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Sophie
Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein
The Hereditary Princess on 22 January 2013
Born (1967-10-28) 28 October 1967 (age 56)
Munich, Germany
Spouse
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(m. 1993)​
IssuePrince Joseph Wenzel
Princess Marie-Caroline
Prince Georg
Prince Nikolaus
Names
Sophie Elisabeth Marie Gabrielle
HouseWittelsbach
FatherPrince Max, Duke in Bavaria
MotherCountess Elisabeth Douglas
ReligionRoman Catholic
Princely family of Liechtenstein

The Prince

Extended princely family
Descendants of Prince Aloys
  • Prince Andreas
    Princess Silvia
  • Prince Gregor
  • Princess Maria-Pia
  • Princess Katharina
  • Princess Brigitta

Princess Marie Christine

  • Princess Maria Assunta
  • Princess Isabelle, countess zu Erbach-Fürstenau
  • Prince Christoph
  • Princess Marie Helene
  • Princess Georgina, Countess von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg
  • Princess Michaela

Princess Amalie

  • Princess Maria Elisabeth
  • Prince Hubertus
  • Princess Marie Therese

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.

Early life and education

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.[1] She was born in Munich on 28 October 1967 and baptised as Sophie Elizabeth Marie Gabrielle[1] 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.[2]

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.[1][2]

Marriage and children

Sophie married Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein on 3 July 1993 at St. Florin's in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. The couple lived in London from September 1993 until May 1996, and have since then resided in Liechtenstein.[2] They have four children:

  • Prince Joseph Wenzel Maximilian Maria of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg (born 24 May 1995 in London).
  • Princess Marie-Caroline Elisabeth Immaculata of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg (born 17 October 1996 in Grabs, Canton of St. Gallen).
  • Prince Georg Antonius Constantin Maria of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg (born 20 April 1999 in Grabs).
  • Prince Nikolaus Sebastian Alexander Maria of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg (born 6 December 2000, in Grabs).

Illness

At the beginning of 2003, it was made public that Sophie was diagnosed with benign brain tumor, from which she has recovered.[3]

Patronages

At the beginning of 2006, Hereditary Princess founded the Sophie von Liechtenstein Stiftung für Frau und Kind (Sophie of Liechtenstein Foundation for Woman and Child). The goal of the Foundation is to give women who unintentionally became pregnant a more positive life perspective for themselves and their child.[4]

Titles, styles, and honours

Failing the birth of a male heir, the Jacobite claim to the thrones of England, Scotland, Ireland and France will pass to Sophie following the demise of the current holder, her childless uncle Franz, Duke of Bavaria, and of her own father, who has no sons.[2] Jacobites would then recognise her as "Queen Sophie" in both England and Scotland, without numeration, as neither Kingdom has had a monarch of that name.

From her birth in 1967 Sophie was styled HRH Princess Sophie of Bavaria. In 1973 her father inherited the family name and style Duke in Bavaria from his great-uncle,[which?] who had adopted him as heir in 1965; Sophie was then styled as HRH Duchess Sophie in Bavaria, Princess of Bavaria. On her marriage in 1993 she became HRH The Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg, the Principality of Liechtenstein recognising and retaining her use of the style Royal Highness.[1]

Honours

Ancestry

Family of Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein
16. Ludwig III of Bavaria
8. Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
17. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este
4. Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria
18. Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria
9. Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria
19. Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal
2. Prince Max-Emanuel, Duke in Bavaria
20. Count Pál Draskovich of Trakostján
10. Count Denes Maria Draskovich von Trakostján
21. Countess Maria Felicia Festétics de Tólna
5. Countess Maria Franziska Draskovich von Trakostján
22. Alfred, 2nd Prince von Montenuovo
11. Princess Juliana Rose von Montenuovo
23. Countess Franziska Maria Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau
1. Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein
24. Count Ludwig Wilhelm Douglas
12. Count Wilhelm Archibald Douglas
25. Countess Anna Louise Ehrensvärd
6. Count Carl Ludwig Douglas
26. Prof. Dr. Salomon Eberhard Henschen
13. Astri Henschen
27. Gerda Maria Sandell
3. Countess Elisabeth Christina Douglas
28. Dr. Hermann Julius Haas
14. Otto Ludwig Haas-Heye
29. Hermanna Heye
7. Ottora Maria Haas-Heye
30. Philip, Prince von Eulenburg und Hertefeld
15. Countess Viktoria Ada von Eulenburg und Hertefeld
31. Augusta Sandels

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "The Princely House of Liechtenstein". Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein". The Jacobite Heritage. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  3. ^ Nettroyal.nl
  4. ^ Fuerstenhaus.li
  5. ^ a b The Jacobite Heritage
  6. ^ Coronation of Willem Alexander of the Netherlands
  7. ^ Vanity Fair


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