To purchase: http://www.eurohistory.com “Royal Collections IV. The Grand Ducal House of Hesse” by Arturo E. Béeche and Ilana D Miller. (Eurohistory.com), 324 pages, illustrated throughout. The Grand Ducal House of Hesse is among the most important of all the German dynasties, providing links to just about every other ruling family in…
Sárolta Wutholen in 2015. On 2 November 2020, Sárolta von Habsburg-Lothringen Wutholen died at the age of eighty in Switzerland. Archduke Albrecht of Austria and Katalin Bocskay de Felsö-Bánya on their wedding day. Born at Budapest on 3 March 1940, Sárolta (Charlotte) Isabella Mária Krisztine Eszter Katalin Pia von Habsburg, was the first child of…
HH Princess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia Princess Vera Her Highness Princess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia was born on 11 April (Old Style) / 24 April (New Style) 1906 at Pavlovsk Palace. Vera was a great-granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. The princess was named after her paternal aunt Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna (1854-1912),…
David Flint Wood and India Hicks. The engagement between India Amanda Caroline Hicks and David Flint Wood, both of Harbour Island, Bahamas, has been announced in The Telegraph. The wedding of Lady Pamela Mountbatten and Mr David Hicks, 1960. India Hicks is the daughter of Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Mountbatten (b.1929; daughter of Earl Mountbatten…
A Gotha Quiz: Who Am I? By Darren Shelton for the European Royal History Journal. My maternal grandfather at one time was mooted as heir to a throne he did not inherit, although in time he was to become a reigning sovereign on his brother’s death. I was born to a well-known mother who was…
The Duke and Duchess de Noailles, 2019.Photo (c) Friends of the Domaine de Chantilly. On 21 October 2022 at Paris, Hélie de Noailles, Duc de Noailles, married Madame Joëlle Chapelon.Born on 16 July 1943 at Boulogne-Billancourt, Hélie Marie Auguste Jacques Bertrand Philippe de Noailles was the only child of François de Noailles, Duc de Noailles,…
Louis and Scarlett-Lauren.Photograph (c) Grand Ducal Court. Today, Prince Louis of Luxembourg and Mademoiselle Scarlett-Lauren Sirgue announced in an interview with Point de Vue that their engagement has been cancelled, but that they remain friends. They noted that they had realised they had differences of opinions which made it best for them to end their romantic relationship. On…
Prince Eduard of Anhalt, 2020. Photo (c) Getty Images / Picture Alliance. Today, Prince Eduard of Anhalt celebrates his eightieth birthday! The baptism of Prince Eduard of Anhalt, who is held by his mother Duchess Edda. The prince’s father Duke Joachim Ernst stands behind his wife and young son. Photo (c) Bernd Mandel. Born at…
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