Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria (1942-2021), Former Head of the Grand Ducal Tuscan Habsburgs

A portrait of Archduke Leopold Franz. According to his son Archduke Sigismund, Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria, former titular Grand Duke of Tuscany, died in June 2021. Leopold Franz was seventy-eight years-old. He is survived by his two sons, Sigismund and Guntram, as well as by five grandchildren. Archduchess Dorothea and Archduke Gottfried of Austria,…

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Congratulations, Sir: The 70th Birthday of Prince D. Antônio of Orléans and Braganza

A young Prince Antonio of Orléans and BragançaPhotograph (c) Casa Imperial do Brasil Today, Prince Antônio of Orléans and Bragança celebrates his seventieth birthday! Earlier this year, the prince was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, from which he has thankfully recovered. Surely,  after all that, this birthday will be especially celebrated (both near and far)…

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The Twenty-Fourth Wedding Anniversary of the Duke and Duchess of Bragança

On 13 May 1995, Dom Duarte Pio João Miguel Gabriel Rafael de Bragança (b.1945), the Head of the Royal House of Portugal, married Dona Isabel Inês Castro Curvello de Herédia (b.1966). Duarte was the son of Dom Duarte Nuño (1907-1976), Duke of Bragança, and Princess Maria Francisca of Orléans-Bragança (1914-1968); Isabel was the daughter of Dom Jorge de Herédia and…

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The Funeral of Countess Beatrix of Schönburg-Glauchau

Photo (c) Sabine Brauer of Brauer Photos.  Yesterday, 6 October, Countess Beatrix of Schönburg-Glauchau was buried at the Nordfriedhof in Munich, Bavaria. Aged, ninety-one, Beatrix died at hospital in Regensburg on 30 September.  Countess Irina, Count Alexander, Princess Gloria, and Count Carl-Alban at the funeral of their mother. Photo (c) Sabine Brauer of Brauer Photos. The funeral of…

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Norwegian Author Ari Behn, Ex-Husband Of Princess Märtha Louise, Dies Aged 47

Ari Mikael Behn, the former husband of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, has passed away today, 25 December 2019, at Lommedalen. The cause of death was suicide. An artist and author, Mr Behn was forty-seven years-old. Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’N-yn10k5Sy16qhixn4b9aw’,sig:’Ji3Q2xr_5NX1pYK_pseiyk3x66tkvkqtHUaX01IhjyU=’,w:’326px’,h:’594px’,items:’157131099′,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:’zQx6VI41R8JQNZckKV7idw’,sig:’AZ6ell7sdgkpwpOi4_a4xKAg6z3kWzd6MA-EU4BpcvI=’,w:’397px’,h:’594px’,items:’115132066′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Ari was…

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The Rudy Wedding Anniversary of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry

  The Duke and Duchess. Today, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary. Richard and Elizabeth with their three eldest children, 1993.Photo (c) Alamy. On 31 October 1981, Richard Montagu-Douglas-Scott, then Earl of Dalkeith, married Lady Elizabeth Kerr. The groom was the eldest child and son of the Duke and Duchess…

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