Princess Antonia, Marchioness of Douro

Princess Antonia of Prussia, Marchioness of Douro, OBE (b. April 28 1955) is a great-granddaughter of Wilhelm II of Germany and 355th in line to the British Throne.

Antonia Elizabeth Brigid Louise Mansfeld was born in London in 1955, the daughter of Prince Frederick of Prussia and Lady Brigid Ness of the Guiness family. On February 3 1977, she married Arthur Wellesley (the son of the 8th Duke of Wellington) and took the courtesy title of Marchioness of Douro. They have five children:

*Arthur Gerald Wellesley, Earl of Mornington (b. 31 January 1978)
*Lady Honor Victoria Wellesley (b. 25 October 1979)
*Lady Mary Luise Wellesley (b. 16 December 1986)
*Lady Charlotte Anne Wellesley (b. 8 October 1990)
*Lord Frederick Charles Wellesley (b. 30 September 1992)

She is President of the Guinness Trust and a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Princess Antonia, Marchioness of Douro
2= 2. Prince Frederick of Prussia
3= 3. Brigid Guinness
4= 4. William, German Crown Prince
5= 5. Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
6= 6. Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh
7= 7. Gwendolen Onslow
8= 8. William II, German Emperor
9= 9. Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein
10= 10. Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
11= 11. Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
12= 12. Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh
13= 13. Adelaide Maria Guinness
14= 14. William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow
15= 15. Florence Coulston Gardner
16= 16. Frederick III, German Emperor
17= 17. Victoria, Princess Royal
18= 18. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
19= 19. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
20= 20. Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
21= 21. Princess Auguste of Reuss
22= 22. Grand Duke Michael Nicolaevich of Russia
23= 23. Princess Cecilie of Baden
24= 24. Benjamin Guinness, 1st Baronet
25= 25. Elizabeth Guinness
26= 26. Richard Guinness
27= 27. Katherine Jenkinson
28= 28. George Augustus Cranley Onslow
29= 29. Mary Loftus
30= 30. Alan Gardner, 3rd Baron Gardner
31= 31. Julia Fortescue