European Royal History

Dubbie: The Double Headed Eagle Archduke Eduard of Austria, the Hungarian Ambassador to the Vatican, has authored a children’s book. Dubbie: the Double-Headed Eagle is scheduled to be published by Full Quiver Publishing on 15 December. The book’s illustrator is James Hrkach. Archduke Eduard of Austria and Baroness Maria Theresa von Gudenus on their wedding day. Eduard…

The coffin of the princess inside Basilica di Santa Maria della Steccata. Photo (c) RoyalBlog NL / Hans Jacobs. On Friday, 27 August 2021, the funeral mass of Princess Marie-Thérèse (Maria Teresa) of Bourbon-Parma took place at 4:30pm in the Basilica di Santa Maria della Steccata in the city of Parma. Stemming from precautions around the…

Are you in search of a royal present for Christmas (or for any day of the year)? Do you love reading about royal history? Well, then Eurohistory’s wide selection of publications might be just the thing for you! Over the past twenty years, Eurohistory and Kensington House Book have published over twenty titles. Currently, the following…

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…

Today, Prince Gundakar of Liechtenstein and his twin sister Princess Diemut celebrate their 70th birthdays! The twins were born at Vienna on 1 April 1949 as the eldest children of Prince Hans-Moritz of Liechtenstein (1914-2004) and Princess Clotilde of Thurn and Taxis (1922-2009), who had married in 1944. The little princess was named Diemut Margarete Maria Benedicta Anna;…

Friedrich of Württemberg with his Porsche 356 On 9 May 2018, aged fifty-six, Duke Friedrich of Württemberg was killed as the result of a motor vehicle accident at Ebenweiler. He was trying to pass a tractor trailer in his lane, and in this attempt he hit head-on a car in the opposite lane of traffic. Friedrich,…

Dear Readers and Subscribers, Wirth great satisfaction, we began shipping orders our newest book, ROMANOVS ADRIFT! The authors, Greg King and Penny Wilson, best describe their excellent work: “Romanovs Adrift offers a biographical compendium covering all members of the Dynasty between 1913 to the escape from Russia of Grand Duchess Vladimir. Individual chapters focus on Nicholas II…

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…

For a great deal of his life, fashion powerhouse Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019) counted numerous European royals and nobles amongst his friends and clientele. The recently deceased creative director of Chanel was especially close to the Princely Family of Monaco. Princess Caroline of Hannover was one of Lagerfeld’s dearest supporters, having known Herr Lagerfeld since the…