Sophie, Princess of Windisch-Graetz [SEP] noble family
Sophie, Princess of Windisch-Graetz
Sophie, Princess of Windisch-Graetz (born Archduchess Sophie Franziska Maria Germaine of Austria, 19 January 1959) is a French-born Austrian designer. She is a member, by birth, of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and by marriage of the Austrian House of Windisch-Graetz.
Biography.
Sophie was born on 19 January 1959, the daughter of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Max of Austria and Countess Helene of Törring-Jettenbach. Her father was a first cousin
successors being the first line of Princes of Windisch-Graetz, and Weriand and his successors being the second line.
Great Britain's Princess Michael of Kent is descended from this family through her maternal grandmother, while her husband Prince Michael of Kent is a first cousin once removed of Archduchess Sophie Franziska of Austria, Princess of Windisch-Graetz.
(Mediatized) Princes of Windisch-Graetz.
Joseph Nicholas of Windisch-Graetz (1744–1802) was the father of both of the men whose lines are given below.