A Princely engagment: Königsegg-Aulendorf - Szapáry von Muraszombath, Széchysziget und Szapár.

 

A new engagement! 

H Ill H Countess Marie-Gabrielle zu Königsegg-Aulendorf is going to marry Count Maximilian Szapáry von Muraszombath, Széchysziget und Szapár.

 Countess Marie-Gabrielle Therese Anna Eusebia is the daughter of  H Ill H Maximilian Ulrich Philipp Eusebius Benno, Count zu Königsegg-Aulendorf and Countess Marie Valerie Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau.    was born in Ravensburg in 1995, the youngest of four children.  She has two older brothers,  Hereditary Count Philipp and Count Nikolaus, and one older sister, Alice, who is married to Philipp Lovrek.

all three photos - Countess Marie Gabrielle at the wedding of her sister, Countess Alice, who married Philipp Lovrek in 2017  @Royal Travel and Events

Countess Marie Gabrielle at the wedding of her sister, Countess Alice, who married Philipp Lovrek in 2017  @Royal Travel and Events

Countess Marie Gabrielle at the wedding of her sister, Countess Alice, who married Philipp Lovrek in 2017  @Royal Travel and Events

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Count Maximilian  Ladislaus Karl is the son of Count Nikolaus Szapáry von Muraszombath, Széchysziget und Szapár and HSH Princess Stephanie Maria Anna Georgine Rudolfine Friederike Gobertina of Auersperg-Breunner.   He was born in Barcelona, Spain, on June 29,1991.

 Maximilan's father, Count Nikolaus Szapáry, represented Austria in Olympic skeet shooting at the 1980 Moscow and 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.   He and Princess Michael of Kent are first cousins because their mothers, Countess Maria Anna Szapáry, and their fathers, Count László Szapáry, were siblings.   He has a BA in Philosophy from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.  He also played on Trinity's Men's Lacrosse team.

In his hometown of Dobersberg, Austria, Maximilian was a member of the local soccer team, USV Raika Dobersberg

From 2015 through 2019, Maximilian worked for an investment firm in New York City before returning to Germany, continuing his career in investments.

Marie-Gabrielle is a registered nurse who works with "children, adolescents and their families in everyday practice."     She also enjoys photography.