Constantin, Katy, and their son Félix on the occasion of their marriage. Prince Constantin and Princess Kathryn de Nassau welcomed the birth of their second child and first daughter, Princess Cosima, on 13 May 2022. Cosima joins older brother Prince Félix (b.2018). Prince Constantin de Nassau and Princess Kathryn (née Mechie) married in 2020. Prince Constantin…
Princess Marie-Cécile, 1992. Today Princess Marie-Cécile of Prussia celebrates her eightieth birthday! Prince Louis Ferdinand and Princess Kira of Prussia with their children. Born on 28 May 1942 at Cadinen, Germany, Princess Marie-Cécile Kira Viktoria Luise of Prussia was the first daughter and third child of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1907-1994) and Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of…
Princess Joana and Prince Heinrich of Croÿ.Photograph (c) Jornal de Mafra. The couple during the religious ceremony at the Palácio de Mafra.Photograph (c) Jornal de Mafra. On Saturday, 19 June 2021, Prince Heinrich of Croÿ and Maria Joana de Spínola Moreira de Sotto-Mayor were married at Basilica at the Palace of Mafra in Portugal. The groom…
Today the Prince and Princess of Vidin celebrate their silver wedding anniversary. Queen Mother Giovanna of the Bulgarians with her grandson Crown Prince Kardam Doña María Zurita de Borbón, Don Carlos Zurita y Delgado, Infanta Margarita of Spain, Don Alfonso Zurita de Borbón Princess Clotilde d’Orléans and Monsieur Edouard Crépy The Prince of Asturias and Queen…
Death notice of Leo Habsburg, Archduke of Austria. On Monday, 3 February 2020, Archduke Leo Stefan of Austria died at Lochen am See, Austria. He was ninety-one years-old. Leo Stefan was buried on Saturday, 8 February 2020, at the Pfarrkirche Lochen am See. The archduke belonged to the Teschen line of the Austrian imperial family. Archduke Leo…
Princess Charles de Ligne, Madame Bertrand de la Haye Jousselin and Princess Armand d’Arenberg at a Parisian ball, 1950.Photo (c) Robert Doisneau. On 1 August, Princess Gabrielle d’Arenbeg died at her home in Paris. She was 101 years-old. Born on 8 September 1920 at Biarritz, Gabrielle Marie de Lambertye-Gerbéviller was the eldest daughter of Charles de Lambertye-Gerbéviller, marquis de…
For whatever reason, it seems relatively rare that people are born on 25 December. When one takes a look at the Gotha, there is an even smaller number of individuals who arrived on Christmas Day. Currently, there are only four princes and one princess who share this unique distinction: the eldest was born in 1934,…
Today, HSH Prince Volkwin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont celebrates his eightieth birthday. Princess Helene and her brother Prince Georg Wilhelm zu Waldeck und Pyrmont Prince Volkwin Georg Ludwig zu Waldeck und Pyrmont was born at Braunschweig on 20 September 1940. The prince was the fourth child and third son of Prince Georg Wilhelm zu Waldeck…
Grand Duchess Adelheid of Luxembourg. On 25 December 1833, Princess Adelheid of Anhalt was born at Dessau to Prince Friedrich August of Anhalt and his wife Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel. In 1851, Adelheid became the second wife of Duke Adolphe of Nassau, who became the Grand Duke of Luxembourg in 1890. The widowed Dowager Grand Duchess…
The engaged couple. Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto, and Lady Charlotte Diana Lindesay-Bethune will marry in Palermo on 25 September 2021. Their union will take place ninety years after the 1931 nuptials of the Count and Countess of Paris, the groom’s great-grandparents, and in the same location. Jaime and Charlotte’s engagement was…