Royal Profile: Princess Marie of Hanover, Countess von Houchburg

Princess Marie Viktoria Luise Hertha Friederikeof Hanover, Countess von Houchburg was born 26 November 1952 as the eldest child of Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987) and his wife, Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1925–1980) {Source}.

Princess Marie has the following younger brothers and sisters, siblings-in-law, nieces and nephews, and great nieces and nephews{Source}:

1. Prince Ernst August V of Hanover (1954)
1. Chantall Houlichi
1. Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1983)
1. Princess Ernest Augustus of Hanover (Ekaterina Malysheva, married 2017)
1. Princess xYZ of Hanover (expected March 2018)
2. Prince Christian of Hanover (1985)
1. Alessandra de Osma (engaged, expected marriage March 2018)
2. Princess Caroline of Monaco, Princess of Hanover
1. Princess Alexandra of Hanover (1999)
2. Prince Ludwig of Hanover (1955-1988)
1. Princess Isabella
1. Prince Otto (1988)
3. Princess Olga of Hanover (1958)
4. Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Princess of Leiningen (1959)
1. Andreas, Prince of Leiningen
1. Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Leiningen (1982)
1. Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, Hereditary Princess of Leiningen (m. 2017)
2. Princess Olga Margarita of Leiningen(1984)
3. Prince Hermann of Leiningen(1986)
1.  Isabelle Heubach (m. 2017)
5. Prince Heinrich Julius of Hanover (1961)
1. Désirée Nick (never married)
1. Oscar Nick (1996, illegitimate)
2. Tyra von Westernhagen (m. 1999)
1. Prince Albert (1999)
2. Princess Eugenia (2001)
3. Prince Julius (2006)

Princess Marie married Count Michael von Hochberg on 4 June 1982 at Pattensen, Lower Saxony, Germany, in a civil ceremony{Source}. They were remarried the following day in a religious ceremony at Schloss Marienburg{Source} . Together, they have two sons{Source}

1. Hereditary Count Conrad von Hochberg (1985)
2. Count Georg von Hochberg (1987)