Embed from Getty Images Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz Michael of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born at Palermo on 9 April 1882 as the only son of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia. The young Friedrich Franz joined an elder sister, Duchess Alexandrine (1879-1952; future Queen of Denmark as the wife…
In The Telegraph of Monday, 27 July 2020, the engagement was announced between Frederick “Fritzi” von Preussen and Mathilda “Tilly” Johnson. The couple have been dating for several years. Fritzi von Preussen is a second cousin of Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia, Head of the Royal House. Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed…
Count Josef Hubert von Neipperg Last week, on 22 July 2020, Count Josef Hubertus von Neippurg celebrated his 102nd birthday. Countess Anna von Neipperg, born Countess von Silva-Tarouca Count Maria Josef Hubertus Ernst Amadeus Vincenz Benediktus Antonius Konrad Apolinarius von Neipperg was born in 22 July 1918 at Schwaigern in the soon-to-be-gone Kingdom of Württemberg. His parents…
Prince Rafael. Photograph (c) Pró Monarquia. On Wednesday, 16 June, Prince Rafael of Orleans and Bragança received his first dose of the vaccine against the novel coronavirus. The prince got his jab in London, where he lives and works. His parents, Prince Antônio and Princess Christine, are scheduled to get their second dose of the…
©Eurohistory More than 16 years ago, EUROHISTORY published a rare biography of the young poet Prince Vladimir Paley, son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich and Olga Karnovich (later Countess von Hohenfelsen, Princess Paley). Authored by Jorge Francisco Sáenz, the world’s authority on “Volodia” Paley, A POET AMONG THE ROMANOVS was an immediate success. Two print…
Each year, many of us send Christmas cards to cherished family and friends. Oftentimes, for those of us who are royal enthusiasts, we also mail letters containing good wishes to royals around the world whom we admire. This year, my favourite over-the-seas Christmas card came from Nicholas and Alina-Maria of Romania. They are a very…
Prince Michael in 2013. Photo (c) Getty Images / South China Morning Post. On 10 October 1951 at Graz, Prince Michael Karl Alfred Maria Felix Moritz of Liechtenstein was born as the second child of Prince Heinrich of Liechtenstein and Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria. Michael’s paternal grandparents were Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein and Princess Theresia Maria…
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Lieutenant Sydney Beauclerk. The birth announcement of Sydney Beauclerk. The Herald and News of Randolph, Vermont, 17 October 1895. Born on 10 October 1895 at Irasburgh, Vermont, Sydney (or Sidney) Wentworth Beauclerk was the first child and only son of Dr. Wentworth Preston Beauclerk (1875-1921) and Jenny May Hayward (1873-1959), who wed in 1894. Sydney’s father…
Prince Aimone of Savoy, Duke of Apulia, Duke of Aosta Recently Prince Aimone of Savoy has been appointed as the ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM; Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta) to the Russian Federation. The Russian Federation has accepted the prince’s diplomatic credentials….