The late Princess Elmira and Prince Albert of Saxony. On 14 June, Princess Elmira of Saxony died in Munich. She was ninety-one years-old. Born on 25 December 1930 at Lodz, Poland, Elmira Carlen Henke was the daughter of textile merchant Emil Henke (1886-1957) and Lydia Müller. On 12 April 1980 at the Theatinerkirche in Munich, Elmira wed Prince Albert of…
Embed from Getty Images Today, Countess Beatrix of Schönburg-Glauchau celebrates her 90th birthday. Count Bálint Széchényi and Princess Maria Pavlovna Galitzine Beatrix’s mum: Princess Maria Pavlovna Galitzine On 30 January 1930, Countess Beatrix Maria Valeria Therese Emerica Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsövidék was born at Hegyko, Hungary. Beatrix was the fourth daughter and last child of Count Bálint Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsövidék (1893 – 1954)…
Prince Paul-Louis de Nassau signs on as an officer in the Luxembourg Army. Photo (c) EMA In the presence of his family, HRH Prince Paul-Louis de Nassau was sworn in by Mr. Bausch, Minister of Defense, as an officer of the Luxembourg army. The prince recently completed his training at the Royal Military Academy in…
The baron’s death notice in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung of 15 October 2022. Georg Heinrich and his father Hans Heinrich in St. Moritz. Photo (c) Mike Forster/ANL/Shutterstock. Georg Heinrich “Heini” Thyssen-Bornemisza passed away recently. The Swiss-born German aristocrat and businessman was seventy-two years-old. Baron Hans Heinrich Bornemisza de Kászon and Princess Teresa zur Lippe-Weißenfeld. Photo (c) Getty Images….
Alice Javal Weiller. The birth record of Alice Anna Laval, 1869. NOTE: My sincere gratitude to my dear friend Jakob Regnér, who discovered much of the information about the life story and tragic fate of Alice Javal Weiller. On 10 October 1869 at Paris, Alice Anna Javal was born as the eldest child of Louis Émile Javal (1839-1907)…
Count Jan Bernadotte af Wisborg. On 9 January 1941, Count Carl Johan “Jan” Gustaf Vilhelm Bernadotte af Wisborg was born at Stockholm. He was the son of Count Lennart Bernadotte af Wisborg (1909-2004; born Prince Lennart of Sweden) and his first wife Karin Nissvandt (1911-1991). Count Jan’s paternal grandparents were Prince Wilhelm of Sweden (1884-1965), Duke of…
The duke and duchess de Sabran.Photo (c) Getty Images / Bertrand Rindoff Petroff. Today, the 8th Duc de Sabran celebrates his eighty-fifth birthday! Born on 30 April 1937 at Villecresnes, Charles Élzéar Marie Joseph Adrien de Sabran-Pontevès was the first child of Foulques, 7th Duc de Sabran (1908-1973) and Roselyne Manca-Amat de Vallambrosa (1910-1988). Roselyne, duchesse de Sabran,…
A portrait of George, Marquess of Milford Haven. The painter and copywriter holder is Gillian Erskine-Hill. Today, the Marquis of Milford Haven celebrates his sixtieth birthday! The wedding of David, Marquis of Milford Haven, and Janet Bryce. Born on 6 June 1961 at London, George Ivar Louis Mountbatten was the eldest son of David Mountbatten,…
Embed from Getty Images Prince Sixte Henri of Bourbon-Parma has announced that today, Thursday, 26 March 2020, his sister Princess Marie-Thérèse of Bourbon-Parma passed away in Paris from the coronavirus. The princess was eighty-six years-old. Princess Marie-Thérèse of Bourbon-Parma was born on 28 July 1933 as the daughter of Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma and his wife Madeleine…
Friedrich of Württemberg with his Porsche 356 On 9 May 2018, aged fifty-six, Duke Friedrich of Württemberg was killed as the result of a motor vehicle accident at Ebenweiler. He was trying to pass a tractor trailer in his lane, and in this attempt he hit head-on a car in the opposite lane of traffic. Friedrich,…