this is what I found on the net about her:
Princess Dr. Gabriele zu Leiningen was born in Frankfurt-am-Main on April
1, 1963 from the marriage of Renate Thyssen to Helmut Friedhelm Homey. The Princess' mother and her present husband Ernest-Theodor Henne, both successful industrialists, live primarily in Germany and in Switzerland. The Princess, who was educated at Salem School on Lake Constance and at L'Ecole de Roches in Normandy, studied law in Munich and Cologne and graduated magna cum laude with a doctorate in International Law in 1990. She speaks English and French in addition to German. Her daughter Theresa (6) from her first marriage to Karl-Emich Prince zu Leiningen will now live with her mother in Switzerland and France.
Princess zu Leiningen is currently a consultant at UNESCO, and the Aga
Khan has requested the Begum to continue, for the time being, her work which focuses on the promotion of the status of women and gender equality. Her interest in Islam arose from her work at UNESCO, and she was also influenced by the work of the world-renowned German Islamic scholar Dr. Annemarie Schimmel. On her conversion to Islam, she and the Aga Khan chose for her the Muslim name Inaara, derived from the Arabic word "Nur", meaning "light".
seeing that she has been educated in Salem, her mum is Renate Thyssen Henne , who was born Renate Kerkhoff. Actually her first fortune she made by the time she was 22 with a product called Seifrisch. In 3rd marriage she married the Doctor Bodo thyssen who is not related to the THyssen bornemiszas.Her 5th husband was theodor Henne. The names she uses are of her 3rd and 5th husband, her daughter was not adopted by any of them, thus has no legal claim to the name of any of them. Her mum certainly took some gain out of some of her marriages, but due to her own work she was never dependent on having a rich husband. I don't think the name gold digger applies to her.
BTW there are not many who concluded their studies of law with magna cum laude at Munich university.
Renates 4th husband was Detlef Wunderlich, who then married the famous violine player Anne-Sophie MUtter.
Last edited by paca; 12-24-2005 at 09:01 AM.
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