The Head of the Royal House of France and the French President exchange greetings Today, 2 May, the Count and Countess of Paris received President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron of France as well as President Sergio Mattarella of Italy at the Château d’Amboise. Prince Gaston and Princess Antoinette d’Orléans accompanied their parents….
A portrait of Archduke Leopold Franz. According to his son Archduke Sigismund, Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria, former titular Grand Duke of Tuscany, died in June 2021. Leopold Franz was seventy-eight years-old. He is survived by his two sons, Sigismund and Guntram, as well as by five grandchildren. Archduchess Dorothea and Archduke Gottfried of Austria,…
The infant prince Simeon. Today, King Simeon II of the Bulgarians celebrates his eighty-fifth birthday! King Boris III and his son Crown Prince Simeon. Born on 16 June 1937, Prince Simeon of Bulgaria (later King) was the second child and only son of King Boris III of Bulgaria and Queen Giovanna (born…
THE CHAUMET LACIS TIARA FOR PRINCESS VICTORIA ROMANOVNA The Chaumet Lacis Tiara.Photograph (c) Chaumet. In news that will delight royal jewellery watchers, the future Princess Victoria Romanovna Romanoff will be wearing a magnificent tiara created by Maison Chaumet when she marries Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia. Grand Duke George is the son of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, head of…
Many thanks to my dear friend Roger Lundgren, Founder of Kungliga Magasinet, for sending me this signed photograph of Crown Prince Leka II of the Albanians and Crown Princess Elia (née Zaharia) on their wedding day. Roger was recently in Tirana to celebrate a personal occasion with the couple and their family. I was delighted to…
One hundred years ago today, on 9 June 1921, Princess Margrethe of Denmark married Prince René of Bourbon-Parma (1894-1962), one of the sons of Duke Roberto of Parma and Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal. Princess Margrethe of Denmark (1895-1992) was the only daughter of Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858-1939) and his wife Princess Marie (1865-1909; née…
Prof. Roberto Gonzalez has posted an insightful and thoroughly well-written review of Eurohistory’s latest contribution to the study of the Romanov Dynasty: Terry Boland and Arturo Beéche’s DEATH OF A ROMANOV PRINCE. Death of a Romanov Prince – Prince Oleg Konstantinovich’s Promising Life and Early Death “The coffin was lowered into the grave…… Soon there was…
Lois Evans Olson Radziwill. Over the centuries, many American women have married into European royal and noble families. One of the most unknown is Princess Lois Radziwill. Everyone knows of Caroline Lee Bouvier, who married Prince Stanislaw Radziwill in 1959. Understandably, very few are aware of Lois, who married Stanislaw’s first cousin once removed in…
The last photo of King Manuel II, 1932. On 2 July 1932, King Manuel II of Portugal died at 2pm at his home-in-exile, Fulwell Park, Twickenham. His wife Queen Victoria Auguste was at his bedside when the last Portuguese monarch passed away. A malady of the throat was the case of death for the forty-three…
The Duke of Broglie Philippe, Duc de Broglie, marks his sixtieth birthday today. Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Prince Jean and Princess Micheline de Broglie. Born at Paris on 28 September 1960, Prince Philippe-Maurice Albert Victor Amédée César de Broglie was the second son of Prince Jean de Broglie (1921-1976) and…