European Royal History

On 6 July 2020, Count Johannes von Mirbach-Geldern-Egmont, Prince zu Hohenlohe-Jagstberg, died as a result of contracting COVID-19. Johannes was eighty-one years-old. Fürst Johannes zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein and Archduchess Anna of Austria. The Hohenlohe-Jagstberg siblings (right to left): Maria Rosa, Karl, Albrecht, Elizabeth, Margarethe, and Friedrich August. Prince Johannes Maria Carl Alfons Friedrich Leopold zu Hohenlohe-Jagstberg was…

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King Simeon, Queen Margarita, Alexandra Chrobok, Jorge de Magalhães, and their children.Photograph (c) HM King Simeon II of the Bulgarians Members of the Bulgarian royal family recently gathered in Assisi, Italy, to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the death of Queen Giovanna of Bulgaria. Queen Giovanna of Bulgaria in 1937 Born a Princess of Savoy, Giovanna…

The betrothal ceremony of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini.Photograph courtesy of the Russian Imperial Chancellory.  The betrothal ceremony of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini.Photograph courtesy of the Russian Imperial Chancellory. The betrothal ceremony of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini.Photograph courtesy of the Russian Imperial Chancellory. The…

    Dear All,   The 2019 Royal Gatherings in London Conference will take place on 27th & 28th April at:   SPINK 69 Southampton Row  Bloomsbury  London WC1B 4ET   We already have the following speakers confirmed:-    Stephen Patterson “This Thorny Throne” – Russia, Royalty & the Romanovs  Jeffrey Hyland Government Houses and…

Prince François and Princess Therese d’Orléans, 2014. In an interview with Ultima Hora, Prince François and Princess Theresa d’Orléans revealed that they are expecting their third child. The Count and Countess of Dreux live in Mallorca with son Prince Philippe (b.2017) and daughter Princess Marie Amélie (b.2019). Prince François d’Orléans (b.1982), youngest child of Prince…

Count Ockie and Countess Christine Bernadotte. On 8 February 1931, Count Folke “Ockie” Bernadotte af Wisborg was born at Pleasantville, New York, as the second son of Count Folke Bernadotte af Wisborg (1895-1948) and his wife Countess Estelle (1904-1984; née Manville). Ockie Bernadotte made his entrance to the world at the home of his maternal…

The Belgian Royal House today released an image of King Albert and Queen Paola of Belgium with their three children, eleven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild (with another on the way). Only Prince Joachim of Belgium, the second son and third child of Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz, was missing. The photograph was taken last week…