In memory of HRH Duke Friedrich of Württemberg
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Archduchess Maria of Austria (1935-2018)
Archduchess Maria of Austria, widow of Archduke Joseph Arpad of Austria, died on July 20 at Vienna. She was 82 years old.
HSH Princess Maria Aloisia Josephine Consolata Immaculata Benedicta Theresia Antonia Johanna Carla Conrada Leonharda of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, was born at Munich on November 6, 1935, the eldest child of Karl, 8th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and Carolina dei Conti Rignon.
She married HI & RH Archduke Joseph Arpad Benedikt Ferdinand Maria Gabriel of Austria, a member of the Hungarian Palatine branch of the Habsburg dynasty. He died on April 30, 2017 at the age of 84.
Princess Maria and Archduke Joseph Arpad were married in 1956. Their civil marriage took place on August 25, 1956 and the religious ceremony was on September 12. Both weddings were celebrated in Bronnbach, Wertheim-am-Main.
The couple had eight children. Their first child, Archduke Joseph Karl, lived for only a day in August 1957.
Archduchess Maria is survived by her seven children and their families: Archduchess Monika-Ilona (Charles de Rambures), Archduke Joseph and his wife, Margarete (Princess of Hohenberg), Archduchess Maria Christine (Raymond van der Meide), Archduke Andreas and Marie-Christine (Countess of Hatzfeldt-Dönhoff), Archduchess Alexandra (Wilhelmus de Wit), Archduke Nicolaus and Eugenia (de Calonje Gurrea) and Archduke Johannes and Maria Gabriela (Montenegro Villlamiszar).
She is also survived by her sisters and brother: HSH Princess Josephine (Prince Alexander of Liechtenstein), HSH Princess Monika (Don Jaime Mendez de Vigo y del Arco), HI&RH Archduchess Christiane (Archduke Michael of Austria), HSH Aloys-Konstantin, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (HRH Princess Anastasia of Prussia), HSH Princess Elisabeth-Alexandra (José Maria Trénor y Suarez de Lezo) and HSH Princess Lioba (HSH Moritz, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Wallerstein.
Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
Sunday, July 22, 2018
Princess Theodora of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg marries Hungarian noble
The bride is 31 years old and the groom is 41.
The Princess is the fourth and youngest child of HSH Prince Ludwig-Ferdinand of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Swedish-born Countess Yvonne Wachtmeister af Johannishus.
Count Miklós, known as Miki, uses the German version of his name, Nikolaus, in his professional career as a company director. He is the son of Count Miklós Bethelen de Bethelen and Gladys Clarisse Mollik. His sister, Katalin, is married to Carl Christian, the Prince of Wrede.
He received a bachelor's degree in economics and finance from Durham University, and since January 2018, is a director at Montagu Private Equity.
Princess Theodora has a degree from St. Andrew's University in Scotland. She has worked in Jordan and for her father's business. She has three older siblings, Prince Carl-Albrecht, who is married to Countess Camilla Schenk von Stauffenberg, Princess Anna, journalist, who is the wife of Prince Manuel of Bavaria, and Prince August, an actor.
Prince and Princess Ludwig-Ferdinand live at Schloss Wittgenstein. He is a first cousin of the late Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. He is the fourth child of HSH Prince Ludwig-Ferdinand, 3rd child of HSH Richard, 4th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. The late Prince Richard, who married Princess Benedikte of Denmark, was the eldest child of the late HSH Gustav Albrecht of Sayn Wittgenstein--Berleburg.
https://www.montagu.com/our-people/nikolaus-bethlen/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolaus-bethlen-483b4625/
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar declared bankrupt
July 18, 1908
Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, who is second in line after his father to the grand ducal throne, appears to be following in the footsteps of his extravagant father, Prince Wilhelm, as he was recently declared bankrupt, according to the Marquise de Fontenoy's latest report.
He has also suffered the ignominy of being retired from the army, and has been placed under a "curatel." This is means he has been deprived "of the right of owning for managing any properties. His affairs have been "vested in the hands of trustees.
These actions have been taken due to Prince Hermann's extravagant lifestyle. His father, Prince Wilhelm, was forced by the Grand Duke to live outside the country due to his frequent financial problems.
