The prince’s father shared the news that the happy couple recently got engaged during a family trip to Japan
Johannes Oettingen-Wallerstein and Luisa Textor share engagement news.Credit : Carl-Eugen Oettingen-Wallerstein/Instagram
Prince Johannes Oettingen-Wallerstein of Germany, heir to one of the country’s most prominent aristocratic houses, is engaged.
Johannes’ father, Prince Carl-Eugen Oettingen-Wallerstein, announced the happy news on Instagram on Nov. 16, sharing a photo of his son with his new fiancée, Luisa Textor, showing off her triple-sapphire engagement ring as the two smiled.
“And suddenly she said yes,” Carl-Eugen captioned the happy photo, in a translation from German. “Our son @luisatxt and @johannesow got engaged in Kyoto .”
“We are so happy for these two – for their courage, their common ‘yes,’ and for all that lies ahead of them,” he continued. “From the bottom of my heart, I wish you all the best. May life hold what you promise – and maybe even a little more.”
Prince Johannes Oettingen-Wallerstein and Luisa Textor smile in an engagement photo posted on Nov. 16, 2025.Carl-Eugen Oettingen-Wallerstein/Instagram
Johannes, 27, and Luisa, 25, looked thrilled to share their happy news on the prince’s social media page, though their own personal pages are private.
The couple was in Japan on a family trip, celebrating the wedding of Prince Peter of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, Johannes’ maternal uncle, who married Yurina Hattori-Roche in a Shinto ceremony after previously tying the knot at Schloss Sayn in October.
Prince Carl-Eugen was married to Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn from 1994 to 2006. They share two children, Johannes and his older sister, Princess Helena, 30.
Johannes has three half-siblings: an 11-year-old half-brother, Prince Eugen, from his father’s second marriage to Antje Hermann, and a half-sister and half-brother, Countess Elisabetta and Count Lászlo, from his mother’s second marriage to Count Stefano Hunyady de Kéthely.
His grandfather, Moritz, Prince of Oettingen-Wallerstein, is the current Head of the House, which originated in Franconia and Swabia in the 12th century.
Noble titles in Germany were officially abolished in 1919. However, the Oettingen-Wallerstein family, like many other aristocratic families, made the titles part of their surname, allowing them to be passed down among family members and used to this day as symbols of status and prestige.
