Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria (1939-2021)

Archduchess Maria Magdalena, 2004. The death of Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria was announced on Wednesday, 18 August. According to the Romanian royal house, Maria Magdalena died in Salzburg, Austria. The archduchess was eighty-one years-old. Castle Bran’s Facebook account issued the following statement:   At Bran Castle, we mourn the passing into eternity, after a…

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Celebrating the Union of D. Duarte and D. Isabel: The Silver Wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Bragança

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…

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Henryane de Chaponay (1924-2019): Death of a Descendant of the French and Belgian Royal Houses

Madame Henryane de Chaponay Henryane de Chaponay-Morance died at Paris on 9 October 2019 at the age of ninety-five. She was the only daughter of Marquis Antoine de Chaponay (1893-1956) and Princess Geneviève d’Orléans (1901-1983), the daughter of Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme (1872-1931; son of Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, and Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria) and Princess Henriette of Belgium…

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Thyra, Duchesse d’Harcourt (1930-2021)

La duchesse d’Harcourt.Portrait (c) Carme Arisa. Thyra de Zayas, Duchesse d’Harcourt, died on 8 November 2021. She was ninety-one years-old.      Alfonso de Zayas. Juliette d’Harcourt. Born on 31 August 1930 at Palma de Mallorca, Maria Teresa “Thyra” de Zayas y d’Harcourt was the daughter of don Alfonso de Zayas y Bobadilla (1896-1970), Marques de…

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Count and Countess of Paris to Attend Wedding of Prince Napoléon and Countess Olympia Arco-Zinneberg

Per French journalist Frédéric de Natal, Prince Jean and Princess Philomena d’Orléans, Count and Countess of Paris, will be among the guests at the October wedding of Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon and Countess Olympia Arco-Zinneberg. Other attendees will include members of the imperial family of Austria, royal family of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, ducal family of Parma, and…

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Countess Beatrice von Hochberg (1929-2021), Granddaughter of Princess Daisy of Pless

Photo (c) Fundacja Księżnej Daisy von Pless. Over this past weekend, Countess Beatrice von Hochberg died on 10 October at Munich. She was ninety-two years-old. The countess was the eldest sister of the current Prince of Pless. Count Konrad and Countess Beatrice. Photo (c) Zamek Książ w Wałbrzychu. Countess Clotilde von Hochberg (formerly Princess of Pless) with…

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A Baby in the Princely Family of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

Embed from Getty Images window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’8oq945uATFhXTkYwgvasIw’,sig:’MLYPsa8IZMbe8j2E6zy1da8miYGBMUedlyMNFgEWMcY=’,w:’396px’,h:’594px’,items:’1038211304′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); It has been reported that Princess Alana zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b.1988; née Bunte) is expecting her first child with husband Prince Casimir (b.1976). Casimir is the son of Fürst Alexander zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b.1943) and Fürstin Gabriela (b.1950; née Schönborn-Wiesentheid), who married in 1969. Casimir is the grandson of…

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