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. The website of the Russian Imperial House offered a…
King Gyanendra and Queen Komal of Nepal as well as their daughter Princess Prerana have been admitted to hospital after contracting Covid-19. The seventy-three year-old king and seventy year-old queen were diagnosed with coronavirus on 20 April. Gyanendra, Komal, and their daughter Prerana were admitted to Norvic International Hospital in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu…
Princess Marie-Luise von Croÿ in 1941. Her Serene Highness Princess Marie-Luise (Louise) Natalie Engelberta Ludmilla von Croÿ was born at Dülmen on 18 December 1919. The princess was the third child and second daughter of Duke Karl Rudolf of Croÿ (1889-1974) and his first wife Nancy Leishman (1894-1983). She joined an older brother and sister:…
The Wedding of Grand Duchess Maria of Russia and Prince Franz-Wilhelm of Prussia by Seth B. Leonard Originally published in the European Royal History Journal, Issue CXXV, Volume 23.1 – Spring 2020. When asked about her private life in an interview with a Russian daily paper, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna briefly touched upon a subject that…
View this post on Instagram Me and my mother in Mallorca#soain#mallorca#wedding#architecture#imperialfamilyofrussia #российскийимператорскийдом #romanoff #russianimperialfamily #романов A post shared by Georgyi M. Romanoff Романов (@grand_duke_george_of_russia) on Jun 28, 2019 at 5:37am PDT Grand Duchess Maria of Russia and Grand Duke George of Russia have arrived in Majorca to attend the wedding of Prince Joachim of Prussia…
Princess Nadia of Leiningen and Ian Baker On Saturday, 18 July 2020, H.S.H. Princess Nadia zu Leiningen married Ian Baker at Knox Presbyterian Church, Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The religious ceremony took place at 2:30pm in an outdoor area on the church’s property. Princess Nadia Christiane Ruth zu Leiningen was born at Toronto on 16 December…
Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta and Maria Isabella of Savoy-Genoa, 1955. On the occasion of Christmas and the New Year, both Duke Amedeo of Savoy, Head of the Royal House, and his cousin Princess Maria Isabella of Savoy-Genoa have issued messages to Italians in Italy and abroad. Amedeo and Maria Isabella are close friends as…
I founded EUROHISTORY in August 1997, while a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs. It was an attempt to remind myself that in spite of working in an industry that was hugely profitable, my heart was in the study of history in general, royalty in particular. This has been a highly fulfilling and satisfying endeavor. EUROHISTORY became my life; it…
HH Princess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia Princess Vera Her Highness Princess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia was born on 11 April (Old Style) / 24 April (New Style) 1906 at Pavlovsk Palace. Vera was a great-granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. The princess was named after her paternal aunt Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna (1854-1912),…
Prince Victor Napoléon and Alice Biot. In 1905, reports in the Belgian press, which spread to international outlets, increasingly indicated that Prince Victor Napoléon, Head of the Imperial House of France, and Princess Clémentine of Belgium had fallen in love and desired to marry. However, there were several impediments to their plans to wed. King…