Queen Frederica of Greece in mourning for her husband King Paul. Queen Frederica of Greece.Photograph (c) Getty Images / Evening Standard. Queen Frederica of Greece. Queen Frederica of Greece. On 6 February 1981 at 11:30pm, Queen Frederica of Greece died at Madrid after suffering heart failure following eyelid surgery. She was sixty-three years-old. The…
India Oxenberg and Patrick D’Ignazio Wonderful news from a descendant of the Serbian royal family! India Oxenberg (b.1991) has recently become engaged to Patrick D’Ignazio, a chef at the Double Zero restaurant in New York City. India is the daughter of Catherine Oxenberg (b.1961) and William Weitz Shaffer (b.1946); she is the granddaughter of Princess…
The Brazilian imperial sarcophagi (from left to right): Princess Imperial Isabel, Emperor Pedro II, Empress Teresa Cristina and Prince Gaston at the Catedral de São Pedro de Alcântara. Photo (c) Seth B. Leonard. One hundred years ago, on 14 November 1921, Princess Imperial Isabel of Brazil, Countess d’Eu, died at the Chateau d’Eu in France at the age of…
Prince Nikolaos and Princess Tatiana on their wedding day. Today Prince Nikolaos and Princess Tatiana of Greece celebrate ten years of marriage! Nikolaos is the third child and second son of King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes. Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’r2MwwYUFToZ8BncrL_v33Q’,sig:’u3kb6Nr6ChQ41GY1HkwpKjv2hR88oAH0iy_N379HAu4=’,w:’414px’,h:’594px’,items:’103637311′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’xnwOz_NXQ0l4y7YsN9rVAw’,sig:’bXxpzvFVU0DPIx3eYH55hr5kpt97cUBIedlsy9l7_UE=’,w:’414px’,h:’594px’,items:’103636971′,caption: true…
Princess Marie-Luise von Croÿ in 1941. Her Serene Highness Princess Marie-Luise (Louise) Natalie Engelberta Ludmilla von Croÿ was born at Dülmen on 18 December 1919. The princess was the third child and second daughter of Duke Karl Rudolf of Croÿ (1889-1974) and his first wife Nancy Leishman (1894-1983). She joined an older brother and sister:…
Andrew Andreevich Romanov Today, Andrew Andreevich Romanov celebrates his ninety-seventh birthday. Andrew is the longest-living male descendant of the Romanovs in the history of the family. He is the last surviving great-nephew of the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II. Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia Born on 21 January 1923 at London, Andrew was the youngest…
Death notice of Leo Habsburg, Archduke of Austria. On Monday, 3 February 2020, Archduke Leo Stefan of Austria died at Lochen am See, Austria. He was ninety-one years-old. Leo Stefan was buried on Saturday, 8 February 2020, at the Pfarrkirche Lochen am See. The archduke belonged to the Teschen line of the Austrian imperial family. Archduke Leo…
Dr. Mary Houck Photograph (c) The Blade Over many decades and until the present day, Dr. Mary E. Houck of Ohio has carved out a special and unique role as an American historian with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the imperial, royal, and noble houses of Europe – as well as those of every other continent!…
The King and Queen of Spain with the Princess of Asturias and the Infanta SofíaPhoto (c) Casa de S.M. el Rey Today, King Felipe VI of Spain, his wife Queen Letizia, and their daughters, Leonor and Sofía, attended a official mass held for the victims of the novel coronavirus at the Almudena Cathedral in Madrid….
Prince Louis II of Monaco, King Gustav V of Sweden, and Princess Ghislaine of Monaco in 1947.Photo (c) Getty Images / Keystone-France. In 1946, Ghislaine Marie Françoise Dommanget (1900-1991) married Prince Louis II of Monaco (1870-1949). Before her marriage, Ghislaine was an actress. She had been married once before her union to the grandfather of…