Countess Marie of Hochberg

Princess Marie of Hanover
Countess Marie of Hochberg
Spouse Count Michael of Hochberg
Issue
Count Conrad
Count Georg
Full name
Marie Victoria Louise Hertha Frederica
German: Marie Viktoria Luise Hertha Friederike
House House of Hanover
House of Hochberg
Father Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover
Mother Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Born 26 November 1952(1952-11-26)
Pattensen, Lower Saxony, Germany

Hanoverian Royal Family

Princess Marie of Hanover (German: Marie Viktoria Luise Hertha Friederike, Prinzessin von Hannover, Prinzessin von Großbritannien und Irland, Herzogin zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg), Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born 26 November 1952 in Pattensen, Lower Saxony, Germany) is the wife of Count Michael of Hochberg.[1] Marie is the eldest child of Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987) and his wife Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1925–1980). Her younger brother is Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover, current head of the House of Hanover and her sister-in-law is Princess Caroline of Monaco.

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Marriage and issue

Marie married Count Michael Georg Botho of Hochberg (born 5 December 1943), son of Count Konrad Eberhard Georg Richard of Hochberg and his wife Eleonore Kungigunde Charlotte von Czettritz und Neuhaus, on 4 June 1982 at Pattensen, Lower Saxony, Germany, in a civil ceremony. They were remarried the following day in a religious ceremony at Schloss Marienburg. Marie and Michael have two sons:

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

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Countess Marie of Hochberg
Cadet branch of the House of Welf
Born: 26 November 1952
British royalty
Preceded by
Princess Eugenia of Hanover
Line of succession to the British throne Succeeded by
Count Conrad von Hochberg