Photo (c) Casa Reale di Savoia. On the revamped website of the Royal House of Savoy, there is a lovely picture of the royal family. We see Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, and Princess Olga, Duchess of Aosta, with their three children: Prince Umberto, Prince Amedeo, and Princess Isabella. Prince Amedeo, Princess Claude, Princess Bianca,…
The duke and duchess de Sabran.Photo (c) Getty Images / Bertrand Rindoff Petroff. Today, the 8th Duc de Sabran celebrates his eighty-fifth birthday! Born on 30 April 1937 at Villecresnes, Charles Élzéar Marie Joseph Adrien de Sabran-Pontevès was the first child of Foulques, 7th Duc de Sabran (1908-1973) and Roselyne Manca-Amat de Vallambrosa (1910-1988). Roselyne, duchesse de Sabran,…
Yesterday, a portrait of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, sold for for £1,200 at action house Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet. The creator of this work was artist Richard Stone. The painter recalled that this portrait of Princess Alice, the longest lived of Queen Elizabeth II’s aunts, was the result of several sittings at Barnwell Manor, the…
Infante Dom Miguel, Duque de Viseu. Today, the Duke of Viseu celebrates his seventy-fifth birthday! Duarte Nuño and Maria Francisca on their wedding day, 1942. The Duke and Duchess of Braganza with their three sons, 1950s.Photo (c) LIFE / Nina Leen. The Duke and Duchess of Braganza with their children, 1950s.Photo (c) LIFE / Nina…
The Wedding of Grand Duchess Maria of Russia and Prince Franz-Wilhelm of Prussia by Seth B. Leonard Originally published in the European Royal History Journal, Issue CXXV, Volume 23.1 – Spring 2020. When asked about her private life in an interview with a Russian daily paper, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna briefly touched upon a subject that…
Prince Pedro Alberto and Princess Alessandra at the altar. Photo (c) Princess Maria Gabriela of Orleans and Bragança. Over the weekend, members of the Brazilian imperial family gathered at Petropolis as Prince Pedro Alberto de Orleans e Bragança and his wife Princess Alessandra renewed their wedding vows. Pedro Alberto and Alessandra celebrated their marriage on 3…
Princess Mafalda of Bulgaria attends the Emporio Armani fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2020 on September 19, 2019 in Milan, Italy.Photo (c) Getty Images / Daniele Venturelli / WireImage. Yesterday in Hola, it was announced that Princess Mafalda of Bulgaria is engaged to her long-time boyfriend, Marc Camille Abousleiman, a London banker….
Wilhemine. Today, Dowager Fürstin Wilhelmine von Khevenhüller-Metsch celebrates her ninetieth birthday! Wilhelmine’s parents: Lazarus and Franziska. Born on 16 March 1932 at Naklo, Countess Marie Wilhelmina Josefina Theresia Franziska Georgia Henckel von Donnersmarck was the third child and second daughter of Count Lazarus “Lazy” Henckel von Donnersmarck (1902-1991) and Countess Franziska von Eltz (1905-1997), who wed in 1927….
Juan Carlos and Sofía. Today marks sixty years since the marriage of Prince Juan Carlos of Spain and Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark. The couple were twice on 14 May 1962: firstly in a Roman Catholic ceremony held at 10am in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite, and secondly in a Greek…