H.I.R.H Prince Georg Friedrich Ferdinand of Prussia, great-great-grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II, married Princess Sophie of Isenburg Saturday, a royal wedding that has rekindled German interest in the nation's Royals.
The couple were married in the church of Peace in Potsdam, outside Berlin, the former seat of the prince's family that ruled much of Germany until 1918.
After Saturday's ceremony, the couple traveled by horse-drawn carriage to Sanssouci Palace for a dinner and ball. Several hundred onlookers lined the streets outside of the church to see the couple.
The couple were married in the church of Peace in Potsdam, outside Berlin, the former seat of the prince's family that ruled much of Germany until 1918.
After Saturday's ceremony, the couple traveled by horse-drawn carriage to Sanssouci Palace for a dinner and ball. Several hundred onlookers lined the streets outside of the church to see the couple.
The 33-year-old bride wore a dress designed by Wolfgang Joop, and a diamond tiara belonging to her family. The 35-year-old groom was dressed in a top hat and tails.
Wedding kiss on the steps of the Church, like his cousin Prince William, a summer of Royal wedding.
The event was broadcast live on local public TVand was splashed across the pages of newspapers and glossy magazines. The couple held a civil ceremony on Friday in Potsdam.
Seen together in Monaco on 2 July 2011 at the wedding of the Prince of Monaco.
From 1871, the Kings of Prussia also served as German Emperors, with Wilhelm II being the last. He abdicated in 1918. The Hohenzollern family are first cousin to the British Royal House and many other Royals of Europe.
Descendants of German royal and Imperial family still carry their titles as part of their names.
Sans Souci, the summer palace of Frederick the Great, Voltaire visited here often.
The couple has known each other since childhood. Had the Prince chosen to marry a commoner like his cousin Prince William did with Kate Middleton, he would have lost his role as leader of the Hohenzollern Imperial House. As a descendent of the Prussian Kings, Georg Friedrich has family ties to the most important royal families in Europe. The House of Hohenzollern celebrates it's 950th anniversary this year, this wedding called for a little pomp and circumstance.
the happy couple, best wishes to them.
The couple has known each other since childhood. Had the Prince chosen to marry a commoner like his cousin Prince William did with Kate Middleton, he would have lost his role as leader of the Hohenzollern Imperial House. As a descendent of the Prussian Kings, Georg Friedrich has family ties to the most important royal families in Europe. The House of Hohenzollern celebrates it's 950th anniversary this year, this wedding called for a little pomp and circumstance.
our psyches still need Kings and Queens. I think it a shame we threw them all away, for they are important to our psycholgies.
ReplyDeleteIndeed we do, a little mystery, being lifted out of the ordinary humdrum of life. It is all important, if only to make us dream.
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