Prince Vladimir Paley, first cousin of the last tsar, was a poet among the Romanovs. The rules of the Imperial Family prevented him from being considered a member of the dynasty due to the unequal marriage of his parents. This circumstance could have saved his life. Instead, when he was requested by the Bolsheviks to…
Princess Geraldine with her parents Crown Princess Elia and Crown Prince Leka.Picture courtesy of HRH Crown Princess Elia. Today, Princess Geraldine of Albania celebrates her first birthday! The princess was born at 9:30am on Thursday, 22 October 2020, at the Queen Geraldine Maternity Hospital in Tirana. Geraldine is the first child of Crown Prince…
Archduchess Anna-Eugénie and Archduke Felix of Austria, 1952. Photo (c) Getty Image / Keystone-France. In 1961, Archduke Felix of Austria and his wife Archduchess Anna-Eugénie (née Princess of Arenberg) welcomed twins, the couple’s sixth and seventh children, who completed their family. Archduke István Franz-Leopold Johannes Maria Rudolph Theresius Marcus d’Aviano Balthasar of Austria and Archduchess Viridis Aloisia Marie-Eleonore Elisabeth Marcus…
Prince Andreas of Liechtenstein in London, 1998. Photo © Desmond O’Neill Features. Today, Prince Andreas of Liechtenstein celebrates his seventieth birthday! Born on 25 February 1952 at Vienna, Prince Andreas Duarte Emanuel Ulrich Benedikt Josef Maria Karl Rafael Ignatius Mathias Paulus of Liechtenstein was the second child and son of Prince Karl Alfred…
Earlier this year, on March 20, Prince Eugen of Liechtenstein turned 80 years-old. His family will gather and celebrate his birthday later in June! Prince Eugen of Liechtenstein with his daughter Anna and her husband Count Alexander Kottulinsky. (Beware of using these images without permission!) Prince Eugen was born in Mährisch-Sternberg, an estate owned by…
EUROHISTORY 6300 Kensington Avenue East Richmond Heights, CA 94805 USA Phone: 510.236.1730 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] It is with great pleasure that we are able to announce to you that our latest book, The Grand Ducal House of Hesse, has gone to print! With more than 400 beautiful images, the 336 pages inside the book bring…
Crown Prince Leka and Crown Princess Elia of the Albanians have released several wonderful photographs of the new parents with their daughter Princess Geraldine. Enjoy!
Count Reinhart and Archduchess Immaculata at the wedding of their youngest son in 2000. Photo (c) Seeger-Press. Archduchess Maria Immaculata of Austria-Tuscany, Countess von und zu Hoensbroech died on 2 April 2022 at Engelskirchen, Germany. She was eighty-eight years-old. Maria Immaculata was buried at Schloß Kellenberg on 9 April. The wedding of Archduke Theodor Salvator…
One hundred years ago today, on 9 June 1921, Princess Margrethe of Denmark married Prince René of Bourbon-Parma (1894-1962), one of the sons of Duke Roberto of Parma and Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal. Princess Margrethe of Denmark (1895-1992) was the only daughter of Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858-1939) and his wife Princess Marie (1865-1909; née…
Andrea Torlonia and his wife Sania Imperiali in Rome, 1992.Photograph (c) Marcellino Radogna. Aged just fifty-nine, Don Andrea Torlonia dei duchi di Poli e Guadagnolo died in June 2021. He is survived by his mother Donna Ines, his brother Don Guido, his wife of over thirty years, Donna Sania Imperiali dei Principi di Francavilla, and their…