The Heirs of The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg were among the Royal Guests celebrating the Wedding of Hereditary Prince Carl Eugen zu Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Wallerstein and Princess Alexandra zu Sayn Wittgenstein Sayn at Schloss Sayn on this day in 1994, 30 years ago.
Hereditary Prince Carl Eugen zu Oettingen-Wallerstein, son of the Prince zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Wallerstein, and Princess Alexandra zu Sayn Wittgenstein Sayn, daughter of the Prince zu Sayn Wittgenstein Sayn and Countess Gabriela of Schönborn-Wiesentheid, at Sankt Mary’s Church near Schloss Sayn, two days after a Civil Ceremony in Bendorf, France. The couple had two children before their divorce.
Hereditary Grand Duke Henri, Hereditary Grand Duchess Maria Teresa and Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg
The Prince of Orange
The Duke of Brabant
Archduchess Regina von Habsburg
The Prince and Princess von Oettingen-Spielberg
Princess Gloria von Thurn and Taxis
The Hereditary Prince and Hereditary Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe
Diamond Flower Tiara
Consisting of three small diamond flowers set on a simple diamond base, this versatile Tiara was likely made from existing Family Heirlooms. The piece was worn as a necklace by Princess Marianne at the Wedding of Princess Benedikte of Denmark and Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg in 1968.
A few years later, in 1973, Princess Marianne wore the Diamond Flower Tiara with a Diamond Bracelet borrowed from her friend, the Countess of Romanones, for a Ball held on the eve of the Wedding of their children, Princess Theresia and the Count of Quintanilla. Interestingly enough, the Emerald Tiara worn by the Countess now belongs to Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, the former wife of the Princess Marianne’s grandson.
The Flower Tiara was worn by Countess Gabriela of Schönborn-Wiesentheid when she married Prince Alexander zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, the elder son of Princess Marianne, in 1969. Princess Gabriela was also pictured wearing the Tiara at a Ball in 1970.
After Princess Marianne wore the Tiara for the Wedding Ball, the following day, her daughter, Princess Theresia zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, wore the Diamond Flower Tiara, with the Countess of Romanones’ diamond bracelet, to marry Luis de Figueroa y Griffith, 11th Count of Quintanilla.
More recently, the Diamond Flower Tiara was worn by Princess Marianne’s granddaughter, and daughter of Prince Alexander and Princess Gabriela, Princess Sofia of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, for her Wedding to Archia Akhavan-Kharazian in Austria last year.
UPDATE: The Hereditary Princess wore the Diamond Flower Tiara for the Wedding of Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Carina Axelsson in 2022.
Pearl and Diamond Tiara
The Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn Family also has a Pearl and Diamond Tiara in their collection, in a fairly modern design that dates from around the 1950s and 1960s, and originates from the Thurn und Taxis Princely Family. Countess Helen of Schönborn-Wiesentheid, née Princess of Thurn und Taxis wore the Tiara at the Wedding Ball of Prince Alexander zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, elder son of Princess Marianne, and her daughter, Countess Gabriela of Schönborn-Wiesentheid, at Schloss Weißenstein in 1969, and the Wedding Ball of Princess Marie Antoinette von Fürstenberg and her son, Count Johannes of Schoenborn Wiesentheid, in 1977.
The Pearl and Diamond Tiara was inherited by Countess Helen’s daughter, the current Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, who notably wore it at the Wedding of Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth in 1998.
The Tiara is primarily worn by brides who marry into the family, like Donna Priscilla Incisa della Rocchetta who wore it to marry Hereditary Prince Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn in 2003, Countess Philippa Spannocchi wore the Tiara to marry Prince Ludwig in 2011, and more recently Alana Bunte wore the Tiara for her Wedding to Prince Casimir in 2019.
Koch Pearl and Diamond Tiara
For the Wedding of Princess Benedikte of Denmark and Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg in 1968, Princess Marianne wore a small Diamond and Pearl Tiara that appears to be in the style of the jeweller Koch.
In 1993, the Tiara was worn by actress Sunnyi Melles when she married Prince Peter zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn.
