Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia

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Princess Marie-Cécile
Born (1942-05-28) 28 May 1942 (age 81)
Cadinen, Kreis Elbing
Spouse Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg
(m. 1965; div. 1989)
Issue Duke Paul-Wladimir
Duchess Rixas
Duchess Bibiane
Full name
Marie-Cécile Kira Viktoria Luise
House Hohenzollern
Father Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
Mother Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia
Coat of arms of the German Empire (1871-1918)
  • HRH Princess Cornelie-Cecile

HRH Princess Marie Cécile
HRH Prince Christian-Sigismund
HRH Princess Christian-Sigismund

Princess Marie-Cécile of Prussia (Marie-Cécile Kira Viktoria Luise; born 28 May 1942 in Cadinen, Kreis Elbing) is the daughter of Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, and his wife, Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia.[1] Her paternal grandparents were William, German Crown Prince, and Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; maternally, she is a granddaughter of Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia, and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Marriage and children

In 1965 Princess Marie-Cécile married Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg, who was working as an agricultural expert.[2] They married in Berlin in a civil ceremony on 3 December 1965 and a religious ceremony the following day.[1][2] Theirs was the first Hohenzollern marriage in Berlin since 1913.[2]

Friedrich August and Marie-Cécile have three children, a son and two daughters:[1]

  • Duke Paul-Wladimir of Oldenburg (Paul-Wladimir Nikolaus Louis-Ferdinand Peter Max Karl-Emich; born 16 August 1969, Lübeck), married Maria del Pilar Méndez de Vigo y Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (born 20 October 1970, Madrid; granddaughter of Karl, 8th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg) in a civil ceremony on 18 January 2001 in Wertheim, and a religious ceremony on 20 January 2001 in Bronnbach an der Tauber. They have three sons and one daughter:
    • Duke Kirill of Oldenburg (Kirill Friedrich-August Jaime Cristobal Hermann Antonius Vincenz Josef Maria; born 13 June 2002, Berlin)
    • Duke Carlos of Oldenburg (Carlos Jakobus Leo Wilfried Josef Maria; born 19 April 2004, Eutin)
    • Duke Paul of Oldenburg (Paul Maria; born 8 September 2005)
    • Duchess Maria Assunta of Oldenburg (born 21 March 2007)
    • Duke Peter of Oldenburg (born 2009)[3][4]
  • Duchess Rixa of Oldenburg (Rixa Marie-Alix Kira Altburg; born 17 September 1970, Lübeck), married Stephan Sanders at Hamburg on October 13th 2012.
  • Duchess Bibiane of Oldenburg (Bibiane Marie Alexandra Gertrud; born 24 June 1974, Oldenburg), married Peter Dorner (b. 19 February 1972 at Wasserburg am Inn) in Meran on 22 May 2004. They have one son and two daughters:
    • Xenia Dorner born 2006
    • Rixa Dorner born 2008
    • Alexej Dorner born 2011

Marie-Cécile and Friedrich August divorced on 23 November 1989.[1] In 1991 her ex-husband remarried Donata Countess of Castell-Rüdenhausen, the widow of Marie-Cécile's late brother, Prince Louis Ferdinand.

British succession

Marie-Cécile is in the line of succession to the British throne. As Catholics, her son and his children are not — and so her elder daughter, Rixa, follows her in the British line of succession, followed by her other daughter, Bibiane.

Titles and styles

  • 28 May 1942 - 3 December 1965: Her Royal Highness Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia
  • 3 December 1965 - 23 November 1989: Her Royal Highness Duchess Friedrich August of Oldenburg
  • 23 November 1989 - present: Her Royal Highness Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia

Ancestry

Family of Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Frederick III, German Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Wilhelm II, German Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Victoria, Princess Royal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. William, German Crown Prince
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Princess Cecilie of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Alexander II of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (= 20)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz (= 21)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Victoria of the United Kingdom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Alexander II of Russia (= 24)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (= 25)
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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  3. Paul, Herzog von Oldenburg:Genealogics
  4. Descendants of German Emperor Wilhelm I 1.1.1.2.3.1.5.

Sources

Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia
Born: May 28 1942
Lines of succession
Preceded by Line of succession to the British Throne
descended from Alfred, son of Victoria
Succeeded by
Duchess Rixa of Oldenburg