I founded EUROHISTORY in August 1997, while a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs. It was an attempt to remind myself that in spite of working in an industry that was hugely profitable, my heart was in the study of history in general, royalty in particular. This has been a highly fulfilling and satisfying endeavor. EUROHISTORY became my life; it…
HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Following Friday’s announcement from Buckingham Palace about the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, the royal houses of Europe have joined together in sending their condolences to The Queen and the British Royal Family. You can find a selection of these messages below. +++++++ Albania Crown Prince Leka…
Embed from Getty Images During a visit to the Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT), the Duke of Cambridge said that “I fully support whatever decision they make” if one of his three children realised that they were LGBT. Prince William went on to iterate that he would be worried about “pressures” that a royal child would…
King Michael. In the Museo Pietro Canonica at the Villa Borghese in Rome, there are two sculptures of a mother and a son, a queen mother and a king. Both likenesses were created in marble by Italian artist Pietro Canonica (1869-1959). The sculptures depict King Michael I of Romania and his beloved mother Queen Helen of…
Today His Highness Prince Nikolai celebrates his twentieth birthday. The Danish Royal Court released three news pictures of the prince. Photos © Steen Brogaard For further news and articles about Europe’s Gotha families, join Eurohistory! https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/p/subscribe-to-eurohistory.html
On 13 May 1995, Dom Duarte Pio João Miguel Gabriel Rafael de Bragança (b.1945), the Head of the Royal House of Portugal, married Dona Isabel Inês Castro Curvello de Herédia (b.1966). Duarte was the son of Dom Duarte Nuño (1907-1976), Duke of Bragança, and Princess Maria Francisca of Orléans-Bragança (1914-1968); Isabel was the daughter of Dom Jorge de Herédia and…
Antoine de Castellane. French aristocrat and artist Comte and Marquis Antoine de Castellane died on 3 February 2021. He was eighty-six years-old. Antoine’s father: Count Henri de Castellane. Antoine’s mother: Doña Silvia Rodríguez de Rivas. Born on 8 October 1934 at Paris, Antoine was the second child and eldest son of Count Henri de Castellane (1903-1937) and his wife…
A happy family. Prince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Princess Mathilde of Saxony. Here we catch glimpses of the family life of Prince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Innsbruck 28 March 1931 – 14 April 2010), Princess Dr. Mathilde of Saxony (Bamberg 17 January 1936 – Sistrans, Austria 18 March 2018),…
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…