Two royal weddings will be taking place in May 2020. Both of the brides are princesses of the blood in their respective dynasties; indeed, they are third cousins. Beatrice of York and Theodora of Greece are descendants of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819-1901), King Christian IX of Denmark (1818-1906), and King George I…
[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…
Last week, Princess Maria da Gloria of Orleans-Bragança, Duchess of Segorbe and former Crown Princess of Yugoslavia, gave an interview to the Serbian paper Kurir. The princess was wrapping up her fourth visit to Serbia: the first was in 2005 for the sixtieth birthday of her ex-husband Crown Prince Alexander, the second was in 2017 for…
Caroline Vatcher on the eve of her wedding to the Duke of Leeds. Photo (c) Keystone Press / Alamy. Caroline Fleur Vatcher was born on 31 May 1931 on the Isle of Jersey of the Channel Islands. Her parents had made their home on Jersey at 1 Dummy Lane, St Helier. Caroline was only child of…
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…
The Dowager Countess of Paris, 20 March 2021. Photograph (c) F. Monmarche. On Saturday, 20 March 2021, Princess Micaëla d’Orléans, Dowager Countess of Paris attended a Mass in memory of her late husband, Prince Henri d’Orléans, Count of Paris, at the Church of Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois. After thirty-four years of marriage, the Count of Paris died on…
Fifteen years ago today, Prince Theodore Romanoff died on 25 August 2007 at Pompano Beach, Florida. The prince was thirty-two years-old. The New York Daily News of 12 December 1974 announces the arrival of Prince Theodore, A young Prince Theodore.Photo (c) Jacques Ferrand. Born on 30 November 1974 at New York City, Prince Theodore Romanoff was the only…
Today, Prince Nicholas of Romania announced the founding of the Asociatia Principele Nicolae (The Prince Nicolae Association), a nonprofit organisation that aims to continue the mission started by his ancestors, the kings and queens of Romania. The Prince Nicolae Association was formally registered with the Romanian government on 7 August 2019: it is based in Bucharest….
Dr. Mirko Sajonia-Coburgo Prince Mirko of Bulgaria (b.1995), the son of Prince Kubrat of Bulgaria, himself the third son of King Simeon II of Bulgaria and Queen Margarita, and of Princess Carla (née Royo-Villanova y Urrestarazu), recently received his MD from the Universidad de Navarre. Known as Mirko Sajonia-Coburgo, the prince completed rotations at the…
During the evening of 26 September/27 September, Prince Ferfried of Hohenzollern died at Großhadern Clinic in Munich. He was seventy-nine years-old. The late prince was an uncle of Fürst Karl Friedrich of Hohenzollern. Prince Ferfried with his parents.Photo (c) Seeger-Presse. Born on 14 April 1943 at Schloß Umkirch, Prince Ferfried Maximilian Pius Meinrad Maria…