Prince Vladimir Paley, first cousin of the last tsar, was a poet among the Romanovs. The rules of the Imperial Family prevented him from being considered a member of the dynasty due to the unequal marriage of his parents. This circumstance could have saved his life. Instead, when he was requested by the Bolsheviks to…
Princess Alix Napoléon.Photograph (c) Getty Images/Luc Castel. Today, Her Imperial Highness the Dowager Princess Napoléon celebrates her ninety-fifth birthday! Louis Napoléon and Alix de Foresta after their engagement in May 1949. Count Albéric and Countess Geneviève de Foresta, 1949. On 4 April 1926, Mademoiselle Alix Marie Joséphine Thérèse Henriette de Foresta was born at Marseille. Alix…
Prince Philip and Princess Danica unveil a statue of Queen Marie. Photo (c) Prince Philip of Serbia. Prince Philip and Princess Danica of Serbia recently attended the unveiling of a bust of Queen Marie of Yugoslavia in Inđija. Queen Marie, born a Princess of Romania and married to King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, was the…
Two days after Prince Peter of Serbia’s renunciation of his rights of succession to the Royal House, which took place on 27 April, were publicly announced on 28 April, the Serbian tabloid Kurir ran a story on 29 April that alleged the prince has an out-of-wedlock daughter. The tabloid paper wrote: Officially, Petar is not married…
Photo (c) Getty Images / Picture Alliance. Forty years ago today, on 30 August 1981, Prince Ernst August of Hannover and Chantal Hochuli celebrated their religious wedding at Schloß Marienburg. The couple were civilly married on 28 August 1981 at Pattensen. Photo (c) Getty Images / United Archives. Born on 26 February 1954 at Hannover, Prince…
Custodian of the Crown Margarita and Prince Radu arrive at the Concert at the Atheneum on Saturday. (c) SIMION MECHNO / AGERPRES FOTO Over the weekend, Custodian of the Crown Margarita and Princess Sophie of Romania celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of their first (and joint) trip to their country back in January 1990. Several items…
On 1 May 1868, Prince Friedrich Karl Ludwig Konstantin of Hesse was born at the family manor of Gut Panker in Holstein. Friedrich Karl was the third son and fourth child of Landgrave Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse (1820-1884) and his second wife Princess Anna of Prussia (1836-1918). Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse and Princess Margarete of Prussia…
Princess Margarita and her husband Radu attend the Silver Wedding celebrations of Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg in 2006 Princess Margarita with her husband Radu when he announced his 2009 bid for the Romanian presidency Margarita and Radu attend the wedding celebrations for Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden…
Olympia of Greece and Perry Pearson In a happy piece of royal news, Princess Olympia of Greece and the Hon. Perry Pearson are in a relationship, according to information gleaned from media reports and the princess’ own social media. The couple visited Olympia’s grandparents King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes in…
Friedrich of Württemberg with his Porsche 356 On 9 May 2018, aged fifty-six, Duke Friedrich of Württemberg was killed as the result of a motor vehicle accident at Ebenweiler. He was trying to pass a tractor trailer in his lane, and in this attempt he hit head-on a car in the opposite lane of traffic. Friedrich,…