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Saturday, September 15, 2018

Princess Helene of Yugoslavia and Stanislas Fougeron: religious wedding


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Princess Helene of Yugoslavia and Stanislas Fougeron exchanged vows earlier today at the Saint Etienne de Janville church in Janville, France.   The couple was married in a civil ceremony in Paris on March 12, which was the Princess' 55th birthday.

This is the second marriage for Princess Helene.  Her first marriage to Thierry Gaubert, a civil ceremony only, ended in divorce.  She has three children from this marriage:  Milena, Nastasia, and Leopold.   Since 2017, Milena has been married to Jonathan Namios.

Her twin brother, Prince Serge of Yugoslavia escorted the bride to the church.   Other members of Princess Helene's family who attended the wedding including her son, Leopold Gaubert,  her half-brother, Prince Michel of Yugoslavia and her half-sister, Amelie de Bourbon-Parme,  her sister-in-law, Princess Eleonora of Yugoslavia, her mother, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma (nee Savoy) and Emanuele Fililberto, Prince of Piedmont, her first cousin.

Helene and Stanislas will live at his home, Chateau de VilleprĂ©vost, in Tillay-le-PĂ©neux, where the reception was held.


4 comments:

  1. Thats not Helene of Yugoslavia, shi is princes Jelena of Serbia, before Kingdom of Serbia

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  2. Her Christian name is Helene, not Jelena, actually. She uses Yugoslavia as do her three brothers, although in her case (and Serge) it is nominal because Alexander is their legal father, but not their natural father.

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  3. Sorry, but what are their correct titles? Prince/ss of Yugoslavia or Serbia? I think Yugoslavia doesn't exist any more

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  4. The children of the prince Alexander use of Yugoslavia socially. They have a legal surname of Karageorgevich

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