Friday, December 29, 2023

A Christmas Engagement: Oldenburg-Moy de Sons

 On Christmas Day,  HH Duchess Katharina of Oldenburg said yes to Count Clemens Moy de Sons's marriage proposal.

Duchess Katharina Bibiane Edwina Isabell is the fourth and youngest child of Duke Christian of Oldenburg and his wife, Countess Caroline zu Rantzau.  She was born in Lübeck on February 20, 1997.

Count Clemens Ernst Johannes Maria is the youngest of four children and the only son of Count Guy Maria Hubertus Ulrich Konrad Moy de Sans and his wife Verena von Stein zu Lausnitz.  He was born in Munich on December 22, 1985. 

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The duchess will receive a BA in Media and Communication Management in January from the Macromedia University in Applied Sciences in Munich, Germany.   

Count Clemens grew up in Schloss Stepperg, the family's ancestral home in Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Bavaria.  Through his father, Count Clemens is a descendant of HSH Princess Sophie Friederike Caroline Luise of Saxe-Coburg-Saafeld, Duchess of Saxony (1778-1835) and Count Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1777-1852).    Sophie was the sister of  Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, King Leopold I of the Belgians, and Victoria, Duchess of Kent.  She was the aunt of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.  

https://www.donaukurier.de/archiv/schatzsuche-im-landkreis-3742573

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