European Royal History

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, Countess von Oppersdorff, at the funeral of her brother Landgrave Moritz of Hesse in 2013.Photograph (c) Eurohistory.   Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, Countess von Oppersdorff, marks her eightieth birthday today. Embed from Getty Images On 8 October 1940, Princess Elisabeth Margarethe Elena Johanna Maria Jolanda Polyxene of Hesse was born at…

King Emeritus Juan Carlos of Spain has sent a letter to his son King Felipe VI stating that Juan Carlos will be departing the country. The former Spanish monarch had been living at La Zarzuela Palace. Indeed, it has now been confirmed by Max Foster of CNN that the king emeritus has already left Spain….

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Prince Waldemar H.S.H. Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe died on 11 August 2020 in the United States. The prince was seventy-nine years-old. Prince Waldemar was a second cousin of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’Gp823NU9S5hzTG_v-31oHw’,sig:’HmV3t0z25N0f-mVjOH0OfNUQFBCWAxO88KU5WDv9Yi8=’,w:’439px’,h:’594px’,items:’558635297′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); The 1937 wedding of Princess Feodora of Denmark and Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe…

Embed from Getty Images Prince Konstantin of Bavaria and his wife Princess Deniz are expecting their first child, as has been reported in Bunte. Embed from Getty Images   Embed from Getty Images   Konstantin of Bavaria and Deniz Kaya celebrated their religious marriage on 1 September 2018 at St Moritz, Switzerland. Prince Konstantin of Bavaria…

“Royal Cousins End Engagement.”The Gazette of Montreal, Quebec (9 Sep. 1961). Max of Baden and Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg On 7 September 1961, Fürst Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg announced that his sister, Princess Beatrix, and her fiancé, Prince Max of Baden, had broken off their engagement by mutual consent. The cause for the end of the couple was…

Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg Today, Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg, Countess of Holstein-Ledreborg, celebrates her ninety-fifth birthday! She is the sister of the late Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg and the aunt of Grand Duke Henri. Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’07C_LAxNTMREvnjL80o9rg’,sig:’i4Y2LsVG51HzJEODwFxCwskiAe4RmEwjWnXPHvWxnM0=’,w:’594px’,h:’459px’,items:’558648279′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’MJRxtibATnFcbBjVyCneBA’,sig:’7bamV_Gay_DDUrMfZJlv8Nb86r0MiZq78ZB9nWh_xz0=’,w:’390px’,h:’594px’,items:’537571145′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Embed…

Today, Hereditary Prince Peter of Serbia marks his fortieth birthday. Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia and Princess Maria da Glória of Orléans-Braganza on their wedding day. Prince Regent Paul of Yugoslavia can be seen to the far right of the photograph. The Royal Wedding of the Karageorgevich and Orléans-Braganza. (left to right): Prince Juan Carlos…

      View this post on Instagram     September 27th, 2020 A post shared by Antalya von Preussen (@antalyalauren) on Oct 3, 2020 at 9:06am PDT On 27 September 2020, Prince Friedrich Alexander “Al” of Prussia wed the Honourable Antalya Stephanie Lauren Nall-Cain at St John’s Church in Lemsford, England. The wedding reception was held at Brocket Hall, the…