Darré was born in Belgrano,[1] a Buenos Aires neighbourhood, in Argentina to Richard Oscar Darré, a German with Huguenot ancestry (born 10 March 1854, Berlin; died 20 February 1929, Wiesbaden)[2][3][4] and Emilia Berta Eleonore, née Lagergren (born 23 July 1872 in Buenos Aires to a Swedish-born father and German-born mother; died 20 July 1936 in Bad Pyrmont)[5]. His father moved to Argentina in 1888 as a partner of the German international import/export wholesaler Engelbert Hardt & Co.[3][6].