The 35th Birthday of the Princess Napoléon

  Today, Princess Olympia Napoléon celebrates her thirty-fifth birthday! Embed from Getty Images Born on 4 January 1988 at Munich, Countess Olympia Elene Marie of Arco-Zinneberg was the third daughter of Count Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg (1955-2021) and Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria (b.1954). Riprand and Maria Beatrix were married in 1980 and became the parents…

Read More

The Fiftieth Birthday of the Duchess of Aosta

Princess Olga.Painted by her mother Marina Karella (Princess Marina of Greece). Today, Princess Olga of Savoy, Duchess of Aosta, celebrates her fiftieth birthday!   Princess Olga and her father Prince Michael. Born at Athens on 17 November 1971, Princess Olga Isabelle of Greece is the second daughter of Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark (b.1939)…

Read More

The 98th Birthday of Maria von Hanau: A Hungarian Refugee to the US Who Became A Princess

  Princess Maria. Maria Madelaine (de) Kossaczky was born on 9 December 1924 at Budapest, Hungary, as the only child of Major General Árpád Vitéz Kossaczky (Szeleste, Austria-Hungary 9 April 1886-Miami, Florida 24 June 1967) and Ilona Wallner (Nagyszombat, Austria-Hungary 16 November 1891-Greenwich, Connecticut 3 December 1983). Árpád and Ilona were married on 10 November…

Read More

Prince Achi of Greece Turns Twenty!

Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark Today HRH Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark celebrates his twentieth birthday! Embed from Getty Images The prince was born on 12 August 2000 at NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, New York City.. He is the third child and second son of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece and Crown Princess Marie Chantal (née…

Read More

The Serbian Twins Turn 40: the Birthday of Prince Philip and Prince Alexander!

Prince Alexander and Prince Philip.Photograph courtesy of the Royal Family of Serbia.   Today, Prince Philip and Prince Alexander of Serbia celebrate their fortieth birthdays! The birth of the twin princes is noted in the Chicago Tribune of 25 January 1982. Princess Maria da Gloria holding Prince Alexander and Prince Philip while Prince Peter looks on, 1982. Born…

Read More

The 80th Birthday of the Fürst zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

Today, Fürst Alois-Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg celebrates his eightieth birthday! Fürst Alois, Hereditary Prince Karl and Hereditary Princess Carolina, and Fürstin Josephine, 1935. Born on 16 December 1941 at Würzburg, Prince Alois-Konstantin Karl Eduard Joseph Johann Konrad Antonius Gerhard Georg Benediktus Pius Eusebius Maria zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg was the fifth child and first son of Hereditary Prince Karl zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg…

Read More

The 60th Birthday of the Prince Yourievsky

The Prince Yourievsky. Photograph (c) Michael Krasser Fotografie. Today, HSH Prince Yourievsky celebrates his sixtieth birthday! A photograph of Prince Alexander and Princess Ursula Yourievksy, the couple sitting in the centre of the picture, on their wedding day in 1957. Born on 8 December 1961 at St. Gallen, Switzerland, Prince Hans-Georg “George” Yourievsky was the…

Read More

The 85th Birthday of Duchess Sophie of Württemberg!

Duchess Sophie of Württemberg at the wedding of Duchess Sophie of Württemberg and Maximilien d’Andigné, 2018. Photo (c) Getty Images / David Nivière. Today, Duchess Sophie of Württemberg celebrates her eighty-fifth birthday! The engagement of Albrecht Eugen of Württemberg and Nadejda of Bulgaria is announced in January 1924. Newlyweds: Duke Albrecht Eugen of Württemberg and Princess…

Read More