After serving for several years in the foreign services of the Dutch Army in Sumatra, Prince Wilhelm moved to the United States, where he assumed the name Wilhelm Rohde. He received a salary for his work as well as a small allowance from his family, but it was never enough. Prince Wilhelm soon found himself in debt, and was often in dire straits. He worked as a riding master, a store clerk, salesman and waiter, but when he became ill, his family "took compassion on him" and brought Prince Wilhelm home.
In 1885, Wilhelm married Princess Gerda of Isenburg-Büdingen. Prince Hermann Carl Bernhard Ferdinand Friedrich Wilhelm August Paul Philipp was born on Valentine's Day in 1886. He has a brother, Prince Albert, who is 10 months his junior, and a sister, Princess Sophie, who was born in July 1888.
Prince and Princess Wilhelm live in Heidelberg, but are largely shunned by their royal cousins due to Wilhelm's behavior.
Now Hermann, too, will feel the coldness as the royal houses of Europe close their doors to him due to his financial shenanigans.
Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, who is second in line after his father to the grand ducal throne, appears to be following in the footsteps of his extravagant father, Prince Wilhelm, as he was recently declared bankrupt, according to the Marquise de Fontenoy's latest report.
He has also suffered the ignominy of being retired from the army, and has been placed under a "curatel." This is means he has been deprived "of the right of owning for managing any properties. His affairs have been "vested in the hands of trustees.
These actions have been taken due to Prince Hermann's extravagant lifestyle. His father, Prince Wilhelm, was forced by the Grand Duke to live outside the country due to his frequent financial problems.
After serving for several years in the foreign services of the Dutch Army in Sumatra, Prince Wilhelm moved to the United States, where he assumed the name Wilhelm Rohde. He received a salary for his work as well as a small allowance from his family, but it was never enough. Prince Wilhelm soon found himself in debt, and was often in dire straits. He worked as a riding master, a store clerk, salesman and waiter, but when he became ill, his family "took compassion on him" and brought Prince Wilhelm home.
In 1885, Wilhelm married Princess Gerda of Isenburg-Büdingen. Prince Hermann Carl Bernhard Ferdinand Friedrich Wilhelm August Paul Philipp was born on Valentine's Day in 1886. He has a brother, Prince Albert, who is 10 months his junior, and a sister, Princess Sophie, who was born in July 1888.
Prince and Princess Wilhelm live in Heidelberg, but are largely shunned by their royal cousins due to Wilhelm's behavior.
Now Hermann, too, will feel the coldness as the royal houses of Europe close their doors to him due to his financial shenanigans.
Monday, July 16, 2018
IN MEMORIAM Nicholas II of all the Russias and his family
The plans had been made for weeks, but it was late on the night of July 16, 1918, when Nicholas II, the former Emperor of all the Russias, his wife, Alexandra, their five children, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexis and four faithful servants, were killed by local Bolshevik guards on the orders of the Ural Regional Soviet and backed by Lenin and other Soviet Leaders.
The Imperial family and their retainers were roused from their sleep and escorted down the stairs to the cellar, where they were told that they were being transferred to a safe house due to the chaos in Ekaterinburg.
Nicholas asked for two chairs for Alexandra and Alexis, their son, who suffered from hemophilia.
The prisoners waited, believing they would be taken to another house. It was in the wee hours of the morning of July 17 that the executioners entered the Ipatiev House.
Yakov Yurovsky stood before the former emperor and said: "Nikolai Alexandrovich, in view of the fact that your relatives are continuing their attack on Soviet Russia, the Ural Executive Committee has decided to execute you."
The executioners used guns and bayonets to carry out their murderous assignment.
Nicholas II (1868-1918)
Alexandra (Princess Alix of Hesse and By Rhine) (1872-1918)
Grand Duchess Olga (1895-1918)
Grand Duchess Tatiana (1897-1918)
Grand Duchess Maria (1899-1918)
Grand Duchess Anastasia (1901-1918)
Tsarevitch Alexis (1904-1918)
Eugene Botkin (1865-1918)
Anna Demidova (1878-1918)
Alexei Trupp (1856-1918)
Ivan Kharitonov (1872-1918)
Friday, July 13, 2018
Garter Ceremony
A little late, but here are photos from the Order of the Garter ceremony, taken by my friend Arjan, who is the copyright holder. Thanks for letting me publish them.
