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…
[Note: This obituary was written upon the passing of Princess Margarita in 2013 by Arturo E. Beéche.] HRH Princess Margarita of Baden died in Farnham in the evening of 15 January 2013. Her death brought to an end a long illness that had seriously undermined the princess’ health. Margarita was born at Schloß Salem…
The Head of the Royal House of France and the French President exchange greetings Today, 2 May, the Count and Countess of Paris received President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron of France as well as President Sergio Mattarella of Italy at the Château d’Amboise. Prince Gaston and Princess Antoinette d’Orléans accompanied their parents….
Today, Count Karl Eugen von Neipperg celebrates his seventieth birthday. Count Josef Hubert von Neipperg. Born on 20 October 1951 at Schwaigern, Count Maria Karl Eugen Johannes Nepomuk Erwin Michael von Neipperg was the first child of Count Josef Hubert von Neipperg (1918-2020) and Countess Maria von Ledebur-Wicheln (1920-1984). Karl Eugen has seven younger siblings: Count Reinhard (b.1953), Countess…
As is tradition, many European monarchs have given Christmas messages this year. In this post, you may watch the messages from the Belgian, Luxembourgish, Dutch, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, and British kings, queens, and grand duke – you can also read English-language commentary on their messages. Queen Margrethe of Denmark, Prince Albert of Monaco, King Harald…
During the dark period of World War II, as Nazi and Fascist rule spread over Europe, there were thousands of people who sought to protect their fellow citizens of the Jewish faith from the persecutions that were geared at exterminating the Jewish population. Nearly six million European Jews were murdered during the Holocaust (the Shoah)….
Rüdiger von Sachsen with his grandson Moritz at the wedding of Rüdiger’s son Daniel, 2011. Photo (c) Zoonar / Türpe Tuerp / AGE Fotostock. On 29 March 2022, Rüdiger Prinz von Sachsen died at his home near Moritzburg after suffering a heart attack. He was sixty-eight years-old. Prince Timo of Saxony and Margrit Lucas on their…
HH Duke Christoph of Schleswig-Holstein was born on 22 August 1949 at Schloß Louisenlund, Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein. Christoph was the second child and first son of Duke Peter of Schleswig-Holstein (1922-1980) and Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe (b.1923). Christoph had joined an older sister, Princess Marita (b.1948), and was followed by a younger brother, Prince Alexander (b.1953), and a…
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…
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,…