Jaroslav and Elisabeth. Today, Fürst Jaroslav and Fürstin Elisabeth Lobkowicz celebrate fifty years of marriage. On 29 July 1971 at Chebry-en-Sereine, then Hereditary Prince Jaroslav Lobkowicz (b.1942) and Elisabeth de Vienne (b.1947) were married. Jaroslav was the son of Fürst Jaroslav von Lobkowicz (1910-1985) and Countess Gabrielle von Korff gen. Schmising-Kerssenbrock 1917-2008). Elisabeth was the daughter 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…
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on the occasion of their 73rd wedding anniversary, 2020. This morning (Friday, 9 April), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, died at Windsor Castle. The prince had been hospitalised for several weeks between February and March. Prince Philip was ninety-nine years-old and the husband of Queen Elizabeth II for…
Today, Count Karl Eugen von Neipperg celebrates his seventieth birthday. Count Josef Hubert von Neipperg. Born on 20 October 1951 at Schwaigern, Count Maria Karl Eugen Johannes Nepomuk Erwin Michael von Neipperg was the first child of Count Josef Hubert von Neipperg (1918-2020) and Countess Maria von Ledebur-Wicheln (1920-1984). Karl Eugen has seven younger siblings: Count Reinhard (b.1953), Countess…
On Saturday, 19 March, Countess Margherita of Arco-Zinneberg married Charles Green in Bavaria. Countess Margherita Ginevra Maria of Arco-Zinneberg (b.1983) is the third daughter of Count Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg (1955-2021) and Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este (b.1954). Margherita has five sisters: Countess Anna Theresa (b.1981; married Colin McKenzie), Countess Olympia (b.1988; married Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon), Countess Maximiliana (b.1990),…
Ernst-Leopold and Sabine. On 27 June 1996, Ernst-Leopold Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha and his wife Sabine died by suicide at Bad Wiessee, a resort town in Bavaria. Ernst-Leopold was sixty-one; Sabine was fifty-five, having celebrated her birthday only two days before her untimely death. The bodies of the couple were discovered by a…
The Marquis and Marquise de Castelbajac, 2017.Photograph (c) Patrick Kovarik. On 17 July 2021, Marquis Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Pauline de Drouas were religiously married at the Chapelle Saint-Roch de Vidaillan, Loubersan, Gers. The Marquis and Marquise de Castelbajac civilly married in September 2019. Born in 1949, Jean-Charles is the son of Marquis Jean-Louis de…
On Monday, 31 May, Prince Bagrat Bagrationi was baptised at Svetitskhoveli Cathedral. His Eminence Bishop Davit Alaverdeli presided over the service. Prince Bagrat Bagrationi was born on 19 January in Tbilisi, Georgia. The little prince was named after his late paternal grandfather. Bagrat is the first child of Prince Juan Bagration-Mukhransky and his wife…
Princess Olga.Painted by her mother Marina Karella (Princess Marina of Greece). Today, Princess Olga of Savoy, Duchess of Aosta, celebrates her fiftieth birthday! Princess Olga and her father Prince Michael. Born at Athens on 17 November 1971, Princess Olga Isabelle of Greece is the second daughter of Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark (b.1939)…
The Hereditary Prince and Princess of Hannover on their wedding day. Hereditary Prince Ernst August of Hannover and his wife Ekaterina are expecting their third child, Bunte has reported. The couple married in 2017. Ernst August and Ekaterina have two children: Princess Elisabeth (b.2018) and Prince Welf August (b.2019).