“To dear Willie from his loving sister —Maria Antonia. — Christmas 1938” Infanta Maria Antónia of Portugal (1903-1973) in a signed photo to her brother-in-law William Astor Chanler, Jr. (1904-2002). Infanta Maria Antónia of Portugal married Sidney Ashley Chanler in 1934. You can read more about the Infanta and her family here: https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-portuguese-infanta-and-blue-blooded.html ______________ For…
The Duke of Kent and Strathearn The Duchess of Kent and Strathearn (née Saxe-Coburg-Saafeld) On 29 May 1818 at Amorbach, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, and Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld were wed. This was the first marriage for Prince Edward (2 November 1767-23 January 1820), who was the fourth son and fifth child of King…
Death notice from Augsburger Allgemeine. Princess Christine zu Schaumburg-Lippe, Freifrau von Süsskind-Schwendi, died on 3 December 2021. She was eighty-five. Christine’s father Prince Friedrich Christian. Born on 16 October 1936 at Berlin, Princess Christine Marie-Luise Auguste Friederike zu Schaumburg-Lippe was the third child and second daughter of Prince Friedrich Christian zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1906-1983) and his first…
Yesterday the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg hosted their cousins the King and Queen of the Belgians for a gala dinner at the grand ducal palace in Luxembourg City. The dinner was also attended by the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg. All photographs are copyright of the Grand Ducal Court/Sophie Margue….
Juan Carlos and Sofía. Today marks sixty years since the marriage of Prince Juan Carlos of Spain and Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark. The couple were twice on 14 May 1962: firstly in a Roman Catholic ceremony held at 10am in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite, and secondly in a Greek…
Earlier this week, Baron Jörg von Saalfeld (don Jörg Freiherr von Saalfeld Viererbe) died at San José, Costa Rica. He was eighty-five years-old. A funeral mass will be held on 28 June at the Iglesia San Rafael Arcángel in Escazú. Born on 17 January 1937 at Munich, Baron Jörg von Saalfeld and his twin…
Last week, several members of different branches of the Georgian royal family issued a letter of protest against their cousin Prince David Bagration-Mukhransky. The letter reads as follows: An Official Letter of Protest The Bagrationi Family Association is an international organisation uniting the majority of Bagrationi descendants. In 2006, a Memorandum was officially…
Archduke Eduard praying in front of the heart of Archduke OttoPhotograph (c) Eduard Habsburg Archduke Eduard of Austria recently paid his respects to his late cousin, Archduke Otto (1912-2011). Eduard visited the crypt of the Abbey of Pannonhalma in Hungary, where Otto’s heart is interred. According to Eduard, Otto made the choice for the urn holding…
King Emeritus Juan Carlos of Spain has sent a letter to his son King Felipe VI stating that Juan Carlos will be departing the country. The former Spanish monarch had been living at La Zarzuela Palace. Indeed, it has now been confirmed by Max Foster of CNN that the king emeritus has already left Spain….
The scene of the accident Photograph (c) spd_today Grand Duke George walks away from the accident Photograph (c) Russian Imperial House Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, the only child of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, Head of the Imperial House, and her former husband Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia, was involved in a serious automobile…