A Countly engagement: Waldburg-Zeil/Neipperg

@Stig Nielsen

Another noble engagement!

H Ill H Countess Helene von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg is engaged to marry H Ill H Count Ludovic von Neipperg.   The bride-to-be is the fourth of five daughters of  HSH Maria Erich Wunibald Aloysius Georg Prince von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg and HRH Duchess Mathilde of Württemberg.  

Count Ludovic is the fifth child and only son of H Ill H Count Stephan-Christoph Heinrich Alfred Emmerman von Neipperg and Baroness Sigweis von Stotzingen.

Helene Walburga Yolande Christiana Michaela was born in Ravensburg on November 29, 1993.  Her fiance, Ludovic Bernhard Niklas Karl Joseph was born in Talence, France on April 19, 1994.  He earned a Master of Science in Vineyard and Winery Management from the Bordeaux Sciences Agro.  He is the Technical Director at the Vignobles Comtes von Neipperg, the family-owned winery in Saint-Emilion, France.

Helene is the first of the Prince and Princess of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg's five daughters to announce an engagement.   She lives in Paris.

After the wedding, the couple will live in St. Emilion, as Ludovic will one day succeed his father as head of the winery.