#TheRoyalBirthday Today is the birthday of Her Serene Highness Princess Gloria, Dowager Princess of Thurn and Taxis, She turns 62. _ Countess Gloria von Schönburg-Glauchau was born on 23 February 1960 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. Her father, Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau, was the nominal head of the Glauchau branch of the German princely Schönburg family, a mediatised dynasty within the former Holy Roman Empire.Her mother, Countess Beatrix Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék, was a member of the Hungarian nobility and a descendant of Count István Széchenyi, Her parents divorced in 1986 and her father married a second time to Ursula Zwicker, In 1979 Gloria met Johannes, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis at a luncheon he was hosting at Nürnberger Bratwurst Glöckl in Munich. She had attended as the guest of his nephew Count Johannes von Schönborn-Wiesentheid, On 31 May 1980, Gloria and Johannes married in a Catholic ceremony in Regensburg, Bavaria. She wore a Valentino dress and a diamond diadem that had belonged to Empress Eugénie at the wedding, At the time of their marriage Johannes was estimated to be worth between US$2 and US$3 billion, She and her husband are fourth cousins twice removed, both descending from Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis. Upon their marriage she became the Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis. When her father-in-law, Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, died in 1982 her husband became the 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, The couple had three children. Princess Maria , Princess Elisabeth and Prince Albert II: #princessGloriaofthurnandtaxis #gloriavonschönburgglauchau #PrinceAlbertIIofthurnandtaxis #princesselisabethofthurnandtaxis #princessmariaofthurnandtaxis (em Brazil) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaVXFeMvy2N/?utm_medium=tumblr
