European Royal History

Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’I8aMgHQCRa9YLElTijhwDw’,sig:’JPAlDMfFeVl_AdspGhePKcg-Jw4mIA8dk3RYH4RzaSI=’,w:’396px’,h:’594px’,items:’460627380′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Alejandro Lequio García passed away today, 13 May, at the Hospital Quirón in Barcelona. Alejandro, also known as “Álex,” had been ill with cancer since 2018. He was twenty-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:’APjjcIPESRBM-DdSTVMaDw’,sig:’jljiK6Ur-b3qtotm1UEgYCSUKTpTK2yMAaxlNYXXE6s=’,w:’364px’,h:’594px’,items:’540302652′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Álex was born on 23 June 1992…

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,…

Prince Joachim of Prussia On the evening of Saturday, 17 July 1920, Prince Joachim of Prussia shot himself in the left breast while in his room at the Villa Liegnitz in Potsdam. The prince was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Sunday, 18 July, at 1:00am as a result of…

  On Sunday, 13 December, the Royal Family of Serbia commemorated the baptismal feast (Slava) of St. Andrew the First Called. Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine marked the occasion in New York with His Grace Bishop Irinej of Eastern America. The crown prince stated:  Slava is one of the most important Serbian customs,…

Prince Dom Antônio of Orleans and Bragança Photograph (c) Casa Imperial do Brasil Almost two weeks ago, it was announced that Prince Dom Antônio, second in line to the headship of the Imperial House of Brazil, had contracted the novel coronavirus. Today his family has informed the public that Prince Antônio of Orleans and Bragança’s…

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex. It has been announced that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting a baby girl. The second child and first daughter of the Sussexes will be eighth in the line of succession to the British throne. Prince Harry of Wales, later Duke of Sussex, is the second son…

Yesterday in New York City, Princess Alexandra of Greece, the eldest daughter of Prince Michael of Greece and Marina Karella, attended the 2019 New York Academy of Art’s “Take Home A Nude Art Party and Auction.” The event was held at Sotheby’s. Princess Alexandra and her husband Nicolas Mirzayantz are frequent patrons of the New…

Today, 4 February, the Justice Department in Luxembourg announced that the police had opened a preliminary investigations into credible reports of violence at Le Cour. The following statement was released by the Prosecutor’s Office: The Luxembourg prosecutor’s office has opened a preliminary investigation in the context of the statements made during the RTL Presseclub broadcast…