Count Ockie and Countess Christine Bernadotte. On 8 February 1931, Count Folke “Ockie” Bernadotte af Wisborg was born at Pleasantville, New York, as the second son of Count Folke Bernadotte af Wisborg (1895-1948) and his wife Countess Estelle (1904-1984; née Manville). Ockie Bernadotte made his entrance to the world at the home of his maternal…
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…
Victoria Marchioness of Milford Haven (1863-1950) Surrounded by her children, Victoria Milford Haven passed away at her apartment in Kensington Palace on September 24, 1950! From the New York Times Obituary… The autobiography of the former Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863-1950), who in 1884 married her cousin Prince Louise…
The newly-married Princess Victoria Romanova greets King Fuad of Egypt. Photo courtesy of King Fouad II. On his official Facebook account, King Fuad II of Egypt has shared some lovely pictures from the recent wedding of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and Princess Victoria Romanovna Romanoff. The king is a long-time friend of Grand Duchess…
The following communiqué has been released by the Russian Imperial Chancellery: 2022-03-21 Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich underwent surgery On Sunday, March 20, 2022, H.I.H. Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich was hospitalized and urgently operated on due to an abdominal hernia. The operation was successful. In the following days, His Imperial Highness will be discharged from…
doña Clothilde de Silva y González de Cándamo Announcement of the marriage between Prince Hans Heinrich XV of Pleß and Clotilde de Silva y González Article (c) Chicago Tribune (24 January 1925) Hans Heinrich and Clotilde of Pleß are married at London Article (c) The Philadelphia Inquirer (25 January 1925) On 25 January 1925 at London,…
Alexander and Hande. Picture courtesy of the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Today Their Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg announced the engagement of their eldest son His Highness Hereditary Prince Alexander of Mecklenburg to Hande Macit. The hereditary prince and his fiancée at the Hermitage Amsterdam, August 2020. Picture courtesy of the Grand Ducal…
These are exciting times here at Eurohistory! As we release this news, we are looking forward to our newest book, The Grand Ducal House of Hesse, which is printing this week. We expect that The Grand Ducal House of Hesse, our 32nd book, will be available to ship to preorders in mid-August, if not a little earlier! Now…
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Embed from Getty Images On 6 February 1951, Princess Marie-Christine Daphné Astrid Elisabeth Léopoldine of Belgium as born at Laeken as the second child and eldest daughter of King Léopold III of the Belgians (1901-1983) and his second wife Mary Lilian Baels (1916-2002; created Princess de Réthy). As such, Marie-Christine (who sometimes goes by her…