Princess Abigail Kawānanakoa (1926-2022): The Last of the Aliʻi and Descendant of Hawaiian Kings

  Princess Abigail in front of a portrait of Princess Victoria Kaʻiulani. On Monday morning, the death of Princess Abigail Kawānanakoa on Sunday, 11 December, was announced in the Hawaiian language in front of the Iolani Palace in Honolulu: With profound sadness, the Kawananakoa Family, the Hale O Na Alii O Hawaii and Iolani Palace announces…

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The 50th Birthday of Princess Marilène of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven

Princess Marilène Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’IQNXVlpISRVYUxbPH11Nww’,sig:’CL2VbsHha3PGrerWt5oz0XLVeP80iTRfW6bxSN_2KQ0=’,w:’594px’,h:’532px’,items:’486927283′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’qVIhyQmpT_Vi_1rNL-UtIg’,sig:’55b2dfANdSerOb4ISLLU8qmk1rouwY9N4XRn4OREZKs=’,w:’430px’,h:’594px’,items:’1065471628′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Today, H.H. Princess Marilène of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-van den Broek celebrates her fiftieth birthday. Groningen University The princess was born at Dieren on 4 February 1970 as Marie-Hélène (Marilène) Angela van den Broek, the younger…

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V Royal Gatherings in The Hague

This year, for the fifth such gathering, EUROHISTORY and Hoogstraten English Bookstore welcome participants to Royal Gatherings in The Hague!   The lectures to be presented include: Saturday, November 10: 9:45 – 10:00 – Opening remarks 10:00 – 10:45 – W. Vermeulen: “Ludwig, a disappointed King.” 11:00 – 11:45 – G.J. Frisch: “King Georg V…

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The 50th Birthday of Twins Prince Jaime and Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma!

Princess Irene with the twins. Today, Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma, Count of Bardi, and Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Colorno, celebrate their fiftieth birthdays! The twins with their older brother Prince Carlos. On 13 October 1972 at Nimeguen, the twins Prince Jaime Bernardo and Princess Margarita Maria Beatrix of Bourbon-Parma were born as the…

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