+ Dom Luis of Brazil (Orléans-Bragança): 1938-2022
News has just broken that Dom Luiz, Head of the Imperial House of Brazil (Bassouras Branch), has passed away. https://www.facebook.com/groups/360463081306375
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The Duke of Aosta Buried at the Basilica of Superga Today
The late Prince Amedeo of Savoy, 5th Duke of Aosta, was buried today at the Royal Basilica of Superga in Turin. He joins his parents, Prince Aimone of Savoy and Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, as well as the ancestors of the prince who are all buried in the Basilica. The ceremony took place…
Anne at 70: Stunning New Portraits Released to Mark the Birthday of the Princess Royal
The Princess Royal. © John Swannell. Three official photographs of the Princess Royal have been released to celebrate her seventieth birthday tomorrow (Saturday, 15 August). The portraits were taken at Gatcombe Park in late February 2020 by photographer John Swannell. Princess Anne at Gatcombe Park. © John Swannell. On 15 August 1950, HRH Princess Anne Elizabeth…
The Serbian Twins Turn 40: the Birthday of Prince Philip and Prince Alexander!
Prince Alexander and Prince Philip.Photograph courtesy of the Royal Family of Serbia. Today, Prince Philip and Prince Alexander of Serbia celebrate their fortieth birthdays! The birth of the twin princes is noted in the Chicago Tribune of 25 January 1982. Princess Maria da Gloria holding Prince Alexander and Prince Philip while Prince Peter looks on, 1982. Born…
Romanian Royals Remember King Michael on 100th Anniversary of His Birth
Crown Princess Helen and the newborn Prince Michael of Romania. Photo from HM King Michael I of Romania: A Tribute. Queen Sophie of Greece and her grandson Prince Michael. Photo from HM King Michael I of Romania: A Tribute. Queen Marie of Romania and her grandson Prince Michael. Photo from HM King Michael I of…
Mass at Les Invalides to Commemorate 200th Anniversary of Emperor Napoléon’s Death
The French Imperial Family. Left to right: Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Prince Charles Bonaparte, the Princess and Prince Napoléon. Photograph (c) Getty Images / Luc Castel. Left to right: Prince Jérôme Napoléon, Princess Licia Napoléon, Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Prince Charles Bonaparte, Princess Maria del Pilar Murat, Prince Joachim Murat, Princess Olympia Napoléon,…
Habsburg Descendant Engaged to Great-Nephew of Dowager Countess of Paris
Sebastián Prieto and Constanza Riesle, 2019.Photo (c) El Mercurio. On 4 July, the engagement of Sebastián Prieto Donoso and Constanza Riesle de Habsbourg-Lorraine was announced. Sebastián Prieto Donoso. Sebastián Prieto Donoso is the son of Daniel Prieto Cornejo (b.1961) and Antonia Donoso Cousiño (b.1963). Sebastián’s paternal grandparents are Cristián Prieto Díaz (b.1933) and Dora Cornejo Juárez (b.1936). Sebastián’s maternal…
The Diamond Wedding Anniversary of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain
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…
The 95th Birthday of Sylviane Muselier, Half-Sister of Queen Geraldine of Albania
Sylviane in front of portraits of her sister Queen Geraldine and her brother-in-law King Zog. Today, Sylviane Girault Muselier turns ninety-five! Gladys Virginia Stewart. Born on 3 August 1927 at Mehun-sur-Yèvre, Centre-Val de Loire, Sylviane Girault was the eldest child of and Gontran Girault (1882-1964) and Gladys Virginia Stewart (1891–1947), who wed in 1926. Sylviane was joined by…
Princess Gloria of Thurn and Taxis: The “Princess TNT” Years
Countess Mariae Gloria Ferdinanda Joachima Josephine Wilhelmine Huberta of Schönburg-Glauchau was born at Stuttgart-Degerloch on 23 February 1960. She was the second child and second daughter of Count Joachim of Schönburg-Glauchau (1929-1998) and his first wife Countess Beatrix (b.1930; née Széchényi de Sárvár et Felsövidék). Gloria joined an elder sister, Maya (1958-2019), and was followed…