Peerage Record – 33046

     Marie du Bessey de Contenson was born on 20 February 2006 at Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.¹ She is the daughter of Comte Guillaume du Bessey de Contenson and Henriette Marie Caroline Prinzessin von Altenburg.¹

     Katharina Freiin Mayr von Melnhof-Saurau was born on 19 March 1974 at Vienna, Austria^G.¹ She is the daughter of Franz Freiherr Mayr von Melnhof-Saurau and Erzsébet Grófnö Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka.¹ She married Stephan Georg Prinz von Altenburg, son of Georg Adam Prinz von Altenburg and Maria Roswitha Wickl, on 6 May 2000 in a civil marriage.¹ Katharina and Stephan Georg were also married in a religious ceremony on 24 June 2000 at Frohnleiten, Steiermark, Austria^G.¹
     From 6 May 2000, her married name became von Altenburg.¹

     Maria Elisabeth Prinzessin von Altenburg was born on 24 March 2001 at Vienna, Austria^G.¹ She is the daughter of Stephan Georg Prinz von Altenburg and Katharina Freiin Mayr von Melnhof-Saurau.¹

     Theresita Prinzessin von Altenburg was born on 23 July 2003 at Vienna, Austria^G.¹ She is the daughter of Stephan Georg Prinz von Altenburg and Katharina Freiin Mayr von Melnhof-Saurau.¹

     Sir Derek William Hart Dyke, 9th Bt. was born on 4 December 1924.¹ He was the son of Sir Oliver Augustus Hart Dyke, 8th Bt. and Millicent Zoe Bond.¹ He married, firstly, Dorothy Moses on 4 September 1953.² He and Dorothy Moses were divorced in 1963.² He married, secondly, Margaret Dickson Elder on 28 March 1964.² He died in 1987.²
     He succeeded as the 9th Baronet Dyke, of Horsham, Sussex [E., 1677] on 9 July 1969.²

     Sir David William Hart Dyke, 10th Bt. was born on 5 January 1955.² He is the son of Sir Derek William Hart Dyke, 9th Bt. and Dorothy Moses.²
     He graduated from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Canada^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)² He succeeded as the 10th Baronet Dyke, of Horsham, Sussex [E., 1677] in 1987.¹ He lived in 2003 at Apt 14B, 28 King Street West, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada^G.²

     Thomas Dyke married Joane Walsh, daughter of Thomas Walsh.¹ He died on 6 April 1632.¹
     He lived at Cranbrook, Kent, England^G.¹ He had two elder son and four daughters.¹

     Thomas Walsh lived at Horsham, Sussex, England^G.¹

     Joane Walsh was the daughter of Thomas Walsh.² She married Thomas Dyke.¹ She died on 1 January 1632.¹
     Her married name became Dyke.

     Sir Thomas Dyke was the son of Thomas Dyke and Joane Walsh.² He married Catherine Bramston, daughter of Sir John Bramston, on 7 August 1639.¹ He died on 13 December 1669.¹
     He lived at Horsham, Sussex, England^G.¹ He had an elder son, a younger son and nine daughters.¹