Princess Marie Caroline of Liechtenstein marries Leopoldo Maduro Vollmer

Gustavo Maduro Vollmer, Emilia Maduro Vollmer, Alfredo Maduro Vollmer, Sofia Maduro Vollmer, Francisco Maduro Galindo, Ricardo Maduro Vollmer, Sofia Vollmer Maduro, Leopoldo Maduro Vollmer, HSH Princess Marie Caroline of Liechtenstein, HSH The Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, HSH The Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein, HSH Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, HSH Prince Wenceslas of Liechtenstein, HSH Prince Georg of Liechtenstein (Source: Princely House/Iconoclash Photography - Teresa Mareni & Daniel Bachler)

HSH Princess Marie Caroline of Liechtenstein and Leopoldo Maduro Vollmer were united in marriage today in St Florin Cathedral in Vaduz, Liechtenstein.

The Princess, 28, is the second child and only daughter of Hereditary Prince Alois and Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein.  As Salic law - males only - is the basis for Liechtenstein's succession, Marie Caroline has no rights to the throne.  Her 34-year-old husband, known as Leo, is an investment banker in London.  He is the son of Francisco and Sofia Maduro Vollmer.

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This was the first marriage of a daughter of a Sovereign Prince since 1999, when Princess Tatjana, daughter of Hans-Adam II, married Philipp von Lattorf.  Eleven years earlier,  Tatjana's aunt, Princess Nora, the only daughter of the late Prince Franz Josef II, married  Vicente Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca, 4th Marquess of Mariño, as his second wife.

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Marie Caroline's wedding was a private event.  The princely family's press office released minimal details about the ceremony, reception, or who designed the bride's gown.   This was not a state occasion, although Liechtenstein government officials were invited to the ceremony.  The majority of guests were family and friends.

(Source: Princely House/Iconoclash Photography - Teresa Mareni & Daniel Bachler)

(Source: Princely House/Iconoclash Photography - Teresa Mareni & Daniel Bachler)

    
    

(Source: Princely House/Iconoclash Photography - Teresa Mareni & Daniel Bachler)

Prince Sebastian of Luxembourg and Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium were the only two members of reigning royal families to attend the wedding.

The guests included The Prince of Liechtenstein, the Hereditary Prince and Princess with their three sons, Princes Johann Wenzel, Nikolaus and Wenzel,  Prince Nikolaus and Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, Princess Anunciata of Liechtenstein and Emanuele Musni, Princess Marie-Astrid of Liechtenstein and her husband Ralph Worthington, Prince and Prince Josef-Emmanuel of Liechtenstein, Princess Tatiana of Liechtenstein with her husband, Philipp von Lattorf and their children, including their eldest son Lukas and his fiancee, Countess Marie von Wilczek,  Princess Marie of Liechtenstein (widow of Prince Constantin) and her children,  Duke Philipp of Württemberg (former brother-in-law of the Hereditary Princess) with his sister, Mathilde, Princess of Waldburg zu Zeil,  Prince and Princess Philipp of Liechtenstein, Princess Maria-Pia of Liechtenstein and her husband, Max Kothbauer, Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria withwith her husband, Daniel Terberger and two children, Prince and Princess Alexander of Liechtenstein,  Promce Wenzelaus of Liechtenstein, Prince and Princess Rudolf of Liechtenstein,  Prince Max and Princess Angela of Liechtenstein and their son, Prince Alfonso, Prince and Princess Stefan of Liechtenstein, Prince and Princess Michael of Liechtenstein,  Count Nikolaus of Königsegg-Aulendorf, Hereditary Count Philipp of Königsegg-Aulendorf, Archduke Alexnder of Austria, the Prince and Princess of Waldburg-Wolfsegg, Archduke Simeon and Archduchess Maria of Austria,  the Duke and Duchess of Noto,  the Duchess of Mediniceli and her husband, Maxime Corneille Iribarren, Prince Henri and Princess Gabriela of Bourbon-Parma, Prince Amaury of Bourbon-Parma,  Duke Max and Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria (the bride's maternal grandparents), the Duke of Bavaria and his partner, Thomas Greinwald,  Count Maximilian & Countess Marie Valerie zu Königsegg-Aulendorf, Countess Maria Beatrix of Arco-Zinneburg,  Princess Nora of Liechtenstein and her daughter, Doña Teresa Sartorius,  Duke Carl Theodor of Württemberg,  Countess Marie-Charlotte of Waldburg-Zeil,  Prince Paul Clemens of Sachsen-Gessaphe, Georg and Stephanie von Khevenhüller-Metsch,  Maximilian and Sophie d'Andigne.the Prince and Princess of Quadt, Count Maximilian and Countess Marie von Schaffgotsch, Duchess Marie Caroline in Bavaria (former wife of Duke Philipp of Württemberg) and Rikolt von Gagern and her children, Duchess Anna of Bavaria, her children and her husband, Andreas von Maltzan, Prince and Princess Karl of Auersperg-Breunner, and Count Franz Clemens and Countess Stephanie of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems and their daughter, Countess Leonie and her husband, Count Caspar Matuschka, and Princess Christina of Hohenlohe-Ohringen with her husband, Jan-Gisbert Schultze,  Princess Barbara of Yugoslavia (nee Liechtenstein, Count Ferdinand and Countess Marie von und zu Trauttmansdorff,Prince Friedrich zu Fürstenbergm the Prince and Princess of Waldburg zu -Wolfsegg und Waldsee and their son, Count Leonardo, Princess Cecilia von der Leyen, Countesses Annemarie and Laura Henckel von Donnersmarck, Count Konstantin von Bismarck-Schönhausen.