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| Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandra, Princess Royal |
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| Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra |
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| Princess Royal and Duke of Gloucester |
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| Duke of York and Earl of Wessex |
Thursday, July 12, 2018
It's over for Margaretha and Robin
July 12, 1958
The romance between Princess Margaretha of Sweden and Robin Douglas-Home, a jazz pianist, is over, according to an announcement from the Royal Palace.
Robin, 26, is the son of the Hon. Henry Douglas-Home, second son of Charles, 13th Earl of Home and his former wife, Lady Margaret Spencer, daughter of the 6th Earl Spencer.
Lady Margaret has served as a lady-in-waiting to Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and Princess Alexandra of Kent.
Robin, a nephew of the present Earl of Home, had planned to travel from London to Stockholm, hoping "to wrote a happy ending of his year-long courtship" with the pretty 23-year-old Princess Margaretha, according to United Press International.
Princess Margaretha and her family are at the Swedish royal family's summer residence, Solliden, on the island of Oland. A spokesman for the Princess said Margaretha spoke to Mr. Douglas-Home for ten minutes. Their engagement was broken off during the conversation.
Margaretha was said to be "shocked" to learn of Douglas-Home's decision to not travel to Stockholm. Her mother, Princess Sibylla, was also shocked.
The princess was keeping to her room and was "reported to be near a nervous breakdown."
Spokesman Count Goesta Lewenhaupt told three representatives of the Swedish, American and British press that "for Princess Margaretha the romance with Home has been a very serious thing, and of course she is upset by the latest developments."
He said he expected the princess to stay at the villa for the rest of the summer and then "perhaps go abroad for awhile."
Lewenhaupthaupt had invited the press to "refute" reports that Margaretha's mother had "at the last moment" had forbidden Margaretha to marry Douglas-Home.
Princess Sibylla and King Gustav VI Adolf left the decision of becoming engaged or not up to Margaretha.
Spokes
Five seek Polish throne
July 12, 1918
There are five candidates for the Polish throne, according to a cable sent by the London Times to the Washington Post.
The original report was published in the Berliner Tageblatt.
The five candidates are: Archduke Karl Stephan of Austria, Prince August Wilhelm of Germany (Kaiser Wilhelm II's fourth son), Prince Friedrich Christian of Saxony (second son of the King of Saxony), Duke Albrecht Eugene of Württemberg and Prince Kyril of Bulgaria, second son of King Ferdinand.
Archduke Karl Stephan, who is 56, is the most obvious candidate. He speaks fluent Polish and he and his family have an estate at Saysbusch in Galicia. Two of his daughters, Archduchesses Renata and Mechtildis, are married to members of two Polish princely families, Radziwill and Czartoryski
Monday, July 9, 2018
intrigue, poison and a princess
A rather fascinating two-part article in Der Speigel about corruption, investigations, poison and a princess, HH Princess Marie-Alix of Saxe-Meiningen.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/bilfinger-corruption-scandal-involving-oman-and-a-princess-a-1213167.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/bilfinger-corruption-scandal-involving-oman-and-a-princess-a-1213167-2.html
HH Maria-Alexandra Elisabeth Beatrice of Saxe-Meiningen was born at Heilbronn on July 5, 1978. She is the eldest of two children of the late HH Prince Friedrich-Ernst of Saxe-Meiningen (1935-2004) and HH Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1951). Princess Beatrice is the younger half-sister of Prince Andreas, the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
The princess' marriage to Benno Widmer ended in divorce. The couple had no children.
Princess Marie-Alix is a descendant of Queen Victoria through her mother, Princess Beatrice.
