan. His father was born in Vienna, Austria, of German, as well as Russian, Danish, Belgian (Flemish and Walloon), Lithuanian, and Polish, descent.
Richard’s paternal grandfather was Franz Karl von Coudenhove (the son of Franz Ludwig Graf von Coudenhove and Katharina Jakobine Augusta von Löwenstern). Richard’s grandfather Franz was born in Vienna, Austria. Richard’s great-grandfather Franz was born in Bingen am Rhein, Germany, the son of Georg Ludwig von Coudenhoven and Sophia von Hatzfeld, and had German and Belgian ancestry. Katharina was born in Tartu, Estonia, the daughter of Paul Ludwig Johann von Löwenstern, from Vana-Antsla, Estonia, and Christiane Friederike von Gersdorff, from Königsberg, Prussia.
Richard’s paternal grandmother was Marie/Maria Kalergi (the daughter of Johannes/Joannou/Johan Ivan Emanuilovich Kalergis and Maria von Nesselrode). Marie was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. Johannes was the son of Manuel Kalergi/Kalergis and Charlotte Jörgensen. The Kalergi family is said to have Greek origins. Richard’s great-great-grandfather Manuel is sometimes cited as Russian, though he might have had Greek ancestry. Charlotte’s surname is Danish or Norwegian.
Richard’s great-grandmother Maria, a pianist, was born in Warsaw, Poland, the daughter of Karl Friedrich Joseph Fedor Karlovich von Nesselrode, a diplomate, who had German ancestry, and Tekla/Thekla von Gorska h. Nałęcz, who was of Lithuanian and Polish descent; Richard’s great-great-grandfather Karl’s mother, Josepha von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg, is said to have been a Jewish-born practicing protestant. It is not clear if this is accurate.
Richard’s maternal grandparents were Kihachi Aoyama and Tsuneko “Tsune” Iwata.
Sources: Genealogies of Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi – https://www.geni.com/people/Richard-Nikolaus-Graf-von-Coudenhove-Kalergi/6000000013145102280
http://genealogics.org/pedigree.php?personID=I00324975&tree=LEO
https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/west-europese-adel/I1073914381.php
http://www.sejm-wielki.pl/b/sw.341447
http://gw.geneanet.org/bemiha?lang=en&p=richard+nikolaus&n=graf+coudenhove+kalergi&type=tree