The bride and groom's witnesses were HRH Prince Wenceslas of Nassau, HRH  Duchess Pauline of Württemberg, Constantin du Boisbaudry, Countess Giorgiana of Arco-Zinneberg, Tarek Abdel Ghaffer Plaza, Countess Livia von Wilczek, Jose Manuel Artiles, and Fiona Feichtinger.

The three-year-old daughter of Princess Marie Astrid of Liechtenstein, Althaea Worthington, was one of the flower girls at the wedding. The other flower children were Olympia d’Andigne, Paloma Plaza, Princess Victoria of Bourbon-Parma and Fernando Vollmer.

Princely House/Iconoclash Photography - Teresa Mareni & Daniel Bachler

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After the wedding, a reception was held at Schloss Valduz, hosted by the bride's parents.

Princess Marie Caroline, who works in the fashion industry in London, wore the Habsburg Fringe tiara. See below the link to more information about this tiara.

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HH Princess Dorothea of Windisch-Graetz (1934-2025)

 

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HH Princess Dorothea of Windisch-Graetz has died at the age of 91.  She was the second child of HH Prince Christoph of Hesse and HRH Princess Sophie of Greece.  The Princess was a niece of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a paternal first cousin of King Charles III.  She died on August 25th in Ghent, Belgium.

The death note states she was HRH. This is incorrect. She was HH, her highness.

Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse was born on July 24, 1934, in  Schloss Panker, in Schleswig-Holstein, one of the castles owned by Prince Christoph's father, HRH Friedrich Karl, Landgrave of Hesse. 

Prince Karl, Princess Dorothea, and Princess Christina of Hesse

During the Second World War, the princess lived with her parents and grandmother, Margarete, Landgravine of Hesse (nee Princess of Prussia), at Schloss Kronberg. Prince Christoph served with the Luftwaffe Reserve and was killed on active duty in a plane crash in Italy on October 7, 1943.   Dorothea's mother, Sophie, was pregnant with her fifth child when her husband was killed.

In April 1945, the United States Army forced the family to evacuate Schloss Kronberg, which was converted into an officers' club.  Sophie and her family were invited to Schloss Wolfsgarten in Langen, the home of Prince Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine nd his British wife, the Hon. Margaret Geddes.  Ludwig was the younger brother of Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus, who was the husband of Sophie's sister, Princess Cecilie.  In November 1937, they were killed in a plane crash en route to London to attend Ludwig's wedding.

Princess Dorothea's mother, Princess Sophie, married Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hanover in 1946. 

In July 1949,  Princess Dorotha and her older sister, Princess Christina, spent time with their grandmother, Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark, in England.  

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 The two sisters joined other family members at Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation in 1953.   The following year, the Court Circular reported that Dorothea, along with Prince and Princess Ludwig of Hesse and By Rhine, visited the Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma in Malta. 

