Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria (1942-2021), Former Head of the Grand Ducal Tuscan Habsburgs

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,…

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The Chaumet Lacis Tiara for the Russian Imperial Wedding in October!

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…

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100 Years Since the Marriage of Prince René of Bourbon-Parma and Princess Margrethe of Denmark

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…

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A nice review of DEATH OF A ROMANOV PRINCE

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…

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The Sixtieth Birthday of the Duc de Broglie

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…

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