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'{{short description|Princess of Prussia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Princess Sophie | title = [[Prince of Prussia|Princess of Prussia]]<ref name="title"/> | image = Sophie Princess of Prussia (2017).jpg | spouse = {{marriage|[[Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia]]|2011}} | issue = {{Plainlist}} * Carl Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Prussia * Prince Louis Ferdinand * Princess Emma Marie * Prince Heinrich {{Endplainlist}} | full name = Sophie Johanna Maria | house = [[House of Isenburg|Isenburg]] | father = Franz-Alexander, Prince of Isenburg | mother = Countess Christine von Saurma-Jeltsch | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|3|7|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Frankfurt]], [[West Germany]] }} '''Sophie Johanna Maria, Princess of Prussia''' (née ''Princess of Isenburg'',<ref name="title">In 1919 [[royal family|royalty]] and [[nobility]] were mandated to lose their privileges in Germany, hereditary titles were to be legally borne thereafter only as part of the surname, according to [http://www.zum.de/psm/weimar/weimar_vve.php#First_Chapter_:_The_Individual Article 109] of the [[Weimar Constitution]].</ref> born 7 March 1978) is the wife of [[Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia]], head of the [[House of Hohenzollern]]. 130 IQ GOSSENFUCK ==Family and career== Sophie was born on 7 March 1978 in [[Frankfurt]], [[West Germany]].<ref name=sophiehohenzollernwebsite>{{cite web|url=http://www.preussen.de/en/family/sophie_the_princess_of_prussia.html |title=Sophie The Princess of Prussia |publisher=Official website of the House of Hohenzollern |accessdate=7 September 2011}}</ref> Her parents are Franz-Alexander, Prince of [[County of Isenburg#House of Isenburg|Isenburg]] and his wife, ''née'' Countess Christine von [[:File:Saurma-Jeltsch-Wappen.png|Saurma zu der Jeltsch]].<ref name="ghdaXV">''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XV. C.A. Starke Verlag, 1997, pp.271–275.</ref> He is head of a [[German mediatisation|mediatized]] Catholic line of [[Prince of the Holy Roman Empire|Princes of the Holy Roman Empire]], who lost their independence in 1815.<ref name=ghdaXV/> She has two sisters ([[Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este#Family|Archduchess Katharina of Austria-Este]] and Isabelle, Dowager Princess of Wied) and two brothers (Hereditary Prince Alexander and Prince Viktor).<ref name=ghdaXV/> [[File:Birstein 153540.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Birstein]] Castle]] Growing up at [[Birstein]] Castle, the family seat in [[Hesse]], Sophie studied at a primary school in [[Birstein]] and at St. Mary's school ([[:de:Marienschule Fulda|de]]) in [[Fulda]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Prinzessin Sophie von Preussen|url=http://www.preussen.de/de/familie/prinzessin_sophie_von_preussen.html|publisher=Prussian Royal Family website|language=German}}</ref> She then attended the boarding school ''Kloster Wald'' and passed her A-Levels as well as a trade test as a [[dressmaker]]. She undertook internships in her country's [[Bundestag]], and in London, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.<ref name=sophiehohenzollernwebsite/> Sophie studied Business Administration at the [[University of Freiburg]] and [[Humboldt University of Berlin]] and works at a firm that offers consulting services for nonprofit business.<ref name=sophiehohenzollernwebsite/><ref name="WSJ">{{cite web| title=No Titles, No Subjects, No Problem: Germans Join Royal Wedding Craze |first=Anton |last=Troianovski |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111904787404576530392758604496 |date=26 August 2011 |accessdate=5 September 2011}}</ref> ==Marriage== On 21 January 2011, [[Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia|Georg Friedrich]], the head of the [[House of Hohenzollern]], announced the couple's engagement. The civil wedding was conducted in [[Potsdam]]'s city hall by Mayor Jann Jakobs on 25 August 2011,<ref name="welt">{{Cite news |url=https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/prominente/article13565306/Die-preussische-Prinzenhochzeit-beginnt-ganz-privat.html |title=Die preußische Prinzenhochzeit beginnt ganz privat |last=Van der Kraat |first=Marion |date=25 August 2011 |work=[[Die Welt|Welt]]}}</ref> and the religious wedding took place at the [[Church of Peace (Sanssouci)|Church of Peace]] on 27 August 2011, in commemoration of the 950th anniversary of the founding of the House of Hohenzollern.<ref name="abc">{{cite web| title=Georg Friedrich Prince of Prussia and Sophie Princes: Germany Set for Its Own Royal Wedding|publisher=[[ABC News]]|date=27 August 2011| url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/georg-friedrich-prince-prussia-germany-set-royal-wedding/story?id=14389085|accessdate=5 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="people">{{cite web| title=Princess Sophie of Isenburg's Wedding Dress: All the Details|work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=31 August 2011 |first=Kim |last=Peiffer| url=http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222_20524408,00.html|accessdate=5 September 2011}}</ref> Following the ceremony, a reception was held on the grounds of the ''[[Sanssouci]]'' summer palace of [[Frederick the Great]].<ref name="independent">{{cite web| title=Kaiser Wilhelm junior gives Germany its own royal wedding|work=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/kaiser-wilhelm-junior-gives-germany-its-own-royal-wedding-2344704.html|date=27 August 2011|first=Enjoli|last= Liston |accessdate=5 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="local">{{cite web|date= 27 August 2011|title=Kaiser heir weds princess in Potsdam|work=The Local| url=http://www.thelocal.de/society/20110827-37219.html|accessdate=5 September 2011}}</ref> ==Children== On 20 January 2013, Sophie gave birth to twin sons, ''Carl Friedrich'' Franz Alexander and ''Louis Ferdinand'' Christian Albrecht. Carl Friedrich, the elder of the two, is the [[heir apparent]] to the House of Hohenzollern. Their third child, ''Emma Marie'' Charlotte Sophie, was born on the 2 April 2015. The couple's fourth child, ''Heinrich'' Albert Johann Georg, was born on 17 November 2016. ==References== {{reflist|2}} {{Prussian princesses by marriage}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sophie of Isenburg}} [[Category:1978 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:German princesses]] [[Category:German Roman Catholics]] [[Category:Prussian princesses]] [[Category:House of Hohenzollern]] [[Category:House of Isenburg]] [[Category:People from Frankfurt]]'