Prince & Princess Ludwig of Hesse and By Rhine, Princess Dorothea with Uncle Philip (private collection)

In 1955, the Princess visited Prince and Princess Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine, accompanied by her uncle, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.  

 In the mid-1950s, Dorothea, along with her older sister, Princess Christina of Hesse, and their first cousin, Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, resided in London, spending time at Buckingham Palace.  Before her engagement announcement on August 27, 1958, to Prince Friedrich of Windisch-Graetz, Dorothea worked in a London antique shop. 

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 The prince was 17 years Dorothea's senior. 

More than seventy guests attended Princess Dorothea's marriage to HSH Friedrich Karl Hugo Maximilian Maria Cyrillus Felix Hubertus of Windisch-Graetz on April 1, 1959, at St. Georg's Roman Catholic Church in Bogenhausen, a suburb of Munich.  The civil ceremony took place the previous day in Schliersee, Bavaria.  

The princess, who was baptized Lutheran, converted to Roman Catholicism before her marriage.

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 Following their marriage, the newlyweds settled in Milan, Italy, where Prince Friedrich Karl worked in the business sector.  They had two daughters,  Princess Marina Margherita Sophia Leontina Christiana (1960) and Princess Elisabetta Fiore (1966).   In their later years, Prince and Princess Friedrich Karl moved to Gersau, Switzerland, where the Prince died on May 29. 2002.

Princess Dorothea in the 1980s, Marlene A Eilers Koenig Collection

After the death of her husband, Princess Dorothea remained in Gersau and was joined by her older sister, who died in 2011.  At the end of her life, she relocated to Belgium, where her younger daughter resides.

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Princess Dorothea is survived by her daughters, Princess Marina and Princess Clarissa, Mrs. Hoogeboom,  six great-grandchildren, Réka and Sophia Jakabffy,  Michel, Alexandre, Mathieu, and Rubi de Waele, and seven great-grandchildren.  She is also survived by her brother and sister, Prince Rainer and Princess Clarissa of Hesse, as well as two half-siblings, Prince Georg and Princess Friederike of Hanover, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Following the death of her husband, Prince Friedrich Karl

Duke Philipp von Oldenburg marries Countess Fiona Khuen-Lützow

 

The newly married TH Duke and Duchess Philipp von Oldenburg

Duke Philipp of Oldenburg and Countess Fiona Khuen-Lützow were married on August 16th at St.-Ulrichs-Kirche in Rastede.  Their civil marriage was celebrated the day before at the Palace in Rastede.

Rastede was the summer residence of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg.  The head of the house, Duke Christian,  owns the palace, but it is now run as a cultural and event center.  

Benedict Schmid von Schmidsfelden with his wife, Princess Amelie and her parents, the Prince and Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

Count and Countess Heinrich of Ortenberg

Princess Antonia of  Hohenzollern with a plus one?

Tatjana Eisl and Countess Leonie Matuschka

The bestman,  Clemen Moy de Sons (married to the groom's sister, Katharina) and one of the Waldeck-Pyrmont twins

Stephanie von Pfuel, back row, Princess Benedicta and Prince Stanislas of Thurn und Taxis

Stephanie von Pfuel

The Prince and Princess Reuss

Countess Marie Charlotte of Waldburg zu Zeil and an unidentified man

Prince Johannes of Waldeck-Pyrmont , and Prince Josias of Waldeck-Pyrmont Woman unidentified 

The Prince and Princess of Leiningen

Count and Countess Heinrich of Ortenburg

Princess Antonia of Hohenzollern   Man is unidentified

The Prince and Princess of Leiningen

Front row, Princess Benedicta of Thurn und Taxis and her mother, Stephanie von Pfuehl

Thank you to my dear friend for allowing me to use the photos.  The photographer is the copyright holder.

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A noble engagement: von Lattorff - von Wilczek

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At next week's royal wedding in Liechtenstein, it will not be a surprise that one of  Princess Marie Caroline's first cousins, Lukas von Lattorf, will be thinking about his forthcoming wedding.

Lukas Maria is the eldest of seven children of Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein and German nobleman, Philipp von Lattorff, and is engaged to marry Countess Marie Magdalena von Wilczek.   He was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, on May 13, 2000.   His fiancée is the youngest child of Count Hans-Christian von Wilczek and  Katharina von Hartig.   

