The princess in 2018. Today, Princess Ingrid of Waldeck and Pyrmont celebrates her ninetieth birthday! Born on 2 September 1931 at Munich, Ingrid was the third child and daughter of Fürst Josias of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1896-1967) and Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg (1903-2001), who wed in 1922. The princess had four siblings: Princess Margarethe (1923-2003),…
The Duke and Duchess of Cádiz. The couple during their religious wedding. The groom’s mother and the bride’s grandfather were their witnesses. Carmen and Alfonso. On 8 March 1972, Don Alfonso de Borbón y Dampierre, Duke of Cádiz, and Doña María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco were married at the Royal Palace of El Pardo in…
Principe Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso. Today, Prince Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, Duke of Castel Duino, celebrates his seventieth birthday! Carlo Alessandro’s father Raimundo in the late 1930s. Princess Eugenie of Greece and Denmark with her husband Prince Raimundo della Torre e Tasso, 1953.Photo (c) Getty Images. Born on 10 February 1952 at…
Princess Gudila and Prince Christoph of Bavaria. Today Prince Christoph of Bavaria celebrates his sixtieth birthday! Born on 5 May 1962 at Schloss Leutstetten, Prince Christoph Ludwig Maria of Bavaria is the fifth child and third son of Prince Rasso of Bavaria and Archduchess Theresa of Austria-Tuscany. Christoph has six siblings: Princess Maria-Theresia (b.1956; married…
Princess Blanche with her mother Princess Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Montpensier.Photo (c) Getty Images / Pool Van der Putten/Croy. Today, Princess Blanche d’Orléans celebrates her sixtieth birthday! The Count and Countess of Clermont with their four eldest children, 1965.From left to right: Princess Marie, Princess Blanche, the Countess of Clermont holding Prince Jean, the Count of…
Wilhemine. Today, Dowager Fürstin Wilhelmine von Khevenhüller-Metsch celebrates her ninetieth birthday! Wilhelmine’s parents: Lazarus and Franziska. Born on 16 March 1932 at Naklo, Countess Marie Wilhelmina Josefina Theresia Franziska Georgia Henckel von Donnersmarck was the third child and second daughter of Count Lazarus “Lazy” Henckel von Donnersmarck (1902-1991) and Countess Franziska von Eltz (1905-1997), who wed in 1927….
Prince Leopold of Baden, 2004. Photo (c) Seeger-Press / Sandra Zellner. Today, Prince Leopold of Baden celebrates his fiftieth birthday. Born on 1 October 1971 at Salem, Prince Leopold Max Christian Ludwig Clemens Hubert of Baden is the third child and second son of Margrave Max of Baden and his wife Margravine Valerie (née Archduchess of…
Juan Carlos and Sofía. Today marks sixty years since the marriage of Prince Juan Carlos of Spain and Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark. The couple were twice on 14 May 1962: firstly in a Roman Catholic ceremony held at 10am in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite, and secondly in a Greek…