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Monday, February 13, 2006

Count Christopher Rietberg

Count Christopher Rietberg, late the 15/19th Hussars, scion of the Royal House of Liechtenstein, died 15 November, 2005. He was 79.
He was born 8 May, 1926 son of Prince Ferdinand Andreas Joseph Maria of Liechtenstein (b. 1901). The Prince married 1stly (in a marriage not conforming to the laws of the Princely House) at London 14 January, 1925 (divorced 1934; marriage annulled 1939), Shelagh Salome Houston, who was granted the name and title of Countess von Rietberg, daughter of Harold Roscoe Brunner, DL, scion of the Brunner Baronets, and kinsman of HRH The Duchess of Kent. Count Christopher was a son of this marriage.
He married 17 September, 1955, Kathleen Hamilton, daughter of Alfred Thayer Mahan, of Odl Greenbush Road, Orangeburg, New York, USA, by whom he had issue:-
(i) Gabrielle Catherine, b. 13 Jan, 1957 (ii) Mark Andreas, b. 30 June, 1959

Source: Daily Telegraph 21 November, 2005

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