Princess Margaretha and Family: News and Pictures

[Marengo]

Marie-Annunciata is very attractive! I like her a lot, if only William would meet her . Marie-Astrid has gronwn so much, the last picture I saw of her was when she was a bridesmaid at Phillipe & Mathildes wedding (he is a cousin of Margaretha)... now she is very attractive as well. It must be the Luxembourg genes as the children of Prince Jean of Luxembourg (Margaretha's twinbroter) are very goodlooking as well, especially his son Count Constantin de Nassau.

After the death of her first child Margaretha grew very close to her aunt Queen Fabiola, who supported her a lot. Does the family still live in Brussels? Nicolaus is still Liechtensteins ambassador to the EU?

[Marengo]

Nice pictures btw! Margaretha is wearing her mothers wedding tiara during her own wedding. I believe it was a gift from the belgian Congo to their Princess Josephine-Charlotte.

[Marengo]

thanks Drimal ^__^ i didn't know Austria was still a monarchy...are any of the above Royals the next heir to the throne

Austria isn t a monarchy anymore (since 1918) but that does not mean that her imperial family has died out, on the contrary, it blossomed! In my eyes it is the 'best' royal family of europe, with decent, hard working, discrete etc. members & I think that the Austrians werent to clever to kick emperor Karl out of the country (or empress Zita for that matter, she was just wonderfull).

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Originally Posted by Marengo

It must be the Luxembourg genes as the children of Prince Jean of Luxembourg (Margaretha's twinbroter) are very goodlooking as well, especially his son Count Constantin de Nassau.

Do you have any pics of him? I can't find any.

[Marengo]

No, I am sorry. I saw their pictures in the point de vue issue which featured the baptism of Prince Jeasn (Guillaume & Sybilla's son) but I have no scanner. I haven t seen any pictures of the baptism online (yet). Gabriella and Constantin attended + Prince Jean (their father) Helene was absent, she never seems to attend family functions.

[hrhcp]

Originally Posted by drimal

Princess Margaretha's children have the title of "von and zu Liechtenstein".

Minor correction on their title. Not many of these (von and zu's) around.

They are all very interesting pictures, Drimal.

Magnificient effort. :)

[suturegeisha]

Originally Posted by Marengo

No, I am sorry. I saw their pictures in the point de vue issue which featured the baptism of Prince Jeasn (Guillaume & Sybilla's son) but I have no scanner. I haven t seen any pictures of the baptism online (yet). Gabriella and Constantin attended + Prince Jean (their father) Helene was absent, she never seems to attend family functions.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't Jean and Helene seperated?
-Kara-

[hillary_nugent]

Thanks Drimal and Marengo for the reply to my question ^_______^

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

There are rumors that they divorced, but it is only speculation because Jean lives such a private life.

[drimal]

The names of the children


Princess Maria Anunciata (born the 12th May 1985) has a really pretty and melodious name, but it is also difficult to spell!:)

In the history there was a queen of Naples that was called Maria Anunciata Bonaparte living from 1782 to 1839.
Anunciata (or Annunciata) is an Latin-Italian name and it means the promising.

Princess Marie-Astrid (born 26th June 1987) has a name that has its roots in Princess Margaretha's family; thus her sister Archduchess Princess Marie Astrid from Austria also has that name. Astrid is a Skandinavian name meaning the rider of God

Prince Josef-Emanuel (born 20th May 1993) also has a difficult name. Josef is Hebrew and means God gives propagation. Emanuel is also Hebrew and means God with us.

[drimal]

Part II The 1994 photos!

All this photos were shot on a photo series of 2.July 1994.

1. Princess Maria Anunciata is the girl in the backround, Marie Astrid the girl before. In 1994 they have a lot of common ground (in the years which follows it will be more differences)
2.pool image
3.family trip
4. to 7. poll images
8. chess
9. near a lake
10. on this photo you see clearly the differences between both girls; Maria Anunciata is more fair-haired and wears her hair longer than her sister; for me she's the most beautiful from both

Next Wednesday the photo series will continue with Part III!:)

[Beate]

Thanks for the great pics of Margaretha and her family. I enjoy them very much! Do you have many more?

[drimal]

Originally Posted by Beate

Thanks for the great pics of Margaretha and her family. I enjoy them very much! Do you have many more?

Yes I have still many photos that I will show in the next days!:)

[Beate]

I am very much looking forward to those! Thanks for your great work..I have an old German book by Margret Duenser which has a few nice pics of the Luxembourg family.Both princesses are very pretty..Since the pics are in a book they are hard to scan.Otherwsie I would have done so already:)

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

When I was reading what all of those names mean, I was like, wow!

[bad_barbarella]

i want to name my kids after ancient goddess hehe i think those names are cute

[hillary_nugent]

good work Drimal ^____^

[drimal]

Princess Margaretha

Princess Margaretha, Princess of Liechtenstein was born on 15 May 1957 at Betzdorf Castle. She is the younger daughter of Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte, and the twin sister of Prince Jean.

Education and Youth
Princess Margaretha was educated in Luxembourg, where she attended the European School. She later studied in Belgium, Great Britain and the United States of America.

Marriage and Family
On 20 March 1982, Princess Margaretha married Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, the son of Prince Franz Joseph II and Princess Gina of Liechtenstein, at the Cathedral of Our Lady in Luxembourg. The couple have three children: Princess Maria-Annunciata (born on 12 May 1985), Princess Marie-Astrid (born in 26 June 1987) and Prince Joseph-Emmanuel (born on 7 May 1989).

Princess Margaretha and Prince Nikolaus live in Brussels, where Prince Nikolaus is the Liechtenstein Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union.

(Source:http://www.geocities.com/luxroyalty/margaretha.html)

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

They still live there?

[hillary_nugent]

Since all the Belgium, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein royals are all cousins do they meet up often? are they close?