Beatrix von Storch

Beatrix von Storch née Duchess of Oldenburg Beatrix von Storch in 2014 Born (1971-05-27) 27 May 1971 Lübeck Spouse Sven von Storch Issue none Full name Beatrix Amelie Ehrengard Eilika von Storch House House of Oldenburg Father Huno, Duke of Oldenburg Mother Felicitas Anita, Countess Schwerin von Krosigk Religion Lutheran Occupation Politician, Lawyer

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 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

Beatrix von Storch (née Duchess Beatrix Amelie Ehrengard Eilika of Oldenburg) (born 27 May 1971 in Lübeck) is a German politician of royal descent.^[1]

From 2014 she is a Member of the European Parliament with the Alternative for Germany Party (part of the European Conservatives and Reformists).

Early life and family background

Storch is the elder daughter of Countess Felicitas-Anita Schwerin von Krosigk and Duke Huno of Oldenburg, a younger son of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1897–1970), head of the former ruling family of Oldenburg.

Her mother is a daughter of Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk.^[2]

Her Cousin Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg is married to Georg von Habsburg.

Education and political career

Storch was a banker before she studied law in Heidelberg and Lausanne. She worked as a lawyer in Berlin when she began her political career.

Personal life

She is married to Sven von Storch.

Titles and styles

• 27 May 1971 – 22 October 2010 Her Highness Duchess Beatrix of Oldenburg
• 22 October 2010 – present: Her Highness Duchess Beatrix of Oldenburg, Mrs. Sven von Storch

Official in Germany

• 27 May 1971 – 22 October 2010 Beatrix Herzogin von Oldenburg
• 22 October 2010 – present: Beatrix von Storch, geb. Herzogin von Oldenburg

Ancestry

Storch is the daughter of Duke Huno of Oldenburg, by his marriage to Countess Felicitas Schwerin von Krosigkof. As well as her mostly German descent, she also has some distant Scottish blood. The ducal family of Oldenburg is a cadet branch of the royal family of Holstein-Gottorp, different branches of which have held the crowns of Denmark, Sweden, and the Russian Empire.

On her father's side, Storch is a great-grandniece of Queen Emma of the Netherlands. She is descended in three lines from the House of Hanover and is thus in the extended line of succession to the British throne. Her maternal great-great-grandmother Lisette von Krosigk, a daughter of the German-Scottish Ludwig von Westphalen, was a sister-in-law of Karl Marx.

See also

• European Parliament election, 2014 (Germany)
• Counts, dukes and grand dukes of Oldenburg

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beatrix von Storch.

• Beatrix von Storch Official Website
• Beatrix von Storch European Parliament MEPs
• Beatrix von Storch Youtube Channel
• Beatrix von Storch European Conservatives and Reformists

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