European History

  Duke Ferdinand greeting his cousins: Duke Carl, Duchess Diane, the late Duke Friedrich, and Duchess Marie (2006). Photograph (c) Presse-Foto-Seeger According to Lucas Szkopinski, Duke Ferdinand Eugen of Württemberg died today (3 November 2020), aged ninety-five. Ferdinand Eugen was a first cousin of Duke Carl of Württemberg, the Head of the Royal House, and…

“London Bridge Is Down” When HM The Queen draws her last breath, an elaborate plan that was created fifty years ago and is periodically practiced will kick into place. Operation London Bridge has been a codename referring to the plan for what will happen in the days after the death of HM The Queen. The plan was…

The Bourbon-Parma Family Welcomes a Baby Boy!   Prince Joseph and Princess Anna Louise of Bourbon-Parma on their wedding day.   On 21 January 2021, Joseph de Bourbon de Parme and his wife Anna Louise welcomed the birth of their first child, a son named Arthur.    Prince Philippe and Princess Annette of Bourbon-Parma with…

The coffin of the Duke of Aosta. Princess Silvia of Savoy, Dowager Duchess of Aosta, aided by one of her granddaughters, leaves the church following the funeral of her husband. The funeral of Prince Amedeo of Savoy, 5th Duke of Aosta, took place on Friday, 4 June, at the Basilica di San Miniato al Monte…

Today, we received the first shipment of copies of Arturo Beéche and Ilana Miller’s newest collaboration, THE GRAND DUCAL HOUSE OF HESSE! The book is 336 pages, contains over 400 beautiful photographs, and has six [ages of family trees. It promises to become the definitive English language work on the Grand Dukes of Hesse! You…

Nadejda. Today, Fürstin Nadejda von Starhemberg celebrates her sixtieth birthday! Born on 29 Jun 1961 at Köln-Lindenthal, Countess Nadejda von Abensperg und Traun was born as the daughter of Count Ernst Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun and Felicia Guepin. In September 1988, Nadejda married Fürst Georg Adam von Starhemberg (b.1961). The couple have four children, two sons…

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Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’l2JD13EGT1lxYsDKBGZFSA’,sig:’7Iox0qDZRg0FTx1AvOpfKa0QlgZVd6Jv0YyBxbrZ79s=’,w:’369px’,h:’594px’,items:’86348719′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); On 26 April 1951, Antoine de Gramont was born at Boulogne-sur-Seine as the only child of Henri de Gramont (1907-1995), eventual 13th Duke de Gramont, and Odile Sublet d’Heudincourt de Lénoncourt (1914- 1994), who had married in 1949. Armand, Duc de Gramont Élaine, Duchesse de Gramont The young Antoine’s…

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