Prince Constantin & Princess Marie

[BurberryBrit]

Originally Posted by SASSY

Thanks y'all.
Did Marie come from wealth? Is there a place I can read about her?
I actually didn't realize there was another brother until I looked at some of the threads!
The more elusive they (the family) are the more you want to find out about them.

Marie was born Countess Marie Kalnoky de Korospatak, so yes she comes from a noble family. I will try to find the genealogy of how she and her mother in law are related.

[Stefan]

Originally Posted by BurberryBrit

Marie was born Countess Marie Kalnoky de Korospatak, so yes she comes from a noble family. I will try to find the genealogy of how she and her mother in law are related.

She has 5 older sisters. One of them Alexandra also married into the Liechtenstein Family with Prince Emanuel and another Ilona married Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern.

Here is the Genealogy: Kálnoky

[BurberryBrit]

Originally Posted by Stefan

She has 5 older sisters. One of them Alexandra also married into the Liechtenstein Family with Prince Emanuel and another Ilona married Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern.

Here is the Genealogy: Kálnoky

Alexandra Benedikta Helena Felicitas Maria (b.Bruck 9 Jun 1966); m.Csicsó 27 May 1995 Emanuel Pr v.u.zu Liechtenstein (b.Klagenfurt 5 May 1964)


Makes me wonder if that's how Marie and Constantin met

[HRH Kerry]

BB,
I wondered the same thing. Of course they are very private as we all know. I've never seen any pics of Princess Marie prior to her engagement to Prince Constantin either. Nor anything that at least shows the two couple together.

[HRH Kerry]

It seems as though Prince Constantin and family moved back to Europe some years ago. He has worked for Grünwald Equity as late as 2007. Found this while surfing the net. You can also find a brief business bio.

[Warren]

Here is the brief bio of Mr Liechtenstein (!) from HRH Kerry's link to Grünwald Equity:

From 2003 to 2005 Mr. Liechtenstein worked as Senior Analyst with Raiffeisen Private Equity Management (RPEM), conducting commercial, financial and legal due diligence on various deals. Mr. Liechtenstein identified and processed numerous transactions in the media-, food processing-, production- and the consumer goods industry. Prior to joining RPEM, Mr. Liechtenstein was an Associate with Brown Brothers Harriman, where he was responsible for evaluating and monitoring investments for a $140 million small cap fund (1818 Partners) specialized in business services related investments (1999 to 2003). He holds a Master Degree in Law from the University of Salzburg.
Constantin Liechtenstein is Managing Partner of Grünwald Equity Beteiligungs GmbH and Grünwald Equity Management GmbH.

[Empress]

I see that he does not use his title in his business life. That is probably a sensible thing to do, although I suspect that most of his business associates know precisely who he is. I'm not sure that having a title helps all that much in the mainstream business world.

[Warren]

Originally Posted by Empress

I'm not sure that having a title helps all that much in the mainstream business world.

Maybe not so much with his colleagues and peers, but it would help in attracting clients. Having immediate entrée to certain social circles would also be an advantage.

Then again, Grünwald seems a fairly niche finance house; from their website: Equity Financing & Distressed Debt Investments
"Distressed Debt Investments" seems such a euphemism doesn't it? They've probably gone great guns this year.

[Empress]

No doubt they have! I wonder how much money they have in the US?

[HRH Kerry]

Originally Posted by Empress

I see that he does not use his title in his business life. That is probably a sensible thing to do, although I suspect that most of his business associates know precisely who he is. I'm not sure that having a title helps all that much in the mainstream business world.

One can't help recognizing the name Liechtenstein in the elite business world. It doesn't matter if prince precedes it. Liechtenstein, LGT, prince...yada, yada, yada.

[BurberryBrit]

Originally Posted by HRH Kerry

It seems as though Prince Constantin and family moved back to Europe some years ago. He has worked for Grünwald Equity as late as 2007. Found this while surfing the net. You can also find a brief business bio.

I thought they were in NY all this time

[HRH Kerry]

BB, I thought you'd be surprised. I know that you read up on New York society. It seems that Prince Constantin has slipped by us. Imagine that!

[BurberryBrit]

Originally Posted by HRH Kerry

BB, I thought you'd be surprised. I know that you read up on New York society. It seems that Prince Constantin has slipped by us. Imagine that!

You can imagine my shock! I always wondered why I never saw them in the "society pages."

[HRH Kerry]

Found a pic of Prince Constantin with Liechtensteiner R&B singer/songwriter Al Walser.

[pamk]

Originally Posted by michelleq

Who is the woman that Prince Maxmilian is with? That isn't his wife, Princess Angela.

Does anyone know? They look awfully chummy!

[Alisa]

The couple had their third child, a son named Benedikt Ferdinand Hubertus Maria. The child was born on May 18th.

Congrats to the couple !

Source: Liechtenstein Volksblatt

[HRH Kerry]

Alisa, thanks for the news. Here's the link.

FYI: It seems that the new little prince shares a birthday with his first cousin, Prince Alfons!

[BurberryBrit]

Congratulations!

[principessa]

Are there pictures of Moritz and Georgina?

[morhange]

If you look in the pictures from last year's Liechtenstein National Day, you can see pictures of little Moritz :)