Michel of Bourbon-Parma: Last of the Royal Swashbucklers By Charles Stewart 8 July 2018 The death of Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma (1926-2018) on 7 July severs the last link binding several of Europe’s royal families in history and kinship. The late Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma. ©Eurohistory He led a fascinating life,…
The Government of Brazil, in an extra edition of the Official Gazette, has declared official mourning for the death of HIH Prince Luiz of Brazil. The decree, signed yesterday by the President of the Republic, Mr Jair Bolsonaro, and by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Carlos Alberto Franco, reads: THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC,…
Prince Aimone of Savoy, Duke of Apulia, Duke of Aosta Recently Prince Aimone of Savoy has been appointed as the ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM; Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta) to the Russian Federation. The Russian Federation has accepted the prince’s diplomatic credentials….
+ HRH Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg (1921-2019) Photograph (c) Grand Ducal Court/Vic Fischbach The Grand Ducal Court has announced that Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg passed away at 12:25am this morning (Tuesday, 23 April) following a recent illness. He was surrounded by his family. Grand Duke Jean celebrated his…
Duchess Helene with three of her Brazilian cousins, 1950s. Photograph (c) Casa Imperial do Brasil. Today, 18 May, Markgräfin Helene Pallavicini will be buried at Altshausen, where she passed away on 22 April at the age of ninety-one. Helene, known as “Mausi” in her family, was born a Duchess of Württemberg and was the older sister…
Grand Duchess Adelheid of Luxembourg. On 25 December 1833, Princess Adelheid of Anhalt was born at Dessau to Prince Friedrich August of Anhalt and his wife Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel. In 1851, Adelheid became the second wife of Duke Adolphe of Nassau, who became the Grand Duke of Luxembourg in 1890. The widowed Dowager Grand Duchess…
Princess Birgitta in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 1999.Photo (c) Getty Images / Gianni Ferrari. Today, Princess Birgitta of Sweden celebrates her eighty-fifth birthday. Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden on their wedding day at Coburg, 1932. Princess Birgitta at a little over one month old. Prince Gustaf Adolf and…
Prince Joachim and Princess Angelina of Prussia The bride’s parents Count Friedrich Ernest and Countess Sylvia zu Solms-Laubach with their granddaughter Georgina The happy newlyweds! Prince Joachim of Prussia and Countess Angelina zu Solms-Laubach were married today at Majorca in the Church of Montes-Sion. The bride was escorted into the church by her father. The…
According to Ekdoseis Stemma, a Greek royal reporter, the office of King Constantine II of the Hellenes has confirmed that Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark will celebrate his religious marriage to Princess Nina (née Flohr) on 23 October at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens. The engagement of Philippos and Nina was announced in September…
David Flint Wood and India Hicks. The engagement between India Amanda Caroline Hicks and David Flint Wood, both of Harbour Island, Bahamas, has been announced in The Telegraph. The wedding of Lady Pamela Mountbatten and Mr David Hicks, 1960. India Hicks is the daughter of Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Mountbatten (b.1929; daughter of Earl Mountbatten…