On 10 June 1825, Princess Hildegard Luise Charlotte Theresia Friederike of Bavaria entered the world at Würzburg. The princess was the seventh child and fourth daughter of King Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786-1868) and his wife Queen Therese (1792-1854; née Saxe-Hildburghausen). Hildegard’s mother had been on a short list of royal ladies to wed Emperor…
Two royal weddings will be taking place in May 2020. Both of the brides are princesses of the blood in their respective dynasties; indeed, they are third cousins. Beatrice of York and Theodora of Greece are descendants of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819-1901), King Christian IX of Denmark (1818-1906), and King George I…
Princess Woizlawa Feodora Reuß (1918-2019; née Mecklenburg-Schwerin) HH Princess Woizlawa Feodora Reuß, born Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, passed away yesterday, 3 June, at Strittmatt, Schwarzwald, Germany. The princess was 100 years old and the eldest surviving European royal. She had suffered from a short illness. Princess Woizlawa Feodora celebrates her 100th birthday in December 2018 The…
Amaury and Pélagie at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Noto, 2021. Pélagie and Maurice, 2021. In September 2021, Prince Amaury of Bourbon-Parma and Pélagie de MacMahon attended the wedding of Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto, and Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Noto (née Lady Charlotte Lindesay-Bethune). The pair were accompanied by…
The Fürst and Fürstin of Isenburg with their son Franz Photograph (c) Sabine Brauer Photos On Saturday, 7 December, Hereditary Prince Franz of Isenburg was christened at the Katholische Pfarrgemeinde Mariae Heimsuchung in Birstein. Photograph (c) Sabine Brauer Photos Hereditary Prince Franz Salvator Ferdinand Bonifatius Wilhelm Maria of Isenburg was born at Munich on 8 August…
Embed from Getty Images Prince Konstantin of Bavaria and his wife Princess Deniz are expecting their first child, as has been reported in Bunte. Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Konstantin of Bavaria and Deniz Kaya celebrated their religious marriage on 1 September 2018 at St Moritz, Switzerland. Prince Konstantin of Bavaria…
On Saturday, 30 July 2022, Hereditary Prince Pál-Antal Esterházy von Galántha and Franziska von Reutter celebrated their religious marriage. Born in 1986, Hereditary Prince Pál-Antal Esterházy von Galántha is the only child of Fürst Anton Esterházy von Galántha (b.1936) and Ursula Koenig (b.1941). Born in 1989, Franziska von Reutter is the daughter of Georg von Reutter…
HH Prince Felix of Denmark Photograph (c) Steen Brogaard Today Prince Felix of Denmark celebrates his seventeenth birthday. Felix was born at Copenhagen on 22 July 2002 as the second son of Prince Joachim of Denmark and his first wife Princess Alexandra (née Manley), who had married in 1995. Prince Felix joined an elder brother,…
The Marquis and Marquise de Castelbajac, 2017.Photograph (c) Patrick Kovarik. On 17 July 2021, Marquis Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Pauline de Drouas were religiously married at the Chapelle Saint-Roch de Vidaillan, Loubersan, Gers. The Marquis and Marquise de Castelbajac civilly married in September 2019. Born in 1949, Jean-Charles is the son of Marquis Jean-Louis de…
Prince Davit and Princess Irina Bagration-Mukhransky of Georgia. Sometime during 2020, Prince David Bagration-Mukhransky (b.1976) married Irina Begashvili. Today, the Facebook page of the Georgian Royal Family wishing its followers a Happy New Year; it referred to “Crown Prince David of Georgia” and “Irina, Crown Princess of Georgia.” Naturally, the message did not mention when…