His Majesty King Fuad.Photo (c) Fouad II, Official Site. Today, HM King Fuad II of Egypt celebrates his seventieth birthday! The infant prince in the Cairo’s Abdeen Palace. King Farouk and Queen Narriman of Egypt with their son Prince Fuad. Born on 16 January 1952 at Cairo, Prince Ahmad Fuad of Egypt was the first and only child…
Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este and Count Riprand von und zu Arco-Zinneberg The year 1980 saw the marriages of three Archduchesses of Austria: Monika (b.1954; daughter of Archduke Otto and Archduchess Regina), Maria Beatrix (b.1954; daughter of Archduke Robert and Archduchess Margherita), and Maria del Pilar (b.1953; daughter of Archduke Felix and Archduchess Anna-Eugénie). In…
It is with a heavy heart that we announce that Princess Maria Petrovna Galitzine passed away on 4 May. Maria was just short of celebrating her thirty-second birthday on 11 May. The princess died from a heart aneurysm. This information has been provided by someone close to the the Emperor Karl League of Prayer, to…
Baby Princess Margrethe of Denmark. On 16 April 1940, Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark gave birth to her first child. Ingrid and her husband Crown Prince Frederik were delighted with the arrival of their daughter. The newborn princess was given the names Margrethe Alexandrine Thorhildur (Þórhildur) Ingrid at her christening on 14 May. Princess Margrethe’s…
The Duke and Duchess of Parma with their three children. Photo (c) PPE / Jeroen van der Meyde. On Sunday, 29 May, Princess Luisa and Princess Cecilia of Bourbon-Parma received their first Holy Communion at the Holy Jacobus de Meerdere Church in The Hague. Their proud parents, Prince Carlos and Princess Annemarie, were present as…
On Thursday, 16 April 2020, Prince Georg-Friedrich zu Waldeck und Pyrmont passed away at the age of eighty-three. The prince was a first cousin of the head of the princely family, Fürst Wittekind zu Waldeck und Pyrmont (b.1936). The death notice of Prince Georg-Friedrich zu Waldeck und Pyrmont His Serene Highness Prince Georg-Friedrich Nikolaus…
This week we have been quite busy shipping out books to happy buyers…we have done everything we can to have a 24-hour turnaround from the moment your order is reported to us…and so far, we have managed to even ship books out on the same day of the order comes in, as long as the…
The death notice of Rohays Galitzine.From The Times of 17 January. Aged seventy, Princess Rohays Galitzine died on 7 January 2023. Rohays is survived by her husband Prince Alexander Galitzine and their two daughters, Princess Sasha and Princess Nadezhda. The wedding of Sir David Butter and Myra Wernher. Born on 9 April 1952 at London, Rohays Georgina Butter…
François de Cossé-Brissac, XIII Duc de Brissac. On Tuesday, 6 April 2021, the 13th Duke de Brissac passed away at the age of ninety-two. Surrounded by his family, the duke died at his manor La Roche in Charcé-Saint-Ellier. The late duke was particularly passionate about horse breeding, and he served as a municipal councillor in…
HH Princess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia Princess Vera Her Highness Princess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia was born on 11 April (Old Style) / 24 April (New Style) 1906 at Pavlovsk Palace. Vera was a great-granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. The princess was named after her paternal aunt Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna (1854-1912),…