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Citations

1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 169. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.

Citations

1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 169. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.
2. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 160.

Herzeleide-Ina-Marie Sophie Charlotte Else Prinzessin von Preußen was born on 25 December 1918 at Bristow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany^G.¹ She was the daughter of Oskar Karl Gustav Adolf Prinz von Preußen and Ina-Marie Helene Adele Elise von Bassewitz-Levetzow, Countess von Bassewitz-Levetzow.¹ She married Karl Peter Franz Andreas Alexander Prinz Biron von Curland, son of Gustav Peter Johan Prinz Biron von Curland and Francoise Lévisse de Montigny de Jaucourt, on 15 August 1938 at Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany^G, in a civil marriage.² Herzeleide-Ina-Marie Sophie Charlotte Else and Karl Peter Franz Andreas Alexander were also married in a religious ceremony on 16 August 1938 at Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany^G. She died on 22 March 1989 at age 70.
     She gained the title of Prinzessin von Preußen (styled as HRH Princess of Prussia.¹)

Citations

1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 169. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.
2. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 157.

Karl Peter Franz Andreas Alexander Prinz Biron von Curland was born on 15 June 1907 at Schloss Wartenberg, Gross Wartenberg, Silesia^G.¹ He was the son of Gustav Peter Johan Prinz Biron von Curland and Francoise Lévisse de Montigny de Jaucourt.¹ He married Herzeleide-Ina-Marie Sophie Charlotte Else Prinzessin von Preußen, daughter of Oskar Karl Gustav Adolf Prinz von Preußen and Ina-Marie Helene Adele Elise von Bassewitz-Levetzow, Countess von Bassewitz-Levetzow, on 15 August 1938 at Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany^G, in a civil marriage.¹ Karl Peter Franz Andreas Alexander and Herzeleide-Ina-Marie Sophie Charlotte Else were also married in a religious ceremony on 16 August 1938 at Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany^G. He died on 28 February 1982 at age 74.¹ He died on 28 February 1982 at age 74.
     He gained the title of HSH Prince Karl Biron von Curland.¹

Citations

1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 157. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.

Citations

1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 157. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.
2. [S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.

Citations

1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 157. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.

Benigna Prinzessin Biron von Curland was born on 2 July 1939 at Schloss Wartenberg, Gross Wartenberg, Silesia^G.¹ She is the daughter of Karl Peter Franz Andreas Alexander Prinz Biron von Curland and Herzeleide-Ina-Marie Sophie Charlotte Else Prinzessin von Preußen.¹ She married Johannes Christoph Robert Baron von Twickel, son of Ludwig Baron von Twickel and Ann Barbara Throckmorton, on 3 May 1968 at Munich, Bavaria, Germany^G, in a civil marriage.¹ Benigna and Johannes Christoph Robert were also married in a religious ceremony on 6 May 1968 at Munich, Bavaria, Germany^G.
     She gained the title of Prinzessin Biron von Curland. She was given the name of Viktoria-Benigna Ina-Marie Cecilie Friederike-Luise Helene Biron von Curland at birth.¹ From 3 May 1968, her married name became von Twickel.

Citations

1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 157. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.

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Johannes Christoph Robert Baron von Twickel was born on 25 July 1940.¹ He was the son of Ludwig Baron von Twickel and Ann Barbara Throckmorton.¹ He married, firstly, Benigna Prinzessin Biron von Curland, daughter of Karl Peter Franz Andreas Alexander Prinz Biron von Curland and Herzeleide-Ina-Marie Sophie Charlotte Else Prinzessin von Preußen, on 3 May 1968 at Munich, Bavaria, Germany^G, in a civil marriage.¹ He married, secondly, Charlotte Alexandra Marie Clotilde Prinzessin von Croÿ, daughter of Alexander Georg Maria Josef Ignatius Prinz von Croÿ and Anne Elspeth Campbell, on 23 June 1993. Johannes Christoph Robert and Benigna were also married in a religious ceremony on 6 May 1968 at Munich, Bavaria, Germany^G. He died on 17 December 2014 at age 74 at Kitzbuhel, Germany.²
     He lived in 1970 at Munich, Bavaria, Germany^G.³

Citations

1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 157. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.
2. [S466] Notices, The Telegraph, London, UK. Hereinafter cited as The Telegraph.
3. [S34] BP1970 page 2644. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S34]

Citations

1. [S34] BP1970 page 2644. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S34]
2. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 157. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.

Citations

1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 157. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.
2. [S34] BP1970 page 2644. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S34]
3. [S466] Notices, The Telegraph, London, UK. Hereinafter cited as The Telegraph.