Princess Marie, Princess Gundakar of Liechtenstein

Princess Marie of Liechtenstein (née Princess Marie Isabelle Marguerite Anne Geneviève of Orléans; born on 3 January 1959) is the eldest daughter of Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France and his former wife Duchess Marie Thérèse of Württemberg. She is the wife of Prince Gundakar of Liechtenstein, a great-grandson of Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein.

Youth Her paternal grandfather, the Comte de Paris, head of the Orléanist House of France, received a letter of congratulations upon the princess's birth from General Charles de Gaulle. Baptised 17 days after her birth by Maurice, Cardinal Feltin, the Archbishop of Paris, in the chapel of the Archdiocese, her god-parents were two of her grandparents; Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Wurttemberg and Isabelle d'Orléans, Duchess of Guise. Her grandfather reportedly called the decision "treason", as tradition dictated that a French princess of the Blood Royal weds in France unless the groom is the ruler or heir apparent of a foreign realm. Princess Marie Immaculata Elisabeth Rose Aldegunde of Liechtenstein (b. 15 December 1991, Vienna), her godparents are Prince Jean, Duke of Vendôme (maternal uncle) and Princess Aldegunde of Liechtenstein). She is the godmother of her first cousin Princess Jacinthe of Orléans, youngest daughter of the Count and Countess of Paris. Prince Johann Wenzel Karl Emmeran Bonifatius Maria of Liechtenstein (b. 17 March 1993, Vienna), his godparents are Princess Blanche of Orléans (maternal aunt) and Prince Emmeran of Liechtenstein (paternal uncle). He is the godfather of his first cousin Prince Joseph of Orléans, younger son of the Count and Countess of Paris. He married Countess Felicitas von Hartig (b. 10 April 1994) civilly on 30 April 2023 and religiously in Vienna on 10 June. They have a daughter, Josefine (b. 2024). Princess Margarete Franciska Daria Wilhelmine Marie of Liechtenstein (b. 10 January 1995, Vienna), her godparents are Prince François, Count of Clermont (maternal uncle) and Princess Daria of Thurn und Taxis (father's cousin). She is the godmother of her first cousin Princess Louise-Marguerite of Orléans, middle daughter of the Count and Countess of Paris. Prince Gabriel Karl Bonaventura Alfred Valerian Maria of Liechtenstein (b. 6 May 1998, Vienna), his godparents are Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein and Madame Gilles Lambotte, née Maria-Edla de Rambuteau.

Princess Marie Isabelle is the godmother of Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal and Princess Thérèse d'Orléans.

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1959-1989: Her Royal Highness Princess Marie Isabelle d’Orléans 1989 - present: Her Royal Highness Princess Marie of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg

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