En marzo de 2019, se hizo pĂșblico que el prĂncipe Jean-Christophe NapolĂ©on, hijo del prĂncipe Carlos NapolĂ©on y de la princesa BĂ©atrice de BorbĂłn-Dos Sicilias, se habĂa comprometido con la condesa Olympia de Arco-Zinneberg, hija del conde Riprand de Arco-Zinneberg y de la archiduquesa MarĂa Beatriz de Austria. Jean-Christophe y Olympia llevan varios años de relaciĂłn. El prĂncipe le habĂa propuesto matrimonio a la condesa en enero de 2019 en Suiza. La abuela de Jean-Christophe, la princesa viuda NapolĂ©on, reside en Suiza en Prangins.
El prĂncipe Jean-Christophe sucediĂł a su abuelo como prĂncipe NapoleĂłn, jefe de la Casa Imperial de Francia. La condesa Olympia es bisnieta del emperador Carlos y de la emperatriz Zita.
Jean-Christophe naciĂł en Saint-RaphaĂ«l, Var, el 11 de julio de 1986 como el segundo hijo y Ășnico varĂłn del prĂncipe Carlos NapoleĂłn (nacido en 1950) y la princesa Beatriz de BorbĂłn-Dos Sicilias (nacida en 1950). Jean-Christophe se uniĂł a una hermana mayor, la princesa Carolina (nacida en 1980). Carlos y Beatriz irritaron a sus respectivos padres, el prĂncipe y la princesa NapoleĂłn, asĂ como el duque y la duquesa de Castro, al contraer matrimonio civil en 1978 y negarse a celebrar una ceremonia catĂłlica romana.
El matrimonio de los padres de Jean-Christophe terminĂł en 1989. Cuando su padre Charles se casĂł con una plebeya divorciada en 1996, su padre Louis (1914-1997) modificĂł su testamento para convertir a su nieto en heredero de la Casa Imperial de Francia. La princesa BĂ©atrice fue recibida como madre del Jefe de la Casa Imperial por su ex suegra, la princesa Alix (n. 1926), en el funeral del prĂncipe Louis en 1997. Jean-Christophe habla con fluidez francĂ©s, inglĂ©s y español. En 2017, completĂł un MBA en la Harvard Business School. Desde entonces, el prĂncipe vive en Londres, donde tambiĂ©n trabaja.
La condesa Olympia de Arco-Zinneberg, prometida del prĂncipe Jean-Christophe NapolĂ©on, naciĂł en 1988 en MĂșnich como la tercera hija del conde Riprand de Arco-Zinneberg (n. 1955) y la archiduquesa MarĂa Beatriz de Austria (n. 1954). Riprand y MarĂa Beatriz se casaron en 1980 y se convirtieron en padres de seis hijas: Anna Theresa (n. 1981), Margherita (n. 1983), Olympia (n. 1988), Maximiliana (n. 1990), Marie-Gabrielle (n. 1992) y Giorgiana (n. 1997). La familia ha vivido entre Alemania y los Estados Unidos, donde Riprand tiene intereses comerciales.
Olympia graduated from Yale University in 2011 with a B.A. in Political Science. The countess went on to Columbia University in the City of New York, where she emerged in 2015 with a M.A. in Art History. Olympia played on the hockey teams of both Yale and Columbia. While at Yale, she was featured in a university publication wherein she elaborated on her educational experiences: “I am from Austria. I’ve also lived in Germany and Connecticut. I went to boarding school in the United Kingdom and took my gap year in Shanghai, China. Since coming to Yale, I did the Yale-Peking University program during my spring semester sophomore year. Next fall I will spend the semester in Paris.” It was during this Paris sejourn that the countess and the prince made one another’s acquaintance.
On Jean Christophe’s paternal side, he is a descendant of many illustrious dynasties, other than the House of NapolĂ©on. His father’s paternal grandparents were: Prince Victor NapolĂ©on, son of Prince NapolĂ©on (also known as Plon-Plon) and of his wife Princess Clothilde of Savoy (both her mother and paternal grandmother were Habsburgs); and ClĂ©mentine of Belgium, youngest daughter of King Leopold II and of his Austrian wife, the former Archduchess Marie Henriette. Prince NapolĂ©on’s parents were Prince JerĂŽme, youngest brother of Emperor NapolĂ©on, and Princess Catherine of WĂŒrttemberg. As a descendant of King Leopold II, Jean-Christophe has ties to the Coburg dynasty.
