| Princess Nora | |
| Lady Max Percy | |
| Full Name: | Nora Amelie Claudia Christina Maria Notgera |
| Birth Date: | 1990 6, df=y |
| Birth Place: | West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Father: | Albrecht Ernst, 11th Prince of Oettingen-Spielberg |
| Mother: | Angela Jank |
| Issue: | Romy Jane Percy |
| House: | Oettingen-Spielberg (by birth)Percy (by marriage) |
| 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 youngest 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.
In 2013 Oettingen-Spielberg started a stationery business based in Germany, designing for her brother, Franz Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Oettingen-Spielberg.[2] 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.[3] 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.[2] [4]
In March 2017 Oettingen-Spielberg became engaged to Lord Max Ralph Percy, the youngest son of the 12th Duke of Northumberland.[5] They married on 15 July 2017 at the Chapel of the Assumption of Mary at Schloss Hirschbrunn.[6] [7]
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.[8] [6] Oettingen-Spielberg's wedding dress was put on display at an exhibit featuring weddings from three centuries at Schloss Oettingen.[9] The couple moved to Cape Town, South Africa in 2017.[10]
They have one child, Romy Jane Percy, who was born on 31 July 2019 in Munich.[11] [12]
In 2018, she and her husband attended the wedding of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank.[13] [14]