Princess Angela of Liechtenstein (3 February 1958) is the wife of Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein. Princess Angela and her son, Prince Alfons (b. London, 18 May 2001), are the highest ranked black members of a reigning European dynasty.
Early life
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. After having finished primary school and high school in New York, Brown studied fashion at Parsons The New School for Design, where she was awarded the Oscar de la Renta Gold Thimble Award. She worked for a fashion designer in New York and started her own label (A. Brown), but sold her practice after three years. She then worked for Adrienne Vittadini, an U.S. fashion designer, where she was a fashion director until September 1999.