Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg on the day in April 1945 when she returned to her people “Charlotte: A Royal At War is the remarkable story of Grand Duchess Charlotte, daughter of Guillaume IV, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. As the constitutional monarch of the small European country from 1919 to 1964, she faced daunting challenges…
This year, for the fifth such gathering, EUROHISTORY and Hoogstraten English Bookstore welcome participants to Royal Gatherings in The Hague! The lectures to be presented include: Saturday, November 10: 9:45 – 10:00 – Opening remarks 10:00 – 10:45 – W. Vermeulen: “Ludwig, a disappointed King.” 11:00 – 11:45 – G.J. Frisch: “King Georg V…
HRH The Margrave of Meißen has informed us of the death of his aunt Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, last surviving child of the late Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meißen, and of his late wife the former Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn und Taxis.
We can report that Hereditary Prince Alexander of Hohenzollern married Michelle V. Keith, a US citizen and his girlfriend, last year. Alexander is the only son of Fürst Karl Friedrich of Hohenzollern and his first wife Countess Alexandra Schenk von Stauffenberg. In November 2021, Alexander and Michelle celebrated their religious marriage in a small Roman Catholic church…
The religious wedding of Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon and Countess Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg will take place at 11:00am on 19 October in Paris at the Cathédrale Saint Louis des Invalides. Monseigneur Antoine de Romanet, Bishop of the Diocese of the French Armed Forces, will be presiding over the ceremony. Source: https://dioceseauxarmees.fr/horaires-des-messes/cathedrale-st-louis-des-invalides.html For…
A kiss between the newly married couple! Three years ago, on 8 October 2016, Crown Prince Leka of the Albanians and his fiancée Elia Zaharia were married in a splendid ceremony at the Royal Palace in Tirana. Their wedding was covered by media from around the world, including the European Royal History Journal. A video…
Infante Dom Miguel, Duque de Viseu. Today, the Duke of Viseu celebrates his seventy-fifth birthday! Duarte Nuño and Maria Francisca on their wedding day, 1942. The Duke and Duchess of Braganza with their three sons, 1950s.Photo (c) LIFE / Nina Leen. The Duke and Duchess of Braganza with their children, 1950s.Photo (c) LIFE / Nina…
The King of Montenegro. On 1 March 1921, His Majesty King Nicholas I of Montenegro died at Cap d’Antibes, France. The king was seventy-nine years-old. Nicholas had reigned as the sovereign of Montenegro for fifty-eight years: from 1860 until 1910 as Prince of Montenegro, and from 1910 until 1918 as King of Montenegro. Mirko Petrović-Njegoš….
Embed from Getty Images According to an interview given to Vanitatis, Princess Béatrice d’Orléans has stated that she is well and fully recovered after dealing with a mild case of the novel coronavirus. Embed from Getty Images The princess, who is seventy-eight years-old, developed a minor form of the disease and recovered from it while…
The newly-married Princess Victoria Romanova greets King Fuad of Egypt. Photo courtesy of King Fouad II. On his official Facebook account, King Fuad II of Egypt has shared some lovely pictures from the recent wedding of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and Princess Victoria Romanovna Romanoff. The king is a long-time friend of Grand Duchess…