Princess Nora of Liechtenstein

Princely Family of Liechtenstein

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Princess Nora of Liechtenstein
Reference style Her Serene Highness
Spoken style Your Serene Highness
Alternative style ma'am

Princess Norberta "Nora" of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg, Dowager Marchioness of Mariño (born October 31, 1950), is the daughter of Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1906–1989) and his wife Countess Gina of Wilczek (1921–1989), and thus younger sister of the current Prince of Liechtenstein, Hans-Adam II.

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Education and career

Princess Nora studied at the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International Studies, also in Geneva. She has worked for the World Bank and the International Institute for Environment and Development, among others. She speaks French, English, German and Spanish.

She has been a member of the International Olympic Committee since 1987. She was president of Liechtenstein's National Olympic Committee from 1982 to 1992 and she has been president of Special Olympics Liechtenstein since 2002.

She was Chief Scouting Guide (German: Korpsführerin) of Liechtensteinische Pfadfinderinnenkorps Santa Maria from 1973 to 1989.[1] Today she is Honorary member of the Scout association.[2]

Family

On June 11, 1988, she married Don Vicente Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca, 3rd Marquess de Mariño (November 30, 1931-July 22, 2002). Together they had one daughter:

She is the godmother of Princess Laetitia Maria, Archduchess of Austria-Este, the youngest daughter of Princess Astrid of Belgium.

Full name an titles

Princess Nora's full name and titles are:

Ancestry

See also

References

  1. ^ "Geschichte der liechtensteinischen Pfadfinderbewegung" (in German). Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Liechtensteins. http://www.scout.li/verband/geschichte/geschichte_ppl.php. Retrieved 2008-01-29. 
  2. ^ "Über unseren Verband" (in German). Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Liechtensteins. http://www.scout.li/verband/ueber.php. Retrieved 2008-01-29. 

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