Fürstin Marie Gabrielle and Fürst Georg von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg, 2008.Photograph (c) Seeger-Presse. Today, Dowager Fürstin Marie Gabrielle von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg celebrates her ninetieth birthday! Countess Maria Draskovich von Trakostjan and Duke Albrecht of Bavaria. Born on 30 May 1931 at Munich, Princess Marie Gabrielle Antonia José of Bavaria was a…
The newlyweds. On Saturday, 3 July 2021, Prince D. Pedro Alberto de Orleans e Bragança (b.1988) married Alessandra Haegler Fragoso Pires (b.1994) at the Imperial Church of Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro in Rio de Janeiro. The presiding priest was Prince Alessandro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, the son of Prince Casimiro and Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. The couple’s…
Princess Alix Napoléon.Photograph (c) Getty Images/Luc Castel. Today, Her Imperial Highness the Dowager Princess Napoléon celebrates her ninety-fifth birthday! Louis Napoléon and Alix de Foresta after their engagement in May 1949. Count Albéric and Countess Geneviève de Foresta, 1949. On 4 April 1926, Mademoiselle Alix Marie Joséphine Thérèse Henriette de Foresta was born at Marseille. Alix…
As is tradition, many European monarchs have given Christmas messages this year. In this post, you may watch the messages from the Belgian, Luxembourgish, Dutch, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, and British kings, queens, and grand duke – you can also read English-language commentary on their messages. Queen Margrethe of Denmark, Prince Albert of Monaco, King Harald…
Recently, the engagement between Count Benno Czernin-Kinsky (b.1990) and Countess Antonia von Mensdorff-Pouilly (b.1992) has been announced. Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Antonia is a Saxe-Coburg descendant: she is a great-great-great-granddaughter of Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1778-1835). In 1804, Sophie married Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1777-1852). Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was the sister of the eventual King Leopold I of…
On 28 April 2020, Mafalda Luise Prinzessin von Preußen was born as the first child of Alexander Prinz von Preußen and his wife Jenny Prinzessin von Preußen (née von Ruhmor). Alexander Prinz von Preußen, eldest son of Prince Adalbert of Prussia and Eva Maria Kudicke, was civilly married at Munich on Valentine’s Day,…
Prince Pedro Alberto and Princess Alessandra at the altar. Photo (c) Princess Maria Gabriela of Orleans and Bragança. Over the weekend, members of the Brazilian imperial family gathered at Petropolis as Prince Pedro Alberto de Orleans e Bragança and his wife Princess Alessandra renewed their wedding vows. Pedro Alberto and Alessandra celebrated their marriage on 3…
The newlyweds. Photo (c) Alain BENAINOUS/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images. Today, Princess Kalina of Bulgaria and Antonio José “Kitin” Muñoz y Valcárcel celebrate twenty years of marriage! The princess and her parents. Photo (c) Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images. On 25 October 2002, a reception was hosted by King Simeon II and Queen Margarita at…
Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece. During today’s funeral service for King Constantine II of the Hellenes, his eldest son and heir Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece delivered a very moving eulogy to his father. The crown prince spoke first in Greek and then in English for the international guests in the Metropolitan Cathedral of…
Monseigneur Dominique Rey, Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, at the ordination of Brother Johannes Photograph (c) Point de Vue/Luc Castel Photograph (c) Nicolas Buttet Four members of the Austrian Imperial Family became priests, brothers, and a sister in the same religious order within the past year: the added twist is that they are all siblings. The most…