Duchess Helene of Württemberg. On Thursday, 22 April 2021, Duchess Helene of Württemberg died at Althausen. She was ninety-one years-old. The duchess was born on 29 June 1929 at Stuttgart as the first child of Duke Philipp of Württemberg (1893-1975) and his second wife Archduchess Rosa of Austria-Tuscany (1906-1983). Philipp was previously married to Rosa’s sister…
Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark Today HRH Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark celebrates his twentieth birthday! Embed from Getty Images The prince was born on 12 August 2000 at NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, New York City.. He is the third child and second son of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece and Crown Princess Marie Chantal (née…
Alexander and Hande. Picture courtesy of the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Today Their Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg announced the engagement of their eldest son His Highness Hereditary Prince Alexander of Mecklenburg to Hande Macit. The hereditary prince and his fiancée at the Hermitage Amsterdam, August 2020. Picture courtesy of the Grand Ducal…
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…
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…
To purchase: http://www.eurohistory.com “Royal Collections IV. The Grand Ducal House of Hesse” by Arturo E. Béeche and Ilana D Miller. (Eurohistory.com), 324 pages, illustrated throughout. The Grand Ducal House of Hesse is among the most important of all the German dynasties, providing links to just about every other ruling family in…
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…
Photo (c) Raffles Magazine. The Raffles Hotel and Resorts Magazine published a splendid photo of a variety of royal and noble persons from around the world. In this image, which is part of an advertising campaign for the hotel and resort chain, we can see from left to right: Maharajah Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur, Archduchess Catharina…
Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia on her wedding day, 1937. On 15 September 1937 at Rome, Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (1915-2007) married Marchese Ruggero Farace di Villaforesta (1909-1970). Catherine was the only daughter of Prince Ivan Konstantinovich of Russia (1886-1918) and Princess Elena Petrovna of Serbia (1884-1962). Ruggero was the son of Marchese Alfredo Farace…
Henri and Micaëla Today, HRH Princess Micaëla d’Orléans, Dowager Countess of Paris, marks her eighty-first birthday. The Dowager Countess of Paris was born doña Micaëla Ana María Cousiño y Quiñones de León on 30 April 1938 at Vichy, France. Her parents were Luis Maximiliano Cousiño y Sébire (1895-1970) and his wife doña Antonia Quiñones de Léon y…