Prince Nicholas of Romania and his wife Alina-Maria have welcomed the arrival of their first child. Maria-Alexandra of Romania was born at the Polizu Hospital in Bucharest at 8:05pm on Saturday, 7 November 2020. Mother and daughter “are both well and healthy.” Among others, the couple have received congratulatory messages from Prince Jean d’Orléans, Count…
Prince Guillaume and Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg with their children at the Bay des Débutantes The annual Bal des Débutantes will take place on 30 November at the Shangri-La Hotel in Paris. In recent years, the event has been attended by the following royal and noble young women: Princess Charlotte of Nassau; Infanta Maria Francisca…
doña Clothilde de Silva y González de Cándamo Announcement of the marriage between Prince Hans Heinrich XV of Pleß and Clotilde de Silva y González Article (c) Chicago Tribune (24 January 1925) Hans Heinrich and Clotilde of Pleß are married at London Article (c) The Philadelphia Inquirer (25 January 1925) On 25 January 1925 at London,…
Fürst Wittekind of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Today, Fürst Wittekind zu Waldeck und Pyrmont celebrates his eighty-fifth birthday. Hereditary Prince Josias zu Waldeck und Pyrmont and Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg. Prince Wittekind Adolf Heinrich Georg-Wilhelm zu Waldeck und Pyrmont was born on 9 March 1936 at Arolsen. The prince was the only son and fourth of…
Today His Highness Prince Nikolai celebrates his twentieth birthday. The Danish Royal Court released three news pictures of the prince. Photos © Steen Brogaard For further news and articles about Europe’s Gotha families, join Eurohistory! https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/p/subscribe-to-eurohistory.html
On 10 June 1825, Princess Hildegard Luise Charlotte Theresia Friederike of Bavaria entered the world at Würzburg. The princess was the seventh child and fourth daughter of King Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786-1868) and his wife Queen Therese (1792-1854; née Saxe-Hildburghausen). Hildegard’s mother had been on a short list of royal ladies to wed Emperor…
Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images In April 2008, during a segment of the VTM programme Het Nieuws, Queen Fabiola of Belgium was recorded speaking for the first time about the five miscarriages that she experienced. From 1960 until his death in 1993, Fabiola was the wife and…
La Duquesa de Plasencia. Don Carlo Ruspoli, Duca di Morignano, and Doña María da Gracia de Solís-Beaumount y Téllez-Girón, Duquesa de Plasencia. On 20 February 2021, Doña María de Gracia, Duchess de Plasencia died at Madrid. She was sixty-three years-old. The duchess had been a nurse with the Spanish Red Cross and was a Dame of…
Photo (c) Cyrille Boulay. On Sunday, 12 December, Prince Joachim Murat was baptised at the Cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides in Paris. Prince Joachim Georges Laurent Napoléon Murat was born on 3 August as the first child of Prince Joachim Murat and his wife Princess Yasmine (née Briki). Among the godparents of the little prince were Grand…
The Wittelsbachs ruled over Bavaria and the Rhineland Palatinate for nearly 750 years, this fact made their dynasty one of Europe’s longes-ruling families. Theirs is a history of not only sublime exaltation, but also deep and sorrowful loss. They were patrons of the arts and letters, incredible builders, scientists, politicians, visionaries, and maddening personalities. This…