Rest In Peace: The Creative and Charismatic Countess Beatrice von Hardenberg, Former Duchess of Seville

☨  Countess Beatrice von Hardenberg (1947 – 2020) Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’_64cDEl8SoRbKS4CGe0hag’,sig:’meo0tsdLhAPhJ9ppOlp47URmbmp9DI3Pw7TmfwdBUTg=’,w:’426px’,h:’594px’,items:’505080650′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); On the morning of Friday, 13 March, Countess Beatrice von Hardenberg passed away in Marbella, Spain. She was seventy-two years-old. Beatrice’s death was announced by her daughter, Olivia, in the following message: With great sorrow, I inform you…

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Imperial Russia: Centennial of the Assassination of the Imperial Family

This evening (July 16-17) we reach the fateful centennial of the martyrdom of the Russian Imperial Family. On the evening of July 16/17, 1918, Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duchess Olga Nicholaevna, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nicholaevna, Grand Duchess Marie Nicholaevna, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaevna, and Tsesarevich Alexei Nicholaevich, accompanied by four loyal servants,…

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A Recent Marriage and Birth in the Princely Families of Germany

On 19 December 2020, Princess Teresa zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg married Alexander de Cruce Grubb Villiers-Stuart. Prince Johannes and Princess Bettina with their daughters Princess Teresa and Princess Helena.Photograph (c) PPE Agency. Alexander de Cruce Grubb Villiers-Stuart.Photograph (c) Twitter. Born in 1988 at Munich, Princess Teresa Elisabeth Marina Franziska zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg is the eldest daughter of Prince Johannes…

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Luxembourg/Sirgue Engagement Called Off

Louis and Scarlett-Lauren.Photograph (c) Grand Ducal Court. Today, Prince Louis of Luxembourg and Mademoiselle Scarlett-Lauren Sirgue announced in an interview with Point de Vue that their engagement has been cancelled, but that they remain friends. They noted that they had realised they had differences of opinions which made it best for them to end their romantic relationship. On…

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Broken Royal Engagements of Yore: Max of Baden and Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

“Royal Cousins End Engagement.”The Gazette of Montreal, Quebec (9 Sep. 1961). Max of Baden and Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg On 7 September 1961, Fürst Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg announced that his sister, Princess Beatrix, and her fiancé, Prince Max of Baden, had broken off their engagement by mutual consent. The cause for the end of the couple was…

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