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In June,  Marie's older brother, Count Johann, married Anna-Livia Guggenberg von Riedhofen.  Princess Marie Caroline was one of the bridesmaids.

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Mr. von Lattorf is a Strategic Growth Analyst: Driving Innovation & Expansion with Viewpointsystem in Vienna. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Barcelona-based ESADE.

Countess Marie works in elementary education in Vienna.   She studied educational sciences at the University of Fribourg before finishing her degree at Bafep 8, a college dedicated to elementary education in Vienna.

Lukas and Marie are fourth cousins through the Wilczek line:

Josef Antonius - Johann Nepomuk -  Erwein -  Johann Heinrich - Hans-Christian - Marie

Josef Antonius -  Ferdinand - Gina - Hans Adam - Tatjana - Lukas.

The newly engaged couple, Lukas and Countess Marie, will be in Vaduz on August 30 to attend the wedding of his first cousin, Princess Marie Caroline, and Leopoldo Maduro Vollmer.

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Prince Philipp of Prussia marries Aline von Alvensleben

Prince Philipp of Prussia and Aline von Alvensleben were married on August 9, 2025, in Tréguier, Brittany.  The groom, 39, is the youngest of three sons of Prince Adalbert of Prussia and Eva Maria Küdicke.   

The bride, who was born in 1988, is the daughter of Konstantine von Alvensleben and Cécilie Str

unden.  

The religious ceremony took place in 15th-century St. Tugdual Cathedral in Tréguiuer.  Although the cathedral is Roman Catholic, the wedding service was Lutheran, as the priest "willingly made the church available to the bride and groom."

It was not a surprise that the couple chose Brittany for their wedding.  Aline's parents own property near the Brittany coast.   Her maternal grandmother, Anne Sarton de Jonchay, is French.

The couple's civil wedding took place on September 27, 2024, in Hamburg, which was followed by a dinner reception at Wallter's Bistro & Kontro, which is owned by Prince Philip, his twin brother, Prince Christian, and Count Marcus Caspar zu Stolberg-Wernigerode.

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Princess Aline wore the Prussian Cloverleaf tiara, which Kaiser Wilhelm designed himself and gave to his wife, Empress Auguste Viktoria, as a Silver Wedding anniversary in 1906.  The taira, which has not been seen for at least six decades, was last worn by Princess Kira of Prussia (Grand Duchess Kira of Russia), the wife of the head of the Prussian Royal House, Prince Louis Ferdinand.

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Prince Philipp and Princess Alene are the parents of a daughter, Princess Coralie Cécile Céleste, who was born in February.

Aline has worked for L'Oréal for more than seven years and is currently the Luxe Category Manager for Skincare.  She has a BA from FH Münster and a Master of Science from ESCP Europe.   

The family lives in Hamburg.

Not long after the wedding, Prince Philipp spoke to Gala magazine.   He said his wife's family owns a vacation home in Brittany, near where the couple married. "I, too, have fallen in love with the area," he said.

Prince Georg Friedrich, head of the house of Prussia, is Philipp's third cousin and did not attend the wedding. "But he kindly lent us the trefoil diadem from the family estate."   

The wedding guests enjoyed Preussen's Pilsener, which is brewed by Georg Friedrich's brewery, the Royal Preussen Beer Manufactory.  

"He had it specially shipped to France, which was really great," Philipp said.   The beer is also served at the Prince's restaurant, Wallter's.

The couple's six-month-old daughter, Coralie, "was something of a star" at the wedding.  Her proud father said, "She was dressed so cute and was awake throughout the entire ceremony. The fact that she was there for everything really meant a lot to us."

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Philipp is a descendant of Queen Victoria.

Victoria - Victoria -Wilhelm II - Adalbert - Wilhelm Victor - Adalbert - Philipp - Coralie

Thr Queen's Reading Room at Chatsworth House

 

"The Queen’s Reading Room Festival 2025 will take place against the famous backdrop for the film adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

Visitors to this year’s festival will immerse themselves in outdoor cinema showings, attend world-class live literary programming and exclusive book signings and enjoy a scrumptious sit-down dinner where they’ll be entertained with poetry performed by some of the UK’s finest actors.

