Prince Giorgi Bagrationi-Japaridze (1948-2021)

  Prince Giorgi Bagrationi-Japaridze died earlier this week. He was a great-great-great-great-great grandson of King Alexander V of Imereti. A 2007 article about the possibility of a monarchical restoration interviewed Giorgi and his mother:    Historian Raul Chagunava, a longtime researcher of the Bagrationi family, believes that the crown by right belongs to Nugzar Bagrationi-Gruzinski, the…

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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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Thyra, Duchesse d’Harcourt (1930-2021)

La duchesse d’Harcourt.Portrait (c) Carme Arisa. Thyra de Zayas, Duchesse d’Harcourt, died on 8 November 2021. She was ninety-one years-old.      Alfonso de Zayas. Juliette d’Harcourt. Born on 31 August 1930 at Palma de Mallorca, Maria Teresa “Thyra” de Zayas y d’Harcourt was the daughter of don Alfonso de Zayas y Bobadilla (1896-1970), Marques de…

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The 50th Birthday of Princess Marilène of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven

Princess Marilène Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’IQNXVlpISRVYUxbPH11Nww’,sig:’CL2VbsHha3PGrerWt5oz0XLVeP80iTRfW6bxSN_2KQ0=’,w:’594px’,h:’532px’,items:’486927283′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’qVIhyQmpT_Vi_1rNL-UtIg’,sig:’55b2dfANdSerOb4ISLLU8qmk1rouwY9N4XRn4OREZKs=’,w:’430px’,h:’594px’,items:’1065471628′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Today, H.H. Princess Marilène of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-van den Broek celebrates her fiftieth birthday. Groningen University The princess was born at Dieren on 4 February 1970 as Marie-Hélène (Marilène) Angela van den Broek, the younger…

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