Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Yesterday, 11 June, the Prince’s Palace of Monaco announced the death of Elisabeth-Anne de Massy, who passed away on Wednesday, 10 June, at the Princess Grace Hospital Centre in Monte Carlo. She was seventy-two years-old. Elisabeth was the first cousin of…
Eurohistory weekend sales. As always Eurohistory would like to thank everyone for their support during this time. We understand that last year and 2021 continue to bring challenges to all of us. Please do your best to stay well and safe. We fervently hope that the rest of this year will bring us all better…
David Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife. Today, His Grace The Duke of Fife celebrates his sixtieth birthday. Charles Carnegie, Duke of Fife, in 1985.Photograph by Allan Warren. Born on 3 March 1961 at London, David Charles Carnegie was the only son of Charles Carnegie (1929-2015), 3rd Duke of Fife, and his former wife the Hon….
The Marital History of the Hereditary Prince of Schwarzenberg Hereditary Prince Johannes of Schwarzenberg Nadia Weiss In the Autumn of 2006, a grand wedding was planned for Hereditary Prince Johannes “Aki” of Schwarzenberg (b.1967), only son of Fürst Karel of Schwarzenberg (b.1937) and his wife Therese (b.1940; née Countess zu Hardegg auf Glatz und im…
Tsar Simeon and Princess Marie Louise. Photo (c) Paraskeva Georgieva. Last Friday, on 13 January, Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria celebrated her ninetieth birthday in the capital of her homeland, Sofia. She arrived for the event together with her sons Prince Karl-Boris and Prince Hermann zu Leiningen, her daughter Princess Alexandra von Kohary with her husband…
My appreciation to a dear friend, member of the German Gotha, for sending us copies of two death notices: First Franz Alexander of Isenburg and Duke Friedrich of Württemberg. This has been a dreadful week in royal losses! I first met Duke Friedrich many years ago while attending a royal wedding. later, I met him…
A portrait of Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia by Julie Grandhomme-Nozal, 1936. Offered by Coutau-Bégarie. On 9 July, the Etude Coutau-Bégarie auction house in Paris is offering a number of royal works as part of its Modern Art/Russian Art sale. Among the pieces to be found are many Romanov items. This writer was particularly attracted to…
Sárolta Wutholen in 2015. On 2 November 2020, Sárolta von Habsburg-Lothringen Wutholen died at the age of eighty in Switzerland. Archduke Albrecht of Austria and Katalin Bocskay de Felsö-Bánya on their wedding day. Born at Budapest on 3 March 1940, Sárolta (Charlotte) Isabella Mária Krisztine Eszter Katalin Pia von Habsburg, was the first child of…
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Prince Louis II of Monaco, King Gustav V of Sweden, and Princess Ghislaine of Monaco in 1947.Photo (c) Getty Images / Keystone-France. In 1946, Ghislaine Marie Françoise Dommanget (1900-1991) married Prince Louis II of Monaco (1870-1949). Before her marriage, Ghislaine was an actress. She had been married once before her union to the grandfather of…