Embed from Getty Images Aged eighty-eight, Fürst Ferdinand von Bismarck has passed away following complications experienced during a surgery. Ferdinand was the great-grandson of Otto von Bismarck, former German Chancellor. The late fürst is survived by his wife, Fürstin Elisabeth (b.1939; née Lippens), and by three children: the new Fürst Carl-Eduard (b.1961), Count Gregor (b.1964),…
For several years, Arturo E. Beéche and Ilana D. Miller have collaborated on yet another royal history project. Their previous collaborations include several books, among them: The Four Graces (by Ilana D. Miller), and Royal Gatherings I and Royal Gatherings II (by Arturo E. Beéche and Ilana D. Miller). She remains a regular contributor to…
+ HRH Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg (1921-2019) Photograph (c) Grand Ducal Court/Vic Fischbach The Grand Ducal Court has announced that Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg passed away at 12:25am this morning (Tuesday, 23 April) following a recent illness. He was surrounded by his family. Grand Duke Jean celebrated his…
The Immortal Helen Lewis: The American Beauty Who Became The Duchess of Croÿ And Then The Daugher-In-Law of Admiral Miklós Horthy Helen, Duchess of Croÿ (née Lewis) Helen’s mother Jane “Jennie” Bromley Lindsay Lewis in 1941. On 22 October 1924, Helen Lindsay Lewis (b.Albany, New York 14 February 1898) became the second wife of Duke…
Last week, Princess Maria da Gloria of Orleans-Bragança, Duchess of Segorbe and former Crown Princess of Yugoslavia, gave an interview to the Serbian paper Kurir. The princess was wrapping up her fourth visit to Serbia: the first was in 2005 for the sixtieth birthday of her ex-husband Crown Prince Alexander, the second was in 2017 for…
Princess Ljubica and Prince Mihailo of Serbia with their daughter Princess Natalija. Princess Ljubica of Serbia shared last week that she and her husband, Prince Mihailo, are expecting their second child. The couple, who married five years ago in October 2016, have one daughter, Princess Natalija, born in 2018. The newest Karađorđević will be a great-grandchild of…
Maximilien and Sophie. Duchess Sophie of Württemberg and Maximilien d’Andigné have welcomed the arrival of their first child, Olympia (b.2021). The couple married in 2018. Sophie is the daughter of Duke Philipp of Württemberg and Duchess Marie-Caroline in Bavaria. Maximilien is the son of Hervé d’Andigné and Marie-Adélaïde de La Barre de Nanteuil. Olympia d’Andigné is the…
Jaroslav and Elisabeth. Today, Fürst Jaroslav and Fürstin Elisabeth Lobkowicz celebrate fifty years of marriage. On 29 July 1971 at Chebry-en-Sereine, then Hereditary Prince Jaroslav Lobkowicz (b.1942) and Elisabeth de Vienne (b.1947) were married. Jaroslav was the son of Fürst Jaroslav von Lobkowicz (1910-1985) and Countess Gabrielle von Korff gen. Schmising-Kerssenbrock 1917-2008). Elisabeth was the daughter of…
Sárolta Wutholen in 2015. On 2 November 2020, Sárolta von Habsburg-Lothringen Wutholen died at the age of eighty in Switzerland. Archduke Albrecht of Austria and Katalin Bocskay de Felsö-Bánya on their wedding day. Born at Budapest on 3 March 1940, Sárolta (Charlotte) Isabella Mária Krisztine Eszter Katalin Pia von Habsburg, was the first child of…
Prince and Landgrave Otto of Hesse Today, 17 May, Prince and Landgrave Otto of Hesse lost his life following injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. The incident took place this morning near Lindau am Bodensee. Otto Hessen was fifty-five years-old. Otto was born at Oldenburg on 19 January 1965 as the second son and last child…