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Agathe Whitehead
British-Austrian heiress (–)
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| Born | Agathe Gobertina Whitehead ()14 June Fiume, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, |
| Died | 3 September () (aged&#;31) Klosterneuburg, Austria |
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| Children | Rupert von Trapp, Agathe von Trapp, Maria Franziska von Trapp, Werner von Trapp, Hedwig von Trapp, Johanna von Trapp, Martina von Trapp |
Agathe Gobertina von Trapp (née Whitehead; 14 June – 3 September ) was a British-Austrian heiress and aristocrat. She was the first wife of Georg Ritter von Trapp and the mother of seven children of the Trapp Family singers.
Early life and family
Whitehead was born on 14 June in Fiume as the first daughter and third child of John Whitehead and Countess Agathe Gobertina von Breunner-Enckevoirth.[1] Her father, a British engineer who had been made a knight of the Order of Franz Joseph, was the son of Robert Whitehead, the eponym of the White