The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on the occasion of their 73rd wedding anniversary, 2020. This morning (Friday, 9 April), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, died at Windsor Castle. The prince had been hospitalised for several weeks between February and March. Prince Philip was ninety-nine years-old and the husband of Queen Elizabeth II for…
Earlier this year, on March 20, Prince Eugen of Liechtenstein turned 80 years-old. His family will gather and celebrate his birthday later in June! Prince Eugen of Liechtenstein with his daughter Anna and her husband Count Alexander Kottulinsky. (Beware of using these images without permission!) Prince Eugen was born in Mährisch-Sternberg, an estate owned by…
Tino of Greece Today Prince Constantine-Alexios, the eldest son and second child of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece and Crown Princess Marie Chantal (née Miller), marks his twenty-first birthday. The prince was born at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City on 29 October 1998. “Tino” was christened into the Greek Orthodox faith at…
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Today AMAZON informed us that the page for our latest book, The Grand Ducal House of Hesse, is ready. You will be able to purchase the book on Amazon starting on August 15, 2020! https://www.amazon.com/dp/1944207082?ref=myi_title_dp The Grand Ducal House of Hesse is 336-pages long and is illustrated with well over 400 unique images that help bring…
For a great deal of his life, fashion powerhouse Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019) counted numerous European royals and nobles amongst his friends and clientele. The recently deceased creative director of Chanel was especially close to the Princely Family of Monaco. Princess Caroline of Hannover was one of Lagerfeld’s dearest supporters, having known Herr Lagerfeld since the…
Press coverage of the death of Prince François d’Orléans. On Tuesday, 11 October 1960, Prince François d’Orléans was killed in action at the Kabilye Mountains by members of the Algerian National Front. The prince, twenty-five and a second lieutenant in the Chasseurs Alpins, had returned from a leave in France just three weeks earlier. Upon…
Today His Highness Prince Nikolai celebrates his twentieth birthday. The Danish Royal Court released three news pictures of the prince. Photos © Steen Brogaard For further news and articles about Europe’s Gotha families, join Eurohistory! https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/p/subscribe-to-eurohistory.html
In November, French journalist Frederic de Natal interviewed HRH Prince Davit Bagrationi of Georgia. Monsieur de Natal, who is a dear friend, has given me permission to post the English-language translation of his interview with the Head of the Royal House of Bagrationi. Frederic de Natal primarily focuses on news relating to the royal families of the world;…
The Duke of Aosta and Deputy Minister Sergey Vershinin. Photograph (c) SMOM. On 27 July, Sergey Vershinin, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, was received by a delegation of the Order of Malta led by Ambassador Stefano Ronca, Secretary General for Foreign Affairs. The meeting took place in the Magistral Villa at Rome….