The Princess of Venice Celebrates Her Fiftieth Birthday

Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’8-DAMPpxSv97_sIxteL9ng’,sig:’AtqRrB-FDN8GZcuAabrxVDPCo3WLDKiQJE4_Ltb95CM=’,w:’420px’,h:’594px’,items:’56240052′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Clotilde Marie Pascale Courau yesterday celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of her birth. Clotilde was born on 3 April 1969 as the daughter of Jean-Claude Courau (b.1942) and Catherine du Pontavice des Renardières (b.1948), daughter of Count Pierre Francoise Marie Antoine du Pontavice des Renardières (b.1926) and Marie Lélia…

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An Update on Princess Marie-Christine: L’Enfant Terrible of the Belgian Royal Family

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Donata Coleman (1932-2022; née Princess Reuß)

Princess Donata Reuss and Bishop Peter Coleman after their engagement. Photo (c) ANL/Shutterstock.  On 24 April 2022, Donata Coleman died at the age of eighty-nine years-old. She was survived by her four children and six grandchildren. Donata’s parents: Prince Heinrich XXXIX and Countess Antonia. Photo (c) Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo/Alamy. Born on 8 June 1932 at…

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The Portuguese Infanta and the Blue-Blooded American Bachelor

In May 1934, the engagement was announced between Infanta Maria Antónia of Portugal (1903-1973) and Mr Sidney Ashley Chanler (1907-1994). The infanta was the daughter of Infante Miguel, Duke of Bragança (1853-1927), and his second wife Princess Marie Therese zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1870-1935). Mr Chanler was the son of Mr William Astor Chanler (1867-1934) and Mrs Beatrice Minerva…

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