The star-studded literary line-up will see Lorraine Kelly interview Rivals author Dame Jilly Cooper, whilst Bridget Jones author Helen Fielding and Me Before You author Jojo Moyes will discuss the process of writing stories full of love and hope. Julia Quinn, author of the Bridgerton series, will take part in a special Bridgerton discussion panel. Legendary actor Celia Imrie will also join the line-up to interview Thursday Murder Club author and comedian Richard Osman, whilst journalist Reeta Chakrabarti will interview Assembly author, Natasha Brown.

Samantha Shannon, Sarah Winman, Joanna Cannon, Kristin Hannah, Peter James, Rupert Everett, Robert Harris, Peter Frankopan, Sebastian Faulks, Lady Anne Glenconner, Gyles Brandreth, Sarah Waters, Hallie Rubenhold and Alan Titchmarsh have also all been confirmed to take to the Festival stage as part of a suite of world-class literary programming."

https://thequeensreadingroom.co.uk/tqrr-festival-25/

https://www.chatsworth.org/events/outdoor-cinema-sense-and-sensibility/

Chatsworth House is a great venue for the Queen's reading room.

A Princely wedding: Princess Isabelle of Croy marries Yannick Magotsch

 

Mr. Yannick Magotsch and Princess Isabelle of Croy

HSH Princess Isabelle of Croy and Yannick Magotsch were married on July 26th at St. Blasien church in Balve, located in Westphalia. They chose to have their wedding party in an "unforgettable and equally special location,"  Balver Cave, which is 230 feet (70 meters) deep into a rock.  According to Bunte, "colorful lights created a magical atmosphere."   The more formal wedding reception was held at Schloss Wockum.

The civil wedding took place at the Balve Standesamt, the day before the religious wedding.

Marie Isabelle Sophie Hermine was born in Hadamar, Germany, on May 6, 1991.  She is the eldest child of HSH Prince Engelbert Alexander Maximilian Josef of Croy and H IllH Countess  Maria Elisabeth Walburga Priscilla Wiltrud of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg. Mr Magotsch is the son of Michael and Dagmar Magotsch.

Prince Philipp of Oettingen-Wallerstein and Countess Marie Therese of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchberg

Duchess Marie of Württembeg and Countess Nikolaus Matuschka

The guests included the bride's maternal relatives, Baroness Walburga von Lerchenfeld, Countess Maria Adelheid von Rechberg u.Rothenlöwen zu Hohenrechberg, Countess Maria Gabriele de Monseignat, the Prince and Princess of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg and their families, the Duke of Croy, Duchess Marie von Württemberg and Count Nikolaus Matuschka, Count Conrad and Countess Rosalie (nee Croy) zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz, Hereditary Count Philipp von Königsee-Auhlendorf, Count and Countess Paul Keglevich, Count and Countess Stefan von Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems.  

Countess Monika (nee Waldburg-Zeil)  and Count Christoph Schenk von Stauffenberg

Princess Elisabeth of Croy, the bride's mother

The groom with his mom, Dagmar

Count Paul Keglevich, the Prince of Waldburg zu Zeil und Traucherg, and the Duke of Croy

Count and Countess Christopn Schenk von Stauffenberg   2nd and 3rd from left  Prince Johann zu Fürstenberg and Countess Johanna Schenk von Stauffenberg

Two of the brides aunts, Countess Gabriele de Monseignat  and Baroness Walburga von Lerchenfeld

Count Nikolaus Mathuschka and Duchess Marie of Württemberg

The Princess of Waldburg zu-Zeil und Trauchberg (Princess Mathilde ofWürttemberg)

Two of Princess Isabelle's cousins,  Countess Marie Therese of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchberg and Countess Johanna Schenk von Stauffenberg, apparently were accompanied by Prince Philipp zu Oettingen-Wallerstein and Prince Johann zu Fürstenberg, respectively.

Princess Isabelle and Mr. Magotsch live in Munich. She is a senior Media Manager with Brandwerk GmbH, and the Kònigstein-raised Magotsch is the Sustainability Manager for Red Bull.

The wedding photos were taken by a friend of mine, who is the copyright holder.  Thank you for allowing me to use the images.

The wedding of Countess Elisabeth of Waldburg-Zeil and Prince Engelbert of Croy, parents of the bride