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…
Princess Monica. Today, Princess Monica von und zu Liechtenstein celebrates her eightieth birthday! Born on 8 April 1942 at Vienna, Princess Monica Maria Theresia Elisabeth of Liechtenstein was the only child of Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein (1911-2001) and his first wife Maria Elisabeth von Leutzendorff (1921-1944), who married in 1941. Princess Maria Elisabeth was killed during a…
On the occasion of the couple’s fortieth wedding anniversary, the Brazilian Imperial House has released several new photos of Prince Antônio and Princess Christine. The images were taken at their home in the Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Botafogo. On 26 September 1981, Prince Antônio of Orleans and Bragança (b.1950) religiously married Princess Christine de…
Rüdiger von Sachsen with his grandson Moritz at the wedding of Rüdiger’s son Daniel, 2011. Photo (c) Zoonar / Türpe Tuerp / AGE Fotostock. On 29 March 2022, Rüdiger Prinz von Sachsen died at his home near Moritzburg after suffering a heart attack. He was sixty-eight years-old. Prince Timo of Saxony and Margrit Lucas on their…
Sophie and Ludwig. The engagement of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Sophie Evekink was recently announced. Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, the eldest son and third child of Prince Luitpold (b.1951) and Princess Beatrix of Bavaria (b.1951; née Wiegand), was born at Landsberg am Lech on 14 June 1982. The prince spent his childhood at Schloss Kaltenberg…
The Brazilian imperial sarcophagi (from left to right): Princess Imperial Isabel, Emperor Pedro II, Empress Teresa Cristina and Prince Gaston at the Catedral de São Pedro de Alcântara. Photo (c) Seth B. Leonard. One hundred years ago, on 14 November 1921, Princess Imperial Isabel of Brazil, Countess d’Eu, died at the Chateau d’Eu in France at the age of…
Maximilien and Sophie. Duchess Sophie of Württemberg and Maximilien d’Andigné have welcomed the arrival of their first child, Olympia (b.2021). The couple married in 2018. Sophie is the daughter of Duke Philipp of Württemberg and Duchess Marie-Caroline in Bavaria. Maximilien is the son of Hervé d’Andigné and Marie-Adélaïde de La Barre de Nanteuil. Olympia d’Andigné is the…
The Passing of the Dowager Countess of Paris (1938-2022) Henri and Micaëla HRH Princess Micaëla d’Orléans, Dowager Countess of Paris, died on Sunday, 13 March, in the French capital. She was eighty-three years-old. The Dowager Countess of Paris was born doña Micaëla Ana María Cousiño y Quiñones de León on 30 April 1938 at Vichy, France….
Prince Wauthier. On Monday, 15 August, Prince Wauthier de Ligne died in hospital near Beloeil following a long illness. He was seventy years-old. Prince Antoine de Ligne and Princess Alix of Luxembourg on their wedding day, 1950. Born on 10 July 1952 at the familial home, Château de Beloeil, Prince Wauthier Philippe Féliz Marie Lamoral…
The late Princess Elmira and Prince Albert of Saxony. On 14 June, Princess Elmira of Saxony died in Munich. She was ninety-one years-old. Born on 25 December 1930 at Lodz, Poland, Elmira Carlen Henke was the daughter of textile merchant Emil Henke (1886-1957) and Lydia Müller. On 12 April 1980 at the Theatinerkirche in Munich, Elmira wed Prince Albert of…