1. Agathe Whitehead was the first wife of Georg Ritter von Trapp and the mother of seven children of the Trapp Family singers.
13 Facts About Agathe Whitehead
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Agathe Whitehead's mother, an amateur architect and pianist, was a member of the Austrian and Hungarian nobility.
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Agathe Whitehead grew up at Villa Agathe Whitehead, a palatial home near the Adriatic Sea.
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Agathe Whitehead's family was closely linked with the Austrian imperial family and, shortly after her birth, Emperor Franz Joseph I visited the family's home and torpedo factory in Fiume.
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From that time on, Agathe Whitehead's mother raised her and her five siblings and the management of the torpedo factory passed to a paternal relative.
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On 10 February 1909, Agathe Whitehead christened the Austrian submarine SM U-5.
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Agathe Whitehead gave birth to a son, Rupert, in 1911 and a daughter, Agathe, in 1913.
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All non-military personnel were ordered to evacuate from Fiume and Pola, and Agathe Whitehead took her children to Zell am See to stay with her mother and siblings at Erlhof while her husband stayed behind to serve as a naval commander.
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Agathe Whitehead's husband was only permitted to see the family while on furlough, and spent the war captaining two submarines, patrolling the Strait of Otranto.
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The family moved to Klosterneuburg, where Agathe Whitehead gave birth to another daughter, her last child, Martina.
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Agathe Whitehead spent extra time caring for her youngest daughter, Martina, who was faring worse than the other children.
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Agathe Whitehead stayed at the hospital for seven months but never fully recovered.
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Agathe Whitehead was released from the hospital and went with her family to vacation in the Hungarian countryside, hoping that it would improve her health.