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Princess Mafalda
Born (1965-07-06) 6 July 1965 (age 59)
Kiel, West Germany
SpouseCount Enrico Marone Cinzano
(married 1989, divorced 1990)
Carlo Galdo
(married 1991, divorced 1999)
Count Ferdinando Brachetti Peretti
(married 2000)
IssueTatiana Galdo
Polissena Galdo
Count Cosmo Brachetti Peretti
Count Briano Brachetti Peretti
HouseHesse
FatherMoritz, Landgrave of Hesse
MotherPrincess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Mafalda Margarethe Prinzessin von Hessen (born 6 July 1965), known also as Princess Mafalda of Hesse, is a German aristocrat and fashion designer. She is the eldest child of Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse and Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.

Fashion career

Mafalda von Hessen studied at New York University and has a master's degree in design. After graduating, she worked for Roman costume house Tirelli and designer Patrick Kinmonth. She has also served as a style ambassador for Giorgio Armani. In autumn 2015, she released her latest collection.[1]

She was named in Vanity Fair's 2007 International Best-Dressed List.[2]

Marriages and children

Mafalda married first Count Enrico Marone Cinzano on 8 July 1989, but they divorced soon later. The marriage was childless.[3]

Second, she married Carlo Galdo on 19 December 1991. They had two children together: Tatiana Galdo (born 20 January 1992) and Polissena Galdo (born 30 September 1993). The couple divorced in 1999.[3]

On third time, Mafalda married Count Ferdinando Brachetti Peretti on 14 July 2000. They had two children together: Count Cosmo Brachetti Peretti (born 11 January 2000) and Count Briano Brachetti Peretti (born 16 April 2002).[3]

Ancestry

Family of Mafalda von Hessen
16. Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Cassel
8. Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse
17. Princess Anna of Prussia
4. Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse
18. Frederick III, German Emperor
9. Princess Margaret of Prussia
19. Victoria, Princess Royal
2. Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse
20. Umberto I of Italy
10. Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
21. Margherita of Savoy
5. Princess Mafalda of Savoy
22. Nicholas I of Montenegro
11. Elena of Montenegro
23. Milena Vukotić
1. Princess Mafalda of Hesse
24. Prince Gustav Wolfgang of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
12. Richard, 4th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
25. Baroness Marie von Gemmingen-Hornberg
6. Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
26. Prince Alfred of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
13. Princess Madeleine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
27. Countess Pauline von Reichenbach-Lessonitz
3. Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
28. Gustave Armand Fouché d'Otrante, 3rd Duc d'Otrante
14. Charles Louis Fouché d'Otrante, 4th Duc d'Otrante
29. Baroness Theresia von Stedingk
7. Margareta Fouché d'Otrante
30. Ludvig, Count Douglas
15. Countess Madeleine Douglas
31. Countess Anna Ehrensvärd

References

  1. ^ "Extremely Cultivated. Princess Mafalda von Hessen sows the seeds of ready-to-wear". W Magazine. 25 September 2015.
  2. ^ "The 2007 International Best-Dressed List Photos. Princess Mafalda of Hesse". Vanity Fair.
  3. ^ a b c "Mafalda Margarethe Prinzessin von Hessen-Kassel". The Peerage.
Mafalda von Hessen
Born: 6 July 1965
Lines of succession
Preceded by
Princess Elena of Hesse
 Line of succession to the British throne
descended from Victoria, Princess Royal, daughter of Queen Victoria 		Succeeded by
Count Briano Brachetti Peretti1
Notes and references
1. If Count Briano Brachetti Peretti and Mafalda's two daughters Tatiana and Polissena Galdo are Roman Catholics, they are excluded from the succession and next in line after Mafalda is her younger sister Princess Elena of Hesse.
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