European Royal History

☨  Countess Beatrice von Hardenberg (1947 – 2020) Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’_64cDEl8SoRbKS4CGe0hag’,sig:’meo0tsdLhAPhJ9ppOlp47URmbmp9DI3Pw7TmfwdBUTg=’,w:’426px’,h:’594px’,items:’505080650′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); On the morning of Friday, 13 March, Countess Beatrice von Hardenberg passed away in Marbella, Spain. She was seventy-two years-old. Beatrice’s death was announced by her daughter, Olivia, in the following message: With great sorrow, I inform you…

Prince Joachim of Prussia On the evening of Saturday, 17 July 1920, Prince Joachim of Prussia shot himself in the left breast while in his room at the Villa Liegnitz in Potsdam. The prince was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Sunday, 18 July, at 1:00am as a result of…

On 23 May 2010, Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna died at La Paz Hospital in Madrid. The grand duchess was ninety-five years-old. She was the last surviving member of the Imperial House of Romanov to have been born in the Russian Empire before its fall in 1917. Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’2nUPj-oFT1R987QNCQZDkQ’,sig:’FXRRQ86YigWv2K3S8yIkSyvkYW8zNERmtJ_qCzp0-dw=’,w:’594px’,h:’406px’,items:’101558333′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })});…

  Today, the Landgrave of Hesse marks his fifty-fifth birthday!   The wedding of Prince Moritz of Hesse and Princess Tatiana zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, 1966.Photo (c) Getty Images / Keystone-France.   Born on 17 October 1966 at Kiel, Prince Heinrich Donatus Philipp Umberto of Hesse was the second child and first son of Landgrave Moritz of Hesse and…

This evening (July 16-17) we reach the fateful centennial of the martyrdom of the Russian Imperial Family. On the evening of July 16/17, 1918, Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duchess Olga Nicholaevna, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nicholaevna, Grand Duchess Marie Nicholaevna, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaevna, and Tsesarevich Alexei Nicholaevich, accompanied by four loyal servants,…

Emmanuel and Letizia in 2019.Photograph (c) Getty Images/Henri Tullio. Emmanuel de Noailles, Duc d’Ayen, and Letizia Bemberg recently married in France. The couple have two sons, Raphaël and Felix.  Emmanuel de Noailles. Born in Washington, DC, on 14 February 1983, Emmanuel Paul Louis Marie de Noailles, Duc d’Ayen, is the only son of Hélie de…

At the funeral of Princess Woizlawa-Feodora Reuß (née Mecklenburg-Schwerin; 1918-2019), there was an interesting family reunion that took place. Present at the celebration of the life of the princess were a number of relatives: Duke Borwin of Mecklenburg, and sisters Duchess Donata and Duchess Edwina of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. In addition, there was in attendance Frieda zu…

Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia Photograph (c) Getty Images / Alexei Pavlishak Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna with her daughter Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna at the baby’s baptism The charm bracelet created by Grand Duke Vladimir and Grand Duchess Leonida to celebrate their daughter Maria’s birth The Little Heiress On 23 December 1953, Grand Duchess…

Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’BVKc8PVTQpdDpp6Fr6duAQ’,sig:’LYlGgNJbbPTXG40jEBAZQo6JfGwrQWJ5kUc0FcTyHbQ=’,w:’396px’,h:’594px’,items:’848156072′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Princess Alana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn and her husband Prince Casimir are expecting their first child. The princess showed off her baby bump in a post on Instagram today. View this post on Instagram April 2020 ❤️ A post shared by Alana Bunte (@miss_acb) on Jan 9, 2020…