Meet Lara Cosima, who just got engaged to Kering heir François Pinault Jr
The ‘modern-day Marie Antoinette’ and member of the Austro-Hungarian nobility has walked for Armani and drew internet attention at Le Bal in 2023
Of the world’s nepo babies, few are as proudly glamorous as heiress Lara Cosima (full name: Lara Cosima Henckel von Donnersmarck).
“Got engaged to my best friend and the coolest boy in the world,” Cosima wrote in the caption of her post, which included black-and-white pictures of the happy couple and a shot of their engagement party invitation. The couple has been dating since February last year.
Get to know this “modern-day Marie Antoinette”, who rode the internet’s old-money obsession to viral stardom.
Her parents are a count and a lawyer
Lara Cosima’s father is one Count Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, a film director and member of the Austro-Hungarian nobility. He is best known for writing and directing the 2006 war film The Lives of Others, which won the Oscar for best international feature film.
Cosima’s mother, Christiane Asschenfeldt, is a lawyer by training, and served as the first international executive director of the non-profit organisation Creative Commons. Cosima has two younger siblings, Leo and Alexis.