The cover of A Life for the Tsar. This book is the result of a long, organic evolution. Fascinated as the authors both are with the Romanov Dynasty and interested in pursuing unique and exciting aspects of its history, they stumbled upon the Coronation of Nicholas II as a potential subject quite by accident. The…
The late Prince Andreas. At the age of eighty-two, Prince Andreas zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg passed away today, 28 October. The prince was a first cousin of the Prince of Wales, among others. Prince Andreas and Princess Luise with their nephew Fürst Philipp. Born at Schäbisch-Hall on 24 November 1938, Prince Georg Andreas Heinrich zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg was the second…
Christian and Karl attend the wedding of Fürst Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe, 2021. In the spring of 2022 in Portugal, Archduke Karl of Austria, Head of the Imperial House of Habsburg, married Christian Nicolau de Almeida Reid, a woman of British and Portuguese descent. When he first publicly spoke of Christian three years ago, the archduke…
On Wednesday, 1 April, Prince Luíz of Brazil issued a message to supporters of the Brazilian monarchist movement. Luíz is the Head of the Imperial House of Brazil. The prince, who is eighty-one, lives in São Paolo. In his address, Luíz gave an update on the condition of certain members of his family. Adding to previously known…
Luís Fernando de Orleans y Borbón, Infante of Spain Mrs William Ellis Corey (née Mabelle Gilman); almost an Infanta of Spain In April 1929, Mrs Mabelle Gilman Corey converted to the Roman Catholic faith ahead of an upcoming marriage to Infante Luís Fernando of Spain. Luís Fernando (1888-1945) was the younger son of Infante Antonio…
Nicholas and Alina-Maria of Romania with their daughter Maria-Alexandra. Photograph (c) David Nivière. The family depart the Royal Cathedral. On Saturday, 23 January 2021, Maria-Alexandra of Romania was christened at the Royal Cathedral of Curtea de Argeș. Archbishop Calinic of Argeș and Muscel baptised the infant, who is the first child of Nicholas and Alina-Maria of Romania….
On 15 April 1969, Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain died at Lausanne, Switzerland, at the age of eighty-one. The queen was buried on 18 April 1969 at the Église du Sacré-Cœur in Lausanne. Sixteen years later, Her Majesty was reburied at El Escorial in Spain on 25 April 1985. Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain The future…
Princess Nadia of Leiningen and Ian Baker On Saturday, 18 July 2020, H.S.H. Princess Nadia zu Leiningen married Ian Baker at Knox Presbyterian Church, Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The religious ceremony took place at 2:30pm in an outdoor area on the church’s property. Princess Nadia Christiane Ruth zu Leiningen was born at Toronto on 16 December…
Count Reinhart and Archduchess Immaculata at the wedding of their youngest son in 2000. Photo (c) Seeger-Press. Archduchess Maria Immaculata of Austria-Tuscany, Countess von und zu Hoensbroech died on 2 April 2022 at Engelskirchen, Germany. She was eighty-eight years-old. Maria Immaculata was buried at Schloß Kellenberg on 9 April. The wedding of Archduke Theodor Salvator…
Don Scipione Borghese and Donna Barbara Massimo After seven years of marriage and twenty-six years of partnership, Don Scipione Borghese and his wife Donna Barbara Massimo have welcomed the arrival of their first child: Don Camillo. The little boy was born at Rome on Wednesday, 22 April 2020. Camillo’s father is forty-nine, and his mother…