Princess Henriette of Auersperg was born on 2 September 1933 at Sankt Johann im Pongau, Salzburg, as the eldest child of Prince Alois of Auersperg (1897-1984) and Countess Henriette Larisch von Moennich (1903-1994). Known as “Hetty,” the little girl was followed by two brothers: Prince Alfred (1936-1992) and Prince Luitpold (1937-1985). The future was to…
Embed from Getty Images Today, Princess Helen of Romania celebrates her sixty-ninth birthday. The birth of Princess Helen of Romania as announced in the press(1950) King Michael and Queen Anne of Romania with their daughters, Princesses Margarita and Helen(1953) Princess Helen of Romania was born at the Clinique de Montchoisi in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 15…
Olympia of Greece and Perry Pearson In a happy piece of royal news, Princess Olympia of Greece and the Hon. Perry Pearson are in a relationship, according to information gleaned from media reports and the princess’ own social media. The couple visited Olympia’s grandparents King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes in…
Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg Today, Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg, Countess of Holstein-Ledreborg, celebrates her ninety-fifth birthday! She is the sister of the late Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg and the aunt of Grand Duke Henri. Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’07C_LAxNTMREvnjL80o9rg’,sig:’i4Y2LsVG51HzJEODwFxCwskiAe4RmEwjWnXPHvWxnM0=’,w:’594px’,h:’459px’,items:’558648279′,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:’MJRxtibATnFcbBjVyCneBA’,sig:’7bamV_Gay_DDUrMfZJlv8Nb86r0MiZq78ZB9nWh_xz0=’,w:’390px’,h:’594px’,items:’537571145′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Embed…
Centennial of the Death of Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna Sr. Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna of Russia (1854-1920) Born at Schloß Ludwigslust on May 14, 1854, as the daughter of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823-1883) and his first wife, the former Princess Auguste Reuß. In August 1874, Marie married Grand Duke…
The Passing of the Dowager Countess of Paris (1938-2022) Henri and Micaëla HRH Princess Micaëla d’Orléans, Dowager Countess of Paris, died on Sunday, 13 March, in the French capital. She was eighty-three years-old. The Dowager Countess of Paris was born doña Micaëla Ana María Cousiño y Quiñones de León on 30 April 1938 at Vichy, France….
The baptism of Prince Nikolaos of Greece (1969) Today HRH Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark celebrates his fiftieth birthday. King Constantine and his sister Princess Irene addressing the press after the birth of Nikolaos Constantine and Anne-Marie with their second son (1969) The prince was born “in perfect health” on Wednesday, 1 October 1969,…
Left to right: Princess Monika of Hannover, Fürst Emich of Leiningen, Princess Alexandra of Hannover, Prince Andreas of Leiningen, Fürstin Eilika of Leiningen, and Prince Ernst August of Hannover. Today, the Fürst and Fürstin of Leiningen celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary. On 11 October 1981, Prince Andreas of Leiningen married Princess Alexandra of Hannover in…
Princess Beatrice.Photograph (c) the Ducal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Today, Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Meiningen celebrates her seventieth birthday. Prince Friedrich Josias and Princess Denys of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Born on 15 July 1951 at Bern, Princess Beatrice Charlotte of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the second child of Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and…
Juan Carlos and Sofía. Today marks sixty years since the marriage of Prince Juan Carlos of Spain and Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark. The couple were twice on 14 May 1962: firstly in a Roman Catholic ceremony held at 10am in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite, and secondly in a Greek…