Lady Iris Mountbatten, 1947. Photograph (c) FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images. In the summer of 1949, twenty-nine year-old Lady Iris Mountbatten gave an interview to The American Way Weekly. She discussed her hopes and dreams surrounding her decision to relocate to North America. A great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Lady Iris Mountbatten was the only child of Lord…
Dear Buyers, Readers, and Friends, Today, we began shipping copies of our latest book, The Royal House of Bavaria (Volume I). If you have purchased a copy from us or through AMAZON at you should be receiving the book by week’s end! Arturo has been busy signing copies! To purchase the book (for USA clients), you…
Duchess Helene with three of her Brazilian cousins, 1950s. Photograph (c) Casa Imperial do Brasil. Today, 18 May, Markgräfin Helene Pallavicini will be buried at Altshausen, where she passed away on 22 April at the age of ninety-one. Helene, known as “Mausi” in her family, was born a Duchess of Württemberg and was the older sister…
Dr. Mirko Sajonia-Coburgo Prince Mirko of Bulgaria (b.1995), the son of Prince Kubrat of Bulgaria, himself the third son of King Simeon II of Bulgaria and Queen Margarita, and of Princess Carla (née Royo-Villanova y Urrestarazu), recently received his MD from the Universidad de Navarre. Known as Mirko Sajonia-Coburgo, the prince completed rotations at the…
EUROHISTORY 6300 Kensington Avenue East Richmond Heights, CA 94805 Phone 510-236-1730 Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Our new website: http://www.eurohistory.com Today, after months of working with web designers at web.com and several dry-runs, we are delighted to announce that the new online home of EUROHISTORY is up and running! Eventually, in the next couple of weeks,…
Prince Mihailo and Hereditary Prince Philip with their families. On his Instagram, Prince Mihailo of Serbia, a son of Prince Tomislav and a grandson of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, has issued a statement showing his support for his first cousins once removed, the former Hereditary Prince Peter and the new Hereditary Prince Philip :…
HRH Princess Geraldine of Albania was born at 09:30 on Thursday, 22 October, at the Queen Geraldine Maternity Hospital in Tirana. The princess is the first child of Crown Prince Leka and Crown Princess Elia of the Albanians. Both mother and child are doing well. Princess Geraldine is named for her paternal great-grandmother, Queen…
Count Josef Hubert von Neipperg, Head of House, passed away on September 12, 2020. At his death, he was the longest-living male member of a Mediatized Dynasty. The late Count Josef Hubert von Neipperg. (1918-2020) Born in Schwaigern, seat off the family, on July 22, 1918, he was the son second son Count Anton Ernst…
One hundred years ago today, on 9 June 1921, Princess Margrethe of Denmark married Prince René of Bourbon-Parma (1894-1962), one of the sons of Duke Roberto of Parma and Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal. Princess Margrethe of Denmark (1895-1992) was the only daughter of Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858-1939) and his wife Princess Marie (1865-1909; née…
THE CHAUMET LACIS TIARA FOR PRINCESS VICTORIA ROMANOVNA The Chaumet Lacis Tiara.Photograph (c) Chaumet. In news that will delight royal jewellery watchers, the future Princess Victoria Romanovna Romanoff will be wearing a magnificent tiara created by Maison Chaumet when she marries Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia. Grand Duke George is the son of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, head of…