The 50th Birthday of Princess Marilène of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven

Princess Marilène Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’IQNXVlpISRVYUxbPH11Nww’,sig:’CL2VbsHha3PGrerWt5oz0XLVeP80iTRfW6bxSN_2KQ0=’,w:’594px’,h:’532px’,items:’486927283′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’qVIhyQmpT_Vi_1rNL-UtIg’,sig:’55b2dfANdSerOb4ISLLU8qmk1rouwY9N4XRn4OREZKs=’,w:’430px’,h:’594px’,items:’1065471628′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Today, H.H. Princess Marilène of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-van den Broek celebrates her fiftieth birthday. Groningen University The princess was born at Dieren on 4 February 1970 as Marie-Hélène (Marilène) Angela van den Broek, the younger…

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Mass at Les Invalides to Commemorate 200th Anniversary of Emperor Napoléon’s Death

The French Imperial Family. Left to right: Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Prince Charles Bonaparte, the Princess and Prince Napoléon. Photograph (c) Getty Images / Luc Castel. Left to right: Prince Jérôme Napoléon, Princess Licia Napoléon, Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Prince Charles Bonaparte, Princess Maria del Pilar Murat, Prince Joachim Murat, Princess Olympia Napoléon,…

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A Princely Birth in the French Royal House!

Princess Theresa and Prince François d’Orléans, 2014. According to Noblesse et Royautés, Prince François and Princess Theresa d’Orléans, Count and Countess of Dreux, welcomed the birth of their third child and second son in the autumn of last year. Prince Raphaël d’Orléans was born on 4 September 2021. Prince Raphaël joins older siblings Prince Philippe (b.2017)…

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The Fiftieth Birthday of Hereditary Prince Bernhard of Baden, Great-Nephew of the Duke of Edinburgh

Embed from Getty Images Today, Hereditary Prince Bernhard of Baden marks his fiftieth birthday! Margravine Valerie of Baden with her son Hereditary Prince Bernhard at his christening on 6 July 1970Photograph (c) Seeger-Presse On 27 May 1970, Prince Bernhard Max Friedrich August Gustav Ludwig Kraft of Baden was born at Schloss Salem, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was…

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The 95th Birthday of Sylviane Muselier, Half-Sister of Queen Geraldine of Albania

Sylviane in front of portraits of her sister Queen Geraldine and her brother-in-law King Zog. Today, Sylviane Girault Muselier turns ninety-five! Gladys Virginia Stewart. Born on 3 August 1927 at Mehun-sur-Yèvre, Centre-Val de Loire, Sylviane Girault was the eldest child of and Gontran Girault (1882-1964) and Gladys Virginia Stewart (1891–1947), who wed in 1926. Sylviane was joined by…

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Sister Alix of the Silent Workers of the Cross (Archduchess Marie Adelheid; 1933-2021)

Sister Alix. Photo (c) Corriere della Sera (Brescia). At 6:30am on Sunday, 10 October, Sister Alix of the Silent Workers of the Cross died at Poliambulanza after a serious illness. Sister Alix was eighty-eight years old. Born on 28 July 1933 at Schloß Persenbeug, Archduchess Marie Adelheid Theodora Antonia Bartholomea Leopolda Amalia Mathilde Markus d’Aviano Huberta Josepha…

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