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Lady Nicholas Windsor
Born (1969-08-07) 7 August 1969 (age 55)
London, England
Other namesPaola Doimi de Lupis Frankopan
SpouseLord Nicholas Windsor
ChildrenAlbert Windsor (born 2007)
Leopold Windsor (born 2009)
Parent(s)Louis Doimi de Lupis Frankopan
Ingrid Detter de Frankopan

Lady Nicholas Windsor (née Paola Doimi de Lupis Frankopan; born 7 August 1969) is the wife of Lord Nicholas Windsor, son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent.

Early life

Lady Nicholas Windsor was born as Paola Doimi de Lupis Frankopan in London in 1969. Her father is Prince Louis de Frankopan, Count Doimi de Lupis, born in Split in 1939, a member of the Croatian and the Italian nobility.[1] Paola Windsor's father came to England from Croatia after the Second World War to attend a boarding school and then go to Oxford University. Her father is a Barrister, and a member of Middle Temple and a businessman. Her mother, Ingrid Detter, is a distinguished Professor Emeritus at Stockholm University.

She has one sister, Christina, and three brothers; Peter, Nicholas and Lawrence.

Education and Career

Paola Windsor speaks seven languages, and was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and at Wycombe Abbey, where she was William Johnston Yapp Scholar. She read Classics at Cambridge University where she was a Choral Scholar and took a Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies (MPhil) at Paris IV, La Sorbonne in Philosophy, submitting a thesis on L'autorité de l'Etat in French.[2]

She has, as Paola Frankopan, written for The Tatler where she is a contributing editor and for Vogue USA [3] She has published and introduction to the history of the Sanctuary of Trsat 'Trsatska Sveta Kuča', in Croatian. She write under the name Paola Frankopan. In 2006 The Times published an article suggesting that the family had added Frankopan to their surname under British Civil law but later published a retraction and a clarification. The Times corrected the article, stating:

"Since 2006 a judgment of the Italian courts has confirmed the genealogical entitlement and the right of all members of the Frankopan family to make use of the titles Princes Frankopan Šubić and Counts Doimi de Lupis, even if, for political reasons, they did not always use them. The Frankopan family did not change its name under UK law as stated above." [4]

Marriage

She met her future husband, Lord Nicholas Windsor, at a party in New York in 1999 to mark the Millennium[3] and their engagement was announced on 26 September 2006.[5] They married on 4 November 2006 in the Church of Santo Stefano degli Abissini in the Vatican following a civil ceremony on 19 October 2006 in a London register office[6] and she became Lady Nicholas Windsor. The bride wore a Valentino wedding gown. [7] This was the first time a member of the British Royal Family married at the Vatican.[8]

Family

Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor's first child, a son, Albert, on 22 September 2007, was born at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London.[9][10] Albert and any further children the couple has will not be titled, will only carry the Windsor surname, the first for a direct male line descendant of George V. At birth Albert was 26th in the line of succession.[11][12] Lord Nicholas and his sons are also in the line of succession to the Kent Dukedom as well.

Lady Nicholas gave birth to their second child, Leopold Ernest Augustus Guelph,[13] on 8 September 2009 at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.[14] On 11 September 2009 article from a British tabloid mentions the birth of an unnamed second child, but no name is provided. The child's name is listed on an Italian-language website.[15]

The elder son, Albert or Bertie, was baptised as a Catholic in the Queen's Chapel in St. James's Palace and his younger brother Leopold, was baptised by Cardinal Comastri in St Peter's in the Vatican.

References

  1. ^ The de Lupis family Italian site
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ a b [2]
  4. ^ Naughton, Philippe. The Times. London http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article655528.ece. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Royal.gov.uk". Royal Website. 26 September 2006.
  6. ^ "Royal News". Paul Theroff. 28 October 2006.
  7. ^ Order of Splendor: Valentino Gowns http://orderofsplendor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/wedding-wednesday-valentino-gowns.html
  8. ^ "Independent Catholic News". Independent Catholic News. 31 October 2006.
  9. ^ Kay, Richard (3 October 2007). "Paola's a new royal mum". London: The Daily Mail.
  10. ^ "Royal News, 2007". Paul Theroff. 8 March 2007.
  11. ^ Katie Nicholl and Antonia Hoyle Nicholl, Katie (16 December 2007). "A public debut for baby Albert - 26th in line to the Throne". London: The Daily Mail.. The article includes a picture of Lady Nicholas Windsor with her infant son. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  12. ^ He never lost his place in the line of succession at the time of his baptism. Due to the Act of Settlement, in fact, the Duke of Kent is still in line to the throne since the Duchess of Kent was a Protestant when he married her. The subsequent conversion of his wife did not affect his place in the line of succession. The Act of Settlement merely bars anyone who marries a Catholic from the line of succession.
  13. ^ Royal news september 2009
  14. ^ A Windsor tot
  15. ^ family site for the Lupis family
  • The family site La Casata dei Lupi, (Italian language), contains photos of Lord and Lady Nicholas, their first son Albert, and members of the Lupis family. Retrieved 26 September 2009. As of 26 September 2009, this was the only source online that had the name of the second son as Leopold Ernest Augustus Guelph Windsor. This name has been confirmed in the 1st November by an official announcement sent to family members: "PAOLA AND NICHOLAS ANNOUNCE WITH JOY THE BIRTH OF THEIR SECOND SON LEOPOLD A BROTHER TO ALBERT BORN ON THE 8th OF SEPTEMBER 2009 8lb 2oz".
  • Doimi de Lupis genealogy (Italian language) hosted by Società Genealogica Italiana - SGI. Retrieved 26 September 2009. The page calls Lady Nicholas Windsor "S.A.R. Lady Paola Luisa Marica Doimi de Lupis de Frankopan Subich", and her sons "S.A.R. Lord Albert (Bertie) Louis Philip Edward Windsor" and "S.A.R. Lord Leopold Ernest Augustus Guelph Windsor". Her husband's great-grandfather George V of the United Kingdom and his sons abandoned the use of all German titles, including the titles of Duke/ Duchess of Saxony in 1917. Her husband and her sons are descendents of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family and the Kings of England). The site reflects the Italian protocol and customs, according to the "Cerimoniale della Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana", stating that all the members of a sovereign and reigning families that come to visit Italy, are addressed as "Le Loro Altezze Reali", (LLAARR) (English TRH) or "Sua Altezza Reale" "SAR" (en.: HRH) etc. (check the official site of "Ministero degli affari Esteri - Cerimoniale diplomatico).

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