The wedding of Princess Xenia of Croy and Guy delle Piane

 

HSH Princess Xenia of Croy and Guy delle Piane were married in a Roman Catholic ceremony at St. Jakobuskirche in Dülmen-Karthaus on September 28, 2024.  

The couple are the parents of a 4-year-old son, Laszlo delle Piane. 

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The princess is the 2nd of six children of HSH Rudolf Carl Rupprecht, Duke of Croy, and his late wife, Alexandra Miloradovich.   

The reception, held at Wildpferdebahn, followed the wedding. The Duke of Croy owns the Wild Horse Park. In the evening, the Duke hosted a formal dinner at his home, Haus Merfeld in Dülmen. 

 

Hereditary Count of Waldburg zu Wolfegg-Waldsee

Princess Alice of Auersperg (nee Princess of Bavaria)

Princess Auguste and Prince Ferdinand zur Lippe-Weissenfeld & their son, Prince Luitpold

Prince and Princess of Castell-Rüdenhausen

The guest list included:   Prince Luitpold and Princess Beatrix of Bavaria, Prince Ludwig and  Princess Sophie-Alexandra of Bavaria, Prince Karl and Princess Zugey of Bavaria, Prince Heinrich and Princess Henriette of Bavaria,, the Prince of Beira, Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza and her husband,  Duarte de Sousa Araújo Martin, the Duke of Urach with one of his daughters, Prince Nikolaus and Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, Archduke Carl-Christian and Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria, Prince Henri of Bourbon-Parma and his wife, Archduchess Gabriella, Princess Marie-Astrid of Liechtenstein and her husband, Rafe Worthington and their daughter, Althaea, Hereditary Prince Carl-Philipp of Croy, Prince Marc-Emanuel and Princess Delia of Croy and their son, Prince  Amedeo, Prince Heinrich and Princess Joana of Croy, Princess Anastasia of Croy, Prince Alexander of Croy, Princess Marie-Gabrielle and Maximiliana of Arco-Zinneberg,  Prince Lukas and Princess Alice of Auersperg, The Prince and Princess of Castell-Rüdenhausen,  Count and Countess Stephan von Neipperg with their daughter, Countess Philippa and her husband, Philipp von Brockdorff, the Prince and Princess of Ligne, Prince Henri  of Ligne, Prince Antoine and Princess Minthia of Ligne, Prince Rafael of Orleans-Braganca, Count Francois of Limburg-Stirum, Count Philippe and Countess Caroline of Limburg-Stirum, Prince Ferdinand and Princess Marie of Schwarenzberg, Duke Alexander of Oldenburg, Count Hans-Caspar and Countess  Elisabeth of Toerring-Jettenbach with their son, Count Cajetan,  Count Andreas & Countess Johanna Henckel von Donnersmarck, Count Moritz von Drechsel,  Princess Natasha of Arenberg, Princess Fiametta of Arenberg, with her son, Prince Evrard, Prince Henri and Princess Daine of Arenberg, the Prince and Princess of Salm-Salm, Prince Ferdinand and Princess Auguste zur Lippe-Weissenfeld and their son Prince Lutipold, Princess Marie of Liechtenstein (Princess of Orléans) and her two daughters, Princess Marie Immaculata and Princess Leopoldine,  as well as members of the late Duchess of Croy's family.

Prince Ludwig and Princess Sophie-Alexandra of Bavaria

Countess Elisabeth of Toerring-Jettenbach and Princess Alice of Auersperg

Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein

Count Philipp of  Königsegg-Aulendorf 

Prince Luitpold and Princess Beatrix of Bavaria with their son, Prince Karl, and his wife Princess Zugey behind them

Count Lorenz von Merveldt and his wife, Countess Benedicta of Schönborn-Wiesentheid  & their new baby

Prince Marc-Emanuel of Croy, Princess Joana of Croy, Princess Anastasia of Croy & Prince Heinrich of Croy

Duarte de Sousa Araújo Martin, Infanta Maria Francisca and the Prince of Beira

the Father of the Bride: the Duke of Croy

The Duke of Croy and his youngest daughter, Princess Anastasia

Archduke Christian and Archduchess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg

Prince Luitpold and Princess Beatrix of Bavaria

Prince Karl and Princess Zugey of Bavaria

Prince Lukas of Auersperg, who is married to Princess Alice of Bavaria

Princess Marie Astrid of Liechtenstein, her daughter Althaea, and her mother, Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein

The Duke of Urach and one of his daughters

Prince Nikolaus and Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein

Many of the guests were descendants of Grand Duke Wilhelm IV of Luxembourg, the father of six daughters, including Princess Antonia, the second wife of Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria.  

She and Rupprect had six children, one son, and five daughters.  Heinrich died without issue.  Antonia's third daughter, Gabriele, married the Duke of Croy.  They are the parents of the present Duke of Croy, and Princess Xenia's grandparents.  The other four daughters,  Princess Irmingard, Princess Editha, Princess Hilda, and Princess Sophie married  Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, Tito Brunetti and Gustav Schimert,  Juan Bradstock Lockett de Loayza, and the 12th Duke of Arenberg, respectively. 

Princess Edith was married twice.  The guests included Irmingard, Editha, and Sophie's children and grandchildren.   Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria and Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein are granddaughters of Grand Duke Wilhelm's second daughter,  Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg. Irmingard's son Luitpold is the future head of the Bavarian royal house.  Her husband, Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, was the son of Prince Franz of Bavaria and Princess Isabella of Croy, whose brother, Karl, 14th Duke of Croy, married Amerian-born Nancy Leishman, daughter of John George Alexander Leishman, a diplomat,  and his wife, Julia Crawford. Leishman served as Ambassador to Germany from 1911 until 1913.

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