Rüdiger von Sachsen with his grandson Moritz at the wedding of Rüdiger’s son Daniel, 2011. Photo (c) Zoonar / Türpe Tuerp / AGE Fotostock. On 29 March 2022, Rüdiger Prinz von Sachsen died at his home near Moritzburg after suffering a heart attack. He was sixty-eight years-old. Prince Timo of Saxony and Margrit Lucas on their…
Archduke Karl and Archduchess Camilla of Austria, 2019. Photo (c) IMAGO / Viennareport. In the late 1980s or early 1990s, Archduke Karl of Austria (b.1961) was in a relationship with his distant cousin Camilla Habsburg-Lothringen (b.1962). Karl was the eldest son and heir of Archduke Otto of Austria, Crown Prince of Hungary, and his wife Archduchess…
Count Bertram at an exhibition of his art, 1997. Photo (c) Seeger-Presse. Born on 12 July 1932 at Golßen, Count Bertram Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen was the first child of Count Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (1906-1940) and Princess Karoline-Mathilde “Calma” of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1912-1983), who wed in 1931. Bertram was joined by two younger siblings: Count…
HH Duke Christoph of Schleswig-Holstein was born on 22 August 1949 at Schloß Louisenlund, Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein. Christoph was the second child and first son of Duke Peter of Schleswig-Holstein (1922-1980) and Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe (b.1923). Christoph had joined an older sister, Princess Marita (b.1948), and was followed by a younger brother, Prince Alexander (b.1953), and a…
Photo (c) Ancien Ordre de L’Etoile et de Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel. The funeral of Princess Micaëla d’Orléans, Dowager Countess of Paris, took place at the Église Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois on Tuesday, 22 March. The princess was the widow of Prince Henri d’Orléans, Count of Paris, who was Head of the Royal House of France from 1999…
Princess Victoria with her father Ambassador Bettarini. Photo (c) Getty Images / Peter Kovalev. A happy father and his beautiful daughter. Photo (c) Getty Images / Peter Kovalev. The happy groom, Grand Duke George, waves to those outside the Russian Museum of Ethnography. Photo (c) Peter Kovalev / TASS / Newscom. Yesterday evening, guests gathered at…
Count Jan Bernadotte af Wisborg. On 9 January 1941, Count Carl Johan “Jan” Gustaf Vilhelm Bernadotte af Wisborg was born at Stockholm. He was the son of Count Lennart Bernadotte af Wisborg (1909-2004; born Prince Lennart of Sweden) and his first wife Karin Nissvandt (1911-1991). Count Jan’s paternal grandparents were Prince Wilhelm of Sweden (1884-1965), Duke of…
Today, Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, celebrated her eighteenth birthday at the Royal Palace in Brussels. The future Belgian queen was joined by her parents, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, as well as by her siblings; Elisabeth’s grandparents King Albert II and Queen Paola were also…
Pierre and Marie-Christine in London, 1990.Photograph (c) Fergus Greer/Tatler. In 1995, Prince Pierre d’Arenberg, Duke of Arenberg, married Marie Christine Kraff de Laubarède. It is alleged that the couple underwent a civil marriage ceremony in the Philippines; however, it it thought that the marriage was not registered with the French Embassy, for whatever reason. The…
Around thirty aristocrats will have their titles abolished by the Spanish Cortes if and when it adopts the Democratic Memory Law (Ley de Memoria Democrática). The text of the law was published in September 2020. At the time, Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo noted that the bill’s sixty-six articles would honour the victims of…