Princess Marie of Hanover (German

German language

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: Marie Viktoria Luise Hertha Friederike, Prinzessin von Hannover, Prinzessin von Großbritannien und Irland, Herzogin zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg), Princess of Great Britain and Ireland

British princess

This is a list of British princesses from the accession of King George I in 1714. This article deals with both princesses of the blood royal and women who become princesses upon marriage....

, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Brunswick-Lüneburg

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 (born 26 November 1952 in Pattensen

Pattensen

Pattensen is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 12 km south of Hanover.-History:It was the capital of the Principality of Calenberg until 1636, when the capital moved to the town of Hanover, from which the state of Hanover was...

, Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

, Germany

Germany

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) is the wife of Count Michael of Hochberg. Marie is the eldest child of Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover

Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover

Ernst August IV, Prince of Hanover, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland was head of the House of Hanover from 1953 until his death...

 (1914–1987) and his wife Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg , was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and a Princess of...

 (1925–1980). Her younger brother is Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover

Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover

Ernst August, Prince of Hanover , is the third husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco, heiress presumptive to the throne of Monaco...

, current head of the House of Hanover

House of Hanover

The House of Hanover is a deposed German royal dynasty which has ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg , the Kingdom of Hanover, the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...

 and her sister-in-law is Princess Caroline of Monaco

Caroline, Princess of Hanover

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Marriage and issue

Marie married Count Michael Georg Botho of Hochberg (born 5 December 1943), son of Count Konrad Eberhard Georg Richard of Hochberg and his wife Eleonore Kungigunde Charlotte von Czettritz und Neuhaus, on 4 June 1982 at Pattensen, Lower Saxony, Germany, in a civil ceremony. They were remarried the following day in a religious ceremony at Schloss Marienburg. Marie and Michael have two sons:

• Count Conrad Hans-Heinrich Ernst-August of Hochberg (born 17 June 1985 in Hamburg
  Hamburg
  -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
  
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• Count Georg Karl-Albert of Hochberg (born 8 October 1987 in Hamburg
  Hamburg
  -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
  
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Titles and styles

• 26 November 1952 – 4 June 1982: Her Royal Highness Princess Marie of Hanover, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
• 4 June 1982 – present: Her Royal Highness Countess Marie of Hochberg, Baroness of Fürstenstein, Princess of Hanover, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg,

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