Royal Couples That Were Not To Be: Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy & Marie Antoinette of Württemberg & Isabella of Savoy-Genoa

The Württemberg Duchess and Savoy Princess  Who Were Linked To The Prince of Naples A report on the Prince of Naples’ purported engagement Article (c) La Stampa On 12 June 1967, the Italian newspaper La Stampa carried the following report: “The promised wife of Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy finally has a face: the girl who,…

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The 70th Birthday of Princess Lorraine of Bourbon-Parma

  Princess Lorraine. Today, Princess Lorraine of Bourbon-Parma celebrates her seventieth birthday. Prince Jacques and Princess Birgitte of Bourbon-Parma on their wedding day. Born on 27 July 1951 at Roskilde, Princess Lorraine Charlotte Tatjana Ebba Johanna Maria Antonia Josephine Renée of Bourbon-Parma was the second child and only daughter of Prince Jacques of Bourbon-Parma (1922-1964) and Countess…

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Celebrating the Union of D. Duarte and D. Isabel: The Silver Wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Bragança

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…

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The Passing of Archduchess Sárolta of Austria (1940-2020), Daughter of the Last Duke of Teschen

Sárolta Wutholen in 2015. On 2 November 2020, Sárolta von Habsburg-Lothringen Wutholen died at the age of eighty in Switzerland. Archduke Albrecht of Austria and Katalin Bocskay de Felsö-Bánya on their wedding day. Born at Budapest on 3 March 1940, Sárolta (Charlotte) Isabella Mária Krisztine Eszter Katalin Pia von Habsburg, was the first child of…

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