Thursday, September 10, 2026

Countess Marie Therese weds Prince Philipp-Carl of Oettingen Wallerstein

 




H Ill H Countess Marie-Therese of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchberg and HSH Prince Philipp-Carl zu Oettingen-Wallerstein were married in the Stadtpfarrkirche St. Verena in Bad Wurzach on August 29th.  The civil wedding took place on August 28 at Schloss Zeil.

They announced their engagement in September 2025.

https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-new-princely-engagement-oettingen.html

Hereditary Count Alexander Fugger von Babenhausen

Princess Franziska Fugger von Babenhausen and Mauro Bergonzoli

Valerie, Dowager Margravine of Baden

Duchess Fleur of Württemberg and her husband, Count Moritz von Goess,  The woman on the right is unidentified,

The newly married Dhruv Raj Singh and Countess Marie von und zu Eltz

On the right: Prince Krafft Ernst of Oettingen-Wallerstein 

Woman on right:  (Possibly) Countess Elizabeth of Waldburg-Zeil

Left: The Princess of Waldburg-Zeil (in pink) and her daughter, Countess Helene von Neipperg On the right, the groom and his mother, Helen







The groom's mother, Helen (whose marriage to Prince Krafft Ernst ended in divorce in 2009), with the Prince of Waldburg-Zeil, the bride's father.


Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg

Prince Anton of Windisch-Graetz

Prince Ludwig-Rudolph and Princess Sophie-Alexandra of Bavaria with their son, Prince Rupprecht

Princess Xenia of Croy and Guy delle Piane.  

The Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe Öhringen

Count and Countess Hans Kaspar of Toerring-Jettenbach and Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

Duke Philipp of Württemberg with his son, Duke Carl-Theodor

The Prince of Thurn und Taxis

The Count and Countess of Neipperg

Prince Charles-Louis, Duke of Chartress

Princess Amelie, Frau  Schmid von Schmidsfelden and Princess Sophie, Countess Constantin Fugger von Babenhausen.

Duke and Duchess Michael of Württemberg

Princess Teresa of Liechtenstein, who is married to Count Cajetan of Toerring-Jettenbach 


The guests included: Duke Franz von Bayern and his partner,Thomas Greinwald, Duke Max in Bavaria, accompanied by two of his daughters, Duchess Elisabeth and Duchess Anna, with her husband, Baron Andreas von Maltzahn,  Prinz Ludwig  and Princess Sophie Alexandra with their son, Rupprecht, Duchess Diane of Württemberg, Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg, Duke Philipp of Württemberg with his son, Duke Carl Theodor, Duke and Duchess Eberhard of Württemberg, Duke and Duchess Michael of Württemberg,  Prince and Princess Engelbert of Croy, with their son and daughter, Isabelle and her husband, Yannick Magotsch,  Count and Countess  Bernhard de Monseignat, Count and Countess Christoph Schenk von Stauffebnberg with of their children, Count and Countess Max Emanuel von Rechberg with their daughter and son in law, Fürst Albert von Thurn und Taxis, Duchess Fleur of Württemberg and her husband Count Moritz Goess, Duchess  Dorothee of Württemberg, Princess Xenia of Croy withher  husband, Guy Delle Piane, Prince Carl Philipp of Croy, Archduke Simeon and Archduchess of Austria, Count and Countess Karl Eugen of Neipperg, Count and Countess Stephan of Neipperg with their son Ludovic, (who is married to the bride's sister, Marie Helene) , the Prince and Princess of  Quadt, the Prince and Princess of  Hohenlohe Öhringen,  Prince and Princess Fugger von Babenhausen with their children, Hereditary Alexander and Countess Franziska, Count and Countess Keglevich, the Prince of Waldburg von Waldburg Wolfegg with the Hereditary Count and Countess Ludwig, Countess von und zu  Eltz with her daughters  Alexandra and Marie and son-in-law, Dhruv Raj Singh, Prince and Princess  Ulrich von Wied, the Prince and Princess zu Isenburg, Prince Anton Windisch Graetz, Count Philipp von Koenigsegg-Aulendorf, Princess Erich von Lobkowicz, Prince Johannes Lobkowicz , Count Moritz von Drechsel,  Margrave and Margravine of Baden with the Dowager Markgravine of Baden, Princesses Amelie and Sophie of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, Count and Countess Clemens of  Waldburg Zeil with, three of their children,  Assunta, Maximilian and Constantin, Count and Countess  Hans Kaspar von Toerring Jettenbach with with their sons,  Georg and Cajetan and daughter-in-law, Princess Teresa of Liechtenstein, Princess Annunciata von Liechtenstein and Emanuele Musini, CountessVeronika of Waldburg-Zeil, Baron Emmanuel von Elverfeldt, Princess Gisela of Liechtenstein, Count Philipp and Countess Philippa von Brockdorff, Annina Bruges von Pfuel, Count and Countess Philipp Schenk von Stauffenberg. 

 This was a Roman Catholic wedding with the following officiants: Father Hubertus Freiherr von Freyberg, Vitus Graf von Waldburg Zeil, Stefan Maier, Richard Grotz, Elmar Schneider 

Prince Philipp-Carl's best men were: Aisling Demmel, Count Friedrich von Rechberg-Rothenlöwen, Count Georg zu Toerring-Jettenbach, Alexander Bagusat, Prince Leopold Ludwig zu Oettingen-Wallerstein, Count Johannes von Seilern-Aspang, and Professor Dr. Dominik Pfoerringer.

Countess Marie-Therese was attended by flower girls and pages: 

Kranzlkinder: Mathilda and Olympia d'Andigne, Emil und Oscar Bagusat, Princess Alba of Oettingen-Wallerstein, Counts Anton and Arthur zu Rechberg-Rothenlöwen, Count Maximilian zu Toerring-Jettenbach and Prince Rupprecht von Bayern.

The couple left the church in a "historic white Porsche 365 Coupe with two distinctive red racing stripes" and traveled to Schloss Zeil, where they held the wedding reception that evening. 

Marie-Therese, 36, is the eldest daughter of Erich, Prince of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchberg, and Duchess Mathilde of Württemberg.  Her 42-year-old husband is the elder of two sons of Prince Krafft Ernst of Oettingen-Wallerstein and his first wife, Helen Lins.

A friend took the photos and holds the copyright.  As always, thank you for allowing me to use your photos.

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