Thursday, June 2, 2011

A London marriage for a German prince


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June 2, 1931

Prince Max of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Louise Pasquero will marry tomorrow at a London Register Office, according to the New York Times.

The 31-year-old Prince, described as an explorer, is a cousin of the Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, who is married to Princess Alexandra, one of the four daughters of the late Duke of Edinburgh.  Miss Pasquero, 29, is said to be a "member of an old Savoy family in Italy,"

Prince Max Karl Joseph Maria zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg is the son of Prince Max Karl Rudolf of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife, Countess Karoline of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.  He was born at Toblach on July 21, 1901.   He has an older sister, Princess Marie Therese, who married Otto Kohleisen, a commoner, in 1916.

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