Screenshot from MUGSHOTS.COM / Photos shown are (c) MUGSHOTS.COM On 12 January 2009, HRH Princess Marie of Romania was booked in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, on the charge of “failure to appear.” In the typical terse terms of a police report, it was noted that Marie was 5’8″ and 162 lbs with blonde hair…
Pedro Henrique and Maria Elisabeth Among royal genealogy enthusiasts, Prince Pedro Henrique of Orleans-Bragança and Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria are well-known for the large family they produced. The couple married in 1937. Between the years 1938 and 1959, Pedro Henrique and Maria Elisabeth welcomed thirteen children, including one set of twins. Death certificate of…
Princess Laure with her dog on the shores of Lake Geneva. Louis and Alix with their children (left to right) Catherine, Laure, Jérôme, and Charles. Today, Princess Laure Napoléon celebrates her seventieth birthday! The Prince and Princess Napoléon with their four children, 1969. Born on 8 October 1952 at Paris, Princess Laure Clémentine Geneviève Napoléon…
HRH The Margrave of Meißen has informed us of the death of his aunt Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, last surviving child of the late Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meißen, and of his late wife the former Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn und Taxis.
HIH Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia. Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna with Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna at the baby’s baptism. The charm bracelet created by Grand Duke Vladimir and Grand Duchess Leonida to celebrate their daughter Grand Duchess Maria’s birth. The Little Heiress. On 23 December 1953, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia was born…
Princess Cécile of Bourbon-Parma On 12 April 1935, Princess Cécile Marie Antoinette Madeleine Jeanne Agnès Françoise of Bourbon-Parma was born at Paris. The princess was the fourth child and third daughter of Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma and Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset. Cécile joined two older sisters and an older brother: Françoise (b.1928), Carlos Hugo (1930-2010), and…
Queen Mother Helen of Romania and Princess Margrethe of Bourbon-Parma in later life. Queen Mother Helen of Romania and Princess Margrethe of Bourbon-Parma were first cousins once removed. Both Helen and Margrethe were descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark (1818-1906) and his wife Queen Luise (1817-1898; née Hesse-Kassel). Helen and Margrethe’s children would later form a fantastic dynastic…
According to ¡Hola!, Don Francisco de Borbón, only son of the Duke of Seville, has reportedly become engaged to Kasia Al-Thani. Kasia Al-Thani (b.1976) was the third wife of Sheikh Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al-Thani (b.1948), whom she married in 2004 at Paris. Abdelaziz, first son of Emir Khalifa bin Hamad Al-Thani of Qatar…
On This Day In History: The Marriage of Prince Louis of Bourbon-Parma & Princess Maria of Savoy On 23 January 1939, Prince Louis (Luigi) of Bourbon-Parma and Princess Maria of Savoy were married at the Pauline Chapel at Quirinale Palace in Rome. The royal Court Chaplain Monsignore Giuseppe Beccaria celebrated the nuptial mass. After their…
Prince Andrew at his home in 2015.Photo (c) Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images / San Francisco Chronicle. On 28 November 2021, Andrew Andreevich Romanoff, Prince Romanovsky, died at the age of ninety-eight. Andrew was the longest-lived male-line descendant of the Romanov dynasty. He was the last surviving great-nephew of the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II….