| Princess Nora | |||||
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| Lady Max Percy | |||||
| Born | 10 June 1990 West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Romy Jane Percy | ||||
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| House | Oettingen-Spielberg (by birth) Percy (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Albrecht Ernst, 11th Prince of Oettingen-Spielberg | ||||
| Mother | Angela Jank | ||||
| Occupation | graphic designer, stationer | ||||
Princess Nora zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg, Lady Max Percy (Nora Amelie Claudia Christina Maria Notgera; born 10 June 1990) is an American-born German stationer and graphic designer. In 2013, she started a stationery business based in Germany and, in 2014, partnered with printing houses in Germany and the United Kingdom. In 2015, she launched Tusche London, a stationery company based in Notting Hill, and became co-owner and designer of the London-based stationery brand Pemberly Fox. In 2017, she married Lord Max Percy, the younger son of Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland.
Princess Nora of Oettingen-Spielberg was born in West Palm Beach, Florida on 10 June 1990 to Albrecht Ernst Otto Joseph Maria Notgera, 11th Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg and Angela Jank. [1] Her father is the joint head of the Houses of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg, formerly sovereign German principalities that were mediatized in 1806 to the Kingdom of Bavaria. She is a paternal niece of psychologist Princess Gabriele of Oettingen-Spielberg. She grew up in Bavaria before moving to the United Kingdom to study history of art and design at the University of Edinburgh's College of Art. [2]
In 2013 Oettingen-Spielberg started a stationery business based in Germany, designing for her brother, Franz Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Oettingen-Spielberg. [3] In 2014 she began working with printing houses in Germany and the United Kingdom. In January 2015 she launched her own stationery company, Tusche London, from a basement apartment in Notting Hill. [4] Later in 2015 she became part-owner of London-based stationery brand Pemberly Fox and works as one of their designers, launching the Nora Percy Greeting Card collection. [3] [5]
In March 2017 Oettingen-Spielberg became engaged to Lord Max Ralph Percy, the younger son of Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland. [6] They married on 15 July 2017 at the Chapel of the Assumption of Mary at Schloss Hirschbrunn. [7] [8]
The ceremony was performed in both Catholic and Anglican rites, with two Church of England priests from St Michael's Church, Alnwick assisting with the sacrament. [9] [7] Oettingen-Spielberg's wedding dress was put on display at an exhibit featuring weddings from three centuries at Schloss Oettingen. [10] The couple moved to Cape Town, South Africa in 2017. [11]
They have two children, Romy Jane Percy, who was born on 31 July 2019 in Munich [2] [12] and another daughter born December 2022. [13]
In 2018, she and her husband attended the wedding of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank. [14] [15]