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| The newly married HSH Princess Xenia of Croy and Nobile Guy delle Piane |
On September 28, 2024. HSH Princess Xenia of Croy and Nobile Guy delle Piane were married in a Roman Catholic ceremony at St. Jakobuskirche in Dülmen-Karthaus. The Princess is the daughter of the Duke of Croy.
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| HRH Duke Alexander of Oldenburg and H Ill H Hereditary Count Ludwig von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee |
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| The wedding luncheon was held at the Duke of Croy's natural park surrounded by 500 wild horses |
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| The Duchess of Brissac |
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| the candles lit in honor of the bride and groom's mothers. |
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| TI&RH Archduke Carl Christian and Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria and HRH Princess Margaretha & HSH Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein @Frank Rollitz/ABR Pictures |
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| TSH The Prince and Princess of Castell-Rüdenhausen @Frank Rollitz/ABR Pictures |
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| TRH Prince Ludwig and Princess Sophie-Alexandra of Bavaria |
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| HSH Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein with TH the Prince and Princess de Ligne |
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| Duarte Maria de Sousa Araújo Martins with his wife HRH Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal and her brother HRH The Prince of Beira @Frank Rollitz/ABR Pictures |
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| HRH Prince Henri of Bourbon-Parma and his wife, HI&RH Archduchess Gabriella of Austria @Frank Rollitz/ABR Pictures |
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| TSH Prince and Princess Heinrich of Croy, HSH The Hereditary Prince of Croy, the Duke of Croy, the bride and groom with their son, Nobile Laszlo delle Piane, Prince Alexander of Croÿ, Princess Anastasia of Croÿ and Prince and Princess Marc-Emmanuel of Croÿ |
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| TSH Prince and Princess Henri of Arenberg |
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| TRH The Prince of Beira. the Imperial Prince of Brazil, and Princess Marie of Liechtenstein (nee Princess of France) |
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| Mise en place of the dîner dansant |
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| TSH The Prince and Princess of Salm-Salm @Frank Rollitz/ABR Pictures |
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| H.S.H. Prince Ferdinand zur Lippe with The Marquise Negrotto-Cambiaso (née Duchess of Osorio) |
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| Prince and Princess Francesco Caracciolo di Melissano e Scanno |
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| Nobile Margherita delle Piane with her aunt the Marquise d’Afflitto, H.S.H. The Duke of Croÿ, and Baroness Anne von Furstenberg |
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| Princess Lucrezia Colonna between the groom and her husband, Baron del Marmol |
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| Nobile Giuseppe delle Piane with his son Guy and new daughter-in-law Xenia, together with Laszlo |
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| From left to right: Count Giovanni Arlotta-Tarino, Count Don Nicolo dei Principi Corsini, Bride & Groom, Marquise Ugolino Bourbon di Petrella, and Prince Michele Bonanno di Linguaglossa |
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| Prince Tancredi Massimo with the Marquis Sophia Bourbon di Petrella |
And a very special thank you to Frank Rollitz, the doyen of German photographers specializing in German noble/royal weddings. It is an honor and a privilege to share several of his photographs here.
Here is my original post with more details about the wedding.
3 comments:
I have fun consulting the wonderful index in the back of "Berlin Diaries 1940-45" by Marie Vassiltchikov to reference these names from a century ago. I don't know exactly how they line-up to this wedding couple but the family background is amazing.
Berlin Diaries is one of my fav royal books. Karl Rudolf was the 13th Duke of Croy. He married an American, Nancy Leishman, whose father was an American Ambassador to several countries, including Germany. They had two children: Carl and Antoinette (who was a friend of Missy's). Carl married Princess Gabriele of Bavaria. Their eldest son is Rudolf, the present Duke (the father of Xenia) Here is my post on the death of Carl https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2011/06/hsh-carl-14th-duke-of-croy.html Antoinette was married three times. She died in 2011. Marie Luise was her younger sister, also married three times.
Thank you, Marlene, for unraveling the family tree and I appreciate the link for your older post regarding Carl's death. Cheers!
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