Princess Nora of Liechtenstein

Princess Nora
Dowager Marquesa de Mariño

Princess Nora in 2012
Born (1950-10-31) 31 October 1950
Zurich, Switzerland
Spouse Vicente Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca, 3rd Marqués de Mariño
(m. 1988; his death 2002)
Issue María Teresa Sartorius y de Liechtenstein
Full name
Norberta Elisabeth Maria Assunta Josefine Georgine et omnes sancti
House Liechtenstein
Father Franz Joseph II
Mother Countess Georgina von Wilczek
Religion Roman Catholic


Liechtensteiner Princely Family

HSH The Prince
HSH The Princess

Extended princely family
Styles of
Princess Nora of Liechtenstein
Reference style Her Serene Highness
Spoken style Your Serene Highness
Alternative style Ma'am

Princess Norberta "Nora", Dowager Marquesa de Mariño (Norberta Elisabeth Maria Assunta Josefine Georgine et omnes sancti; 31 October 1950), is the daughter of Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1906–1989) and his wife Countess Gina of Wilczek (1921–1989), and thus younger sister of Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein.

Education and career

Princess Nora studied at the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, also in Geneva. She has worked for the World Bank and the International Institute for Environment and Development, among others. She speaks French, English, German and Spanish.

She has been a member of the International Olympic Committee since 1984. She was president of Liechtenstein's National Olympic Committee from 1982 to 1992 and she has been president of Special Olympics Liechtenstein since 2002.

She was Chief Scouting Guide (German: Korpsführerin) of Liechtensteinische Pfadfinderinnenkorps Santa Maria from 1973 to 1989.[1] Today she is Honorary member of the Scout association.[2]

Family

On 11 June 1988, she married Don Vicente Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca, 3rd Marqués de Mariño (Madrid, 30 November 1931 – Ibiza, 22 July 2002). Together they had one daughter:

She is the godmother of Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, the youngest daughter of Princess Astrid of Belgium.

Titles, styles, and honours

Her füll title in German is Ihre Durchlaucht Norberta Elisabeth Maria Assunta Josefine Georgine et omnes sancti Prinzessin von und zu Liechtenstein, Gräfin zu Rietberg, Marquesa de Mariño.

Honours

National honours

Ancestry

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Geschichte der liechtensteinischen Pfadfinderbewegung" (in German). Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Liechtensteins. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
  2. ↑ "Über unseren Verband" (in German). Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Liechtensteins. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
  3. ↑ Military Collection

External links

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