Micaela and Henri on holiday in Spain, 1997.Photo (c) Getty Images / Dusko Despotovic. The funeral of Princess Micaela d’Orléans, Dowager Countess of Paris, will take place at the Église Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois in Paris on Tuesday, 22 March 2022 at 10 o’clock. The remains Princess Micaela will not be buried beside her husband, the late…
Amaury and Pélagie at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Noto, 2021. Pélagie and Maurice, 2021. In September 2021, Prince Amaury of Bourbon-Parma and Pélagie de MacMahon attended the wedding of Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto, and Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Noto (née Lady Charlotte Lindesay-Bethune). The pair were accompanied by…
The obituary of the princess. Princess Sixtina of Waldeck-Pyrmont died on 18 May 2022. She was eighty-eight years-old. Sixtina’s parents: Fürst Wolff-Heinrich and Fürstin Irma zu Stolberg. The commemorative coin celebrating the marriage of Fürst Wolff Heinrich and Fürstin Irma zu Stolberg. Princess Irma with her two eldest children: Princess Sixtina and Prince Johann….
On Saturday, 19 March, Countess Margherita of Arco-Zinneberg married Charles Green in Bavaria. Countess Margherita Ginevra Maria of Arco-Zinneberg (b.1983) is the third daughter of Count Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg (1955-2021) and Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este (b.1954). Margherita has five sisters: Countess Anna Theresa (b.1981; married Colin McKenzie), Countess Olympia (b.1988; married Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon), Countess Maximiliana (b.1990),…
Today, Prince Charles-Louis d’Orléans, Duke de Chartres, celebrates his fiftieth birthday. Jacques and Gersende with their three children, 1979. Born on 11 July 1972 at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Prince Charles-Louis Henri Foulques Benoït Elzéar Jean Marie d’Orléans was the second child and first son of Prince Jacques d’Orléans, Duke d’Orléans, and Princess Gersende (née de Sabran-Pontevès), who wed…
La duchesse d’Harcourt.Portrait (c) Carme Arisa. Thyra de Zayas, Duchesse d’Harcourt, died on 8 November 2021. She was ninety-one years-old. Alfonso de Zayas. Juliette d’Harcourt. Born on 31 August 1930 at Palma de Mallorca, Maria Teresa “Thyra” de Zayas y d’Harcourt was the daughter of don Alfonso de Zayas y Bobadilla (1896-1970), Marques de…
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….
Prince Leopold of Baden, 2004. Photo (c) Seeger-Press / Sandra Zellner. Today, Prince Leopold of Baden celebrates his fiftieth birthday. Born on 1 October 1971 at Salem, Prince Leopold Max Christian Ludwig Clemens Hubert of Baden is the third child and second son of Margrave Max of Baden and his wife Margravine Valerie (née Archduchess of…
The newlyweds depart Saint Isaac’s. Photo (c) Getty Images / Alexander Demianchuk. Photo (c) Getty Images / Alexander Demianchuk. Kiss amidst wedded bliss! Photo (c) Getty Images / Alexander Demianchuk. Today at 12:00pm, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and Princess Victoria Romanovna Romanoff were joined in Holy Matrimony during their Russian Orthodox religious marriage…
The Duchess of Coimbra and the Duke of Bragança. Over the weekend, the Head of the Royal House of Portugal and his daughter traveled to East Timor to commemorate the twenty years of independence of East Timor. Dom Duarte Pio and Infanta Maria Francesca were present in Dili for the celebrations. The Duke of Braganza…