The 70th Birthday of Princess Laure Napoléon

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…

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A Princely Birth in the French Royal House!

Princess Theresa and Prince François d’Orléans, 2014. According to Noblesse et Royautés, Prince François and Princess Theresa d’Orléans, Count and Countess of Dreux, welcomed the birth of their third child and second son in the autumn of last year. Prince Raphaël d’Orléans was born on 4 September 2021. Prince Raphaël joins older siblings Prince Philippe (b.2017)…

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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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Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium, Aunt of King Philippe, Turns 65!

Today, Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium celebrates her sixty-fifth birthday! Lilian with her daughter Marie-Esmeralda, 1956. Born on 30 September 1956 at Laeken, Princess Marie-Esmeralda Adelaide Lilian Anna Léopoldine of Belgium was the second daughter and last child of King Léopold III of the Belgians and his second wife Lilian, Princess de Réthy. Marie-Esmeralda had two full siblings:…

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Prince Jan Paweł Sapieha-Różański (1935-2021)

The Sapieha family: Jan Paweł, Paola, Cristina, Michael, and Anna. On 6 August 2021, Prince Jan Paweł Sapieha-Różański died at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The prince was eighty-five years-old. Born on 26 August 1935 at Warsaw, Jan Paweł was the first of three sons of Prince Jan Andrzej Sapieha-Rozanski and his wife Princess Maria (née Zdziechowska). Prince Jan Paweł had…

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