Ancestral Trails 2016 » Brigid Katharine Rachel GUINNESS (1920-1995)

Personal data Brigid Katharine Rachel GUINNESS 


Household of Brigid Katharine Rachel GUINNESS

She is married to Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Christoph von PREUSSEN.

They got married on July 30, 1945 at Little Hadham, Hertfordshire, she was 25 years old.


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Notes about Brigid Katharine Rachel GUINNESS

Lady Brigid Katharine Rachel Guinness (30 July 1920 - 8 March 1995) was the youngest daughter of Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh, and wife of Prince Frederick of Prussia, grandson of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.

Brigid was born in London, fifth child and youngest daughter of Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh (1874-1967, son of Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh), and his wife, Lady Gwendolen Onslow (1881-1966, daughter of William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow). She belonged to the Guinness family, Irish Protestants noted for their accomplishments in brewing, banking, politics and diplomacy.

During the Second World War she served as an auxiliary nurse, where she met her future husband, Prince Frederick of Prussia, when he was injured in an accident involving a tractor.

Marriage
Brigid married on 30 July 1945 at Little Hadham, Hertfordshire to Prince Frederick of Prussia (1911-1966), fourth son of William, German Crown Prince, and his wife, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and grandson of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.

They had five children:

Prince Frederick Nicholas (born 3 May 1946) married non-dynastically, Hon. Victoria Lucinda Mancroft (born 7 March 1952, daughter of Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft) on 27 February 1980 in London and has issue.
Beatrice von Preussen (born 10 February 1981)
Florence von Preussen (born 28 July 1983) married Hon. James Tollemache (son of Timothy Tollemache, 5th Baron Tollemache) on 10 May 2014, and has issue:
Augusta von Preussen (born 15 December 1986) married Caspar Helmore on 19 September 2015
Frederick (Fritz) Stormont von Preussen (born 11 June 1990)
Prince Andreas (born 14 November 1947) married non-dynastically, Alexandra Blahova) (born 28 December 1947) on 2 January 1979, and has issue:
Tatiana von Preussen (born 16 October 1980)
Frederick Alexander von Preussen (born 15 November 1984)
Princess Victoria Marina (born 22 February 1952) married Philippe Alphonse Achache (born 25 March 1945) on 3 May 1976, and has issue.
Prince Rupert (born 28 April 1955) married non-dynastically, Ziba Rastegar-Javaheri (born 12 December 1954, into a family of wealthy Iranian industrialists) on 5 January 1982 in London, and has issue:
Brigid von Preussen (born 24 December 1983)
Astrid von Preussen (born 16 April 1985)
Princess Antonia (born 28 April 1955) who married Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington on 3 February 1977 at St. Paul's Church, London, and has issue.

She married secondly, on 3 June 1967 at Old Windsor, Berkshire to Major Anthony Patrick Ness (1914-1993); they had no children.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Brigid_Guinness

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Brigid Katharine Rachel GUINNESS

Brigid Katharine Rachel GUINNESS
1920-1995

1945

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Christoph von PREUSSEN
1911-1966

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Birthday July 30, 1920

  • The temperature on July 30, 1920 was between 11.2 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 24.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
    • May 5 » Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
    • May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
    • August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
    • October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
    • December 16 » The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5Mw , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.

Day of marriage July 30, 1945

  • The temperature on July 30, 1945 was between 9.8 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • February 13 » World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment.
    • March 10 » World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
    • April 29 » World War II: The Surrender of Caserta is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy.
    • May 8 » Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre.
    • August 21 » Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
    • September 2 » Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

Day of death March 6, 1995

  • The temperature on March 6, 1995 was between 1.4 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU.
    • January 1 » The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.
    • April 19 » Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six.
    • September 22 » The Nagerkovil school bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil schoolchildren.
    • December 3 » Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701 crashes on approach to Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing 71 of the 76 people on board.
    • December 21 » The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.


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