Prince Nikolai of Denmark Celebrates His 20th Birthday
Today His Highness Prince Nikolai celebrates his twentieth birthday. The Danish Royal Court released three news pictures of the prince. Photos © Steen Brogaard For further news and articles about Europe’s Gotha families, join Eurohistory! https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/p/subscribe-to-eurohistory.html
On This Day in 2007: The Death of Prince Theodore Romanoff
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 80th Birthday of Princess Marion d’Orléans, Dowager Countess of La Marche
Thibaut, Marion, and Robert. Photo (c) Micheline PELLETIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images. Today, Princess Marion d’Orléans, Dowager Countess of La Marche, celebrates her eightieth birthday. Born on 4 September 1942 at Santiago, Chile, Marion Mercedes Gordon-Orr was the only daughter of James Gordon-Orr (1894-1973), an engineer, and Gertrude Mercedes Devia Hermosilla (1914-2003). Marion’s paternal grandparents were Alexander Orr…
The 90th Birthday of Princess Marie Gabrielle of Bavaria, Dowager Fürstin von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg
Fürstin Marie Gabrielle and Fürst Georg von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg, 2008.Photograph (c) Seeger-Presse. Today, Dowager Fürstin Marie Gabrielle von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg celebrates her ninetieth birthday! Countess Maria Draskovich von Trakostjan and Duke Albrecht of Bavaria. Born on 30 May 1931 at Munich, Princess Marie Gabrielle Antonia José of Bavaria was a…
Alexander von Preußen Marries Jenny von Rumohr On Saint Valentine’s Day
Note: Thank you to my friend Hein Bruins of Hein’s Royal Genealogy Page for providing this information! Valentine’s Day newlyweds: Alexander von Preußen and Jenny von Rumohr On Friday, 14 February 2020, Alexander Prinz von Preußen, eldest son of Prince Adalbert of Prussia and Eva Maria Kudicke, was married in a civil ceremony at Munich to Jenny…
The 70th Birthday of Prince Michael of Liechtenstein
Prince Michael in 2013. Photo (c) Getty Images / South China Morning Post. On 10 October 1951 at Graz, Prince Michael Karl Alfred Maria Felix Moritz of Liechtenstein was born as the second child of Prince Heinrich of Liechtenstein and Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria. Michael’s paternal grandparents were Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein and Princess Theresia Maria…
Engagement of the Duke of Aosta’s Granddaughter Vera to Fellow Italian Aristocrat
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vera Arrivabene (@veraarrivabene) Yesterday, Vera dei Conti Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga and Nobile Briano Martinoni Caleppio announced their engagement. Vera is a granddaughter of Prince Amedeo, Duke of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, and his first wife, Princess Claude d’Orléans. Vera’s ancestry includes European royalty, European and Italian nobility,…
Belated News of a New Prinzessin von Preußen!
On 28 April 2020, Mafalda Luise Prinzessin von Preußen was born as the first child of Alexander Prinz von Preußen and his wife Jenny Prinzessin von Preußen (née von Ruhmor). Alexander Prinz von Preußen, eldest son of Prince Adalbert of Prussia and Eva Maria Kudicke, was civilly married at Munich on Valentine’s Day,…
Superb Objets d’Art to be Auctioned from the Estate of Duke Ferdinand of Württemberg
On 30 March, the auction house Neumeister will be hosting a magnificent sale: Hidden Treasures – Treasures from the House of Württemberg. The historically significant items contained in the auction come from the estate of Duke Ferdinand Eugen of Württemberg (1925-2020). Neumeister received sixty wooden boxes in 2021; these boxes and the treasures therein were from the…