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(1 March 1947 - 16 June 1977) (his death) (3 children)
During his stay at Fort Bliss, von Braun mailed a marriage proposal to 18-year-old German heiress Maria Luise von Quistorp (born June 10, 1928), his cousin on his mother's side. On March 1, 1947, having received permission to go back to Germany and return with his bride, he married her in a Lutheran church in Landshut, Germany. He and his bride, as well as his father and mother, returned to New York on March 26, 1947.
On December 9, 1948, the von Brauns' first daughter, Iris Careen, was born at Fort Bliss Army Hospital. The von Brauns had two more children, Margrit Cécile in 1952 and Peter Constantine in 1960. On April 15, 1955, von Braun became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
