Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images In April 2008, during a segment of the VTM programme Het Nieuws, Queen Fabiola of Belgium was recorded speaking for the first time about the five miscarriages that she experienced. From 1960 until his death in 1993, Fabiola was the wife and…
Prince Max Emanuel and Countess Anna Maria on their wedding day. Photograph (c) Getty Images / Hans Gregor. The wedding card of Prince Max Emanuel and Princess Anna Maria von Thurn und Taxis. Prince Max Emanuel “Nini” von Thurn und Taxis (1935-2020) and Countess Anna Maria “Mirzl” von Pocci (1944-2008) married civilly at Schwangau…
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…
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…
Prince Alexander, Princess Anastasia-Luise, Prince Maria Emanuel, and Princess Gisela of Saxony On 22 May 1997 at Dresden, all of the living princes and princesses of the Royal House of Saxony, including living consorts (morganatic or otherwise) who had married princes of the blood, agreed to a succession agreement as it pertained to the future…
Book cover (c) Princess Melekper Tousson / Nomad Publishing. In October 2022, EFFENDINA: The Story of the Young King Farouk of Egypt, 1920 – 1943 will be published by Nomad Publishing. The book was written by a relative of the king, Princess Melekper Toussoun. The following is a summary of the book from its publisher: The remarkable…
The scene of the accident Photograph (c) spd_today Grand Duke George walks away from the accident Photograph (c) Russian Imperial House Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, the only child of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, Head of the Imperial House, and her former husband Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia, was involved in a serious automobile…
Prince Eduard of Anhalt, 2020. Photo (c) Getty Images / Picture Alliance. Today, Prince Eduard of Anhalt celebrates his eightieth birthday! The baptism of Prince Eduard of Anhalt, who is held by his mother Duchess Edda. The prince’s father Duke Joachim Ernst stands behind his wife and young son. Photo (c) Bernd Mandel. Born at…
Note: Many thanks to our dear friend Hein Bruins, of Hein’s Royal Genealogy Page, who kindly informed us of the birth of this newest descendant of Duke Roberto I of Parma and Piacenza! Tristan de Bourbon Parme and his wife Shira Szabo have welcomed the birth of their first son, who has been named Imri. Imri de…
The Prince Napoléon Jean-Christophe Napoléon HIH Jean Christophe, Prince Napoléon, today celebrates his thirty-third birthday. Princess Caroline Napoléon, Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon, and Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’kfMKoG-xReNqxVGfsowtdg’,sig:’o9m4HU0TIQz8wbiRA53jwopxt3WpWMNxzvdxe9itenk=’,w:’403px’,h:’594px’,items:’168467666′,caption: true ,tld:’co.uk’,is360: false })}); The prince was born on 11 July 1986 at Saint-Raphaël, Var, as the second child and only son of Prince…