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Royal Wedding
On 23 September, the Saxon royal family celebrated the wedding of the daughter of Prince Alexander of Saxony and Princess Gisela Dukes of Saxony, Princess Maria Teresita, to Count Beryl Alexandre de Saporta in the Hofkirche in Dresden. The young bride and her father were chauffeured across the Augustus Bridge to the Catholic Cathedral in
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Soon – Royal Wedding
Maria Teresita Princess of Saxony Duchess of Saxony: She was born the fourth child of Prince Alexander of Saxony Duke of Saxony and Gisela Princess of Saxony Duchess of Saxony Princess of Bavaria in Dresden on 7.7.1999. She grew up between Dresden, Bavaria, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile and finally Belgium. She lives
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H.H. Pope Francis received Prince Alexander and Princess Gisela in the Palazzo Apostolico May 28th 2015
On May 28th HH Pope Franciscus received Prinz Alexander and Prinzess Gisela in the Palazzo Apostolico in the Vatican with their sons and daughter and members of the Royal family for a private audience. The family was joined by the Margravine mother of Meissen Anastasia Louise. The princesses Mauricio and Clemens handed HH gifts over:
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112th Birthdy at Kurlaender Palace in Dresden
The Royal couple celebrated their common 112th anniversary on February 6th with a holy mass in the catholic cathedral, the Hofkirche. After the service the invited members of the family, friends, representatives of the industry, from politics as well as members of both Christian churches were received by the Royal couple and their four children
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Delegation of the Oxford University visits Dresden
As part of a private initiative our guests arrived from England, Russia, the USA, Denmark and Canada to Dresden to visit together with the Margrave of Meissen Duke of Saxony the Dresden State Art Collections (SKD) and the Green Vault. The lecture of SKD-General Doctor Hartwig Fischer on the meaning of “foreign objects” for the
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Friends of the Green Vault present a Portrait of Elector Frederick Augustus II as a donation of Fraunhofer president Reimund Neugebauer to the Dresden State Museums
A valuable painting by the French painter Louis de Silvestre was handed over to the Dresden State Art Collections by The Margrave of Meissen in his capacity as President of the Friends of the Green Vault on Saturday 8th of February 2014. The acquisition of the painting was made possible by Professor Reimund Neugebauer, President
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The Markgrave of Meissen visits the state school “Gymnasium” St. Afra in Meissen, Saxony
On February 5th, 2014 The Margrave of Meissen together with his wife Gisela visited the school of St. Afra. The director of the “Gymnasium” Doctor Ulrike Ostermaier welcomed the Royal guests. In addition to visiting the school for promotion of highly gifted students, for Margrave Alexander the encounter with a Mexican student was a special
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180 years NILES SIMMONS – Margrave of Meissen congratulates in his speech the Chemnitz based traditional company to its anniversary
In the honorable circle of invited guests the Chemnitz based machine tool manufacturer NILES celebrated its 180th corporate anniversary. Professor Hans Naumann spoke in his position as Managing Director for the vibrant industrial center of Chemnitz. The celebrated director was accompanied by guests from politics, research and science. Here we find Dr. Matthias Rössler (President
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Margravine Gisela of Meissen welcomes Austrian-international Jazzcombo to the Dresden Jazz Festival
On 13 November 2013, the band “Brein’s Café” enthused the audience in the fully occupied Heinrich Schütz Residence with swinging and melodic rhythms. The bass player Georg Breinschmid convinced with excellent and creative jazz as well as with subtle improvisations. Dresden Jazz Festival Director Kilian Forster had deliberately chosen Georg Breinschmid as great composer and
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Discharging of the economical head of the board Hartmut G. Knippscheer, Martinshof Rothenburg Diakoniewerk, City Church of Rothenburg / Upper Lusatia
On November 10th, 2013 Princess Gisela accepted the invitation of the commercial Board represented by Mr. Hartmut G. Knippscheer to Rothenburg / Upper Lusatia. With his retirement starting on December 1st, 2013 Mr. Hartmut G. Knippscheer completed an outstanding chapter of entrepreneurial engagement and basically Christian action as part of his life’s work in Upper
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Welcoming the delegation of the German-Spanish Society of Baden-Württemberg Association
On 11 October 2013, Margrave Alexander of Meissen welcomed a delegation of the German-Spanish Society of Baden-Württemberg Association at the Swissôtel Dresden. This visit of the German-Spanish Society of Baden-Württemberg Association was accompanied by Luis Gómez de Aranda Villén, the Consul General of Spain in Stuttgart.
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St. Henry’s day 2013 in Bamberg
This years’s 277th St. Henry’s day took place in Bamberg. Our guests – arriving from Germany, England, Denmark, Italy and the Netherlands – were welcomed with traditional Franconian hospitality. Prelate Luitgar Goeller opened the St. Henry’s day with an excellent devotion, while Professor Ulrich Blum elucidated in his lecture the secrets of the economic success
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Margrave Alexander of Meissen and Margravine Gisela of Meissen support Spanish-German cultural project
(Photo: Margravine Gisela of Meissen and Margrave Alexander of Meissen during the visit of the studio of Manuel Sanz Mora M.A. in the Heinrich Schütz Residence.) The Spanish artist Manuel Mora Sanz M.A. presented a special kind of cultural project on 1 August 2013. With his works, Manuel Sanz Mora (www.manuelsanz.es) considers interesting and new
Read moreMargrave Alexander of Meissen celebrates his 60th Birthday
To a private party, Margravine Gisela of Meissen invited friends and guests of honour from Saxony and Germany. More than 200 guests followed this invitation, so the President of the Parliament of Saxony, Doctor Matthias Rößler; the former Prime Ministers of Saxony, Professor Kurt Biedenkopf and Professor Georg Milbradt; the General consul and Doyenne of
Read moreMargrave Alexander of Meissen visits the initiator of the reconstruction of the Berlin Palace, Mr Wilhelm of Boddien
On invitation of Mr Wilhelm of Boddien, Margrave Alexander of Meissen travelled on 11 February 2013 to Berlin. He was informed by the employees of the site office of the Berlin Palace about the skill- and detail full elements of decoration, which will be visible after the reconstruction partly 31 meters on high.
Read moreMargrave Alexander visits Hubertusburg Castle together with a delegation of the Order of St. Henry
On invitation of senior government building officer Ingo Fischer, Sächsische Immobilien und Bau Management GmbH, a delegation of the Order of St. Henry led by Margrave Alexander of Meissen visited Hubertusburg Castle. The long-term use of the “Saxon Versailles”, how the largest castle in Saxony is also called, left its marks on the building. Ingo
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Princess Gisela visits Dresden to hand over the Ruby Glass Goblet of Augustus the Strong to the Green Vault
(Photo: Princess Gisela together with Margrave Alexander of Meissen, handing over the Ruby Glass Goblet of Augustus the Strong to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections).) By acquisition of the „Freunde des Grünen Gewölbes e.V.“ (Friends of the Green Vault Association), a piece of art of Augustus the Strong finally came back to
Read moreReception to honour H.R.H. Margrave Maria Emanuel of Meissen Duke of Saxony
The Order of St. Henry honoured his former president Margrave Maria Emanuel of Meissen with a reception in the chancellery of the Order in the Heinrich Schütz Residence Dresden. The lecture given was dealing with the maintenance of the remembrance of the Order of St. Henry as well as with the strengthening of the Saxon
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