Donata Countess of Castell-Rüdenhausen

Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg

HRH The Duke HRH The Duchess HRH Duke Alexander HH Duke Philipp HH Duke Anton Friedrich HH Duchess Katharina HRH The Dowager Duchess HH Duchess Helene Extended family HH Duke Peter HH Duke Friedrich August HH Duchess Belinda HH Duchess Anastasia HH Duchess Alice HH Duchess Cara HH Duke Nikolaus HH Duchess Anna HH Duke Christoph HH Duke Georg HH Duke Oscar HH Duke Georg Moritz HH Duchess Margarete, Princess Philipp von Croÿ HH Duke Egilmar HH Duke Friedrich August HH Duchess Donata HH Duke Paul-Wladimir HH Duchess Maria del Pilar HH Duke Kirill HH Duke Carlos HH Duke Paul HH Duchess Maria Assunta HH Duchess Rixa, Mrs. Sanders HH Duchess Bibiane, Mrs. Dorner HH Duke Huno HH Duchess Felicitas-Anita HH Duchess Beatrix, Mrs. von Storch HH Duchess Sophie, Mrs. von Radowitz HH Duke Johann HH Duchess Ilka HH Duke Konstantin Nikolaus HH Duchess Esther HI&RH Archduchess Eilika of Austria HH Duchess Tatjana, Countess Axel de Chavagnac HH The Dowager Princess of Leiningen HH The Baroness of Erffa

Countess Donata of Castell-Rüdenhausen (Donata Emma; born 20 June 1950, Rüdenhausen, Germany) is the daughter of Siegfried, Prince of Castell-Rüdenhausen (1916-2007), head of the Rüdenhausen branch of the House of Castell, and his wife, Irene Countess of Solms-Laubach (1925-2006. She is the mother of Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (born 1976) the current head of the House of Hohenzollern, the ruling dynasty of the German Empire and of the Kingdom of Prussia until 1918.^[1]

Marriage and children

On 24 May 1975 in Rüdenhausen, Germany, Countess Donata of Castell-Rüdenhausen married Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1944–1977).

Louis Ferdinand and Donata have two children, a son and a daughter:

• Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (born 10 June 1976 in Bremen) the current head of the House of Hohenzollern, the former ruling dynasty of the German Empire and of the Kingdom of Prussia married on 27 August 2011 in Potsdam Princess Sophie of Isenburg. On 20 January 2013, Sophie gave birth to twin sons, the elder of the two, Carl Friedrich, is the heir apparent to the House of Hohenzollern.
  • Prince Carl Friedrich of Prussia (born 20 January 2013 in Bremen)
  • Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (born 20 January 2013 in Bremen)
• Princess Cornelie-Cécile of Prussia (born on January 30, 1978 in Bremen, after her father has died); she was born developmentally disabled.

Her husband Louis Ferdinand in 1967 volunteered to serve in the West German Army (Bundeswehr) with the goal of becoming a reserve officer. In 1972 he started an apprenticeship at a bank and continued to serve his military duties on a regular basis. In 1977 he was involved in a severe accident during military maneuvers when he was pinned between two vehicles. Although his leg was amputated, he succumbed several weeks later to the trauma and died on July 11, 1977 in Bremen.

On 9 February 1991 Donata remarried Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg (born 1936) in Rüdenhausen, Germany. Friedrich August had divorced from Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia on 23 November 1989. Marie Cécile was the sister of Donata's late husband Louis Ferdinand.

Titles and styles

• 1950 - 1975: Countess Donata Emma of Castell-Rüdenhausen
• 1975 - 1991: Her Royal Highness Princess Donata of Prussia
• 1991–present: Her Royal Highness Duchess Friedrich August of Oldenburg

Ancestry^[2]

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