Francesca Maria Barbara Donner was the inaugural First Lady of South Korea, from 1948 to 1960, as the second wife of Syngman Rhee, the first president of the Republic of Korea.
10 Facts About Franziska Donner
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Franziska Donner later used the spelling Franzeska Donner.
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Franziska Donner was born in the municipality of Inzersdorf, a suburb of the capital Vienna which was incorporated into the City of Vienna, into the family of a soda water industrialist.
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Franziska Donner was the daughter of Franziska and Rudolf Donner.
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Franziska Donner visited Donner shortly afterwards in Austria and asked to marry her.
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Franziska Donner followed him to the United States and the marriage took place in 1934 in New York.
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Franziska Donner worked in the US as Rhee's secretary, particularly in the preparation of the book Japan Inside Out.
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Franziska Donner appeared at her husband's side in almost all public functions.
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Franziska Donner cared for her husband after he suffered a stroke and until his death on July 19,1965.
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Franziska Donner died on March 19,1992, in Seoul, South Korea.