Prince Joachim of Prussia On the evening of Saturday, 17 July 1920, Prince Joachim of Prussia shot himself in the left breast while in his room at the Villa Liegnitz in Potsdam. The prince was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Sunday, 18 July, at 1:00am as a result of…
Princess Geraldine with her parents Crown Princess Elia and Crown Prince Leka.Picture courtesy of HRH Crown Princess Elia. Today, Princess Geraldine of Albania celebrates her first birthday! The princess was born at 9:30am on Thursday, 22 October 2020, at the Queen Geraldine Maternity Hospital in Tirana. Geraldine is the first child of Crown Prince…
Today, 29 January 2020, a funeral mass was held at The Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo of El Escorial for Infanta Pilar of Spain, who died on 8 January at the age of eighty-three. The service was attended by the infanta’s children, their spouses, and her grandchildren. In addition, many other family and friends were present…
Count Jan Bernadotte af Wisborg. Count Jan Bernadotte af Wisborg died on 1 September 2021. He was eighty years-old. Count Lennart Bernadotte and Karin Nissvandt, 1932. 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…
Nicholas and Alina-Maria with Maria-Alexandra and Michael. Michael of Romania, the only son of Nicholas and Alina-Maria of Romania, will be baptised at the Coronation Cathedral on 18 June at the Coronation Cathedral in Alba Iulia. Announcement from Prince Nicholas of Romania. Michael of Romania was born on 15 April 2022 at Bucharest. He is…
To their new homes off they go! After a delivery delay that nearly drove us crazy, the bulk of the printed copies of The Grand Ducal House of Hesse were delivered yesterday at 630pm,! Immediately, we got to work unloading the massive pallets containing 3000lbs worth of books! Once the truck was unloaded, Arturo Beéche…
Today HSH Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein celebrates his fiftieth birthday. The prince was born on 16 May 1969 at St Gallen, Switzerland, and named Maximilian Nikolaus Maria; he is the second son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein (b.1945) and Countess Marie Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (b.1940), who married in 1967. Maximilian followed elder brother Hereditary Prince…
Prince Dom Antônio of Orleans and Bragança Photograph (c) Casa Imperial do Brasil Almost two weeks ago, it was announced that Prince Dom Antônio, second in line to the headship of the Imperial House of Brazil, had contracted the novel coronavirus. Today his family has informed the public that Prince Antônio of Orleans and Bragança’s…
Crown Prince Leka and Crown Princess Elia of the Albanians have released several wonderful photographs of the new parents with their daughter Princess Geraldine. Enjoy!
On 21 January 1952, Nicholas Romanovich Romanoff (1922-2014) married Countess Sveva della Gherardesca (b.1930) at the Russian Cathedral in Cannes. Nicholas was the eldest son of Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia (1896-1978) and his wife Countess Prascovia Dmitrievna Cheremeteva (1901-1980), who wed in 1921. Sveva was the daughter of Count Walfredo della Gherardesca (1894-1953) and Countess Nicoletta…