Prince Andreas of Liechtenstein in London, 1998. Photo © Desmond O’Neill Features. Today, Prince Andreas of Liechtenstein celebrates his seventieth birthday! Born on 25 February 1952 at Vienna, Prince Andreas Duarte Emanuel Ulrich Benedikt Josef Maria Karl Rafael Ignatius Mathias Paulus of Liechtenstein was the second child and son of Prince Karl Alfred…
Two days after Prince Peter of Serbia’s renunciation of his rights of succession to the Royal House, which took place on 27 April, were publicly announced on 28 April, the Serbian tabloid Kurir ran a story on 29 April that alleged the prince has an out-of-wedlock daughter. The tabloid paper wrote: Officially, Petar is not married…
Princess Barbara. (These images are not to be used or reproduced without permission!) Today, Princess Barbara of Yugoslavia celebrates her eightieth birthday! Earlier this week, the princess marked this special occasion in Vienna with her son Prince Dushan and her daughter-in-law Princess Valerie. From the left: Prince Albrecht, Princess Karoline, Princess Barbara, and Prince Eugen…
Prince Karl of Hesse (1937-2022), Nephew of the Duke of Edinburgh On 23 March 2022, Prince Karl of Hesse died in Munich. He was eighty-four years-old. The prince was a nephew of the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Princess Sophie of Greece and Prince Christoph of Hesse. Born on 26 March 1937 at…
Prince Carl Christian in the arms of his great-grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden while his mother Princess Birgitta looks on, 1962. Today, Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern celebrates his sixtieth birthday! Prince Johann Georg and Princess Birgitta with their three children: Prince Carl Christian, Princess Désirée, and baby Prince Hubertus, 1966.Photo (c) Getty…
Earlier this week, Prince Nicholas zu Leiningen proposed to his girlfriend Stephanie Paukner while the couple were on holiday in Puerto Rico. The proposal was met with a yes! Born on 25 October 1991 at Philadelphia, Prince Nicholas “Nick” Alexander Karel Friedrich zu Leiningen is the only child of Prince Boris zu Leiningen (b.1960)…
Princess Gudila and Prince Christoph of Bavaria. Today Prince Christoph of Bavaria celebrates his sixtieth birthday! Born on 5 May 1962 at Schloss Leutstetten, Prince Christoph Ludwig Maria of Bavaria is the fifth child and third son of Prince Rasso of Bavaria and Archduchess Theresa of Austria-Tuscany. Christoph has six siblings: Princess Maria-Theresia (b.1956; married…
On Saturday, 30 July 2022, Hereditary Prince Pál-Antal Esterházy von Galántha and Franziska von Reutter celebrated their religious marriage. Born in 1986, Hereditary Prince Pál-Antal Esterházy von Galántha is the only child of Fürst Anton Esterházy von Galántha (b.1936) and Ursula Koenig (b.1941). Born in 1989, Franziska von Reutter is the daughter of Georg von Reutter…
Princess Elisabeth of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke Carl of Württemberg, and Princess Marie-Thérèse d’Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier in 2000.Photo (c) Seeger-Press. According to the Annuario della Nobiltà Italiana, Princess Elisabeth of Bourbon-Two Sicilies died on Saturday, 29 January, at the age of eighty-eight. The Royal Family of Württemberg gather in 1973 to celebrate the 80th birthday of…
Thibaut, Marion, and Robert. Photo (c) Micheline PELLETIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images. Today, Princess Marion d’Orléans, Dowager Countess of La Marche, celebrates her eightieth birthday. Born on 4 September 1942 at Santiago, Chile, Marion Mercedes Gordon-Orr was the only daughter of James Gordon-Orr (1894-1973), an engineer, and Gertrude Mercedes Devia Hermosilla (1914-2003). Marion’s paternal grandparents were Alexander Orr…