Victoria Marchioness of Milford Haven (1863-1950) Surrounded by her children, Victoria Milford Haven passed away at her apartment in Kensington Palace on September 24, 1950! From the New York Times Obituary… The autobiography of the former Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863-1950), who in 1884 married her cousin Prince Louise…
Photo (c) Getty Images / Picture Alliance. Forty years ago today, on 30 August 1981, Prince Ernst August of Hannover and Chantal Hochuli celebrated their religious wedding at Schloß Marienburg. The couple were civilly married on 28 August 1981 at Pattensen. Photo (c) Getty Images / United Archives. Born on 26 February 1954 at Hannover, Prince…
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…
Note: Many thanks to our dear friend Hein Bruins, of Hein’s Royal Genealogy Page, who kindly informed us of the birth of this newest descendant of Duke Roberto I of Parma and Piacenza! Tristan de Bourbon Parme and his wife Shira Szabo have welcomed the birth of their first son, who has been named Imri. Imri de…
Former Crown Prince George of Serbia and his wife Radmila. On 4 July 1907 at Njeguši, Montenegro, Radmila Radonjić was born into a notable Montenegrin family. In 1947, she married the former Crown Prince George of Serbia (1887-1972), eldest son of King Peter I of Serbia (1844-1921) and Princess Zorka of Montenegro (1864-1890). Radmila…
Countess Marianne Esterhazy in 1998. Photo (c) Desmond O’Neill Features Ltd. Announcements in The Times and The Telegraph have noted that Countess Marianne “Bunny” Esterházy died on 27 November 2021 at the age of eighty-two. The death announcement in The Telegraph. The countess was a private person, with many fascinating connections, and she will surely be deeply missed by…
Princess Maria. Maria Madelaine (de) Kossaczky was born on 9 December 1924 at Budapest, Hungary, as the only child of Major General Árpád Vitéz Kossaczky (Szeleste, Austria-Hungary 9 April 1886-Miami, Florida 24 June 1967) and Ilona Wallner (Nagyszombat, Austria-Hungary 16 November 1891-Greenwich, Connecticut 3 December 1983). Árpád and Ilona were married on 10 November…
The betrothal ceremony of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini.Photograph courtesy of the Russian Imperial Chancellory. The betrothal ceremony of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini.Photograph courtesy of the Russian Imperial Chancellory. The betrothal ceremony of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini.Photograph courtesy of the Russian Imperial Chancellory. The…
The Albanian Royal Family returns to their country for the first time since 1939.Photograph (c) HRH Crown Prince Leka of the Albanians Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images On Friday, 28 June 2002, the Albanian royal family returned to Albania for the first time in sixty-three years. Among the returning members of…
This Sunday, 19 April, royal families who are members of the Eastern Orthodox faith celebrated Pascha. The hope held by Christian believers derived from the Resurrection of the Lord is extremely important and a source of solace and comfort, especially during a time such as this. A number of royals shared their wishes for…