The full film of the funeral of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg may be viewed at the link below. Aged ninety-eight, the grand duke died on 23 April surrounded by his family. The celebration of his live was in the same vein: the children, grandchildren, and at least one great-grandchild of Grand Duke Jean…
The Shadow of Delphine. This afternoon, 10 September, the last hearing took place in the paternity case between HM King Albert II of the Belgians and his daughter Delphine Boël. The Brussels Court of Appeals will deliver its decision by the end of October. After the hearing, Delphine Boël’s lawyer Marc Uyttendaele stated: “She wants…
Constantin, Katy, and their son Félix on the occasion of their marriage. Prince Constantin and Princess Kathryn de Nassau welcomed the birth of their second child and first daughter, Princess Cosima, on 13 May 2022. Cosima joins older brother Prince Félix (b.2018). Prince Constantin de Nassau and Princess Kathryn (née Mechie) married in 2020. Prince Constantin…
From Tyranny To Freedom: The Sometimes Stranger than Fiction Life of a Noble and Notable Lady Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth (1921-2003) led one of the most extraordinary lives imaginable. Born to an extremely well-connected German noble family, her godmother and namesake was Viktoria-Luise’s maternal great-aunt, Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, the last German Empress and…
Hereditary Prince Ludwig zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg has recently become engaged to Helene von Pezold. Born in 1994, Prince Ludwig Hubertus Alfred-Ernst Sebastian Carl Roman zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg is the third child and only son of Fürst Ludwig zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (b.1951) and Countess Elisabeth von Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee (b.1962). Ludwig has two older sisters: Princess Sophie (married to Count Constantn…
Archduchess Anna-Eugénie and Archduke Felix of Austria, 1952. Photo (c) Getty Image / Keystone-France. In 1961, Archduke Felix of Austria and his wife Archduchess Anna-Eugénie (née Princess of Arenberg) welcomed twins, the couple’s sixth and seventh children, who completed their family. Archduke István Franz-Leopold Johannes Maria Rudolph Theresius Marcus d’Aviano Balthasar of Austria and Archduchess Viridis Aloisia Marie-Eleonore Elisabeth Marcus…
The late Princess Eva Maria of Yugoslavia. On 13 December 2020, HRH Princess Eva Maria of Yugoslavia died in Palm Springs, California. The widow of Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia, the princess was ninety-four years-old. She had lived in Palm Springs for many decades. Born on 26 August 1926 at Vrnjacka-Banja, Serbia, Milica “Mitzi” Anđelković was…
Embed from Getty Images Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz Michael of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born at Palermo on 9 April 1882 as the only son of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia. The young Friedrich Franz joined an elder sister, Duchess Alexandrine (1879-1952; future Queen of Denmark as the wife…
From the official communiqué released by the Grand Duchy… The state of health of Grand Duke Jean has declined since yesterday evening, the cour grand-ducale has announced. Luxembourg‘s former head of state was hospitalised about a week ago following a pulmonary infection. During the course of last week his health had initially improved. The whole…
Nicholas and Alina-Maria with Maria-Alexandra and Michael. Michael of Romania, the only son of Nicholas and Alina-Maria of Romania, will be baptised at the Coronation Cathedral on 18 June at the Coronation Cathedral in Alba Iulia. Announcement from Prince Nicholas of Romania. Michael of Romania was born on 15 April 2022 at Bucharest. He is…