Victoria - Leopold - Charles Edward (Carl Eduard) -Friedrich-Josias -Beatrice - Marie-Alix.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-alix-von-meiningen-393913a/
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/bilfinger-corruption-scandal-involving-oman-and-a-princess-a-1213167.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/bilfinger-corruption-scandal-involving-oman-and-a-princess-a-1213167-2.html
HH Maria-Alexandra Elisabeth Beatrice of Saxe-Meiningen was born at Heilbronn on July 5, 1978. She is the eldest of two children of the late HH Prince Friedrich-Ernst of Saxe-Meiningen (1935-2004) and HH Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1951). Princess Beatrice is the younger half-sister of Prince Andreas, the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
The princess' marriage to Benno Widmer ended in divorce. The couple had no children.
Princess Marie-Alix is a descendant of Queen Victoria through her mother, Princess Beatrice.
Victoria - Leopold - Charles Edward (Carl Eduard) -Friedrich-Josias -Beatrice - Marie-Alix.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-alix-von-meiningen-393913a/
what the mailman brought
Thank you cards from the Duke of Cambridge and Princess Astrid of Belgium, who has been unwell with sleep issues.
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma
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| Marlene A. Eilers Koenig collection |
HRH Prince Michel Marie Xavier Waldemar Georg Robert Karl Eymar of Bourbon-Parma, third of four children of the late Prince Rene of Bourbon-Parma and Princess Margrethe of Denmark, died on July 7 at Neilly-sur-Seine, France. He was 92 years old.
Michel's father was the 19th child of Duke Roberto I of Bourbon Parma. Two of his full siblings were Empress Zita of Austria and Prince Felix, who married Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg.
Prince Michel was born in Paris on March 4, 1926. He spent his childhood in Paris, but after the German invasion of France, he and his family fled to New York City. He attended a Jesuit school in Montreal.
At the age of 17, Prince Michel joined the U.S. Army and was part of a sabotage team that parachuted into Nazi-occupied France. He later was sent to Indochina to fight the Viet Minh. He parachuted into Vietnam on August28, 1945. Within hours he and five others were captured and held for eleven months.
There were several attempts to escape. The prisoners, who survived on a daily bowl of rice. Four of the six men were killed before France agreed to a ceasefire.
The Viet Minh held more than 12,000 French prisoners. Prince Michel was one of only 3000 prisoners to have survived the ordeal. He received the Legion of Honour, the British Military Cross and the Croix de guerre.
He returned to France to live where he became a race car driver and a businessman.
On June 9, 1951, Prince Michel married Princess Yolande de Broglie-Revel (1928-2014). The couple had five children: Princess Inés (1952-1981), Price Erik (1953), Princess Sybil (1954), Princess Victoire (1957-2001) and Prince Charles-Emmanuel (1961). He also has a daughter, Amelie (1977), by Laure Le Bourgeois.
By the 1960s, the marriage was strained as Prince Michel began an affair with Princess Maria Pia of Italy, the wife of one of Michel's close friends, Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia. Maria Pia and her husband were the parents of a set of twin boys, born in 1958. She became pregnant again during her affair with Michel.
The second set of twins, Prince Serge and Princess Helene, were born on March 12, 1963.
The second set of twins, Prince Serge and Princess Helene, were born on March 12, 1963.
Princess Yolande, a devout Catholic, would not agree to a divorce in 1999, although the couple legally separated in 1966. Prince Michel married Princess Maria Pia in Manalapan, Florida, in May 2003. Prince Michel and Princess Maria Pia had a home in Palm Beach, Florida, spending winter there for many years.
https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/local/war-hero-and-palm-beacher-prince-michel-bourbon-parme-dies/zgl65RKZQZ3KkU3xKNoCBP/
https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/local/war-hero-and-palm-beacher-prince-michel-bourbon-parme-dies/zgl65RKZQZ3KkU3xKNoCBP/
Friday, July 6, 2018
25th anniversary thank you
A lovely thank you from the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Liechtenstein. The photo is signed with a gold pen.
Thursday, July 5, 2018
Princess Stephanie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha marries
HH Princess Stephanie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Mr. Jan Stahl were married earlier today in a civil ceremony at Schloss Friedenstein Gotha.
This is the first marriage for the 46-year-old Princess Stephanie and Mr. Stahl.
The ceremony, conducted by Gotha's mayor, Knut Kreuch, a family friend, took place in the castle's throne room.
