Yesterday, the Duchess of Sussex delivered a moving message to the 2020 graduating class of Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles. Immaculate Heart High Schoolwas founded in 1906 by the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a Catholic religious order of women who trace their origin to Olot, Spain. Embed from Getty…
Noble Couplings That Were Not To Be: Hereditary Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Elvire Pasté de Rochefort Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Fürst Richard of S-W-B, Elvire Pasté de Rochefort, Prince Gustav of S-W-B On 16 August 2000, the Danish royal house announced the betrothal between Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (b.12 January 1969; eldest of three…
From Tyranny To Freedom: The Sometimes Stranger than Fiction Life of a Noble and Notable Lady Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth (1921-2003) led one of the most extraordinary lives imaginable. Born to an extremely well-connected German noble family, her godmother and namesake was Viktoria-Luise’s maternal great-aunt, Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, the last German Empress and…
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The Passing of Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1937-2020) Princess Maria Immaculata of the Two Sicilies It is with sadness that we report the recent passing in Spain of Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. She died at Mallorca today, 14 May, and her funeral is to take place tomorrow, 15 May, in…
Friedrich of Württemberg with his Porsche 356 On 9 May 2018, aged fifty-six, Duke Friedrich of Württemberg was killed as the result of a motor vehicle accident at Ebenweiler. He was trying to pass a tractor trailer in his lane, and in this attempt he hit head-on a car in the opposite lane of traffic. Friedrich,…
Prof. Roberto Gonzalez has posted an insightful and thoroughly well-written review of Eurohistory’s latest contribution to the study of the Romanov Dynasty: Terry Boland and Arturo Beéche’s DEATH OF A ROMANOV PRINCE. Death of a Romanov Prince – Prince Oleg Konstantinovich’s Promising Life and Early Death “The coffin was lowered into the grave…… Soon there was…
Count Ockie and Countess Christine Bernadotte. On 8 February 1931, Count Folke “Ockie” Bernadotte af Wisborg was born at Pleasantville, New York, as the second son of Count Folke Bernadotte af Wisborg (1895-1948) and his wife Countess Estelle (1904-1984; née Manville). Ockie Bernadotte made his entrance to the world at the home of his maternal…
Nicholas and Alina-Maria of Romania with their daughter Maria-Alexandra. Photograph (c) David Nivière. The family depart the Royal Cathedral. On Saturday, 23 January 2021, Maria-Alexandra of Romania was christened at the Royal Cathedral of Curtea de Argeș. Archbishop Calinic of Argeș and Muscel baptised the infant, who is the first child of Nicholas and Alina-Maria of Romania….
Photo (c) Cyrille Boulay. On Sunday, 12 December, Prince Joachim Murat was baptised at the Cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides in Paris. Prince Joachim Georges Laurent Napoléon Murat was born on 3 August as the first child of Prince Joachim Murat and his wife Princess Yasmine (née Briki). Among the godparents of the little prince were Grand…