Princess Tatiana Petrovna Galitzine (born 16 August 1984) is an American-born architectural designer and UNICEF activist.
| Princess Tatiana | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 August 1984 Santa Clara, California, United States |
| Spouse | Guillermo Sierra y Uribe |
| House | Golitsyn |
| Father | Prince Peter Galitzine |
| Mother | Maria-Anna von Habsburg |
Biography
editPrincess Tatiana was born on 16 August 1984 in Santa Clara, California. She is the second of six children of Prince Peter Galitzine and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria.[1][2] She is a member of the House of Golitsyn, a Russian noble family with Lithuanian ancestry. Her mother, the daughter of Archduke Rudolf of Austria and Countess Xenia Czernichev-Besobrasov, is a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.[1] Princess Tatiana is a great-granddaughter of Charles I and Zita of Bourbon-Parma, the last Emperor and Empress of Austria.[3][1] She was an older sister of Princess Maria Galitzine.[4]
She grew up in Luxembourg, Russia, and the United States and earned degrees in architecture and engineering from the Technical University of Munich.[5] In 2011, she visited Austria to attend the funeral of her granduncle Otto von Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria.[2] She moved from San Francisco, where she was working for Andrew Skurman Architects, to Houston to work at the architectural firm Gensler.[3][1][2] In 2017, she founded her own company, Tatiermo Design Firm.[3] She and her husband are board members of UNICEF's Houston Regional Office.[5][6]
Princess Tatiana married Guillermo Sierra y Uribe, a Mexican-American investment banker, on 29 April 2017 in a Russian Orthodox ceremony at the Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola Vizcaínas in Mexico City.[3][1] The wedding was attended by Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Princess Theresa of Liechtenstein, and Simeon von Habsburg.[1] They live in Houston.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Houston's Own Royal Princess Gets Married in a Dreamy Mexico City Wedding: Engaged After Just Six Weeks, Couple Enjoys a Fairytale Day". PaperCity Magazine. February 12, 2018.
- ^ a b c "The Royal Among Us: A Real-Life Princess Quietly Lives a Glamorous Life in Houston — No Wild-Child Antics Allowed". PaperCity Magazine. June 8, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Cowen, Diane (February 13, 2018). "A wedding fit for a princess -- Houston's princess, that is". Houston Chronicle.
- ^ Reed, Anika. "Austrian Princess Maria Galitzine dies at 31 from sudden cardiac aneurysm". USA TODAY.
- ^ a b Cowen, Diane (6 March 2018). "Houston's princess and her husband live quietly in Houston, surrounded by art and charitable causes". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Houston Regional Board". UNICEF USA. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Houston's princess and her husband live quietly in Houston, surrounded by art and charitable causes". HoustonChronicle.com. February 28, 2018.