DEATH OF A ROMANOV PRINCE Prince Oleg Konstantinovich’s Promising Life and Early Death “The coffin was lowered into the grave…… Soon there was a burial mound above. It was quickly covered with wreaths, flowers and crowned with a plain wooden cross. Prince Oleg’s promising life was finished.” (by Oleg’s brother Prince Gabriel in Memories of the…
Princess Maria. Maria Madelaine (de) Kossaczky was born on 9 December 1924 at Budapest, Hungary, as the only child of Major General Árpád Vitéz Kossaczky (Szeleste, Austria-Hungary 9 April 1886-Miami, Florida 24 June 1967) and Ilona Wallner (Nagyszombat, Austria-Hungary 16 November 1891-Greenwich, Connecticut 3 December 1983). Árpád and Ilona were married on 10 November…
Princess Henriette of Auersperg was born on 2 September 1933 at Sankt Johann im Pongau, Salzburg, as the eldest child of Prince Alois of Auersperg (1897-1984) and Countess Henriette Larisch von Moennich (1903-1994). Known as “Hetty,” the little girl was followed by two brothers: Prince Alfred (1936-1992) and Prince Luitpold (1937-1985). The future was to…
Nicholas and Alina-Maria with Maria-Alexandra and Michael. Michael of Romania, the only son of Nicholas and Alina-Maria of Romania, will be baptised at the Coronation Cathedral on 18 June at the Coronation Cathedral in Alba Iulia. Announcement from Prince Nicholas of Romania. Michael of Romania was born on 15 April 2022 at Bucharest. He is…
Prince Andreas and Princess Carin of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Photograph (c) Eurohistory.com. Today, Prince Andreas and Princess Carin of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha mark their Golden Wedding anniversary.
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris Today, Monday, 15 April 2019, is a day that will not be forgotten or remembered happily in history. On this day, during Holy Week, the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris was engulfed in flames beginning at 6:40PM CEST. As of 12:00AM CEST, the fire still burns at Notre-Dame. Fire consumes Notre-Dame…
Princess Marie of Romania in Bucharest on 21 March 2019. Photo (c) CRISTIAN NISTOR / AGERPRES Princess Marie of Romania appears to be taking a step back from her role as a public representative of the royal house. Marie is the youngest of the five daughters of the late King Michael and Queen Anne of Romania….
Jean Christophe, Prince Napoléon, stated in an interview with Le Figaro that he and Countess Olympia will tie the knot on 19 October. The groom-to-be’s father, Prince Charles Napoléon, was born on 19 October 1950. Charles will thus celebrate his sixty-ninth birthday on the occasion of his only son’s marriage. On that day, the couple…
Today AMAZON informed us that our latest book, The Grand Ducal House of Hesse, is is now ready to start selling and shipping. The book was authored by royal experts Arturo E. Beéche and Ilana D.Miller…their latest collaboration! With some 400 beautiful photos and extensive and detailed family trees, enhancing a gripping drama, and a tragic…
Alice Javal Weiller. The birth record of Alice Anna Laval, 1869. NOTE: My sincere gratitude to my dear friend Jakob Regnér, who discovered much of the information about the life story and tragic fate of Alice Javal Weiller. On 10 October 1869 at Paris, Alice Anna Javal was born as the eldest child of Louis Émile Javal (1839-1907)…