Count Jan Bernadotte, the Much-Married Cousin of Sweden’s King, Turns 80

Count Jan Bernadotte af Wisborg. On 9 January 1941, Count Carl Johan “Jan” Gustaf Vilhelm Bernadotte af Wisborg was born at Stockholm. He was the son of Count Lennart Bernadotte af Wisborg (1909-2004; born Prince Lennart of Sweden) and his first wife Karin Nissvandt (1911-1991). Count Jan’s paternal grandparents were Prince Wilhelm of Sweden (1884-1965), Duke of…

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The Death of Fürst Johannes von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1956-2020)

Fürst Johannes von Khevenhüller-Metsch Death notice.   HSH Fürst Johannes “Hans” von Khevenhüller-Metsch died in Rome on 26 November 2020. Johannes was sixty-four years-old. The prince had suffered from the effects of COVID-19 for some time. Fürst Max von Khevenhüller-Metsch Count Maria Johannes Franz Xaver Lazarus Maximilian Felix Hubertus von Khevenhüller-Metsch was born on 20 November 1956 as the…

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The Birthday of Queen Anne-Marie of Greece

Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’NyqkTR_yRchEu9tiKZET4A’,sig:’oZp1EBPGndCx8K-cCtqGcO4-LWSTiL-ouh5Apgkbq0Q=’,w:’479px’,h:’594px’,items:’158077902′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Today Queen Anne-Marie of Greece celebrates her seventieth-third birthday. Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’0XFLNyGmSpNd6ckE_VxzUg’,sig:’rswvUhO_f0qCBNKRSF_Bojqm12hT7WyKtpas3gO6-jk=’,w:’433px’,h:’594px’,items:’949971182′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Princess Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid of Denmark was born on 30 August 1946 at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen as the third and last daughter of the then Crown Prince…

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Countess Beatrice von Hochberg (1929-2021), Granddaughter of Princess Daisy of Pless

Photo (c) Fundacja Księżnej Daisy von Pless. Over this past weekend, Countess Beatrice von Hochberg died on 10 October at Munich. She was ninety-two years-old. The countess was the eldest sister of the current Prince of Pless. Count Konrad and Countess Beatrice. Photo (c) Zamek Książ w Wałbrzychu. Countess Clotilde von Hochberg (formerly Princess of Pless) with…

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