A noble engagement!

 

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Countess Cäcilie Maria Caterina von Khevenhüller-Metsch and Pietro Del Gallo Marchese di Roccagiovine are expected to marry within the next six months. Their intention to marry was included in a recent list of forthcoming marriages in Rome, Italy's pubblicazioni di matrimonio.

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Cäcilie was born on March 29, 1997, in Rome. She is the youngest of four daughters of the late Maria Johannes Franz Xaver Lazarus Maximilian Felix Hubertus, 10th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch and Donna Camilla dei Principi Borghese.

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 Pietro was born on May 23, 1994. He is the second of four children of Luca Del Gallo, Marchese di Roccagiovine,  and Chiara Marchiafava.    Luca is the 

The couple are eighth cousins through Johann Sigismund, 3rd Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch (1732-1801) and Princess Maria Amalia of Liechtenstein (1737-1787). Their lines of descent are through three of their children, Anna, Franz Maria, 4th Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch, and Maria Leopoldina.

Cäcilie's parents are seventh cousins from this line of descent. 

Pietro's ancestry includes descent from Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino and Musignano (1775-1840) and his second wife, Alexandrine de Bleschamp (1778-1853) through their eldest child Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino and Musignano (1803-1857) and his wife Zenaide Bonaparte (1801-1854.)  Zenaide and Charles were second cousins. She was the daughter of Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain (1768-1844) and Marie Julie Clary.

Joseph and Lucien were brothers of Napoleon I, Emperor of France.  

Charles Lucien and Zenaide's daughter, Princess Julie (1830-1900), married Alessandro del Gallo, Marchese di Roccagiovine (1826-1892). Through her son, Alberto (1854-1947), Pietro is Julie's great-great-great-grandchild.

Cäcilie is based in Paris and is an Associate Consultant with South Pole. She has a Bachelor of Science in Renewable Energy Engineering from Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin and a Master of Science in Energy Management from the ESCP Business School.

Pietro is an accredited assistant to Letizia Moratti, MEP, in Brussels.  He studied law at the University of Rome.