Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein
Hereditary Princess Sophie Elisabeth Marie Gabrielle of Liechenstein (
de:
Erbprinzessin Sophie von und zu Liechtenstein) (born
October 28,
1967 in
Munich), is the daughter of Prince
Max-Emanuel, Duke in Bavaria, and Countess Elisabeth Douglas.
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Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein |
She was born
HRH Princess Sophie of Bavaria; in 1973, her father inherited the title
Duke in Bavaria from a distant cousin who had adopted him as heir in 1965. Sophie was now styled
HRH Duchess Sophie in Bavaria, Princess of Bavaria; on her marriage in 1993 she became
HRH The Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein.
From 1978 to 1980, Princess Sophie attended the Girls' Home Primary School of the English Lady in
Heiligenstatt. She then moved to the Girls' Secondary Boarding School Hohenburg in
Lenggries. Duchess Sophie then studied the English language and literature at the
Catholic University in
Eichstätt.
Duchess Sophie married
Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein on
July 3,
1993. They have four children:
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Prince Joseph Wenzel Maximilian Maria von und zu Liechtenstein (born
24 May 1995 in London)
Princess Marie-Caroline Elisabeth Immaculata von und zu Liechtenstein (born
17 October 1996 in Grabs,
Canton of St. Gallen)
Prince Georg Antonius Constantin Maria von und zu Liechtenstein (born
20 April 1999 in Grabs)
Prince Nikolaus Sebastian Alexander Maria von und zu Liechtenstein (born
6 December 2000, in Grabs)
The
Jacobite claim to the thrones of England and Scotland will likely pass to the Hereditary Princess, following the current holder, her childless uncle
Franz, Duke of Bavaria, and her father.
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Princely Family of Liechtenstein
