European Royal History

Recently, the engagement between Count Benno Czernin-Kinsky (b.1990) and Countess Antonia von Mensdorff-Pouilly (b.1992) has been announced. Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Antonia is a Saxe-Coburg descendant: she is a great-great-great-granddaughter of Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1778-1835). In 1804, Sophie married Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1777-1852). Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was the sister of the eventual King Leopold I of…

Radu Duda of Romania: When an Actor turned Prince runs for President Ten years ago, Prince Radu of Romania (né Duda) announced his candidacy for the Romanian Presidency in a press conference at Elisabeta Palace in Bucharest on 9 April 2009. Radu was accompanied by his wife Princess Margarita. The couple had married in 1996. On…

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini Photograph (c) Russian Imperial House Between 11-13 July 2020, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and Rebecca Bettarini visited St. Petersburg. On 12 July, the feast day of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, the couple attended the Divine Liturgy in the Ss. Peter and…

Yesterday The Times carried the announcement of the engagement of Charles “Charlie” Carnegie, Earl of Southesk, to Camille Ascoli. A further announcement appeared today in The Telegraph. Camille Ascoli was born at Paris on 6 March 1990 as the daughter of Roberto Ascoli and Valérie Ledoux. Charles Duff Carnegie, Earl of Southesk, was born on…

            Today, Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, celebrated her eighteenth birthday at the Royal Palace in Brussels. The future Belgian queen was joined by her parents, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, as well as by her siblings; Elisabeth’s grandparents King Albert II and Queen Paola were also…

The French Imperial Family. Left to right: Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Prince Charles Bonaparte, the Princess and Prince Napoléon. Photograph (c) Getty Images / Luc Castel. Left to right: Prince Jérôme Napoléon, Princess Licia Napoléon, Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Prince Charles Bonaparte, Princess Maria del Pilar Murat, Prince Joachim Murat, Princess Olympia Napoléon,…

Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Queen of Spain, Duchess of Aosta. A Musy tiara formerly owned by Princess Maria Vittoria del Pozzo, Duchess of Aosta and Queen of Spain from 1870 until 1873, will go on the auction block at Sotheby’s in Geneva on 11 May. The tiara is estimated to sell for anywhere between $1 million…