Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine of Denmark. Photograph (c) Franne Voigt. On 8 January 2011, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and Crown Prince Frederik welcomed the arrival of their youngest two children: twins, a girl and a boy. Today, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine of Denmark celebrate their tenth birthday. The twins joined two older siblings:…
Fifteen years ago today, Prince Theodore Romanoff died on 25 August 2007 at Pompano Beach, Florida. The prince was thirty-two years-old. The New York Daily News of 12 December 1974 announces the arrival of Prince Theodore, A young Prince Theodore.Photo (c) Jacques Ferrand. Born on 30 November 1974 at New York City, Prince Theodore Romanoff was the only…
The cover of A Life for the Tsar. This book is the result of a long, organic evolution. Fascinated as the authors both are with the Romanov Dynasty and interested in pursuing unique and exciting aspects of its history, they stumbled upon the Coronation of Nicholas II as a potential subject quite by accident. The…
Prince Karl of Hesse (1937-2022), Nephew of the Duke of Edinburgh On 23 March 2022, Prince Karl of Hesse died in Munich. He was eighty-four years-old. The prince was a nephew of the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Princess Sophie of Greece and Prince Christoph of Hesse. Born on 26 March 1937 at…
Princess Hélène of France and Count Evrard de Limburg Stirum. Just as stunning as her mother, Princess Hélène of France married Count Evrard de Limburg Stirum at the Chapel Royal St Louis de Dreux, France, on January 17, 1957! Hélène was born in Brussels in 1934, the third child of his parents. She…
Fürst Wittekind of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Today, Fürst Wittekind zu Waldeck und Pyrmont celebrates his eighty-fifth birthday. Hereditary Prince Josias zu Waldeck und Pyrmont and Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg. Prince Wittekind Adolf Heinrich Georg-Wilhelm zu Waldeck und Pyrmont was born on 9 March 1936 at Arolsen. The prince was the only son and fourth of…
Death of a Romanov Prince – Prince Oleg Konstantinovich’s Promising Life and Early Death “The coffin was lowered into the grave…… “Soon there was a burial mound above. It was quickly covered with wreaths, flowers and crowned with a plain wooden cross. Prince Oleg’s promising life was finished.” Death of a Romanov Prince…
Soledad Martorell y Castillejo, 8th Duquesa de Almenara Alta, died on 6 August 2022 in Madrid. Sol’s parents. Born on 8 July 1924 at Madrid, María Soledad “Sol” Martorell y Castillejo was the daughter of Don Francisco de Borja Martorell y Téllez-Girón, 7th Duque de Almenara Alta (1898-1936), an aide to King Alfonso XIII of…
The newlyweds Photograph (c) Seeger-Presse Today, Hereditary Prince Bernhard and Hereditary Princess Stephanie of Baden celebrate twenty years of marriage! Margravine Valerie of Baden with her son Hereditary Prince Bernhard at his christening on 6 July 1970 Photograph (c) Seeger-Presse On 27 May 1970, Prince Bernhard Max Friedrich August Gustav Ludwig Kraft of Baden was born…
On 13 May 1995, Dom Duarte Pio João Miguel Gabriel Rafael de Bragança (b.1945), the Head of the Royal House of Portugal, married Dona Isabel Inês Castro Curvello de Herédia (b.1966). Duarte was the son of Dom Duarte Nuño (1907-1976), Duke of Bragança, and Princess Maria Francisca of Orléans-Bragança (1914-1968); Isabel was the daughter of Dom Jorge de Herédia and…