Sophie, Princess of Prussia
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Princess Sophie with The Margrave of Baden at the funeral of Otto von Habsburg in 2011.
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7 March 1978 Frankfurt, West Germany |
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| Spouse | Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia | ||||
| Issue | Prince Carl Friedrich Prince Louis Ferdinand Princess Emma Marie Prince Heinrich |
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| House | Isenburg | ||||
| Father | Franz-Alexander, Prince of Isenburg | ||||
| Mother | Countess Christine von Saurma-Jeltsch | ||||
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| Sophie Johanna Maria |
Sophie Johanna Maria, Princess of Prussia (née Princess of Isenburg, born 7 March 1978) is the wife of Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, head of the House of Hohenzollern, members of which reigned as kings of Prussia and as German emperors until deposed in 1918.
Princess Sophie was born on 7 March 1978 in Frankfurt, West Germany. Her parents are Franz-Alexander, Prince of Isenburg and his wife, née Countess Christine von Saurma-Jeltsch. He is head of a mediatized Catholic line of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire, who lost their independence in 1815. She has two sisters (Archduchess Katharina of Austria-Este and Isabelle, Dowager Princess of Wied) and two brothers (Hereditary Prince Alexander and Prince Viktor). Growing up at Castle Birstein, the family seat in Hesse, Sophie studied at a primary school in Birstein and at St. Mary's school () in Fulda. She then attended the boarding school Kloster Wald and passed her A-Levels as well as a trade test as a dressmaker. The princess undertook internships in her country's Bundestag, and in London, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Sophie studied Business Administration at the University of Freiburg and Humboldt University of Berlin and works at a firm that offers consulting services for nonprofit business.
On 21 January 2011, Georg Friedrich, the head of the House of Hohenzollern, announced the couple's engagement. The civil wedding was conducted in Potsdam's city hall by Mayor Jann Jakobs on 25 August 2011, and the religious wedding took place at the Church of Peace on 27 August 2011, in commemoration of the 950th anniversary of the founding of the House of Hohenzollern. Following the ceremony, a reception was held on the grounds of the Sanssouci summer palace of Frederick the Great.
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