Princess Marie Gabriele of Luxembourg

Princess Marie Gabriele of Luxembourg, Dowager Countess of Holstein-Ledreborg (Marie Gabrielle Aldegunde Wilhelmine Louise; born 2 August 1925) is the daughter and fourth of the six children of Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg and her husband Prince Felix. She is the youngest sister of former Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg and thus a paternal aunt to the current Grand Duke, Jean's son Grand Duke Henri. In 1951 she married Danish Count Karl Johan Ludvig, 7th Count of Holstein-Ledreborg (2 October 1919-25 June 2001), Roman Catholic; the couple were married for 50 years until his death in 2001. Together, they had seven daughters.

Birth

Marie Gabriele was born on 2 August 1925, Berg Castle, Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg as the third daughter and fourth child of Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix, she was followed by two siblings in 1927 and in 1929; altogether there were six siblings: Prince Jean, Hereditary Grand Duke, Princess Elisabeth, Princess Marie Adelaide, Princess Marie Gabriele, Prince Charles and Princess Alix.

Facing the German invasion in 10 May 1940 during World War II, the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg left the country to find refuge in Portugal, after receiving transit visas from the Portugal consul Aristides Sousa Mendes, in June 1940. They arrived at Vilar Formoso on 23 June 1940. After travelling through Coimbra and Lisbon, the family first stayed in Cascais, in Casa Santa Maria, owned by Manuel Espirito Santo, who was then the honorary consul for Luxembourg in Portugal. By July they had moved to Monte Estoril, staying at the Chalet Posser Andrade. On 10 July, Princess Marie Gabriele, together with father Prince Felix, her siblings, Heir Prince Jean, Princess Elisabeth, Princess Marie Adelaide, Prince Charles and Princess Alix, the nanny Justine Reinard and the chauffer Eugene Niclou, along with his wife Josephine, boarded the S.S. Trenton headed for New York City.

Marriage

She married Knud Johan Ludvig, Lensgreve Holstein-Ledreborg (Count of Ledreborg), a Danish Roman Catholic nobleman (2 October 1919-25 June 2001) in Berg Castle on 6 November 1951, son of Joseph 6th Lensgreve Holstein-Ledreborg, a relative of Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg and a descendant of Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, and his wife Countess Christina Hamilton, of a Danish branch of Clan Hamilton. They had seven daughters, fifteen grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren:

-Countess Monica Charlotte Louise Maria Holstein-Ledreborg (b. Ledreborg, 29 July 1952), married on 13 September 2003 Henri Dompierre Jonquieres (b. 28 May 1950), without issue.

-Countess Lydia Adelaide Marie Holstein-Ledreborg (b. Ledreborg, 22 February 1955), married firstly in Ledreborg on 8 August 1980 and divorced in 1999 her second cousin, Prince Eric of Bourbon-Parma (b. 28 August 1953, son of Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma) and they have five children and seven grandchildren. Then married secondly on 31 January 2001 Martin Bergsoe (b. 15 December 1948), without issue.

-Princess Antonia Monica Charlotte Marie of Bourbon-Parma (b. Roskilde 10 June 1981) married Martin Krusbaek to 15 May 2010. They have three children:

-Ines Philippine Alexia Krusbaek (2011)

-Maximillian Allen Michel Gabriel Krusbaek (2012)

-Alix Beatrice Lidia Eva Krusbaek (2016)

-Princess Marie Gabrielle Yolande Camilla Philippine of Bourbon-Parma (b. Paris, 23 December 1982) has a son:

-Mark de Bourbon Parma (2003)

-Princess Alexia Therese Sybille Erica Marie of Bourbon-Parma (b. Palm Beach, Florida, 7 March 1985) married Fabian Davis in 2007. They have two daughters:

-Rebecca Davis (2004)

-Bianca Davis (2008)

-Prince Michel Knud John Joseph Marie of Bourbon-Parma (b. Roskilde, 12 February 1989)

-Prince Henri Luitpold Antoine Victor Marie Joseph of Bourbon-Parma (b. Roskilde, 14 October 1991). He got engaged to his second cousin Archduchess Gabriella Maria Pilar Yolande Josephine Charlotte of Austria on October 22 2017.

-Victoria Antonia Marie-Astrid Lydia (b. 30 October 2017)

-Countess Veronica Birgitte Maria Holstein-Ledreborg (b. Ledreborg), 29 January 1956), married in Ledreborg on 18 August 1979 Francois Bruno Pottere (b. Carbondale, Pennsylvania, 1 December 1949). They have three children and one grandchild:

-Bruno Pottere (1980-1980)

-Charles Erik Pottere (b. Luxembourg, 22 June 1982) married Layla Jean Kajer in 2015

-Isla Pottere (2015)

-Alexander Gabriel Pottere (b. Truckee, California 12 January 1985)

-Countess Silvia Charlotte Maria Holstein-Ledreborg (b. Ledreborg 1 January 1958), heiress of Ledreborg castle, married in Ledreborg on 4 August 1979 John Munro of Foulis (paternal grandson) of Lieutenant Colonel Cecil Gascoigne (b. 1877, d. 1929), (b. 21 June 1959), and had four children and two grandchildren:

-Tatiana Angela Maria Munro (b. Barrio Cabanas, Honduras, 18 May 1983) married Martin Skaarup Munro-Thers in 2011. They have two children:

-Marcus Munro-Thers (2009)

-Lucas Munro-Thers (2014)

-Alexander Munro (b. Ledreborg, 24 June 1985)

-Charlotte Tatiana Marie Munro (b. 27 December 1990, Roskilde)

-Angela Charlotte Marie Munro (b. 27 August 1992,Roskilkde)

-Countess Camilla Josephine Marie Holstein-Ledreborg (Ledreborg, 26 February 1959-4 July 2010), married in Ledreborg on 11 January 1986 and divorced in 1995 Eric Rudolf Baron Bertouch-Lehn Hojbygaard-Lungholm (b. Nykobing Falster, 15 November 19560), and have two sons:

-Baron Nicolas Erik Carl Poul Johan Dmitri Bertouch-Lehn Hojbygaard-Lungholm (b. Copenhagen, 14 June 1986) married Eva Maria Marcher in 2015

-Baron Philip Eric Alexander Knud Bertouch-Lehn Hojbygaard-Lungholm (b. Nykobing Falster, 21 March 1989)

-Countess Tatiana Alix Marie Holstein-Ledreborg (b. Ledreborg, 25 April 1961), married in Ledreborg on 14 August 1999 Mark Reidemann (b.Victoria, British Columbia, 20 October 1964), and had issue:

-Therese Silvia Maria Riedeman (b. Konigstein, 11 October 2000)

-Countess Antonia Charlotte Jeanette Marie Holstein-Ledreborg (b. Ledreborg, 19 June 1962), a consecrated sister of the Emmanuel Community of the Roman Catholic Church.

House: Nassau-Weilburg (official)

House: Bourbon-Parma (agnatic)

Religion: Catholic

Titles

1925-1951: Her Royal Highness Princess Marie Gabriele of Luxembourg, Princess of Nassau, Princess of Bourbon-Parma

1951-2001: Her Royal Highness The Countess of Holstein-Ledreborg

2001-present: Her Royal Highness The Dowager Countess of Holstein-Ledreborg

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