Prince Carl Johan of Sweden, Duke of DalarnaPhotograph (c) Swedish Royal Family Prince Carl Johan Arthur of Sweden was born on 31 October 1916 at Stockholm Palace. The prince was the fourth son and fifth (and youngest) child of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf (1882-1973; later King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden) and his wife Crown Princess Margaret…
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…
The full film of the funeral of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg may be viewed at the link below. Aged ninety-eight, the grand duke died on 23 April surrounded by his family. The celebration of his live was in the same vein: the children, grandchildren, and at least one great-grandchild of Grand Duke Jean…
Princess Seble. Princess Seble (Sybil) Desta died on 3 January 2023 in Virginia. She was ninety-one years-old. Princess Tenagnework. Princess Tenagnework and Princess Seble. The princess was born in Addis Ababa on 1 September 1931 as the fourth child and third daughter of Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie of Ethiopia (1912-2003) and her first husband Ras Desta…
Prince Giorgi Bagrationi-Japaridze died earlier this week. He was a great-great-great-great-great grandson of King Alexander V of Imereti. A 2007 article about the possibility of a monarchical restoration interviewed Giorgi and his mother: Historian Raul Chagunava, a longtime researcher of the Bagrationi family, believes that the crown by right belongs to Nugzar Bagrationi-Gruzinski, the…
Today, the engagement of Princess Beatrice of Prussia and Edmund Jenner was announced. Beatrice Prinzessin von Preußen. Nicholas Prinz von Preußen and Victoria Prinzessin von Preußen. Princess Beatrice Victoria of Prussia (b.1981) is the eldest child of Prince Frederick Nicholas of Prussia (b.1946) and his wife Princess Victoria (b.1952; née Mancroft). Beatrice is an printmaker. She is…
At the funeral of Princess Woizlawa-Feodora Reuß (née Mecklenburg-Schwerin; 1918-2019), there was an interesting family reunion that took place. Present at the celebration of the life of the princess were a number of relatives: Duke Borwin of Mecklenburg, and sisters Duchess Donata and Duchess Edwina of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. In addition, there was in attendance Frieda zu…
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…
Today, inside St George’s Chapel, Windsor, HRH Prince Henry of Wales and his fiancée Ms Meghan Markle exchanged wedding vows. TRH The Duke and Duchess of Sussex Earlier today, Buckingham Palace released an announcement in which HM The Queen granted her grandson Henry the title of Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton, Baron Kilkeel. https://www.royal.uk/prince-harry-and-ms-meghan-markle-announcement-titles…
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…