Acte de Naissance of Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies On this day in history, Maria delle Grazie Pia Chiara Anna Teresa Isabella Luitgarda Apollonia Agata Cecilia Filomena Antonia Lucia Cristina Caterina di Borbone was born on 12 August 1878. The princess, who became known as Maria Pia, was born at 10:00am in Grasse, Cannes….
The Belgian Royal House today released an image of King Albert and Queen Paola of Belgium with their three children, eleven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild (with another on the way). Only Prince Joachim of Belgium, the second son and third child of Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz, was missing. The photograph was taken last week…
HH Prince Georg-Constantin of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1977-2018) The email was ominous…“Dear Arturo, I have just received a telephone call from Germany asking me something concerning an accident a prince had in London. Do you know anything about this?” The writer of this note was none other than HRH The Margrave of Meißen, Head of the Royal…
The death notice of Rohays Galitzine.From The Times of 17 January. Aged seventy, Princess Rohays Galitzine died on 7 January 2023. Rohays is survived by her husband Prince Alexander Galitzine and their two daughters, Princess Sasha and Princess Nadezhda. The wedding of Sir David Butter and Myra Wernher. Born on 9 April 1952 at London, Rohays Georgina Butter…
Principe Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso. Today, Prince Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, Duke of Castel Duino, celebrates his seventieth birthday! Carlo Alessandro’s father Raimundo in the late 1930s. Princess Eugenie of Greece and Denmark with her husband Prince Raimundo della Torre e Tasso, 1953.Photo (c) Getty Images. Born on 10 February 1952 at…
The Croÿ newlyweds. On 22 May 2021, Prince Marc of Croÿ and Countess Delia de Cossé-Brissac celebrated their religious marriage at the Chateau de Brissac. One of the priests who presided over the couple’s ceremony was Father Paul Habsburg. Among the guests were the Dowager Duchess de Brissac, Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, the Duke and…
Her Serene Highness Mademoiselle Louise-Marie Thérèse Charlotte Isabelle d’Orléans was born on 3 April 1812 at Palmero as the eldest daughter and second child of Louise Philippe, Duke of Orléans, and his wife Princess Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. In 1830, Louise-Marie’s parents became the King and Queen of the French when the Orléans branch of…
The wedding invitation to the first imperial marriage in Russia in over a century. Photograph (c) Russian Imperial Chancellery. Invitations have been sent out to the one thousand guests for the wedding of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini. The couple will celebrate their religious marriage on Friday, 1 October 2021,…
2020-07-17T09:13:00-04:00[EXTRACT] CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER CELEBRATES 75th BIRTHDAY Belgrade, 17 July 2020 Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine would like to share “My birthday wish that came true”, the 75th birthday film: His Royal Highness’s special wish for his 75th birthday is that this COVID-19 virus go away forever and that everyone…
Princess Margarita of Romania Must Bring Unity to Her Family or Face Failure as the Head of the Royal House. By Seth B. Leonard [Note: The opinions expressed in this post are those of the author alone.] Embed from Getty Images On 7 November 2017, King Michael of Romania lay dying…