Embed from Getty Images Aged seventy-two, Princess Christina of The Netherlands died on Friday, 16 August 2019, at Noordeinde Palace, Den Haag, The Netherlands. She had been suffering from bone cancer. In June 2018, it was announced that the princess had been diagnosed with the illness in November 2017. Embed from Getty Images Embed…
The celebrations surrounding the religious wedding of Grand Duke George of Russia and Princess Victoria Romanoff will occur over three days, beginning today and ending on Saturday. The groom is the only child of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia and Prince Franz-Wilhelm of Prussia. The bride, who was born Rebecca Virginia Bettarini, is the…
Today, Hereditary Prince Peter of Serbia marks his fortieth birthday. Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia and Princess Maria da Glória of Orléans-Braganza on their wedding day. Prince Regent Paul of Yugoslavia can be seen to the far right of the photograph. The Royal Wedding of the Karageorgevich and Orléans-Braganza. (left to right): Prince Juan Carlos…
The obituary of the princess. Princess Sixtina of Waldeck-Pyrmont died on 18 May 2022. She was eighty-eight years-old. Sixtina’s parents: Fürst Wolff-Heinrich and Fürstin Irma zu Stolberg. The commemorative coin celebrating the marriage of Fürst Wolff Heinrich and Fürstin Irma zu Stolberg. Princess Irma with her two eldest children: Princess Sixtina and Prince Johann….
Note: Thank you to my friend Hein Bruins of Hein’s Royal Genealogy Page for providing this information! Valentine’s Day newlyweds: Alexander von Preußen and Jenny von Rumohr On Friday, 14 February 2020, Alexander Prinz von Preußen, eldest son of Prince Adalbert of Prussia and Eva Maria Kudicke, was married in a civil ceremony at Munich to Jenny…
Embed from Getty Images Prince Sixte Henri of Bourbon-Parma has announced that today, Thursday, 26 March 2020, his sister Princess Marie-Thérèse of Bourbon-Parma passed away in Paris from the coronavirus. The princess was eighty-six years-old. Princess Marie-Thérèse of Bourbon-Parma was born on 28 July 1933 as the daughter of Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma and his wife Madeleine…
Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’aD6jUvq5SdFBitPIHjBk0g’,sig:’KAB4RAwhgIbZxA20Va2kcGg0bOC8tria7aJ2DQmPpFQ=’,w:’382px’,h:’594px’,items:’451811076′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Today, HI&RH Archduchess Anna-Gabriele of Austria celebrates her eightieth birthday. Fürst Carl Joseph von Wrede HSH Fürstin Anna Gabriella Maria Theresia Kaspara von Wrede was born at Päh am Ammersee, Bavaria, Germany, on 11 September 1940. The princess was the first child of Fürst Carl Joseph…
Prince Albert Friedrich of Thurn and Taxis died on 17 July 2021. The prince was ninety-one years-old. His burial took place on 30 July at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The Silver Wedding Anniversary of Philipp and Eulalia, 1954. L to R: Prince Philipp Ernst, Princess Eulalia, Princess Margarete, Princess Antonia, and Prince Albert. Photo (c) Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin and Bert…
Photograph © Cour grand-ducale / Marion Dessard Photograph © Cour grand-ducale / Marion Dessard The Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg has revealed that Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume (b.1981) and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie (b.1984; née Countess of Lannoy) are expecting their first child in May 2020. The couple married in October 2012. This happy news…
Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’NmVwm1CRQKZrl6CZ4CrqTQ’,sig:’VB3wt-hJh8R9EOQoPmxECm3TRFhqgUC-Y1konB64rpo=’,w:’377px’,h:’594px’,items:’1178645610′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Last month, journalist Rachael Sigee wrote a fascinating profile on Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis. Elisabeth (b.1982) is one of the children of Fürstin Gloria of Thurn and Taxis (née Schönburg-Glauchau) and the late Fürst Johannes. Sigee’s piece focuses on the work that Elisabeth is…