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…
The descendants of Blessed Karl of Austria, April 2022. Last weekend, at least one hundred descendants of Emperor Karl I of Austria-Hungary gathered on the island of Madeira. The emperor died on Madeira on 1 April 1922. He was only thirty-four years-old. In 2004, Emperor Karl was beautified by Pope John Paul II. The imperial…
Prince Gustav and Princess Carina. Photo (c) Albert Nieboer. Over the weekend, a much awaited princely wedding took place in Germany. On Friday, 3 June, Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Carina Axelsson were civilly married at Bad Berleburg. The prince and princess celebrated their religious wedding on Saturday, 4 June, at the Evangelical Church of…
Hereditary Prince Ludwig zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg has recently become engaged to Helene von Pezold. Born in 1994, Prince Ludwig Hubertus Alfred-Ernst Sebastian Carl Roman zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg is the third child and only son of Fürst Ludwig zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (b.1951) and Countess Elisabeth von Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee (b.1962). Ludwig has two older sisters: Princess Sophie (married to Count Constantn…
Prince Emmanuel de Croÿ-Collalto and Olimpia Franzan are to marry in July 2022. The Croÿ-Collato family in 2016. Born in 1990 at Uccle, Belgium, Prince Emanuel Manfredo Juste de Croÿ was the first child and only son of Prince Guillaume de Croÿ (b.1950) and Countess Isabella von Collalto und San Salvatore (b.1960), who married in…
Grand Duke George and Princess Victoria. Photo (c) David Nivière. Courtesy of the Russian Imperial Chancellery. Today, Prince Alexander Georgievich Romanoff was born in Moscow. He was named Alexander in honour of Prince St. Alexander Nevsky. The little prince is the first child of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and Princess Victoria Romanovna Romanoff, who…
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…
Princess Blanche with her mother Princess Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Montpensier.Photo (c) Getty Images / Pool Van der Putten/Croy. Today, Princess Blanche d’Orléans celebrates her sixtieth birthday! The Count and Countess of Clermont with their four eldest children, 1965.From left to right: Princess Marie, Princess Blanche, the Countess of Clermont holding Prince Jean, the Count of…
Juan Carlos and Sofía. Today marks sixty years since the marriage of Prince Juan Carlos of Spain and Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark. The couple were twice on 14 May 1962: firstly in a Roman Catholic ceremony held at 10am in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite, and secondly in a Greek…