Princess Nora of Liechtenstein

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Princess Nora
Dowager Marquesa de Mariño
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Princess Nora in 2012
Born (1950-10-31) 31 October 1950 (age 74)
Zurich, Switzerland
Spouse Vicente Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca, 3rd Marqués de Mariño
(m. 1988; his death 2002)
Issue María Teresa Sartorius y de Liechtenstein
Full name
Norberta Elisabeth Maria Assunta Josefine Georgine et omnes sancti
House Liechtenstein
Father Franz Joseph II
Mother Countess Georgina von Wilczek
Religion Roman Catholic


Liechtensteiner Princely Family
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HSH The Prince
HSH The Princess

Styles of
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Reference style Her Serene Highness
Spoken style Your Serene Highness
Alternative style Ma'am

Princess Norberta "Nora", Dowager Marquesa de Mariño (Norberta Elisabeth Maria Assunta Josefine Georgine et omnes sancti; 31 October 1950), is the daughter of Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1906–1989) and his wife Countess Gina of Wilczek (1921–1989), and thus younger sister of Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein.

Education and career

Princess Nora studied at the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, also in Geneva. She has worked for the World Bank and the International Institute for Environment and Development, among others. She speaks French, English, German and Spanish.

She has been a member of the International Olympic Committee since 1984. She was president of Liechtenstein's National Olympic Committee from 1982 to 1992 and she has been president of Special Olympics Liechtenstein since 2002.

She was Chief Scouting Guide (German: Korpsführerin) of Liechtensteinische Pfadfinderinnenkorps Santa Maria from 1973 to 1989.[1] Today she is Honorary member of the Scout association.[2]

Family

On 11 June 1988, she married Don Vicente Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca, 3rd Marqués de Mariño (Madrid, 30 November 1931 – Ibiza, 22 July 2002). Together they had one daughter:

She is the godmother of Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, the youngest daughter of Princess Astrid of Belgium.

Titles, styles, and honours

  • 31 October 1950 – 11 June 1988: Her Serene Highness Princess Norberta of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg
  • 11 June 1988 – 22 July 2002: Her Serene Highness Princess Norberta, Marquesa de Mariño
  • 22 July 2002 – present: Her Serene Highness Princess Norberta, Dowager Marquesa de Mariño

Her füll title in German is Ihre Durchlaucht Norberta Elisabeth Maria Assunta Josefine Georgine et omnes sancti Prinzessin von und zu Liechtenstein, Gräfin zu Rietberg, Marquesa de Mariño.

Honours

National honours

  • Liechtenstein Liechtenstein : Commemorative Medal on the Occasion of the 70th Birthday of His Serene Highness Prince Franz Joseph II (16/08/1976).[3]

Ancestry

Family of Princess Nora of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Countess Julia Eudoxia Potocka-Piława
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Princess Henriette of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Countess Franziska Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Princess Sophie of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. King Miguel of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Infanta Maria Teresa of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Princess Nora of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Count Johann Nepomuk von Wilczek
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Count Johann Nepomuk von Wilczek
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Countess Emma Maria Emo Capodilista
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Count Ferdinand Maria von Wilczek
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Ferdinand Bonaventura, 7th Prince Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Countess Elisabeth Wilhelmine Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Princess Maria Josepha of Liechtenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Countess Georgina von Wilczek
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Count Johann Baptist Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Count Oktavian Zdenko Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Iphigénia Terézia Dadányi de Gyülvész
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Countess Norbertine Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Count György László Festétics de Tólna
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Countess Georgine Ernestine Festétics de Tólna
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Countess Eugénia Barbara Erdödy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló
 
 
 
 
 
 

See also

References

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  3. Military Collection

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