Princess Nora zu Oettingen-Spielberg

Princess Nora of Oettingen-Spielberg was born in West Palm Beach, Florida on 10 June 1990 to Albrecht Ernst Otto Joseph Maria Notgera, 11th Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg and Angela Jank.[1] Her father is the joint head of the Houses of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg, formerly sovereign German principalities that were mediatized in 1806 to the Kingdom of Bavaria. She is a paternal niece of psychologist Princess Gabriele of Oettingen-Spielberg. She grew up in Bavaria before moving to England to study history of art and design at the University of Edinburgh's College of Art.[2]

In 2013 Oettingen-Spielberg started a stationery business based in Germany, designing for her brother, Franz Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Oettingen-Spielberg.[3] In 2014 she began working with printing houses in Germany and the United Kingdom. In January 2015 she launched her own stationary company, Tusche London, from a basement apartment in Notting Hill.[4] Later in 2015 she became part-owner of London-based stationery brand Pemberly Fox and works as one of their designers, launching the Nora Percy Greeting Card collection.[3][5]

In March 2017 Oettingen-Spielberg became engaged to Lord Max Ralph Percy, the youngest son of the 12th Duke of Northumberland.[6] They married on 15 July 2017 at the Chapel of the Assumption of Mary at Schloss Hirschbrunn.[7][8]

The ceremony was performed in both Catholic and Anglican rites, with two Church of England priests from St Michael's Church, Alnwick assisting with the sacrament.[9][7] Oettingen-Spielberg's wedding dress was put on display at an exhibit featuring weddings from three centuries at Schloss Oettingen.[10] The couple moved to Cape Town, South Africa in 2017.[11]

They have one child, Romy Jane Percy, who was born on 31 July 2019 in Munich.[2][12]

In 2018, she and her husband attended the wedding of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank.[13][14]