Sophie | |||||
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Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein | |||||
The Hereditary Princess on 22 January 2013
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Born |
Munich, Germany |
28 October 1967 ||||
Spouse | Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (m. 1993) | ||||
Issue |
Prince Joseph Wenzel Princess Marie-Caroline Prince Georg Prince Nikolaus |
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House | Wittelsbach | ||||
Father | Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria | ||||
Mother | Countess Elisabeth Douglas | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Full name | |
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Sophie Elisabeth Marie Gabrielle |
Bavarian royal family |
HRH The Duke in Bavaria
HRH The Dowager Princess of Waldburg Extended family members
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House of Liechtenstein |
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HSH The Prince
Extended princely family
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HRH The Duke in Bavaria
HRH The Duchess in Bavaria
HRH The Dowager Princess of Waldburg
HRH The Dowager Princess of Quadt
HRH The Dowager Duchess of Croÿ
HRH The Dowager Duchess of Arenberg
HRH Princess Helene
HSH The Prince
HSH The Princess
Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein (born 28 October 1967 in Munich), is the wife of Alois, Hereditary Prince and Regent of Liechtenstein. Born a Princess of Bavaria, she belongs to the House of Wittelsbach.
Princess Sophie is the eldest of the five daughters of Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, and Princess Elisabeth, Duchess in Bavaria (née Countess Douglas), as well as a patrilineal great-great-granddaughter of the last King of Bavaria, Ludwig III. She was born in Munich on 28 October 1967 and baptised as Sophie Elizabeth Marie Gabrielle in the chapel of her family's Kreuth home on 18 November. Her godparents were her maternal aunt, the Duchess of Marlborough, and Archduchess Gabriela of Austria (second wife of Archduke Rudolf).
Sophie spent her childhood together with her parents and sisters in Wildbad Kreuth. From 1978 to 1980, Sophie attended the Girls' Home Primary School of the English Lady in Heiligenstadt. She then moved to the Girls' Secondary Boarding School Hohenburg in Lenggries. Sophie then studied history and English language and literature at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.