The Serpent and the Moon by Princess Michael of Kent

He moved to Maforga, Mozambique after divorcing. Her father was a Nazi party member who had held the rank of Sturmbannführer or Major in the SS during the Second World War. Through her mother, the Princess is a descendant of Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henry II of France, and Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France (his wife), and also of painter Peter Paul Rubens. The Princess's father also had a daughter named Margarita, born on 18 January 1924, from his first marriage to Margherita, Countess von Seherr-Thoß. It was later determined that her parents' marriage was bigamous as her father was still legally married to his first wife. Petersburg at the outbreak of World War I. Princess Michael is the only daughter of Baron Günther Hubertus von Reibnitz (of German descent) and his Hungarian wife, Countess Maria Anna Carolina Franziska Walpurga Bernadette Szapáry von Muraszombath, Széchysziget und Szapár, a daughter of Count Friedrich Szapáry von Muraszombath, Széchysziget und Szapár, an Austro-Hungarian diplomat, who served as Ambassador at St. Princess Michael of Kent was born on 15 January 1945, in Karlsbad part of the then-German-populated Sudetenland, now known as Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, near the family estates of her Austrian maternal grandmother, Princess Hedwig von Windisch-Graetz, just prior to the defeat and the end of Nazi Germany and of World War II in Europe, and the following expulsion of the German population later that year. The Kents do not officially carry out royal duties, although they have on occasion represented Queen Elizabeth II at functions abroad. She also undertakes lecture tours, and supports her husband in his public work. Princess Michael is an author, and has published several books on the royal families of Europe. She is married to Prince Michael of Kent, who is a grandson of King George V.

Princess Michael of Kent (born Baroness Marie Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz 15 January 1945) is an Austrian- Hungarian member of the British Royal Family. Marie Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida Ĭountess Maria Anna Szapáry von Muraszombath

The Serpent and the Moon by Princess Michael of Kent