The Prescient Interview Given by Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia in 1905 About Bloody Sunday

At the end of January 1905, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia granted a rare interview to a foreign reporter about the situation in Russia. The uncle of Tsar Nicholas II, fifty-seven year-old Grand Duke Vladimir, the Military Governor of Saint Petersburg, spoke candidly about the events of 22 January 1905 (O.S. 9 January), which…

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The 75th Birthday of Prince Philipp of Liechtenstein

Prince Philipp and Princess Isabelle of Liechtenstein, 2016.Photo (c) Seth B. Leonard Today, Prince Philipp of Liechtenstein celebrates his seventy-fifth birthday!   Franz Joseph and Gina of Liechtenstein with their five children.Prince Philipp is on the right in the back. Born on 19 August 1946 at Zürich, Prince Philipp Erasmus Alois Ferdinand Maria Sebaldus of…

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Baron Georg Heinrich “Heini” Thyssen-Bornemisza (1950-2022)

The baron’s death notice in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung of 15 October 2022. Georg Heinrich and his father Hans Heinrich in St. Moritz.  Photo (c) Mike Forster/ANL/Shutterstock. Georg Heinrich “Heini” Thyssen-Bornemisza passed away recently. The Swiss-born German aristocrat and businessman was seventy-two years-old. Baron Hans Heinrich Bornemisza de Kászon and Princess Teresa zur Lippe-Weißenfeld. Photo (c) Getty Images….

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