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Death & Funeral of Dss Donata of Oldenburg (formerly Pss of Prussia) - 5/18 Sept. '15
H.H. Duchess Donata of Oldenburg, née Countess Donata zu Castell-Rüdenhausen and formerly Princess of Prussia, passed away on 5 September 2015 at Trauenstein, in Bayern, aged 65.
She was born on 20 June 1950, as daughter of Fürst Sigfried and Fürstin Irene zu Castell-Rüdenhausen.
She was married firstly in 1975 to H.R.H. Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1944-1977), the son and heir of Prince Louis Ferdnand of Prussia, Head of the Prussian Royal House, and of his wife, née Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Prussia. She had two children by him, Georg Friedrich (current Head of the Prussian Royal House) and Cornelie-Cécile. She remained widow in 1977, after her husband died in a accident.
In 1991 she married secondly to H.H. Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg, born in 1936 as one of the children of Hereditary Grand Duke Nikolaus and of his first wife, née Princess Helena zu Waldeck und Pyrmont. Friedrich August was firstly married to Princess Marie Cecile of Prussia, sister of her first husband Prince Louis Ferdinand. They didn't have children together.
Royal Musings: Duchess Donata of Oldenburg is dead at 65
H.H. Duchess Donata of Oldenburg, née Countess Donata zu Castell-Rüdenhausen and formerly Princess of Prussia, passed away on 5 September 2015 at Trauenstein, in Bayern, aged 65.
She was born on 20 June 1950, as daughter of Fürst Sigfried and Fürstin Irene zu Castell-Rüdenhausen.
She was married firstly in 1975 to H.R.H. Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1944-1977), the son and heir of Prince Louis Ferdnand of Prussia, Head of the Prussian Royal House, and of his wife, née Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Prussia. She had two children by him, Georg Friedrich (current Head of the Prussian Royal House) and Cornelie-Cécile. She remained widow in 1977, after her husband died in a accident.
In 1991 she married secondly to H.H. Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg, born in 1936 as one of the children of Hereditary Grand Duke Nikolaus and of his first wife, née Princess Helena zu Waldeck und Pyrmont. Friedrich August was firstly married to Princess Marie Cecile of Prussia, sister of her first husband Prince Louis Ferdinand. They didn't have children together.
Royal Musings: Duchess Donata of Oldenburg is dead at 65