Today, Count Karl Eugen von Neipperg and Archduchess Andrea of Austria celebrate forty-five years of marriage! The Villa Austria, home of Archduke Otto and Archduchess Regina. On 30 July 1977 at Pöcking, Archduchess Andrea of Austria religiously married Count Karl Eugen von Neipperg. Their civil wedding took place on 9 July. The couple met in…
Fürst Carl and Fürstin Katharina of Wrede, 2007. Photo (c) Seeger-Presse / Sandra Zellner. Today, the Fürst and Fürstin of Wrede celebrate their thirtieth wedding anniversary. Fürst Carl of Wrede (b.1942) and Eva Katharina Kovarcz de Kovarczfalva (b.1945) married on 9 September 1991 at Pleinfeld. It was the second marriage for both parties. The Fürst and…
The Duke of Harar in front of a picture of his late father. The Duke of Harar died on 10 November 2021 in the United States. He is survived by his wife, the now Dowager Duchess of Harar (née Connie Jo Quave). The duke was a grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. A communiqué…
Hereditary Prince Philip and his older brother Prince Peter during the renunciation. On 27 April at Casa Pilatos in Seville, Prince Peter of Serbia renounced his right of succession to the Headship of the Royal House. Among others, Peter’s act of renunciation was witnessed by his mother the Duchess of Segorbe, his stepfather the…
The following communiqué has been released by the Russian Imperial Chancellery: 2022-03-21 Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich underwent surgery On Sunday, March 20, 2022, H.I.H. Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich was hospitalized and urgently operated on due to an abdominal hernia. The operation was successful. In the following days, His Imperial Highness will be discharged from…
Princess Donata Reuss and Bishop Peter Coleman after their engagement. Photo (c) ANL/Shutterstock. On 24 April 2022, Donata Coleman died at the age of eighty-nine years-old. She was survived by her four children and six grandchildren. Donata’s parents: Prince Heinrich XXXIX and Countess Antonia. Photo (c) Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo/Alamy. Born on 8 June 1932 at…
Prince Erkinger von Schwarzenberg died on 29 April at San Casciano, near Florence. The prince had turned eighty-nine years-old earlier that month. The prince’s father Johann and mother Kathleen. Born on 8 April 1933 at Vienna, Prince Karl Erkinger Thaddäus von Schwarzenberg was the first child and only son of Prince Johann von Schwarzenberg (1903-1978) and Vicomtesse…
Xenia Trotzky and Count Frederic von Brandenstein-Zeppelin celebrated their religious marriage on 30 July 2022 at Gröbming. The couple were civilly married on 11 June at Schluechtern. Born on 23 February 1993, Xenia Trotzky is the daughter of Sergei Sergejewitsch Trotzky (b.1948) and Princess Felicitas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b.1958), who wed in 1987. Xenia is…
The Belgian, Danish, Dutch, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish monarchs have all sent their messages of condolence to King Charles III on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II. The Pope has also sent his condolences. Messages have also been sent from the royal houses of Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania, as well as from…
The cover of A Life for the Tsar. This book is the result of a long, organic evolution. Fascinated as the authors both are with the Romanov Dynasty and interested in pursuing unique and exciting aspects of its history, they stumbled upon the Coronation of Nicholas II as a potential subject quite by accident. The…