Monday, October 21, 2024

A new QVD: Sophia d'Innocente

 

@Philippe Quaisse/UniFrance




Prince George of Wales has a new third cousin.  Her name is Sophia d'Innocente and she was born in Paris, France, on May 3, 2024, to Johanna Sophia von Hessen and Romain d'Innocente.

Johanna von Hessen, 44, is the only child of HH Princess Clarissa Alice of Hesse, the youngest child of HH Prince Christoph of Hesse and HRH Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark. Princess Clarissa was born posthumously on February 6, 1944, at Schloss Kronberg, as her father was killed on October 7, 1943, in an air crash in the Apennines while on active service during the Second World War.  '

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Princess Clarissa was one of Lady Pamela Mountbatten's bridesmaids in January 1960 when Pamela married designer David Hicks.   In 1971, she married Claude Jean Derrien.  The marriage was childless and dissolved by divorce in 1976.

Johanna is a project manager for UniFranc.

 https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/363624/johanna-von-hessen

https://en.unifrance.org/news/16599/cuba-alaska-receives-the-3rd-unifrance-doc-award-at-cph-dox

Johanna's father is Klaus Knaup, born on March 26, 1939 in Frankfurt-am-Oder.  He died in 1985.  

Romain d'Innocente is the son of Bruno d'Innocente and his wife, Francoise  He was born April 30, 1985 at Rheims.   He earned two master's degrees in banking, finance, and economics from the University of Paris - Pantheon-Sorbonne, and is now a partner with FTPA Avocat, the international law firm.  He has a "particular expertise in the real estate sector."  Mr. d'Innocente is a member of the Paris Bar. 

https://ftpa.com/en/experts/romain-dinnocente/

Sophia's name honors her great-grandmother, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark.




Victoria - Victoria - Margarete - Christoph - Clarissa - Johanna -Sophia

Victoria - Alice - Victoria - Alice - Sophie - Clarissa - Johanna - Sophia

Victoria - Alice - Victoria - Alice - Philip - Charles -  William - George

Several online genealogies state Johanna had four children during her marriage to Karl-Heinz Dietrich Johanna was never married to Karl-Heinz Dietrich.  Sophia is her first child.  

1 comment:

linda said...

Congratulations!
Little Sophia and Prince George of Wales are third cousins, though, if I'm not mistaken, as they share the same great-great-grandparents (they would be second cousins if they had the same great-grandparents)