European Royal History

On 13 May 1995, Dom Duarte Pio João Miguel Gabriel Rafael de Bragança (b.1945), the Head of the Royal House of Portugal, married Dona Isabel Inês Castro Curvello de Herédia (b.1966). Duarte was the son of Dom Duarte Nuño (1907-1976), Duke of Bragança, and Princess Maria Francisca of Orléans-Bragança (1914-1968); Isabel was the daughter of Dom Jorge de Herédia and…

The prince and princess with their newborn son. Photograph courtesy of Prince Juan Bagrationi. Today, 19 January 2021 (the Feast of Epiphany), Prince Bagrat Bagrationi was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. The little prince, who is named after his late paternal grandfather, is the first child of Prince Juan Bagration-Mukhransky and his wife Princess Kristine. Prince…

OUT NOVEMBER 2020!   As we release this news, we are hoping our newest book, The Grand Ducal House of Hesse, was to your liking. The Grand Ducal House of Hesse is available on AMAZON, AMAZON.CO.UK, at Hoogstraten English Bookstore (The Hague, The Netherlands), and Librairie Galignani.  Furthermore, The Grand Ducal House of Hesse is also now available at our website: History…

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Princess Beatrice of York and Count Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi were photographed yesterday evening (9 July) after leaving Annabel’s in London. The pair have been in a relationship since late 2018. Beatrice and Edoardo attended the wedding of Beatrice’s second cousin-once-removed Lady Gabriella Windsor and Mr Thomas Kingston in May 2019.  Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’AjXVOMLHSHddwQ5rOhtH2g’,sig:’HxPR5MAQKf4A66_nbZ1UW1U9bpK9dWyu3XRiLoCY4a4=’,w:’594px’,h:’459px’,items:’1150256180′,caption:…

Don Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, Duke of Segorbe. Ignacio, Duke of Segorbe, recently expelled his great-niece Victoria, Duchess of Medinaceli, as well as two nephews and two nieces from the board of trustees of the Fundación Casa Ducal de Medinaceli, which was created in 1978 by Ignacio’s late mother, Victoria Eugenia, Duchess…

Károly and Flaminia on the day of their civil marriage, June 2020. Photograph (c) Atelier Sophia Galen. Princess Flaminia of Hohenzollern and Baron Károly von Stipsicz de Ternova are to be religiously married today, 26 June 2021. The couple had originally scheduled their wedding for 4 July 2020 at St. Johann Church in Sigmaringen Castle;…

Today, 1 June, Nicholas of Romania announced that his wife Alina-Maria is expecting their first child in November. The proud parents-to-be chose a very apt day to announce the pregnancy – 1 June is Ziua Copilului (Children’s Day) in Romania! This will be the first child for the couple. Nicholas of Romania and Alina-Maria Binder were…

Pedro Henrique and Maria Elisabeth Among royal genealogy enthusiasts, Prince Pedro Henrique of Orleans-Bragança and Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria are well-known for the large family they produced. The couple married in 1937. Between the years 1938 and 1959, Pedro Henrique and Maria Elisabeth welcomed thirteen children, including one set of twins. Death certificate of…

The coffin of the princess inside Basilica di Santa Maria della Steccata. Photo (c) RoyalBlog NL / Hans Jacobs. On Friday, 27 August 2021, the funeral mass of Princess Marie-Thérèse (Maria Teresa) of Bourbon-Parma took place at 4:30pm in the Basilica di Santa Maria della Steccata in the city of Parma. Stemming from precautions around the…