Princess Marie of Hanover | |||||
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Countess Marie of Hochberg | |||||
Born |
Pattensen, Lower Saxony, Germany |
26 November 1952||||
Spouse | Count Michael of Hochberg (m. 1982) | ||||
Issue | Count Conrad Count Georg |
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House | Hanover | ||||
Father | Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover | ||||
Mother | Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg |
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Marie Victoria Louise Hertha Frederica German: Marie Viktoria Luise Hertha Friederike |
Hanoverian royal family |
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HRH The Prince Extended royal family
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HRH The Prince
HRH The Princess
Princess Marie of Hanover (German: Marie Viktoria Luise Hertha Friederike, Prinzessin von Hannover, Prinzessin von Großbritannien und Irland, Herzogin zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg; born 26 November 1952 in Pattensen, Lower Saxony, Germany), Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, is the wife of Count Michael of Hochberg.
Marie is the eldest child of Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987) and his wife, Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1925–1980). Her younger brother is Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover, current head of the House of Hanover and her sister-in-law is Princess Caroline of Monaco.
Marie married Count Michael Georg Botho of Hochberg (born 5 December 1943), son of Count Konrad Eberhard Georg Richard of Hochberg (of the Dukes of Pless) and his wife Eleonore Kungigunde Charlotte von Czettritz und Neuhaus, on 4 June 1982 at Pattensen, Lower Saxony, Germany, in a civil ceremony. They were remarried the following day in a religious ceremony at Schloss Marienburg. Marie and Michael have two sons: