European Royal History

Noble Couplings That Were Not To Be:  Hereditary Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Elvire Pasté de Rochefort Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Fürst Richard of S-W-B, Elvire Pasté de Rochefort, Prince Gustav of S-W-B On 16 August 2000, the Danish royal house announced the betrothal between Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (b.12 January 1969; eldest of three…

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vera Arrivabene (@veraarrivabene) Yesterday, Vera dei Conti Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga and Nobile Briano Martinoni Caleppio announced their engagement. Vera is a granddaughter of Prince Amedeo, Duke of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, and his first wife, Princess Claude d’Orléans. Vera’s ancestry includes European royalty, European and Italian nobility,…

The Duke of Bragança, Prince Imperial Bertrand of Brazil, Count Alberto Farini, Prince Luiz Philippe of Orléans and Bragança, and Prince Casimir of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.Photograph (c) Pró Monarquia. On 11 March 2020, before the world was completely changed by the coronavirus pandemic, Prince Casimir of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and his wife Princess Maria Cristina organised a…

Victoria Romanovna wearing the Lacis Tiara. Photograph (c) David Nivière. On Thursday, Victoria Romanovna (Rebecca) Bettarini was kind enough to send photographs by noted French photographer David Nivière as well as the full English translation of an interview which appeared in an abbreviated form in Point de Vue. In the interview, Victoria Romanovna tells of…

The Coat of Arms of the Comital House of Einsiedel. On 26 July 1922, Countess Elinka Karin Harriet von Einsiedel was born as the only child of Count Adolkar  Haubold Siegfried von Einsiedel (1889-1963) and Margot Luigina Ilma von Gans (1889-1984/1986). Margot von Gans married Count Adolkar von Eisiedel on 1 October 1921. Margot and Adolkar divorced in…

Lady Cosima Windsor Today, Lady Cosima Windsor celebrates her tenth birthday. She is currently thirtieth in the line of succession to the British throne. Cosima is a great-granddaughter of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’N0wHLt50Rn5J9JlxCulnYg’,sig:’4XRZMR3o8Oxc9zBfn7ao2hcCyvSX8-LAgqenAHr_OfE=’,w:’594px’,h:’483px’,items:’830885872′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’U0ZG7u6ISS1oaTJSSZRwrQ’,sig:’zjHllDFghuYoBf3SjRSUhQ-qhXoNQNoafZFVlQx94Ro=’,w:’594px’,h:’346px’,items:’830885852′,caption: true…

Per French journalist Frédéric de Natal, Prince Jean and Princess Philomena d’Orléans, Count and Countess of Paris, will be among the guests at the October wedding of Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon and Countess Olympia Arco-Zinneberg. Other attendees will include members of the imperial family of Austria, royal family of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, ducal family of Parma, and…

On 23 May 2010, Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna died at La Paz Hospital in Madrid. The grand duchess was ninety-five years-old. She was the last surviving member of the Imperial House of Romanov to have been born in the Russian Empire before its fall in 1917. The website of the Russian Imperial House offered a…