Engagement of Princess Marie Caroline and Leopoldo Maduro Vollmer: October 22, 2024

[MAfan]

She will keep also her style of Serene Highness.
According to the House Laws, all members of the Princely House are entitled to be addressed as "Serene Highness", and a Princess birth does not lose such membership on her marriage.

 

[royaljul73]

Finally some news from the House of Liechtenstein!

 

[Tatiana Maria]

The house law does indeed provide that a born princess of Liechtenstein retains her membership of the Princely House after marriage, and therefore keeps the predicate HSH, the title Princess, and the surname von und zu Liechtenstein.

However, there are no rules in the house law as to whether a born princess should adopt her husband's surname and/or titles, or which of her titles or surnames she should be addressed by.

Read the house law in German and English here:

1993.100 | Lilex - Gesetzesdatenbank des Fürstentums Liechtenstein

www.gesetze.li

https://web.archive.org/web/20150215145733/https://www.fuerstenhaus.li:80/en/fuerstenhaus/geschichte/hausgesetz.html

Liechtenstein is a German monarchy, and it is the German tradition that a married woman adopts her husband's titles and surnames, which take priority over her birth titles and surnames. Accordingly, if Marie Caroline chooses to follow the custom of the princely house of Liechtenstein, her full titles and names will become Her Serene Highness Marie Caroline Maduro Vollmer, Princess of and to Liechtenstein, Countess to Rietberg, and she will be styled as HSH Marie Caroline Maduro Vollmer.

 

[Somebody]

The house law does indeed provide that a born princess of Liechtenstein retains her membership of the Princely House after marriage, and therefore keeps the predicate HSH, the title Princess, and the surname von und zu Liechtenstein.

However, there are no rules in the house law as to whether a born princess should adopt her husband's surname and/or titles, or which of her titles or surnames she should be addressed by.

Read the house law in German and English here:

1993.100 | Lilex - Gesetzesdatenbank des Fürstentums Liechtenstein

www.gesetze.li

https://web.archive.org/web/20150215145733/https://www.fuerstenhaus.li:80/en/fuerstenhaus/geschichte/hausgesetz.html

Liechtenstein is a German monarchy, and it is the German tradition that a married woman adopts her husband's titles and surnames, which take priority over her birth titles and surnames. Accordingly, if Marie Caroline chooses to follow the custom of the princely house of Liechtenstein, her full titles and names will become Her Serene Highness Marie Caroline Maduro Vollmer, Princess of and to Liechtenstein, Countess to Rietberg, and she will be styled as HSH Marie Caroline Maduro Vollmer.

However, in the Latin American tradition (hence the two surnames), the wife would retain her own name and at most at 'de Maduro' at the end of her maiden name(s). So, it will be interesting to see how they go about her name after marriage and that of any potential children they may have.

 

[Katzopfel]

I didn't find anything concrete about names/titles in the House Law but that can be guessed at least partially.

It's written that you belong to the house of Liechtenstein by birth and that if a princess acquired this right by birth, then she does not lose this right when she marries.
It's also written that other members of the house beside the Prince, the Princess and the Hereditary Couple, bear the title "Prinz/Prinzessin von und zu Liechtenstein, Graf/Gräfin zu Rietberg".

Now concretly about family names, the country they marry in and/or live in has probably an influence on that...

I guess we will have to wait (impatiently) to get our answer

 

[Elisabeth-Amalie]

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www.vaterland.li

the weeding will be at the end of august.

 

[Meraude]

Liechtenstein is a German monarchy, and it is the German tradition that a married woman adopts her husband's titles and surnames, which take priority over her birth titles and surnames. Accordingly, if Marie Caroline chooses to follow the custom of the princely house of Liechtenstein, her full titles and names will become Her Serene Highness Marie Caroline Maduro Vollmer, Princess of and to Liechtenstein, Countess to Rietberg, and she will be styled as HSH Marie Caroline Maduro Vollmer.

I don't think the surname Vollmer would become part of her married name, as that's the maiden surname of her future mother-in-law, and in the Spanish naming traditions that part of a husband's name doesn't get added to his wife's surname, if she takes her husband's surname.
If Liechteinstein was to be her surname, then these seems to be the alternatives according to IDHS: WAG 25-02-07-b: SSN Applicants with Spanish Surnames.
Marie Caroline Liechtenstein
Marie Caroline Liechtenstein Maduro
Marie Caroline Liechtenstein de Maduro

 

[Adda]

In Leopold's country, MC would become Marie Caroline Liechtenstein de Maduro, but they'll most likely reside in London after getting married in Vaduz, so "Liechtenstein Maduro" is a more likely choice.

 

[Tatiana Maria]

According to modern naming conventions for royalty and nobility in Liechtenstein/Germany, Spain (Venezuela is a republic but a former Spanish colony), and Britain respectively, Marie Caroline's married style would be:

Liechtenstein/German

In full:
Her Serene Highness Marie Caroline Maduro Vollmer, Princess of and to Liechtenstein, Countess to Rietberg

In day-to-day usage:
Marie Caroline Maduro Vollmer


Spanish

In full:
Her Serene Highness Doña Marie Caroline von und zu Liechtenstein Herzogin in Bayern, Princess of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg

In day-to-day usage:
Princess Marie Caroline of Liechtenstein


British

In full:
Her Serene Highness Princess Marie Caroline of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg, Mrs. Leopoldo Maduro Vollmer

In day-to-day usage:
Princess Marie Caroline, Mrs. Leopoldo Maduro Vollmer


And yes, Marie Caroline taking Leopoldo's surname(s) (other than by adding it with a "de" ("of") after her own surname) would be incorrect according to the Spanish-language understanding of surnames, but cultures tend to apply their own naming conventions regardless of what country the surname originated in.

 

[Luc122]

Congratulations to the couple may this be but one of many joyful events for the couple