In October 1941 he married in Munich the 13 years younger Elisabeth von Brasch, daughter of the bank director Arved von Brasch and his first wife Alice Bircher, but was divorced from her already in 1946.Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser B vol. XVIII, page 63, vol. 95 of the complete series, C.A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1989, Am 7. December 1946 he married Ruth Blatter also in Munich and had two children, Cornelia and Wolfgang.
