Queen Frederica of Greece in mourning for her husband King Paul. Queen Frederica of Greece.Photograph (c) Getty Images / Evening Standard. Queen Frederica of Greece. Queen Frederica of Greece. On 6 February 1981 at 11:30pm, Queen Frederica of Greece died at Madrid after suffering heart failure following eyelid surgery. She was sixty-three years-old. The…
The Prince of Wales with his first cousin once removed Lady Mary Cecilia Colman, 2002. Photograph (c) Getty Images/PA Images. Lady Mary Cecilia Colman died on Saturday, 2 January 2021 at the age of eighty-eight. She was a maternal first cousin of HM The Queen. Born on 30 January 1932, Mary Cecilia Bowes-Lyon was…
Photograph © Cour grand-ducale / Marion Dessard Photograph © Cour grand-ducale / Marion Dessard The Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg has revealed that Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume (b.1981) and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie (b.1984; née Countess of Lannoy) are expecting their first child in May 2020. The couple married in October 2012. This happy news…
Princess Geraldine of Albania, held by her father Crown Prince Leka, in front of a picture of her great-grandmother Queen Geraldine of Albania.Photograph (c) Alamy/David Niviere. Crown Prince Leka of Albania and his wife Crown Princess Elia welcomed the birth of their first child Princess Geraldine on 22 October 2020. The infant princess is the…
Princess Patrícia and Prince Pedro Carlos. On 9 October 2021, Prince Pedro Carlos of Orleans-Braganza and his wife Princess Patrícia (née Alvim Rodrigues) celebrated their religious marriage at Petrópolis. The couple were civilly married on 1 September 2018. Prince Pedro Carlos (b.1945) is the son of Prince Pedro Gastão of Orleans-Braganza and his wife Princess…
Earlier this week, Prince Nicholas zu Leiningen proposed to his girlfriend Stephanie Paukner while the couple were on holiday in Puerto Rico. The proposal was met with a yes! Born on 25 October 1991 at Philadelphia, Prince Nicholas “Nick” Alexander Karel Friedrich zu Leiningen is the only child of Prince Boris zu Leiningen (b.1960)…
King Michael. In the Museo Pietro Canonica at the Villa Borghese in Rome, there are two sculptures of a mother and a son, a queen mother and a king. Both likenesses were created in marble by Italian artist Pietro Canonica (1869-1959). The sculptures depict King Michael I of Romania and his beloved mother Queen Helen of…
A Gotha Quiz: Who Am I? By Darren Shelton for the European Royal History Journal. Upon my birth, I was the product of an interesting and varied family tree. My bloodline teamed with the bluest of blood from the best of reigning families, to a sprinkling of a more “wild and romantic variety” from…
HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Following Friday’s announcement from Buckingham Palace about the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, the royal houses of Europe have joined together in sending their condolences to The Queen and the British Royal Family. You can find a selection of these messages below. +++++++ Albania Crown Prince Leka…
Prince Alexander of Saxe-Coburg and GothaPhotograph (c) Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Today, Prince Alexander of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha celebrates his forty-second birthday. Prince Andreas and Princess Carin with their children Stephanie, Hubertus, and Alexander HH Prince Alexander Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born at Coburg on 4 May 1977 as the second…