The death notice of Countess Beatrix. Placed in Mittelbayerische Zeitung. On 30 September, Countess Beatrix of Schönburg-Glauchau died at hospital in Regensburg. She was ninety-one years-old. The passing of the countess was announced by her daughter Fürstin Gloria of Thurn and Taxis. Count Bálint Széchényi and Princess Maria Pavlovna Galitzine Beatrix’s mum: Princess Maria Pavlovna Galitzine On 30 January 1930, Countess Beatrix…
Book cover (c) Princess Melekper Tousson / Nomad Publishing. In October 2022, EFFENDINA: The Story of the Young King Farouk of Egypt, 1920 – 1943 will be published by Nomad Publishing. The book was written by a relative of the king, Princess Melekper Toussoun. The following is a summary of the book from its publisher: The remarkable…
[This post was written by Arturo E. Béeche and originally appeared on Eurohistory’s former blog in 2013.] I purchased this beautiful photo at an auction in Berlin two weeks ago. It was a hard fought battle, but luckily I succeeded and now this amazingly rare, signed photo is part of the Eurohistory Archive! But…
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!
Yesterday, 17 July 2020, Princess Beatrice of York married Edoardo “Edo” Mapelli Mozzi at a private ceremony in Windsor. The wedding took place Friday morning at The Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge. Princess Beatrice wore a vintage dress by Norman Hartnell that had previously been worn by the Queen as well as…
The Christenings of the Children of France: From 1932 to the Present Part I: The Family of Prince Henri and Princess Isabelle d’Orléans, the Count and Countess of Paris, who were married at Palermo on 8 April 1931 Being the christenings of the twelve children of TRH Prince Henri and Princess Isabelle d’Orléans, the late…
Today, Princess Béatrice d’Orléans celebrates her eightieth birthday! Béatrice. Born on 24 October 1941 at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Béatrice Marie Guillemine Huguette Pasquier de Franclieu was the second of the three daughters of Bruno Pasquier de Franclieu (1914-1944) and his wife Jacqueline Térisse (1918-1999), who married in 1938. Béatrice studied political science at the Sorbonne and then received a…
Dear Readers, This is the fourth home we have had to build on Blogger! AMAZING! Somehow, Blogger has logged us out of the three previous Eurohistory blogs. Since there are no human beings tending to customer complaints, our requests for assistance have been ignored! Hopefully, we will not be logged out of this latest cyber…
Princess Victoria with her father Ambassador Bettarini. Photo (c) Getty Images / Peter Kovalev. A happy father and his beautiful daughter. Photo (c) Getty Images / Peter Kovalev. The happy groom, Grand Duke George, waves to those outside the Russian Museum of Ethnography. Photo (c) Peter Kovalev / TASS / Newscom. Yesterday evening, guests gathered at…
Prince Andrew at his home in 2015.Photo (c) Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images / San Francisco Chronicle. On 28 November 2021, Andrew Andreevich Romanoff, Prince Romanovsky, died at the age of ninety-eight. Andrew was the longest-lived male-line descendant of the Romanov dynasty. He was the last surviving great-nephew of the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II….