![]() ![]() ![]() On her father's side, Princess Michael is a descendant of the Burggrafen von Dohna, Herrand III von Trauttmansdorff and Nostitz family, who are also ancestors of Queen Elizabeth II. The ancestral seat of the family was Reibnitz Castle. The expulsion of Germans resident in Czechoslovakia followed later that year.īy birth she is a member of the Reibnitz family, uradel Silesian nobility who can trace their noble ancestry from 1288. She was born at the family estates of her Austrian maternal grandmother, Princess Hedwig von Windisch-Graetz (1878–1918), shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany and end of World War II in Europe. Princess Michael was born Baroness Marie-Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz, on 15 January 1945, in Karlsbad, a town then in German-populated Sudetenland, now known as Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic. Princess Michael of Kent was an interior designer before becoming an author she has written several books on European royalty. She is married to Prince Michael of Kent, who is a grandson of George V. ![]() ![]() Princess Michael of Kent FLS (born Baroness Marie-Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz, 15 January 1945 ) is a member of the British royal family of German, Austrian, Czech and Hungarian descent. ![]()
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