Education
Parsons The New School for Design.
Parsons The New School for Design.
Together, they have a son, Prince Alfons (b London, 18 May 2001), who is in the line of succession to the Liechtensteiner throne. Princess Angela was born in Bocas del Toro, Panama, as Angela Gisela Brown, the daughter of Javier Francisco Brown and Silvia Maritza Burke. She is of Afro-Panamanian descent and is a fashion designer.
She is a graduate of Parsons School for Design.
In 1999 the Principality of Liechtenstein"s Information Bureau announced the forthcoming nuptials of the second son of the reigning prince, Hans Adam II, Prince Maximilian, to Angela Brown.
She is the first person of known African origin to marry a member of a reigning European dynasty, the marriage having been authorized by the monarch. While some members of the dynasty were said to be shocked and to consider the interracial marriage "the end of an era", others were said to have expressed support.