Maximilien and Sophie. Duchess Sophie of Württemberg and Maximilien d’Andigné have welcomed the arrival of their first child, Olympia (b.2021). The couple married in 2018. Sophie is the daughter of Duke Philipp of Württemberg and Duchess Marie-Caroline in Bavaria. Maximilien is the son of Hervé d’Andigné and Marie-Adélaïde de La Barre de Nanteuil. Olympia d’Andigné is the…
The Radziwill Tiara Photograph (c) Hindman The tiara worn by Princess Eugenie of Greece and Denmark at her wedding to Prince Dominick Radziwiłł will be sold on 7 December 2020 in Chicago by the auction house Hindman. Bidding is currently at $4,400, although it is likely that the tiara will fetch much more due to its…
The Dowager Countess of Paris, 20 March 2021. Photograph (c) F. Monmarche. On Saturday, 20 March 2021, Princess Micaëla d’Orléans, Dowager Countess of Paris attended a Mass in memory of her late husband, Prince Henri d’Orléans, Count of Paris, at the Church of Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois. After thirty-four years of marriage, the Count of Paris died on…
Princess Alix Napoléon.Photograph (c) Getty Images/Luc Castel. Today, Her Imperial Highness the Dowager Princess Napoléon celebrates her ninety-fifth birthday! Louis Napoléon and Alix de Foresta after their engagement in May 1949. Count Albéric and Countess Geneviève de Foresta, 1949. On 4 April 1926, Mademoiselle Alix Marie Joséphine Thérèse Henriette de Foresta was born at Marseille. Alix…
Prince Alexis of Hesse with his dog Paul Photograph (c) Werra Rundschau At the link, feel free to view a delightful piece by DW News on Prince Alexis and Landgrave of Hesse (of the Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld line) and his family’s home of Schloss Augustenau. Prince Alexis, who studied art history, has managed Schloss Augustenau and its…
Fürst Carl and Fürstin Katharina of Wrede, 2007. Photo (c) Seeger-Presse / Sandra Zellner. Today, the Fürst and Fürstin of Wrede celebrate their thirtieth wedding anniversary. Fürst Carl of Wrede (b.1942) and Eva Katharina Kovarcz de Kovarczfalva (b.1945) married on 9 September 1991 at Pleinfeld. It was the second marriage for both parties. The Fürst and…
On 8 April 1931 at Palermo, Prince Henri d’Orléans married Princess Isabel de Orléans e Bragança. On the ninetieth anniversary of the wedding of the Count and Countess of Paris, I hope that you will enjoy these images from an album that I purchased some years ago from the estate of a French royalist who…
Noble Couplings That Were Not To Be: Hereditary Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Elvire Pasté de Rochefort Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Fürst Richard of S-W-B, Elvire Pasté de Rochefort, Prince Gustav of S-W-B On 16 August 2000, the Danish royal house announced the betrothal between Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (b.12 January 1969; eldest of three…
Princess Laure with her dog on the shores of Lake Geneva. Louis and Alix with their children (left to right) Catherine, Laure, Jérôme, and Charles. Today, Princess Laure Napoléon celebrates her seventieth birthday! The Prince and Princess Napoléon with their four children, 1969. Born on 8 October 1952 at Paris, Princess Laure Clémentine Geneviève Napoléon…
The religious wedding of Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon and Countess Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg will take place at 11:00am on 19 October in Paris at the Cathédrale Saint Louis des Invalides. Monseigneur Antoine de Romanet, Bishop of the Diocese of the French Armed Forces, will be presiding over the ceremony. Source: https://dioceseauxarmees.fr/horaires-des-messes/cathedrale-st-louis-des-invalides.html For…