Prince Sergei Mikhailovich Poutiatine was born in the Russian Empire on 7 December 1893 at St Petersburg. He was the eldest son of Prince Michael Mikhailovich Poutiatine (1861-1938) and his wife Princess Sofia Sergeevna (1866-1940; née Paltova). Sergei had one younger brother, Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Poutiatine (1897-1953). The Putyatins (Poutiatines) were a Rurikid family with princely and…
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…
Prince Max Emanuel and Countess Anna Maria on their wedding day. Photograph (c) Getty Images / Hans Gregor. The wedding card of Prince Max Emanuel and Princess Anna Maria von Thurn und Taxis. Prince Max Emanuel “Nini” von Thurn und Taxis (1935-2020) and Countess Anna Maria “Mirzl” von Pocci (1944-2008) married civilly at Schwangau…
Maximilien and Sophie. Duchess Sophie of Württemberg and Maximilien d’Andigné have welcomed the arrival of their first child, Olympia (b.2021). The couple married in 2018. Sophie is the daughter of Duke Philipp of Württemberg and Duchess Marie-Caroline in Bavaria. Maximilien is the son of Hervé d’Andigné and Marie-Adélaïde de La Barre de Nanteuil. Olympia d’Andigné is the…
Prince Louis and Princess Alix Napoléon with the twins. On 19 October 1950, Prince Charles Marie Jérôme Victor Napoléon and Princess Catherine Elisabeth Albérique Marie Napoléon were born at Boulogne-sur-Seine. The first twins in the Bonaparte dynasty. The twins were the children of Prince Louis Napoléon (1914-1997), son of Prince Victor Napoléon…
On Saturday, September 12, 2020, the Törring family gathered in a private funeral to lay to rest Countess Maria Immaculata. Given the danger posed by COVID-19, as well as rising contagion rates across Europe, the family decided this was the most responsible and safest manner to bid farewell to the late Countess. Funeral Oration by…
Princess Mechtilde zu Leiningen and her husband Karl-Anton Bauscher speak with Hereditary Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen at the funeral of Fürst Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 2004. On 12 February 2021, Mechtilde Bauscher died at Bamberg. She was eighty-five years-old. Princess Mechtilde’s mother Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna. Born at Würzburg on 2 January 1936, HSH Princess Mechtilde…
Prince Richard, Birgitte, and Prince William. On the afternoon of 8 July 1972, Prince Richard of Gloucester and Birgitte van Deurs were married at the thirteenth century St Andrew’s Church, Barnwell, Northants. The Dean of Windsor, the Right Reverend Launcelot Fleming, conducted the wedding. The couple’s ceremony reflected their desire to keep this an intimate…
The Christening of Prince Louis: guests and godparents The following guests will today attend the christening of Prince Louis at The Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace: – The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex – Mr. and Mrs. Michael Middleton, Mr. and Mrs. James Matthews,…
FROM THE HEAD OF THE IMPERIAL HOUSE OF RUSSIA “Events taking place in our Homeland have been very alarming and deeply grieving. Fully recognizing the independence and sovereignty of all the states that were formed after the fall of the USSR, I am at the same time convinced that all of the peoples who historically…