Mm, it's very important to me to point out primarily on behalf of German collectors that these variant princess ponies were not the only princesses Germany had: they appear to have had the first set at least the same as the rest of us. But they also had these gals.

Most all the information I have on these ponies is second hand. I don't know why Germany had a completely seperate range of Princesses alongside the originals, but from what I've been told and a few pictures I've seen, they had their own wands and damsel hats too.  Though it's hard to be absolutely sure on their correct names without the MIP evidence, it has been suggested to me that their names are actually as follows:

My thanks go to Ashlyne for this information!
I know that there is also a variant for Princess Amber/Starburst but I have no images. If you have a picture of her please please please donate it to the page!!!
Thanks to dbh02 for the picture of Alternate Princess Amethyst. Also to JLM for Sapphire and Aquamarine and Ashlyne for Amber.
 Alt Princess Ruby (Aka Blondie, hehehe) and Pearl are from my collection.