European Royal History

In May 1934, the engagement was announced between Infanta Maria Antónia of Portugal (1903-1973) and Mr Sidney Ashley Chanler (1907-1994). The infanta was the daughter of Infante Miguel, Duke of Bragança (1853-1927), and his second wife Princess Marie Therese zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1870-1935). Mr Chanler was the son of Mr William Astor Chanler (1867-1934) and Mrs Beatrice Minerva…

Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’BVKc8PVTQpdDpp6Fr6duAQ’,sig:’LYlGgNJbbPTXG40jEBAZQo6JfGwrQWJ5kUc0FcTyHbQ=’,w:’396px’,h:’594px’,items:’848156072′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Princess Alana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn and her husband Prince Casimir are expecting their first child. The princess showed off her baby bump in a post on Instagram today. View this post on Instagram April 2020 A post shared by Alana Bunte (@miss_acb) on Jan 9, 2020…

Elisabeta Palace, the headquarters of the Romanian Royal Family in Bucharest Yesterday, 11 May 2020, the government of Prime Minister Ludovic Orban of Romania gave free use of the Elisabeta Palace in Bucharest to Her Majesty’s Household Association (specifically, to the entity called Asociației Casa Majestăţii Sale). The decision was made by the Orban government following the…

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Boris Saxe Coburg Gotta with the “Pivotal” sculpture. Photograph (c) Boris Saxe Coburg Gotha Earlier this week, London-based sculptor Boris Saxe Coburg Gotha (also known as Prince Boris of Bulgaria) gave an AMA (Ask Me Anything) segment on his Instagram. The questions posed to him and the answers he provided are given below for the…

A kiss between the newly married couple! Three years ago, on 8 October 2016, Crown Prince Leka of the Albanians and his fiancée Elia Zaharia were married in a splendid ceremony at the Royal Palace in Tirana. Their wedding was covered by media from around the world, including the European Royal History Journal. A video…

The Christening of Prince Louis: guests and godparents The following guests will today attend the christening of Prince Louis at The Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace:    –    The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall –    The Duke and Duchess of Sussex –    Mr. and Mrs. Michael Middleton, Mr. and Mrs. James Matthews,…

☨  Countess Beatrice von Hardenberg (1947 – 2020) Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’_64cDEl8SoRbKS4CGe0hag’,sig:’meo0tsdLhAPhJ9ppOlp47URmbmp9DI3Pw7TmfwdBUTg=’,w:’426px’,h:’594px’,items:’505080650′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); On the morning of Friday, 13 March, Countess Beatrice von Hardenberg passed away in Marbella, Spain. She was seventy-two years-old. Beatrice’s death was announced by her daughter, Olivia, in the following message: With great sorrow, I inform you…

The late Princess Eva Maria of Yugoslavia. On 13 December 2020, HRH Princess Eva Maria of Yugoslavia died in Palm Springs, California. The widow of Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia, the princess was ninety-four years-old. She had lived in Palm Springs for many decades. Born on 26 August 1926 at Vrnjacka-Banja, Serbia, Milica “Mitzi” Anđelković was…