Princess Sophie of Romania

Infobox Romanian Royalty|highness
name = Princess Sofia
title = Princess Sofia of Romania
titles = "HRH" Princess Sofia of Romania
spouse = Alain Biarneix (1998-2002)
issue = Elisabeta-Maria Biarneix
royal house =House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
father = Michael I of Romania
mother = Anne of Bourbon-Parma
date of birth =birth date and age|1957|10|29|df=yes
place of birth = flagicon|Greece Tatoi, Greece

Princess Sophie/Sophia (Sofia) of Romania was born on 28 October/29 October 1957 in Tatoi, Greece, and is the fourth daughter of King Michael I of Romania and Queen Anne. Sophie is eighth in the line of succession to the headship of the Romanian Royal Family, and is in the line of succession to the British Throne.

In Neuilly on 29 August 1998 she married Alain Michel Léonce Biarneix de Laufenborg (b. Nancy, 10 July 1957). The couple divorced in 2002. The marriage was not approved by her father. They have one daughter:
* Elisabeta-Maria Bianca Elena de Laufenborg (Biarneix) (b. Paris, 15 August 1999).

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royal name=Princess Sophie of Romania
dipstyle=Her Royal Highness
offstyle=Your Royal Highness
altstyle=Ma'am|

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1= 1. Princess Sophie of Romania
2= 2. Michael I of Romania
3= 3. Anne of Bourbon-Parma
4= 4. Carol II of Romania
5= 5. Helen of Greece and Denmark
6= 6. Prince René of Bourbon-Parma
7= 7. Princess Margaret of Denmark
8= 8. Ferdinand I of Romania
9= 9. Marie of Edinburgh
10= 10. Constantine I of Greece
11= 11. Sophia of Prussia
12= 12. Robert I, Duke of Parma
13= 13. Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal
14= 14. Prince Valdemar of Denmark
15= 15. Princess Marie of Orléans
16= 16. Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
17= 17. Infanta Antónia of Portugal
18= 18. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
19= 19. Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
20= 20. George I of Greece
21= 21. Olga Constantinovna of Russia
22= 22. Frederick III, German Emperor
23= 23. Victoria, Princess Royal
24= 24. Charles III, Duke of Parma
25= 25. Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France
26= 26. Miguel of Portugal
27= 27. Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
28= 28. Christian IX of Denmark
29= 29. Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
30= 30. Robert, Duke of Chartres
31= 31. Princess Marie-Françoise of Orléans

ee also

* Line of succession to the Romanian throne

External links

* [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/romania.html Royal House of Romania]
* [http://www.familiaregala.ro The official website of The Romanian Royal Family]
* [http://www.sophiesworkshop.com Sophie of Romania's Online Workshop]

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