Princess Michael of Kent Trauttmansdorff and Nostitz family. Princess Michael of Kent Princess Michael of Kent (born Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz; 15 January 1945) is a member of the British Royal Family of German, Austrian and Hungarian descent. She is married to Prince Michael of Kent, a grandson of King George V. Princess Michael was an interior designer before becoming an author; she has written several books on European royalty (mostly her cousins). She also undertakes lecture tours as well as supporting her husband in his public duties. Marie Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz was born on 15 January 1945 in
USS Princess Matoika "Princess Matoika". Sources disagree about the identity of the ship's namesake, who is often reported as either a member of the Philippine Royal Family, or a Japanese princess. Putnam, however, provides another answer: one of the given names of Pocahontas was "Matoaka", which was sometimes spelled "Matoika". The newly renamed ship was taken to Olongapo City, north of Manila and placed in the drydock "Dewey" at Subic Bay where temporary repairs were made. She then made her way to San Francisco, and eventually to the east coast. "Princess Matoika" was the last ex-German ship to be commissioned. Placed under the