Michael of Kent

Prince Michael George Charles Franklin of Kent

Son of Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942) and his wife Marina, Princess of Greece and Denmark (1906-1968)

Born: Coppins, Buckinghamshire 4. Jul 1942

Christened: Private Chapel, Windsor Castle 4. Aug 1942

Godparents:

• George VI. King of the United Kingdom (his paternal uncle)

• Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the U.S.A.

• Haakon VII. King of Norway (his great-uncle)

• Wilhalmina, Queen of the Netherlands

• Crown Princess Frederica of Greece (born Princess of Hannover, his third cousin)

• Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (his paternal uncle)

• The Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven (born Viktoria, Princess of Hesse and by Rhine, his paternal grandfather’s first cousin)

• Lady Patricia Ramsey (born Princess Patricia of Connaught, his paternal grandfather’s first cousin)

Married: (civ.) Town Hall, Vienna 30. Jun 1978 and (rel.) Westminster Abbey, London 30. Jul 1978 Marie Christine Freiin von Reibnitz (1945), daughter of Günther Hubertus Freiherr von Reibnitz and his wife Maria Anna Grófné Szapáry de Muraszombath, Széchysziget et Szapár.

Since he married a Roman Catholic, Prince Michael is excluded from the line of succession to the British throne.

Issue:

• Lord Frederick Windsor (1979) m. 2009 Sophie Winkleman (1981)

• Lady Gabriella Windsor (1981)

  

  

Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997; Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürsten II, Vol XVII 2004; Alison Weir: “Britain’s Royal Families”, Vintage Books 2008