European Royal History

Duke Eduard of Anhalt (1861-1918) Princess Luise of Saxe-Altenburg (1873-1953) On 17 April 1903, Prince Eugen Friedrich Ernst August Heinrich Adolf Aribert of Anhalt, Duke of Saxony, Count zu Askanien, was born at Dessau, the capital of the Duchy of Anhalt. Eugen was the fifth child and third son of Duke Eduard of Anhalt (1861-1918)…

Dr. Thomas Greinwald and Duke Franz of Bavaria with their dachshund.Photo credit: Erwin Olaf. We are happy to share two pictures of Duke Franz of Bavaria, Head of the Royal House. In the first photograph, Duke Franz is shown with his longtime partner Dr. Thomas Greinwald and their daschund. In the second photograph, we see…

Prince Juan and Princess Kristine Bagration-Mukhransky. Photograph courtesy of Prince Juan. Prince Juan Bagration-Mukhransky and his wife Princess Kristine have released the joyous news that they are expecting their first child in early 2021. The couple live in Tbilisi. The latest member of the Bagration dynasty will be a great-great-great-grandchild of King Alfonso XII of…

Princess Maria Immaculata of the Two Sicilies   It is with sadness that we report the recent passing in Spain of Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. She died at Mallorca today, 14 May, and her funeral is to take place tomorrow, 15 May, in the strictest intimacy. Her death was communicated to us by…

Prince Philip and Princess Danica of Serbia at Oplenac. Photograph courtesy of HRH Prince Philip. Prince Philip lays a wreath at the tomb of his grandfather. Photograph courtesy of HRH Prince Philip. Princess Danica puts flowers on the tomb of King Peter. Photograph courtesy of HRH Prince Philip. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary…

  Hereditary Prince Ferdinand and Hereditary Princess Viktoria Luise zu Leiningen welcomed their first child, a daughter, on 28 February. The newborn Princess is named Alexandra Viktoria Luise Ehrengard, after her mother and her paternal and maternal grandmothers. Ferdinand zu Leiningen and Viktoria Luise von Preußen married in 2017.   Princess Alexandra zu Leiningen is…

Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg with their children in 1971 With the today’s news that Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie are expecting the birth of their first child, it might be useful to look at the current progeny of the Hereditary Grand Duke’s paternal grandparents, Grand Duke…

In 2018, the Duke and Duchess of Castro gave an extensive interview in English to Dutch royal reporter Rick Evers. Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’OV0A0I8fQTx_IKkuLRPAeQ’,sig:’mm1FpXmRqRK2p3cgo8GZy-wkJuKwCxu5xz9I5f938kE=’,w:’594px’,h:’396px’,items:’1141091976′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); The couple spoke about their relationships with various reigning royal houses in Europe, especially the Belgian, Danish, and Dutch royal families. The Duke and Duchess of…

Embed from Getty Images   According to an interview given to Vanitatis, Princess Béatrice d’Orléans has stated that she is well and fully recovered after dealing with a mild case of the novel coronavirus. Embed from Getty Images The princess, who is seventy-eight years-old, developed a minor form of the disease and recovered from it while…