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==Early life==
==Early life==
Paola Doimi di Delupis was born in [[London]] in 1969. Her father is Louis Doimi di Delupis, a minor member of the Croatian nobility who is also of Italian descent. He is a barrister, and a member of [[Middle Temple]] and a businessman. Her Swedish mother, Ingrid Detter, is a lawyer and professor in international law. Paola's father's family had fled to England from Croatia during [[World War II]]. Paola studied at [[Wycombe Abbey|Wycombe Abbey School]] and [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]].
Paola Doimi di Delupis was born in [[London]] in 1969. Her father is Louis Doimi di Delupis, a minor member of the Croatian nobility who is also of Italian descent <ref> [http://www.genmarenostrum.com/mlupis/rami%20vitali.htm#Le_Linee_di_Dalmazia_e_Fiume See the Lupis family Italian site]</ref>. He is a barrister, and a member of [[Middle Temple]] and a businessman. Her Swedish mother, Ingrid Detter, is a lawyer and professor in international law. Paola's father's family had fled to England from Croatia during [[World War II]]. Paola studied at [[Wycombe Abbey|Wycombe Abbey School]] and [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]].


Her father added the surname [[Frankopan]], a Croatian noble family, to their surname by deed poll in Britain. However, he had been deprived of membership in the Croatian Nobility Association because of the disputed use of this name. Ivo Durbesić, the association’s president, told ''[[The Times]]'': “He took the name Frankopan, but he is not a descendant of the Frankopan family. He is aristocratic but derives from the Doimi de Lupis bloodline. We strongly disliked the fact that he was using the name Frankopan without any proof that he was related to that family.”
Her father added the surname [[Frankopan]], a Croatian noble family, to their surname by deed poll in Britain. However, he had been deprived of membership in the Croatian Nobility Association because of the disputed use of this name. Ivo Durbesić, the association’s president, told ''[[The Times]]'': “He took the name Frankopan, but he is not a descendant of the Frankopan family. He is aristocratic but derives from the Doimi de Lupis bloodline. We strongly disliked the fact that he was using the name Frankopan without any proof that he was related to that family.”

Revision as of 21:14, 26 December 2007

Lady Nicholas Windsor
Born
Paola Doimi di Delupis

(1969-08-07) 7 August 1969 (age 55)
SpouseLord Nicholas Windsor
ChildrenAlbert Windsor

Lady Nicholas Windsor (born Paola Doimi di Delupis, later Paola Doimi di Delupis de Frankopan; born 7 August 1969) is the wife of Lord Nicholas Windsor and a minor member of the British Royal Family.

Early life

Paola Doimi di Delupis was born in London in 1969. Her father is Louis Doimi di Delupis, a minor member of the Croatian nobility who is also of Italian descent [1]. He is a barrister, and a member of Middle Temple and a businessman. Her Swedish mother, Ingrid Detter, is a lawyer and professor in international law. Paola's father's family had fled to England from Croatia during World War II. Paola studied at Wycombe Abbey School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

Her father added the surname Frankopan, a Croatian noble family, to their surname by deed poll in Britain. However, he had been deprived of membership in the Croatian Nobility Association because of the disputed use of this name. Ivo Durbesić, the association’s president, told The Times: “He took the name Frankopan, but he is not a descendant of the Frankopan family. He is aristocratic but derives from the Doimi de Lupis bloodline. We strongly disliked the fact that he was using the name Frankopan without any proof that he was related to that family.”

Marriage

Doimi di Delupis de Frankopan and Lord Nicholas Windsor met at a party in New York City in 2001[2], and their engagement was announced on 26 September 2006.[3] They married on 4 November 2006 in the Church of Santo Stefano degli Abissini in the Vatican following a civil ceremony on 19 October 2006 in a London register office[4] and she became Lady Nicholas Windsor. This was the first time a member of the extended British Royal Family married at the Vatican. [5]

Family

Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor had their first child, a son, Albert, on 22 September, 2007 at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London.[6][7] Albert and any further children the couple has will not be titled, will only carry the Windsor surname, the first for a direct male line descendant of George V. The eldest son, Albert, is entitled to use the postnomial title of esquire. At birth Albert was 26th in the line of succession and is also in the line of succession to the Kent Dukedom.

References

  1. ^ See the Lupis family Italian site
  2. ^ "Times Online". The Times. 30 September 2006.
  3. ^ "Royal.gov.uk". Royal Website. 26 September 2006.
  4. ^ "Royal News". Paul Theroff. 28 October 2006.
  5. ^ "Independent Catholic News". Independent Catholic News. 31 October 2006.
  6. ^ "Paola's a new royal mum". The Daily Mail. 3 October 2007.
  7. ^ "Royal News, 2007". Paul Theroff. 8 March 2007.