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{{Infobox Royalty|royal | name = Princess Marianne | image = | imgw = | caption = | house = [[House of Windsor]] | full name = Marianne Beatrice Elizabeth Louise<ref name="sur">As a titled royal, Marianne holds no surname, but, when one ''is'' used, it is '''[[Mountbatten-Windsor]]''' (or her father's territorial designation, '''Wales''')</ref> | styles = ''HRH'' Princess Marianne of Wales | father = [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] | mother = [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] | date of birth = {{Birth date and age|1986|01|12|df=yes}} | place of birth = [[St. Mary's Hospital]], [[Paddington]], [[London]] | date of christening = 14 July 1986 | place of christening = [[St. George's Chapel]], [[Windsor]] |}} {{British Royal Family}} Princess Marianne of Wales (Marianne Beatrice Elizabeth Louise; born 12 January 1986) is the younger daughter of Charles, Prince of Wales, and the late Diana, Princess of Wales. As such she is fifth, and the first female, in the line of succession to the thrones of seventeen independent states; however, after subsequent evolution of the Commonwealth, that number of states has decreased to 16.

While at her studies in Central St. Martin's, she married Portuguese football player, Cristiano Ronaldo at the age of 20 years old. They now have a child, Lord Philip George Ronald Matthew Windsor-Aveiro (born 8 February 2007)

Early life

At St. Mary's Hospital in London, England, on the 12th of January 1986, the third and only daughter of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales, the younger sister of both Prince William and Harry, and the fifth grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was born. At 7 pounds and 11 ounces, the princess was baptised in St. George's Chapel, in Windsor Castle, by then Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie (same as her brother, Harry). Marianne's godparents were her aunt, Anne, Princess Royal; Lady Sarah Chatto; James Ogilvy; Prince Edward, Duke of Kent; and Captain Mark Phillips. As a male-line grandchild of the sovereign, Marianne was styled Her Royal Highness with the title Princess Marianne of Wales. She and her cousins, Princesses Beatrice & Eugenie are the only granddaughters of the Queen to hold the title of Princess and the style Her Royal Highness. Along with her older brothers, Marianne's mother desired that she not just have "normal" experiences that other royal children had not had until later in life, if at all, but also more profound lessons, taking both boys and Marianne to locales that ranged from Disneyland and McDonald's to AIDS Clinics and shelters for the homeless. Diana, Princess of Wales, who was by then divorced from the Prince of Wales, died in a car accident in 1997. Marianne, along with her brothers and father, was staying at Balmoral Castle at the time, and the Prince of Wales waited until the following morning to tell his children about their mother's death. At her mother's funeral, Marianne stayed with the Queen in Buckingham Palace.

Princess Marianne's parents divorced when she was 11 years old. However, when she was not at school, her time was spent with her family, as the divorce had been amicable and the Prince and Princess had agreed to joint custody of the children. Marianne and her brothers regularly travel abroad with one or both of their parents. In the December 2003 issue of Tatler, Marianne described her grandmother as "the best and the most organized granny ever," and her parents, as "the most amazing power couple" she knew.

Education

As an only daughter of the Waleses, Marianne attended schools near the Windsor Castle for safety purposes. She started in Upton House School in Windsor from 1988 to 1991. She moved to Coworth Park School form 1991 to 1997. Then, St George's School, near Windsor Castle until 1999. Marianne's dad, Prince Charles, decided to board his daughter as family tradition of sending Royal children to [[Gordonstoun], while her brothers weren't and graduating there with A-levels, obtaining A in World Geography, English Literature, and Art. Also, a B in Biology and Math in 2004. After graduation, she didn't plan on taking a gap year. Instead, she quickly enrolled herself into Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, after she got rejected in Aiglon College in Switzerland. She took fashion which her family insisted her to take. While at Central Saint, the Queen made the St James' Palace as her official residence along with Princess Anne until March 2006 when she moved out to Cheshire, England, where her then fiancee' Cristiano Ronaldo lived. She graduated the university in 2008.

Royal Duties and Career

Princess Marianne began to accompany her parents on official visits at an early age; her first overseas royal tour with her mother in Austria in 1986 when she was just 3 months old. Marianne then accompanied either both parents or her father on subsequent tours, though she did not begin solo official engagements until after her marriage in 2006; in 2008, she began to undertake royal visits to schools and organizations in Wales and Scotland. At the age of 20, Princess Marianne launched Sentebale: The Princes' & Princess Fund for Lesotho, a charity fund to aid children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. To aid Sentebale, as well as the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund and Centrepoint, Marianne and her brothers organized the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium, on 1 July 2007. Sports have also been a ways that the Princess has helped charities and other organizations, such as when she was a temporary football trainer for Manchester United in 2005 and then coached students in schools in order to encourage them to learn a sport. She also participated in playing polo like her brothers and father to raise money for charities.

