Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia

In 1965 Princess Marie-Cécile married Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg, who was working as an agricultural expert.^[2] They married in Berlin in a civil ceremony on 3 December 1965 and a religious ceremony the following day.^[1]^[2] Theirs was the first Hohenzollern marriage in Berlin since 1913.^[2]

Friedrich August and Marie-Cécile have three children, a son and two daughters:^[1]

Duke Paul-Wladimir of Oldenburg (Paul-Wladimir Nikolaus Louis-Ferdinand Peter Max Karl-Emich; born 16 August 1969, Lübeck), married Maria del Pilar Méndez de Vigo y Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (born 20 October 1970, Madrid; granddaughter of Karl, 8th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg) in a civil ceremony on 18 January 2001 in Wertheim, and a religious ceremony on 20 January 2001 in Bronnbach an der Tauber. They have three sons and one daughter:
- Duke Kirill of Oldenburg (Kirill Friedrich-August Jaime Cristobal Hermann Antonius Vincenz Josef Maria; born 13 June 2002, Berlin)
- Duke Carlos of Oldenburg (Carlos Jakobus Leo Wilfried Josef Maria; born 19 April 2004, Eutin)
- Duke Paul of Oldenburg (Paul Maria; born 8 September 2005)
- Duchess Maria Assunta of Oldenburg (born 21 March 2007)
- Duke Louis Ferdinand of Oldenburg (born 2012)^[3]^[4]
Duchess Rixa of Oldenburg (Rixa Marie-Alix Kira Altburg; born 17 September 1970, Lübeck), married Stephan Sanders at Hamburg on October 13, 2012.
Duchess Bibiane of Oldenburg (Bibiane Marie Alexandra Gertrud; born 24 June 1974, Oldenburg), married Peter Dorner (b. 19 February 1972 at Wasserburg am Inn) in Meran on 22 May 2004. They have one son and two daughters:
- Xenia Dorner born 2006
- Rixa Dorner born 2008
- Alexej Dorner born 2011

Marie-Cécile and Friedrich August divorced on 23 November 1989.^[1] In 1991 her ex-husband remarried Donata Countess of Castell-Rüdenhausen, the widow of Marie-Cécile's late brother, Prince Louis Ferdinand.

British succession

Marie-Cécile is in the line of succession to the British throne. As Catholics, her son and his children are not — and so her elder daughter, Rixa, follows her in the British line of succession, followed by her other daughter, Bibiane.

Titles and styles

28 May 1942 - 3 December 1965: Her Royal Highness Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia
3 December 1965 - 23 November 1989: Her Royal Highness Duchess Friedrich August of Oldenburg
23 November 1989 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia

16. Frederick III, German Emperor

8. Wilhelm II, German Emperor

17. Victoria, Princess Royal

4. William, German Crown Prince

18. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

9. Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

19. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

2. Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia

20. Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

10. Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

21. Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz

5. Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

22. Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia

11. Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia

23. Princess Cecilie of Baden

1. Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia

24. Alexander II of Russia

12. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia

25. Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine

6. Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia

26. Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (= 20)

13. Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

27. Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz (= 21)

3. Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia

28. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

14. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

29. Victoria of the United Kingdom

7. Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

30. Alexander II of Russia (= 24)

15. Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia

31. Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (= 25)

References

1 2 3 4 Lundy, Darryl. "Marie-Cécile Kira Viktoria Luise Prinzessin von Preußen". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
1 2 3 "Marie Cecilie of Prussia Wed In Berlin to Duke of Oldenburg". The New York Times (Berlin). 4 December 1965.
↑ Descendants of German Emperor Wilhelm I 1.1.1.2.3.1.5.
↑ Netty Royal News>Births>2012

Sources

Paul Theroff's Online Gotha

Lines of succession
Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia House of Hohenzollern Born: May 28 1942
Preceded by Princess Irina of Prussia	Line of succession to the British Throne descended from Alfred, son of Victoria	Succeeded by Duchess Rixa of Oldenburg

Prussian princesses by birth

The generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick I as King in Prussia in 1701.

1st generation	Luise Dorothea, Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Kassel

2nd generation	Wilhemine, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Friederike Luise, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach Philippine Charlotte, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Sophia Dorothea, Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg

3rd generation	Wilhelmine, Princess of Orange Princess Louise Radziwiłł

4th generation	Princess Frederica, Duchess of York Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands Augusta, Electress of Hesse

5th generation	(Charlotte) Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia Alexandrine, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Princess Louise of the Netherlands Frederica, Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine Queen Marie of Bavaria

6th generation	Louise, Grand Duchess of Baden Louise, Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfel Anna, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel Hereditary Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

7th generation	Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen Princess Viktoriaof Schaumburg-Lippe Queen Sophia of Greece Margaret, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg Hereditary Grand Duchess Elisabeth of Oldenburg Princess Louise, Duchess of Connaught

8th generation	Viktoria Luise, Duchess of Brunswick Princess Margaret Reuss-Köstritz Princess Marie Therese Princess Luise Henriette Princess Marianne of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld Princess Elisabeth

9th generation	Princess Alexandrine Irene Princess Cecilie Viktoria Princess Victoria Marina Herzeleide, Princess Biron von Courland Duchess Barbara of Mecklenburg Princess Louise Viktoria

10th generation	Princess Felicitas, Mrs. von der Osten Princess Christa Duchess Marie Cécile of Oldenburg Princess Kira, Mrs. Liepsner Princess Xenia, Mrs. Lithander Anastasia, Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg Princess Marie Christine Princess Victoria Marina, Mrs. Achache Princess Antonia, Duchess of Wellington Princess Marie Louise, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau Princess Alexandra Maria Princess Désirée Anastasia

11th generation	Princess Viktoria Luise Princess Micaela Princess Nataly Princess Cornelie-Cécile Princess Irina Maria

12th generation	Princess Emma Marie

Duchesses of Oldenburg by marriage

The generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick August I as Duke of Oldenburg in 1774 and remain unchanged even when its ruler became Grand Dukes.

1st Generation	None

2nd Generation	Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg Princess Cecilia of Sweden

3rd Generation	Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg

4th Generation	Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

5th Generation	Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont Anne-Marie von Schutzbar genannt Milchling

6th Generation	Princess Ameli of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg Princess Gertrud of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia Felicitas-Anita, Countess Schwerin von Krosigk Countess Ilka zu Ortenburg Donata Countess of Castell-Rüdenhausen

7th Generation	Belinda Tatham Warter Countess Caroline zu Rantzau Anna Dyckerhoff Maria del Pilar Méndez de Vigo y Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

8th Generation	None

All Duchesses were also by right Princesses of Holstein-Gottorp by marriage

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