Prince Georg Friedrich and Princess Sophie of Prussia depart the Antique Temple, April 2021. Last Sunday, 11 April 2021, Prince Georg Friedrich and Princess Sophie of Prussia commemorated a century since the death of German Empress Auguste Viktoria, who died on 11 April 1921 at Huis Doorn, The Netherlands. The head of the German…
The twin French princelings. Today, Prince Michel d’Orléans, Count of Évreux, and Prince Jacques d’Orléans, Duke of Orléans, celebrate their eightieth birthdays! On 25 June 1941, Prince Michel Joseph Benoît Marie d’Orléans and Prince Jacques Jean Jaroslav Marie d’Orléans were born at Rabat, Morocco. The twin boys were the seventh and eighth children of Prince…
Prince Aimone and Princess Olga of Savoy with the Honour Guard at the Basilica of Superga, 2022. Photo (c) Casa Reale di Savoia. Prince Aimone of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, will be relocating to Italy early this year. In a recorded speech to members of the Unione Monarchica Italiana (Italian Monarchist Union) on 31 December,…
Today the Duke and Duchess of Sussex met with Archbishop Desmond Tutu at Capetown. The royals brought along their son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor. The trio are currently on a tour of South Africa.
Photo (c) Casa Reale di Savoia. On the revamped website of the Royal House of Savoy, there is a lovely picture of the royal family. We see Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, and Princess Olga, Duchess of Aosta, with their three children: Prince Umberto, Prince Amedeo, and Princess Isabella. Prince Amedeo, Princess Claude, Princess Bianca,…
Elisabeta Palace, the headquarters of the Romanian Royal Family in Bucharest Yesterday, 11 May 2020, the government of Prime Minister Ludovic Orban of Romania gave free use of the Elisabeta Palace in Bucharest to Her Majesty’s Household Association (specifically, to the entity called Asociației Casa Majestăţii Sale). The decision was made by the Orban government following the…
Today His Highness Prince Nikolai celebrates his twentieth birthday. The Danish Royal Court released three news pictures of the prince. Photos © Steen Brogaard For further news and articles about Europe’s Gotha families, join Eurohistory! https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/p/subscribe-to-eurohistory.html
The Duke and Duchess of Cádiz. The couple during their religious wedding. The groom’s mother and the bride’s grandfather were their witnesses. Carmen and Alfonso. On 8 March 1972, Don Alfonso de Borbón y Dampierre, Duke of Cádiz, and Doña María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco were married at the Royal Palace of El Pardo in…
2021-01-01 New Year’s and Christmas Greetings from the Head of the House of Romanoff Dear Countrymen! Dear Friends, I wish you all a Happy New Year and Merry Christmas! The traditional greeting we give each on New Year’s for good health takes on a special meaning this year. In the year that has just ended,…
Count Friedrich Karl von Schönborn and Princess Isabelle d’Orléans at the funeral of Madame the Countess of Paris, 2003. Today, Princess Isabelle d’Orléans celebrates her ninetieth birthday! Isabelle with her grandparents/godparents: Princess Elizabeth of Orléans-Branganza and the Duke of Guise, 1932. The baptism of Princess Isabelle. From left to right: Princess Isabelle, Countess d’Harcourt; the…