Alice von Grote

Alice Van Bergen (1877–1960) married Count Otto von Grote (1861–1942) of Schloss Varchentin in Mecklenburg in 1900. His sister, Countess Thyra von Grote, married German diplomat Martin Rücker von Jenisch, in 1905. In 1918 during World War I, Alice was among the American heiresses, including Countess Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi, who had married German or Austrian subjects and had their property confiscated by the U.S. Government. She later lived in Paris and Montreux, Switzerland.

Alice was the mother of Count Frederick von Gore (who married American Rachel Derby Smith), Countess Zia, and Countess Antoinette Julia Grote (1902–1988), who married Prince Dietrich of Wied (1901–1976), a son of William Frederick, 6th Prince of Wied and Princess Pauline of Württemberg (the elder daughter of King William II of Württemberg), in 1928. Their son was Prince Ulrich of Wied (1931–2010), who was the father of Princess Marie of Wied (b. 1973), who married Duke Friedrich of Württemberg (1961–2018), eldest son of Carl, Duke of Württemberg and heir to the House of Württemberg, in 1993