Personal Life and Relationships

Princess Marianne has spent much of her free time in sporting activities, snowboarding in Switzerland and in Whistler, British Columbia. The tabloids also labeled her as the "party girl" because of her repetitious back and forth to party clubs. Marianne's personal relationships have not been followed as much as those of her brothers; the media attention has been focused on her relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo. In a Manchester United game versus Aston Villa, her brother, William's favorite football team, Marianne met 20-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo. After the game ended, the two exchanged their phone numbers. In August 2004, it was confirmed that the couple were dating. In December 2005, Cristiano Ronaldo proposed after winning a Manchester United game.

Marriage to Ronaldo

The Princess and Ronaldo wed at the age of 21. The Princess was 21 and Ronaldo was 22. They got married in Westminster Abbey on 26 August 2006, their anniversary. The guests consisted of: Manchester United players, The Aveiros, and the Spencers. The wedding was aired in BBCone 3 days after the actual wedding.

Family

The Princess knew that she was pregnant a week after her wedding. The Queen said: "My granddaughter, Marianne, who just got married to one of the greatest football players in the world, is 8 weeks pregnant as of today, the 31st of August, the year 2006. She was already 3 weeks late and is showing signs of pregnancy. She is now in good hands. Another blessing for our family." When the Princess was 5 months pregnant, she had an early bleeding and early contractions were occurring. As a result, she has to go to the hospital back and forth. On 8 February 2007, she gave birth to a baby boy in Waidspital in Zurich, Switzerland while the family was in vacation. The name of the baby is Philip George Ronald Matthew Windsor-Aveiro. Philip was baptized in Buckingham Palace by the Dean of Windsor, Bishop David Conner in 4 April 2007. Most of the godparents were not issued.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

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• 12 January 1986{{ndash}}: Her Royal Highness Princess Marianne of Wales

The Princess' style and title in full: Her Royal Highness Princess Marianne Beatrice Elizabeth Louise of Wales. As a British princess, Marianne holds no surname; however, as with the other male-line grandchildren of Elizabeth II, she uses the name of the area over which her father holds title, i.e. Wales (as Prince William and Prince Harry use Wales, per their father, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales). Past precedent is that such surnames are dropped from usage in adulthood, after which either title alone, or Mountbatten-Windsor is used.

Personal Life

Arms

{{Infobox COA wide |image = William_of_Wales_Arms.png |bannerimage = |badgeimage = |notes = The Princess' personalised [[coat of arms]] are the shield of the [[Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom|arms of the sovereign in right of the United Kingdom]], with a label for difference. |adopted = |crest = A [[coronet]] composed of four crosses formy and four Strawberry Leaves |torse = |helm = |escutcheon = Quarterly 1^st and 4^th gules three lions passant guardant in pale or 2^nd or a lion rampant gules within a double tressure flory counterflory gules 3^rd azure a harp or stringed argent. |supporters = Dexter a lion rampant gardant or imperially crowned proper, sinister a unicorn argent, armed, crined and unguled or, gorged with a coronet or composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lis a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also or. |compartment = |motto = |orders = |other_elements = The whole differenced by a label of five points argent, the centre and exterior points each charged with a thistle proper. |banner = |badge = |symbolism = As with the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom. The first and third quarters are the arms of England, the second of Scotland, the fourth of Ireland. The use of thistles in her Arms continues the trend in royal heraldry (cf. the Arms of [[Prince William of Wales]]) of using charges from the maternal line, as the arms of her mother feature a crest bearing a thistle. |previous_versions = }}

Ancestry

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Through her maternal grandfather, Princess Marianne is descended from King Henry IV, King Charles II and King James II and VII. Should she become queen, Marianne will be the first monarch since Queen Anne to be descended from Charles I. Through her mother, Marianne is of English descent and of remote Irish, Scottish, American and Armenian descent.

Princess Marianne is descended from all kings and queens of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom with surviving offspring from William I onwards except for these four: King Henry V, King Henry VIII (their lines are both extinct), King George IV, and King William IV (who both had no surviving legitimate children). She is also descended from many of the pre-Union monarchs of Scotland and the pre-Conquest monarchs of England.

References

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