Saturday, July 3, 2010

Noble wedding today

Princess Antonia of Salm-Salm today married Count Clemens von Mirbach-Harff at her family's parish church, St. Laurentius, at Wallhausen near Bad Kreuznach.
The princess, 22, is fifth of six children of Prince Michael of Salm-Salm and his wife, Countess Philippa of Castell-Castell.
500 guests were expected to attend the wedding and the reception, which was held at Schloss Wallhausen. According to the local newspaper, NGZ, guests were able to watch Germany's defeat of Argentina during the quarter final round of the World Cup.
The bride wore a golden-cream gown with a veil and a three-meter long train, which had also been worn by her mother, her sister and her cousin at their weddings.
The Count told the newspaper's reporter that he was "quite relaxed" after spending a day at a spa on Friday. He said he "already nervous" at the civil wedding, which took place on June 30. The bride, training to be a midwife in Speyer, she was "looking forward" to the wedding.
Antonia and Clemens, 29, met a year and half a go in Cologne, where the princess was training to be a midwife. At the time, Clemens was working for a consulting firm.
"For me, there was an immediate spark," Count Clemens said. It was also love at first sight for the princess.
Clemens first proposed in May 2009, when both were making a pilgrimage in France. The princess was not yet ready to commit, so she said "Wait." In January, Count Clemens again summoned the courage to ask the princess to marry him during a visit to Speyer., This time, Antonia said yes.
At first it seemed not that important to be marrying a nobleman, but the Count realized, in retrospect, that he was "very happy about it."
"We have have many common values.
After a three week honeymoon, the Count and his Princess will be residing at Gut Ingenfeld near Grevenbroich, where Count Christian will be involved in running the family's estate.

Princess Antonia's maternal grandmother is Princess Marie Louise of Waldeck und Pyrmont.

http://www.ngz-online.de/grevenbroich/nachrichten/Der-Graf-heiratet-seine-Prinzessin_aid_877187.html

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