| Kelly Prinzessin von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha | |
| Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duchess of Saxony | |
| Issue: | Katharina Philipp Madeleine |
| Full Name: | Kelly Jeanne Prinzessin von Saxe-Coburg und Gotha |
| House: | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (by marriage) |
| Father: | Christian Robert Rondestvedt |
| Mother: | Cheryl Ann Forbes |
| Birth Name: | Kelly Jeanne Rondestvedt |
| Birth Date: | 10 January 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Investment banker |
Kelly Jeanne Prinzessin von Saxe-Coburg und Gotha (born January 10, 1975), born Kelly Jeanne Rondestvedt, is an American investment banker. She is married to Hubertus, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the heir apparent to the defunct House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Kelly Jeanne Rondestvedt was born on January 10, 1975, in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida. Her father, Christian Robert Rondestvedt (b. 1950/1951, Massachusetts), is a retired Captain-Pilot in the United States Navy and her mother, Cheryl Ann Rondestvedt née Forbes (b. 6 February 1951, San Diego, California), is a former middle school teacher.[1] [2] She has two younger brothers, Christian and James. She is of Norwegian, English, Scottish, German and French descent.[3] When she was a child, Rondestvedt's family moved to Kings County, California.[4]
She graduated as a salutatorian from Lemoore Union High School in 1993.[5] [4]
Rondestvedt attended the University of California, Los Angeles, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in 1997. After graduating, she began working as an investment banker[6] for PricewaterhouseCoopers in San Diego.[1] She became a California certified public accountant on 6 August 2000.[7] In 2002 she graduated with a Master's Degree in Business Administration from UCLA's Anderson School of Management.[8] [9] In 2007 she began working as an associate for Morgan Stanley[10] before being promoted to vice president.[4]
Rondestvedt met Hubertus, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, at a restaurant in New York in 2007.[11] [12] They were married in a civil ceremony at Callenberg Castle, Coburg, on May 21, 2009[13] and again in a Lutheran ceremony at St. Moritz Church in Coburg, Bavaria, on May 23, 2009.[14] [15] There were over 400 wedding guests and 3000 spectators, including King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, Lord Nicholas Windsor, Lady Nicholas Windsor, Simeon II of Bulgaria, and Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este.[16] [1] [11] [17] The couple have three children: Katharina Victoria Elizabeth Cheryl (born April 30, 2014, in Coburg), Philipp Hubertus Andreas Christian (born July 15, 2015, in Munich), and Madeleine Aurelia Viktoria Carin (born February 22, 2017, in Munich).