Antoine de Castellane. French aristocrat and artist Comte and Marquis Antoine de Castellane died on 3 February 2021. He was eighty-six years-old. Antoine’s father: Count Henri de Castellane. Antoine’s mother: Doña Silvia Rodríguez de Rivas. Born on 8 October 1934 at Paris, Antoine was the second child and eldest son of Count Henri de Castellane (1903-1937) and his wife…
Rostislav and Foteini. On Sunday, 12 September, Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich Romanovsky and his wife Princess Foteini Romanovsky will celebrate their religious marriage at the Saint Alexandre Nevsky Cathedral in Paris. The engagement announcement of Rostislav Romanoff, Prince Romanovsky, and Foteini Georganta. Announcement (c) The Telegraph of 25 September 2019. The civil wedding. In 2011, Rostislav…
Prince Karl of Hesse (1937-2022), Nephew of the Duke of Edinburgh On 23 March 2022, Prince Karl of Hesse died in Munich. He was eighty-four years-old. The prince was a nephew of the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Princess Sophie of Greece and Prince Christoph of Hesse. Born on 26 March 1937 at…
Embed from Getty Images In the 1980s, Prince Edouard and Princess Françoise Lobkowicz twice suffered the loss that no parent ever wants to experience. They had to bury two of four children within a four year span. Violence and illness claimed the lives of their first and second sons. Edouard(1960-1984) On 18 October 1960,…
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…
“Peacock” – a self-portrait of Roxanne Zaher, 2012. Born on 24 August 1988, Princess Roxanne “Roxy” Zaher of Afghanistan is the only child of Prince Muhammad Zahir Khan (b.1962) and his wife Princess Oshila (b.1958). Raised in Virginia, the princess moved to New York to pursue her education. Roxanne attended Stony Brook University; thereafter, the…
Princess Woizlawa Feodora Reuß (1918-2019; née Mecklenburg-Schwerin) HH Princess Woizlawa Feodora Reuß, born Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, passed away yesterday, 3 June, at Strittmatt, Schwarzwald, Germany. The princess was 100 years old and the eldest surviving European royal. She had suffered from a short illness. Princess Woizlawa Feodora celebrates her 100th birthday in December 2018 The…
Archduchess Cecilia of Austria. Photograph courtesy of Archduchess Kathleen of Austria. On 15 January 2021, Archduke Imre of Austria and his wife Archduchess Kathleen welcomed the arrival of their fourth child, Archduchess Cecilia. The little archduchess has three elder sisters: Archduchess Maria-Stella, Archduchess Magdalena, and Archduchess Juliana. Archduchess Cecilia of Austria is the eighteenth great-grandchild of…
Queen Anne looking after King Michael Picture taken at the Elisabeta Palace in Bucharest Today marks three years since the death of Queen Anne of Romania. After many years of declining health, the Queen died Monday, 1 August 2016, in hospital at Morges, Switzerland, at the age of ninety-two. Himself suffering from cancer, her ninety-four-year…
Princess Beatrice.Photograph (c) the Ducal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Today, Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Meiningen celebrates her seventieth birthday. Prince Friedrich Josias and Princess Denys of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Born on 15 July 1951 at Bern, Princess Beatrice Charlotte of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the second child of Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and…