European Royal History

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…

  Princess Irina with her husband John, her sister Margarita, and her father King Michael of Romania on 27 October 2011.Photograph (c) Agerpres / Cristian Nestor Irina Walker, the princess formerly known as HRH Princess Irina of Romania, has been restored to her royal style and title by her sister, the Custodian of the Crown…

The Fürst and Fürstin of Isenburg with their son Franz Photograph (c) Sabine Brauer Photos On Saturday, 7 December, Hereditary Prince Franz of Isenburg was christened at the Katholische Pfarrgemeinde Mariae Heimsuchung in Birstein. Photograph (c) Sabine Brauer Photos Hereditary Prince Franz Salvator Ferdinand Bonifatius Wilhelm Maria of Isenburg was born at Munich on 8 August…

The Prince Napoléon Jean-Christophe Napoléon HIH Jean Christophe, Prince Napoléon, today celebrates his thirty-third birthday. Princess Caroline Napoléon, Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon, and Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’kfMKoG-xReNqxVGfsowtdg’,sig:’o9m4HU0TIQz8wbiRA53jwopxt3WpWMNxzvdxe9itenk=’,w:’403px’,h:’594px’,items:’168467666′,caption: true ,tld:’co.uk’,is360: false })}); The prince was born on 11 July 1986 at Saint-Raphaël, Var, as the second child and only son of Prince…

In Memoriam † Infanta doña Pilar de España (1936 – 2020) Duquesa de Badajoz Vizcondesa viuda de la Torre Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’qbdf4ZjxTzRfl85hpf0jaA’,sig:’mkNTklkifTuBYbmzV_zg_InvE5tMY-kxSZNXiOzIG7U=’,w:’461px’,h:’594px’,items:’514134678′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’Ekn6Kij_SONujiqjQW9lRw’,sig:’QF6-V4MUJjyDndXNjoDXPAlksZjNm-hLLBgr2hdRFT4=’,w:’594px’,h:’375px’,items:’78854996′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’YvuoGeLYS4JK9HYe0DPk5A’,sig:’AeizXqfIO34N9Sea2GoOML4ebWVatKeLQ5vFLpufHoQ=’,w:’594px’,h:’397px’,items:’113943028′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’ogi20zBnSqllCwFknGWVcQ’,sig:’h5yBsWnVk7t7biq8-WCjX5WsOyUGLUsfr_FXO7NzIG0=’,w:’395px’,h:’594px’,items:’680458742′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })});…

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vera Arrivabene (@veraarrivabene) Yesterday, Vera dei Conti Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga and Nobile Briano Martinoni Caleppio announced their engagement. Vera is a granddaughter of Prince Amedeo, Duke of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, and his first wife, Princess Claude d’Orléans. Vera’s ancestry includes European royalty, European and Italian nobility,…

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Queen Marie-José of Italy. A study of the May Queen by Theodore Strawinsky. On 27 January 2001, Queen Marie-José of Italy passed away in Geneva. She was ninety-four years-old.  Left to right: Prince Léopold, Princess Marie-José, and Prince Charles. Photograph (c) Getty Images/Hutton Archive. King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians with their daughter…