At the age of ninety-four, Dr. Nelly Auersperg passed away on 15 January. Nelly’s father Viktor. Born on 13 December 1928 at Vienna, Baroness Nelly Gutmann was the only daughter of Baron Viktor Gutmann von Gelse und Belišće (1891-1946) and Luise Bloch-Bauer (1907-1998), who wed in 1927. Nelly was later joined by a younger…
Prince Philip and Princess Danica unveil a statue of Queen Marie. Photo (c) Prince Philip of Serbia. Prince Philip and Princess Danica of Serbia recently attended the unveiling of a bust of Queen Marie of Yugoslavia in Inđija. Queen Marie, born a Princess of Romania and married to King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, was the…
The engagements of the twin and youngest sons of Prince Wenceslas von Lobkowicz (b.1953) and his wife Princess Armelle (b.1955; née de Guillebon) have recently been announced. Prince Karl von Lobkowicz (b.1993) is engaged to Astrid Dagneau de Richecour, the daughter of Dominique Dagneau de Richecour (b.3 August 1961) and his wife Béatrice (b.1965; née de La…
Photo (c) Ancien Ordre de L’Etoile et de Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel. The funeral of Princess Micaëla d’Orléans, Dowager Countess of Paris, took place at the Église Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois on Tuesday, 22 March. The princess was the widow of Prince Henri d’Orléans, Count of Paris, who was Head of the Royal House of France from 1999…
Count Jan Bernadotte af Wisborg. Count Jan Bernadotte af Wisborg died on 1 September 2021. He was eighty years-old. Count Lennart Bernadotte and Karin Nissvandt, 1932. On 9 January 1941, Count Carl Johan “Jan” Gustaf Vilhelm Bernadotte af Wisborg was born at Stockholm. He was the son of Count Lennart Bernadotte af Wisborg (1909-2004; born Prince…
Through the official Facebook page of the Bagration-Mukhransky family as well as reports in the Georgian media, it has been ascertained that Prince David Bagration (b.1976) has a daughter. Princess Anamaria Bagration-Mukhransky was born on 11 January 2011; she recently turned eleven years-old. Her mother is Davit’s current wife, Princess Irina (née Begashvili), who the prince…
Philippine de Ganay in Venice, 2006.Photo (c) Getty Images / Bertrand Rindoff Petroff. Earlier this month, Philippine, Marquise de Ganay, died at the age of ninety-seven. Born on 4 September 1925 at Paris, Philippine Louise Charlotte Marie de Noailles was the second child and first daughter of Henry de Noailles, Duc de Mouchy,…
Princess Sophie and companion attend the wedding of her brother Prince Jean-Christophe, 2019. Today, Princess Sophie Napoléon celebrates her thirtieth birthday! Prince Charles with his daughter Princess Sophie. Photo (c) Getty Images / Benoit Gysembergh. Princess Jeanne Françoise, Prince Charles, and their daughter Princess Sophie. Photo (c) Getty Images / Benoit Gysembergh. Born on 18…
Tsar Simeon and Princess Marie Louise. Photo (c) Paraskeva Georgieva. Last Friday, on 13 January, Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria celebrated her ninetieth birthday in the capital of her homeland, Sofia. She arrived for the event together with her sons Prince Karl-Boris and Prince Hermann zu Leiningen, her daughter Princess Alexandra von Kohary with her husband…
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…