One hundred years ago today, on 18 August 1921, Prince Karl August of Thurn and Taxis married Infanta Maria Ana of Portugal. The wedding took place at Schloß Taxis. Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria and Fürst Albert of Thurn and Taxis. Born on 23 July 1898, Prince Karl August Joseph Maria Maximilian Lamoral Antonius Ignatius Benediktus…
Dear Readers, Subscribers, and Friends, After a long wait (the book was sent to print in the earlier part of the year), we are delighted to bring to you EUROHISTORY’s latest contribution to royal history studies! The Royal House of Bavaria (Volume 1) is dedicated to the history of the Wittelsbach dynasty, one of Germany’s…
Archduchess Helen of Austria. Today Archduchess Helen of Austria (née Toerring-Jettenbach) celebrates her eighty-fifth birthday! The christening of Archduchess Helen in 1937. Holding her is her grandmother and namesake, Grand Duchess Helen Vladimirovna of Russia. Countess Helen zu Toerring-Jettenbach was born at Schloß Winhöring on 20 May 1937. She was the second child of…