Hofmannsthal lahir di Landstraße, Wina, sebagai putra dari ibu Kristen Austria kelas atas, Anna Maria Josefa Fohleutner (1852–1904), dan manajer bank Kristen Austria–Italia Hugo August Peter Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1841–1915).[butuh rujukan]
Kakek buyutnya, Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal, yang berasal dari keluarga yang mewarisi gelar bangsawan "Edler von Hofmannsthal", adalah seorang petani tembakau Yahudi yang diangkat menjadi bangsawan oleh kaisar Austria.[butuh rujukan]
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