Turiya Hanover
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| Turiya Hanover | |
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| Princess Welf Ernst of Hanover | |
| Born | 26 November 1948 |
| Spouse | Prince Welf of Hanover (m. 1969; died 1981) |
| Issue | Princess Saskia of Hanover |
| House | Hanover (by marriage)[citation needed] |
| Father | Hans-Daniel Christians |
| Mother | Ursula Schmidt-Prange |
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Turiya Hanover, aka Wibke, Princess Welf Ernst of Hanover, née van Gunsteren (born 1948, Lübeck), is a German psychotherapist and wife of the late Prince Welf of Hanover of the House of Hanover. She has published some guided meditations.
Wibke was born as daughter of Ursula Schmidt-Prange and Dr. Hans-Daniel Christians, a physician. Her mother then married Harry van Gunsteren and the whole young family took van Gunsteren as surname, including the step-daughter Wibke.
In 1969 Wibke married Prince Welf of Hanover, a first cousin of Prince Ernst August of Hanover, the current head of the House of Guelf as well as a first cousin of Charles, Prince of Wales, the current heir to the throne of the British Commonwealth.
In 1970, they had a child, Princess Saskia of Hanover, currently known as Mrs Saskia Hooper.
In 1973 Wibke started to work as Gestalt therapist. In 1975 she and her husband Welf moved to India, having become sannyasins of Osho and taken the names Vimalkirti ("Spotless splendour") and Wibke Turiya ("Spiritual love", Sk. तुरीय 'The Fourth'). Along with their five-year-old daughter Tania Saskia they moved to Poona, India to live with Osho.
Welf died at the age of 33 at a clinic in Poona from a cerebral haemorrhage after collapsing during a morning exercise session and becoming paralysed[1]
Although there are claims that they were divorced in 1979 there was no such divorce. They were married until Prince Welf died in 1981. Currently Turiya (Wibke) Hanover lives in Byron Bay, Australia.
Turiya has produced several guided meditations.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ Wilhelm Bittorf (3 February 1981). "Ein Welfe im Nirwana: Der Tod eines deutschen Prinzen, der für Bhagwan lebte". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
- ↑ "Best Self Growth Personal Development Online Courses". Archived from the original on 31 January 2014.
Sources[edit]
- Marlene A. Eilers (1997). "Queen+Victoria%27s+descendants"+Koenig Queen Victoria's Descendants. Rosvall Royal Books. ISBN 9789163059643. Search this book on
- Record Labels from New Earth Records
- article in Der Spiegel: Ein Welfe im Nirwana: Der Tod eines deutschen Prinzen, der für Bhagwan lebte
- Allan Raymond, Monarchies of Europe, Hanover Royal Family
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