doña Clothilde de Silva y González de Cándamo Announcement of the marriage between Prince Hans Heinrich XV of Pleß and Clotilde de Silva y González Article (c) Chicago Tribune (24 January 1925) Hans Heinrich and Clotilde of Pleß are married at London Article (c) The Philadelphia Inquirer (25 January 1925) On 25 January 1925 at London,…
Last week, Princess Maria da Gloria of Orleans-Bragança, Duchess of Segorbe and former Crown Princess of Yugoslavia, gave an interview to the Serbian paper Kurir. The princess was wrapping up her fourth visit to Serbia: the first was in 2005 for the sixtieth birthday of her ex-husband Crown Prince Alexander, the second was in 2017 for…
Princess Irina with her husband John, her sister Margarita, and her father King Michael of Romania on 27 October 2011.Photograph (c) Agerpres / Cristian Nestor Irina Walker, the princess formerly known as HRH Princess Irina of Romania, has been restored to her royal style and title by her sister, the Custodian of the Crown…
TRH Crown Prince Leka and Crown Princess Elia of the Albanians were recently photographed while going for a stroll in Tirana. Crown Princess Elia appears to be pregnant; however, the Albanian Royal Court has not confirmed whether the princess is with child. Crown Prince Leka of the Albanians and Crown Princess Elia (née Zaharia) married…
Prince Philip and Princess Danica of Serbia at Oplenac. Photograph courtesy of HRH Prince Philip. Prince Philip lays a wreath at the tomb of his grandfather. Photograph courtesy of HRH Prince Philip. Princess Danica puts flowers on the tomb of King Peter. Photograph courtesy of HRH Prince Philip. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary…
Prince Jean-Christophe and Princess Olympia Napoléon. Photo (c) Rowben Lantion/BFA.com. Last Saturday, 21 May, the Royal Versailles Ball was held at the Palace of Versailles. The Royal Versailles Ball celebrates the historic state visit between Queen Victoria and Emperor Napoléon III in 1855 at Versailles. The Royal Versailles Ball is held to raise money to…
The Croÿ newlyweds. On 22 May 2021, Prince Marc of Croÿ and Countess Delia de Cossé-Brissac celebrated their religious marriage at the Chateau de Brissac. One of the priests who presided over the couple’s ceremony was Father Paul Habsburg. Among the guests were the Dowager Duchess de Brissac, Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, the Duke and…
Archduchess Maria Magdalena, 2004. The death of Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria was announced on Wednesday, 18 August. According to the Romanian royal house, Maria Magdalena died in Salzburg, Austria. The archduchess was eighty-one years-old. Castle Bran’s Facebook account issued the following statement: At Bran Castle, we mourn the passing into eternity, after a…
Lady Iris Mountbatten, 1947. Photograph (c) FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images. In the summer of 1949, twenty-nine year-old Lady Iris Mountbatten gave an interview to The American Way Weekly. She discussed her hopes and dreams surrounding her decision to relocate to North America. A great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Lady Iris Mountbatten was the only child of Lord…
On 13 May 1995, Dom Duarte Pio João Miguel Gabriel Rafael de Bragança (b.1945), the Head of the Royal House of Portugal, married Dona Isabel Inês Castro Curvello de Herédia (b.1966). Duarte was the son of Dom Duarte Nuño (1907-1976), Duke of Bragança, and Princess Maria Francisca of Orléans-Bragança (1914-1968); Isabel was the daughter of Dom Jorge de Herédia and…