Prince Franz Josef von Altenburg (1941-2021)

Franz Josef Altenburg, 2019. Photo (c) Hollengut. Aged eighty, Prince Franz Josef von Altenburg died on 18 August 2021. Born on 15 March 1941, Prince Franz Josef Georg Clemens Maria Leopold Salvator von Altenburg was the seventh child of Archduke Clemens Salvator of Austria (1904-1974) and Countess Elisabeth Rességuier de Miremont (1906-2000). In 1969, Franz Josef married…

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All Three French “Pretenders” Present for the Funeral of Grand Duke Jean

HIH Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon, HRH The Count of Paris, and don Luis Alfonso de Borbón y Martínez-Bordiú attended the funeral of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg yesterday at Notre-Dame in Luxembourg City. The Prince Napoléon and his fiancée Countess Olympia Arco The Prince Napoléon was accompanied by his fiancée Countess Olympia of Arco-Zinneberg. Prince Jean-Christophe…

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A Biographical Sketch of the Last Princess of Russia: Catherine Ivanovna Romanova

A Biographical Sketch of the Last Princess of Russia: Catherine Ivanovna Romanova Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna with her grandchildren Catherine and Vsevolod King Nikola I of Montenegro with his great-grandchildren Catherine and Vsevolod On 25 July 1915 at Pavlovsk Palace in St. Petersburg, Her Serene Highness Princess Ekaterina (Catherine) Ivanovna of Russia entered the twilight…

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the passing of dowager countess of

The Passing of the Dowager Countess of Paris (1938-2022)   Henri and Micaëla HRH Princess Micaëla d’Orléans, Dowager Countess of Paris, died on Sunday, 13 March, in the French capital. She was eighty-three years-old. The Dowager Countess of Paris was born doña Micaëla Ana María Cousiño y Quiñones de León on 30 April 1938 at Vichy, France….

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A Review – RECOLLECTIONS: The Memoirs of Victoria Milford Haven

A Review – RECOLLECTIONS: The Memoirs of Victoria Milford Haven   A Review – RECOLLECTIONS: The Memoirs of Victoria Milford Haven        “Recollections” – Victoria, Marchioness of Milford Haven, formerly Princess Louis of Battenberg.” Annotated and expanded by Arturo E. Beéche & Ilana D. Miller. (Eurohistory.com), 270 pages, illustrated throughout.   Victoria Milford…

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55 Years Since the Passing of the Last Queen of Portugal

A Hohenzollern gathering at Burg Hohenzollern in 1961. Front row: Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, Fürstin Margarete of Hohenzollern, Countess Augusta Victoria Douglas, and Princess Xenia of Prussia. On 29 August 1966, Countess Augusta Victoria Douglas (née Princess of Hohenzollern; former Queen of Portugal) died at Eigeltingen, Baden-Württemberg. She was seventy-six years-old. Princess Maria Teresa…

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Prince Luiz, Head of the Brazilian Imperial Family, Released From Hospital Yesterday

Prince Luiz upon leaving hospital. Yesterday, 6 November, Prince Luiz of Brazil was discharged from the Santa Catarina Hospital in São Paolo after a hospitalisation of several days. He had been dealing with bronchitis, which was successfully treated with antibiotics. The prince is eighty-two years-old. On Saturday, 31 October, the secretariat of the Imperial House…

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