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

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, and became co-owner and designer of the London-based stationery brand Pemberly Fox. In 2017, she married

Lord Max Percy Lord Max Ralph Percy (born 26 May 1990) is a British aristocrat, investment analyst and landowner. He is the younger son of Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland. Early life and family Percy was born on 26 May 1990 to the then Lord Ralph Pe ...

, the youngest son of

Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland Ralph George Algernon Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland, (born 16 November 1956), styled Lord Ralph Percy until 1995, is a British hereditary peer and rural landowner and current head of the House of Percy. Biography Ralph Percy was born th ...

Early life and family

Princess Nora of Oettingen-Spielberg was born in

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, Florida on 10 June 1990 to Albrecht Ernst Otto Joseph Maria Notgera, 11th Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg and Angela Jank. Her father is the joint head of the Houses of

Oettingen-Oettingen The House of Oettingen was a high-rank noble Franconian and Swabian family. It ruled various estates that composed the County of Oettingen between the 12th century and the beginning of the 19th century. In 1674 the house was raised to the rank of p ...

and

Oettingen-Spielberg The House of Oettingen was a high-rank noble Franconian and Swabian family. It ruled various estates that composed the County of Oettingen between the 12th century and the beginning of the 19th century. In 1674 the house was raised to the rank of p ...

, formerly sovereign German principalities that were

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in 1806 to the

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. 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

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's College of Art.

Career

In 2013 Oettingen-Spielberg started a stationery business based in Germany, designing for her brother, Franz Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Oettingen-Spielberg. In 2014 she began working with printing houses in Germany and the United Kingdom. In January 2015 she launched her own stationary company, Tusche London, from a basement apartment in

. 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.

Personal life

In March 2017 Oettingen-Spielberg became engaged to Lord Max Ralph Percy, the youngest son of the 12th Duke of Northumberland. They married on 15 July 2017 at the Chapel of the Assumption of Mary at

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. 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. Oettingen-Spielberg's wedding dress was put on display at an exhibit featuring weddings from three centuries at

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. The couple moved to Cape Town, South Africa in 2017. They have one child, Romy Jane Percy, who was born on 31 July 2019 in

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. In 2018, she and her husband attended the

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and

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References

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