Princess Cécile of Bourbon-Parma On 12 April 1935, Princess Cécile Marie Antoinette Madeleine Jeanne Agnès Françoise of Bourbon-Parma was born at Paris. The princess was the fourth child and third daughter of Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma and Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset. Cécile joined two older sisters and an older brother: Françoise (b.1928), Carlos Hugo (1930-2010), and…
Prince Vladimir Paley, first cousin of the last tsar, was a poet among the Romanovs. The rules of the Imperial Family prevented him from being considered a member of the dynasty due to the unequal Prince Vladimir Paley, first cousin of the last tsar, was a poet among the Romanovs. The rules of the Imperial…
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Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia arrive at the wedding of Crown Prince Leka and Crown Princess Elia of Albania at the Royal Palace in Tirana on 8 October 2016.Photograph (c) Seth B. Leonard. Earlier this month, HRH Crown Prince Alexander II of Serbia agreed to answer some questions for the…
Alice Javal Weiller. The birth record of Alice Anna Laval, 1869. NOTE: My sincere gratitude to my dear friend Jakob Regnér, who discovered much of the information about the life story and tragic fate of Alice Javal Weiller. On 10 October 1869 at Paris, Alice Anna Javal was born as the eldest child of Louis Émile Javal (1839-1907)…
The Royal Family of France (left to right) The Count of Paris, Princess Louise-Marguerite, Princess Antoinette, Prince Joseph, Prince Gaston, the Countess of Paris with Princess Jacinthe Photograph (c) David Nivière The Royal House of France has released a series of photographs to mark the tenth birthday of Prince Gaston of France (b.Paris 19 November…
Duke Eduard of Anhalt (1861-1918) Princess Luise of Saxe-Altenburg (1873-1953) On 17 April 1903, Prince Eugen Friedrich Ernst August Heinrich Adolf Aribert of Anhalt, Duke of Saxony, Count zu Askanien, was born at Dessau, the capital of the Duchy of Anhalt. Eugen was the fifth child and third son of Duke Eduard of Anhalt (1861-1918)…
Yesterday, 18 April 2020, the Chancellery of the Russian Imperial House released a communiqué which informed the public that HIH Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia has recovered from a mild case of COVID-19. The grand duchess, who is sixty-six years-old, tested positive for the novel coronavirus at the end of March. She was able…
HRH The Princess Margaret and her husband Mr Antony Armstrong-Jones On 6 May 1960, HRH The Princess Margaret married Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey. The princess was escorted to the altar by her brother-in-law HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. At the link below, one can watch film of the royal wedding between the only sibling…
Archduke Karl of Austria Archduke Karl, the Head of the Imperial House of Austria, has announced that he has recovered from the coronavirus. He was diagnosed earlier in March after testing positive for COVID-19. At that time, he began the required quarantine regimen. Recently, Karl tested negative and is now in the clear, health-wise. Karl…