Princess Marie zu Wied & Duke Friedrich von Württemberg 1993

[Stefan]

Originally Posted by Elsa M.

This one is from SeegerPress [post #21]
(not sure if it's from the engagement or the night before the wedding...)

This from one of the Events before the wedding but not the Evening before. The Evening before the wedding was the Soiree, where they all wore Tiaras and Orders, at Altshausen. The photo above was made at Friedrichshafen.

[Toledo]

Originally Posted by Princejohnny25

I like her wedding dress. Not one of my favorites but is reminsient of Princess Margaret of Snowdown and the Duchess of Brabants wedding dress. Even after 13 years, the red and white engagment dress is still beautiful.

The red and white dress makes her stand out on those pictures. Very contrasting to everything and everyone else around. Your eyes just focus on her as the center of the picture because of that dress. They also look great as a couple.

[David_B]

The fact I find interesting about this marriage (please forgive me if it has been mentioned before) is that it united two branches of the Württemberg family - the last reigning branch and its successor.

Princess Marie's great-grandmother was Pauline zu Wied, the sole surviving child of Wilhelm II, the last King of Württemberg. Three of Pauline's first cousins (on her mother's side) were Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Princess Alice Countess of Athlone and Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

This is what I find fascinating about royal genealogy - tracing family lines is like working on a jigsaw puzzle.

[Warren]

Originally Posted by David_B

The fact I find interesting about this marriage (please forgive me if it has been mentioned before) is that it united two branches of the Württemberg family - the last reigning branch and its successor.

Welcome to the Forums David_B, and no, this relationship between the two branches hasn't been mentioned before.
Any insights and knowledge you share will be most appreciated. :)

[Lady Jennifer]

I do like the red & white dress. Its very classy.
How many children do they have now?

[Warren]

Originally Posted by Lady Jennifer

How many children do they have now?

Three children:

• Duke Wilhelm Friedrich Karl, b1994
• Duchess Marie-Amelie, b 1996
• Duchess Sophie-Dorothea, b 1997