Micaela and Henri on holiday in Spain, 1997.Photo (c) Getty Images / Dusko Despotovic. The funeral of Princess Micaela d’Orléans, Dowager Countess of Paris, will take place at the Église Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois in Paris on Tuesday, 22 March 2022 at 10 o’clock. The remains Princess Micaela will not be buried beside her husband, the late…
Grand Duke George and Princess Victoria.Photo (c) Russian Imperial Chancellery. The Imperial House of Russia has announced that Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Princess Victoria Romanovna Romanoff are expecting their first child in the fall of this year. The princess is in excellent health and will be continuing her charitable activities full-time. Grand Duke George…
The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Serbia with Bishop Irinej of Eastern America in New York. Photograph (c) HRH Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia. Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine celebrate Christmas at Saint Eleftheorios Greek Orthodox Church in New York. Photograph (c) HRH Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia. Yesterday, 6 January 2021,…
Princess Chantal on her wedding day with her parents, the Count and Countess of Paris. In 1971, Princess Chantal d’Orléans (b.1946), the youngest daughter of the Count and Countess of Paris, became engaged to François-Xavier de Sambucy de Sorgue (b.1943), a member of a noble family originally from Bologna, Italy. The Sambucy de…
The Prince and Princess Napoléon According to Frédéric de Natal, Princess Olympia Napoléon (b.1988; née Countess von Arco-Zinneberg) gave birth to a son, Prince Louis Charles Riprand Victor Jérôme Marie Napoleon, on 7 December in Paris. Prince Louis is the first child for Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon (b.1986) and Princess Olympia, who married in 2019. The…
From the left: The Duchess of Braganza, Margrave Maximilian of Baden, and Countess Maria-Immaculata Toerring-Jettenbach. It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Countess Maria Immaculata of Toerring-Jettenbach, widow of Count Hans Heribert (1903-1977). Archduchess Marie Alice of Austria (1913) Born on 27 July 1921 in Harmas-Hutta, Hungary, Baroness Maria Immaculata Waldbott von…
Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images In April 2008, during a segment of the VTM programme Het Nieuws, Queen Fabiola of Belgium was recorded speaking for the first time about the five miscarriages that she experienced. From 1960 until his death in 1993, Fabiola was the wife and…
Sixty years ago today, on 2 July 1959, the Prince of Liège and Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria were married at the Cathedral of St Michael and St Gudula in Brussels. The groom Albert was the son of King Léopold III of the Belgians and the late Queen Astrid (née Sweden). The bride was the daughter…
Princess Lorraine. Today, Princess Lorraine of Bourbon-Parma celebrates her seventieth birthday. Prince Jacques and Princess Birgitte of Bourbon-Parma on their wedding day. Born on 27 July 1951 at Roskilde, Princess Lorraine Charlotte Tatjana Ebba Johanna Maria Antonia Josephine Renée of Bourbon-Parma was the second child and only daughter of Prince Jacques of Bourbon-Parma (1922-1964) and Countess…
Prince Joachim of Prussia On the evening of Saturday, 17 July 1920, Prince Joachim of Prussia shot himself in the left breast while in his room at the Villa Liegnitz in Potsdam. The prince was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Sunday, 18 July, at 1:00am as a result of…