European Royal History

The marriage of Duke Carl of Württemberg and Princess Diane d’Orléans Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’fSIVa5MWTd1oWv2UlAL0UA’,sig:’wwyV5WamFupoIgsE0UmUgCt0onbyJMWB3plnLlha8ns=’,w:’594px’,h:’426px’,items:’843305568′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Today, 21 July, Duke Carl and Duchess Diane of Württemberg celebrate their Diamond wedding anniversary. The couple were religiously married sixty years ago at Altshausen. Their civil wedding had been held three days prior on 18…

Archduke Eduard praying in front of the heart of Archduke OttoPhotograph (c) Eduard Habsburg Archduke Eduard of Austria recently paid his respects to his late cousin, Archduke Otto (1912-2011). Eduard visited the crypt of the Abbey of Pannonhalma in Hungary, where Otto’s heart is interred. According to Eduard, Otto made the choice for the urn holding…

A portrait of Archduke Leopold Franz. According to his son Archduke Sigismund, Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria, former titular Grand Duke of Tuscany, died in June 2021. Leopold Franz was seventy-eight years-old. He is survived by his two sons, Sigismund and Guntram, as well as by five grandchildren. Archduchess Dorothea and Archduke Gottfried of Austria,…

Embed from Getty Images \ On Wednesday, 11 December, Sarah, Duchess of York (née Ferguson) gave an interview to Alexandria Gouveia of Vogue Arabia. Sarah is the former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. She is the mother of Princess Beatrice of…

Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’J6rUwrsnRsBUGPr5ulhtcw’,sig:’cYvOrLLf00-_wBWyWR-vFBYucfRnjNozo3IyyXihwXs=’,w:’594px’,h:’435px’,items:’187370641′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Recently, Princess Margarita of Romania and her nephew Nicholas took to social media to offer their support to the people of their country during this difficult time. Margarita, who is often styled as Her Majesty The Custodian of the Crown, delivered her message on the occasion…

Princess Marie-Luise von Croÿ in 1941. Her Serene Highness Princess Marie-Luise (Louise) Natalie Engelberta Ludmilla von Croÿ was born at Dülmen on 18 December 1919. The princess was the third child and second daughter of Duke Karl Rudolf of Croÿ (1889-1974) and his first wife Nancy Leishman (1894-1983). She joined an older brother and sister:…

† Doña Cristina de Borbón y Hardenberg (1975-2020)   Doña Cristina de Borbón y Hardenberg Doña Cristina de Borbón y Hardenberg died on Thursday, 13 February 2020, at Madrid. She had been admitted to the Puerto de Hierro hospital following an accident which led to her passing. Cristina was forty-four years-old. She was surrounded by her…

Princess Margarita of Romania Must Bring Unity to Her Family or Face Failure as the Head of the Royal House.   By Seth B. Leonard   [Note: The opinions expressed in this post are those of the author alone.]   Embed from Getty Images   On 7 November 2017, King Michael of Romania lay dying…

A Right Royal Conundrum. Photograph (c) Marko Todorović, Tanjug/Tanja Valič, Wikipedia/White House Press Office Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’fB8-spXzSN143p6OP3M97g’,sig:’bpSDNjMnHghlVg7XnHjN2bDpQpRiXSRlB00j4ljDOGQ=’,w:’396px’,h:’594px’,items:’817647106′,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:’5uJx2-z0ROxlTWpATJsgnw’,sig:’NEfJjKmAvEbLMd-Cv-E8S92j9be2C6caX9eOHLgcRfU=’,w:’397px’,h:’594px’,items:’71964359′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Over the past week, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia (b.1936) and her youngest daughter Christina Oxenberg have been going back and forth through Balkan…