The Coburgs also provide a genealogical link sweeten Jean-Christophe and Olympia. Emperor Karl, her great-grandfather, was the son of Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, whose parents were King Georg of Saxony and his wife, Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal. She, in turn, was the daughter of Queen Maria II and of her second husband King Consort Ferdinand, born a Prince of of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Kohary line). Ferdinand of Coburg was a first cousin of King Leopold II of the Belgians.
Olympia is also related to the Habsburg and Wittelsbach dynasties through her father, Count Riprand. His maternal grandmother was Princess Gundelinde of Bavaria, youngest child of King Ludwig III and his wife Maria Theresa, née Austria-Este. Her mother was Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, an older sister of Archduchess Marie Henriette, consort of King Leopold II.
Furthermore, the Counts of Arco-Zinneberg are descendants of Archduchess Leopoldina (1776-1768), who in 1795 married the aged Karl Theodor, Elector of Bavaria, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1724-1799). Upon his death, Leopoldina remained living in Munich, where in November 1804 she married a Bavarian aristocrat, Count Ludwig von Arco (1773-1856). They had several children, among them Count Maximilian (1811-1885), who married Countess Leopoldina von Waldburg zu Zeil u. Trauchburg (1811-1886). They in turn were the parents of Countess Christiane von Arco-Zinneberg (1852-1923), who in 1878 married Count Konrad von Preysing-Lichtenegg-Moos (1843-1903). Their third son was Count Johann-Georg (1887-1924), who in 1919 married as his second wife (his first wife Countess Anna von Lerchfeld died in 1916) Princess Gundelinde of Bavaria. Their youngest child, Countess Maria-Theresia’s second husband was Count Ulrich-Philipp von Arco-Zinneberg. Their son Riprand is the father of Countess Olympia.
Count Riprand also descends from Archduchess Leopoldina through his father, Count Ulrich-Philipp (1917-1980). He was the son of Count Joseph von Arco-Zinneberg (1881-1924) and of his wife Princess Wilhelmina of Auersperg (1884-1919), who died in childbirth. Count Joseph was the son of Count Ludwig von Arco-Zinneberg (1840-1882) and of his second wife Princess Josephine of Lobkowicz (1853-1898). Count Ludwig, an older brother of Countess Christiane, who we mentioned in the previous paragraph, was therefore a grandchild of Archduchess Leopoldina.
Her mother, Archduchess Maria Beatrix, is the daughter of Archduke Robert of Austria-Este, second son of Emperor Karl and Empress Zita, and of the former Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta, eldest daughter of the 3rd Duke of Aosta and of his wife, Princess Anne of Orléans, a sister of the Count of Paris (1908-1999).
The Savoy connection also provides a common link between Jean-Christophe and Olympia, as her grandfather, the 3rd Duke of Aosta was a grandson of Amadeo, 1st Duke of Aosta (and former King of Spain), a brother of Princess Clothilde of Savoy, mother of Prince Victor Napoléon.
One of Olympia’s cousins is Archduke Amadeo, eldest son of Archduke Lorenz and of Princess Astrid of Belgium, only daughter of King Albert II and Queen Paola. This line also connects Jean-Christophe and Olympia as Albert II was the youngest son of of Prince Philippe of Belgium, brother of King Leopold II. Another brother of Maria Beatrix is Archduke Martin, who is married to Princess Katharina of Isenburg, sister of the Dowager FĂŒrstin of Wied, the FĂŒrst of Isenburg, and Princess Sophie of Prussia, wife of Prince Georg Friedrich, Head of the House of Hohenzollern.
Existen otros muchos vĂnculos entre Jean-Christophe y Olympia. Al menos los que hemos enumerado deberĂan hacer comprender al lector que se trata simplemente de una sublime y hermosa alianza entre dos jĂłvenes modernos que llevan consigo legados antiguos. Todos aquellos que sigan los acontecimientos de las familias imperiales y reales de Europa sin duda estarĂĄn deseando ver imĂĄgenes del dĂa en que esta hermosa pareja se uniĂł en matrimonio.
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