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After a stroke a few days ago: Princess Marie is dead

2021-08-22T06:57:54.729Z


Princess Marie von und zu Liechtenstein is dead. The 81-year-old's condition had steadily deteriorated after her stroke.


Princess Marie von und zu Liechtenstein is dead. The 81-year-old's condition had steadily deteriorated after her stroke.

Grabs - Last week, the Principality of Liechtenstein confirmed Princess Marie's stroke, and now the 81-year-old has died.

According to the principality, the wife of Prince Hans-Adam II died in the Swiss grave.

The Princess could not leave the hospital, her health had steadily deteriorated after her stroke last Wednesday, August 18, 2021.

However, as the Principality also reports, the 81-year-old fell asleep in the presence of her family "and after receiving the holy sacraments, peacefully and with great trust in God".

The princess was considered to be very socially committed and art-loving.

Recently, she had rarely made public appearances.

Principality confirmed: Princess Marie von und zu Liechtenstein is dead

According to the court, Princess Marie was born in Prague as the fourth of seven children.

Her parents had to flee to Germany when she was a child.

There she went to school until she graduated from high school.

After a language stay in England, she graduated from the Academy for Commercial Graphics at the University of Munich.

In 1967 she married Prince Hans-Adam II. The couple have a total of four children.

She chaired the Liechtenstein Red Cross for three decades. 



The 160 square kilometer Principality of Liechtenstein between Austria and Switzerland is one of the smallest countries in the world with around 39,000 inhabitants and is very prosperous. The country is a constitutional hereditary monarchy. The prince can, among other things, dissolve the government and parliament and override referendums. Prince Hans-Adam II (76) transferred the business of government to his son, Hereditary Prince Alois, who is married to Duchess Sophie in Bavaria in 2004.

Source: merkur

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