The great-great-granddaughter of the first chancellor of the German Empire, Vanessa von Bismarck wed 35-year-old Maximilian Weiner on Saturday
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Prince Constantijn and his wife, Princess Laurentien, were guests at the religious ceremony, held in Germany
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30 MAY 2005

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Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands were among the illustrious guests who saw socialite Vanessa von Bismarck wed 35-year-old investor Maximilian Weiner in Aumuhle, Germany, on Saturday.

The 34-year-old bride tied the knot at the Bismarck Mausoleum, where her great-great-grandfather Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schonhausen – the first chancellor of the German Empire – is buried. The weekend religious ceremony, for which Vanessa wore a lace gown and sparkling tiara, followed a low-key civil wedding held in Aumuhle on Thursday.

Also among the guests were Vanessa's father, real estate developer Ferdinand von Bismarck, and Princess Lilly zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, who is due to give birth this summer, with her husband, Lambros Milona.

Vanessa, who graduated from London's European Business School with a degree in Marketing and International Business Administration, is a partner in Bismarck Phillips Communications, a PR company whose clients include Louis Vuitton, Stella McCartney and Hugo Boss.

The groom, the son of an antiques dealer mum and finiancial consultant father, is a graduate of the University of Bristol and is a partner in two Brussels-based firms.

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