European Royal History

On 23 May 2010, Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna died at La Paz Hospital in Madrid. The grand duchess was ninety-five years-old. She was the last surviving member of the Imperial House of Romanov to have been born in the Russian Empire before its fall in 1917. Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’2nUPj-oFT1R987QNCQZDkQ’,sig:’FXRRQ86YigWv2K3S8yIkSyvkYW8zNERmtJ_qCzp0-dw=’,w:’594px’,h:’406px’,items:’101558333′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })});…

The cover of From Tyranny to Freedom. In 2016, Eurohistory published its 23rd book: From Tyranny to Freedom – Memoirs of My Life by Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth, former Princess Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Mrs. Richard C. B. Whitten). Countess Viktoria-Luise zu Solms-Baruth. From Freedom to Tyranny – Memoirs of My Life comprise…

1. HH Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia, Princess Paul Chavchavadze Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia in later life. Born in 1901, Princess Nina of Russia was the elder daughter of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna (née Greece). In 1922, Nina married Prince Paul Aleksandrovich Chavchavadze (1899-1971); the…

Today the Prince and Princess of Vidin celebrate their silver wedding anniversary. Queen Mother Giovanna of the Bulgarians with her grandson Crown Prince Kardam Doña María Zurita de Borbón, Don Carlos Zurita y Delgado, Infanta Margarita of Spain, Don Alfonso Zurita de Borbón Princess Clotilde d’Orléans and Monsieur Edouard Crépy The Prince of Asturias and Queen…

My appreciation to a dear friend, member of the German Gotha, for sending us copies of two death notices: First Franz Alexander of Isenburg and Duke Friedrich of Württemberg. This has been a dreadful week in royal losses! I first met Duke Friedrich many years ago while attending a royal wedding. later, I met him…

Sixty years ago today, on 2 July 1959, the Prince of Liège and Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria were married at the Cathedral of St Michael and St Gudula in Brussels. The groom Albert was the son of King Léopold III of the Belgians and the late Queen Astrid (née Sweden). The bride was the daughter…

Queen Sophia of Greece with her granddaughter Alexandra, April 1921.   On 25 March 1921, Aspasia Manos gave birth to a daughter at Athens. The infant was named Alexandra. Her father, the late King Alexander I of the Hellenes, had died on 25 October 1920. A lithograph of King Alexander I of the Hellenes and…

Archduke Ferdinand of Austria spent this Christmas in Abu Dhabi with his father Archduke Karl and his younger sister Archduchess Gloria. The family stayed at the Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort. Ferdinand put together an amusing and charming film of the trio’s Christmas holiday for others to view and enjoy. Ferdinand von Habsburg, well-known for…