Margrave Max of Baden at the funeral of his first cousin Fürst Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Max and Valerie of Baden at the memorial service of Kraft of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 2004. Yesterday, 29 December, Margrave Max of Baden died at Schloß Salem in Germany. The margrave was eighty-nine years-old. Margrave Max of Baden was a nephew of…
Photo (c) Casa Reale di Savoia. On the revamped website of the Royal House of Savoy, there is a lovely picture of the royal family. We see Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, and Princess Olga, Duchess of Aosta, with their three children: Prince Umberto, Prince Amedeo, and Princess Isabella. Prince Amedeo, Princess Claude, Princess Bianca,…
Princess Olga.Painted by her mother Marina Karella (Princess Marina of Greece). Today, Princess Olga of Savoy, Duchess of Aosta, celebrates her fiftieth birthday! Princess Olga and her father Prince Michael. Born at Athens on 17 November 1971, Princess Olga Isabelle of Greece is the second daughter of Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark (b.1939)…
Count Ockie and Countess Christine Bernadotte. On 8 February 1931, Count Folke “Ockie” Bernadotte af Wisborg was born at Pleasantville, New York, as the second son of Count Folke Bernadotte af Wisborg (1895-1948) and his wife Countess Estelle (1904-1984; née Manville). Ockie Bernadotte made his entrance to the world at the home of his maternal…
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…
Sophie and Ludwig. The engagement of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Sophie Evekink was recently announced. Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, the eldest son and third child of Prince Luitpold (b.1951) and Princess Beatrix of Bavaria (b.1951; née Wiegand), was born at Landsberg am Lech on 14 June 1982. The prince spent his childhood at Schloss Kaltenberg…
Nadejda. Today, Fürstin Nadejda von Starhemberg celebrates her sixtieth birthday! Born on 29 Jun 1961 at Köln-Lindenthal, Countess Nadejda von Abensperg und Traun was born as the daughter of Count Ernst Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun and Felicia Guepin. In September 1988, Nadejda married Fürst Georg Adam von Starhemberg (b.1961). The couple have four children, two sons…
Today, Prince Gundakar of Liechtenstein and his twin sister Princess Diemut celebrate their 70th birthdays! The twins were born at Vienna on 1 April 1949 as the eldest children of Prince Hans-Moritz of Liechtenstein (1914-2004) and Princess Clotilde of Thurn and Taxis (1922-2009), who had married in 1944. The little princess was named Diemut Margarete Maria Benedicta Anna;…
Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg with their children in 1971 With the today’s news that Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie are expecting the birth of their first child, it might be useful to look at the current progeny of the Hereditary Grand Duke’s paternal grandparents, Grand Duke…
Aimone and Irene. On 1 July 1939 at Florence, Prince Aimone of Savoy, Duke of Spoleto, married Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark. The groom was thirty-nine years-old; the bride was thirty-four. Their wedding took place at the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. Among the guests were King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy and…