His comments to the couple included numerous references to the history of the Ducal family.
Princess Stephanie, the eldest child and only daughter of TH Prince Andreas and Princess Carin of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, wore a white silk suit from German fashion designer Gordon Sieverding, who is based in Michelau. Her bouquet featured red, white and yellow roses.
Mr. Stahl wore a tail coat.
After the ceremony, the newlyweds got into a horse drawn carriage for a ride through the castle's sprawling park. They joined close family and friends for a reception at the Hotel am Schlosspark for a post-wedding lunch.
This was the first royal wedding in Gotha since July 31, 1817, when sixteen-year-old Princess Luise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg-married Duke Ernst III of Saxe-Coburg-Saafeld. In 1826, Ernst became Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The couple had two sons, Duke Ernst II (1818-1893) and Prince Albert (1819-1861) who married his first cousin, Queen Victoria. The marriage was not a happy one. The couple were divorced on March 31, 1826.
Princess Stephanie is a descendant of Victoria and Albert through their eighth of nine children: Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. Victoria-Leopold-Carl Eduard-Friedrich Josias -Andreas-Stephanie.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5922789/German-Princess-Stephanie-Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-marries-Jan-Stahl-quirky-ceremony.html
https://www.np-coburg.de/region/oberfranken/laenderspiegel/Stephanie-Prinzessin-von-Sachsen-Coburg-und-Gotha-hat-sich-getraut;art2388,6213234
This is the first marriage for the 46-year-old Princess Stephanie and Mr. Stahl.
The ceremony, conducted by Gotha's mayor, Knut Kreuch, a family friend, took place in the castle's throne room.
His comments to the couple included numerous references to the history of the Ducal family.
Princess Stephanie, the eldest child and only daughter of TH Prince Andreas and Princess Carin of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, wore a white silk suit from German fashion designer Gordon Sieverding, who is based in Michelau. Her bouquet featured red, white and yellow roses.
Mr. Stahl wore a tail coat.
After the ceremony, the newlyweds got into a horse drawn carriage for a ride through the castle's sprawling park. They joined close family and friends for a reception at the Hotel am Schlosspark for a post-wedding lunch.
This was the first royal wedding in Gotha since July 31, 1817, when sixteen-year-old Princess Luise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg-married Duke Ernst III of Saxe-Coburg-Saafeld. In 1826, Ernst became Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The couple had two sons, Duke Ernst II (1818-1893) and Prince Albert (1819-1861) who married his first cousin, Queen Victoria. The marriage was not a happy one. The couple were divorced on March 31, 1826.
Princess Stephanie is a descendant of Victoria and Albert through their eighth of nine children: Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. Victoria-Leopold-Carl Eduard-Friedrich Josias -Andreas-Stephanie.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5922789/German-Princess-Stephanie-Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-marries-Jan-Stahl-quirky-ceremony.html
https://www.np-coburg.de/region/oberfranken/laenderspiegel/Stephanie-Prinzessin-von-Sachsen-Coburg-und-Gotha-hat-sich-getraut;art2388,6213234
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Hereditary Prince and Princes of Liechtenstein celebrate their Silver Anniversary
HSH Alois Philipp Maria, the Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein married HRH Duchess Sophie Elizabeth Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria, eldest daughter of Duke Max in Bavaria, were married on July 3, 1993 at St. Florin's in Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
The couple has four children: Prince Wenzel (23), Princess Marie-Caroline (21), Prince Georg, 19 and Prince Nikolaus, 17.
https://www.fuerstenhaus.li/en/princely-house/hereditary-princess-sophie/
https://www.fuerstenhaus.li/en/princely-house/hereditary-prince-alois/
Friday, June 29, 2018
Dutch princess baptized in Ottawa
June 29, 1943
Princess Margriet Francisca, the infant daughter of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, was baptized earlier today at St. Andrew's Church in Ottawa, in the presence of her grandmother Queen Wilhelmina. The service, according to the New York Times, was conducted partly in English and partly in Dutch.
The Earl of Athlone, Governor General of Canada, represented his sister, Queen Mary, as one of the princess' godparents. Another godparent is a woman "whose husband was shot as a hostage by the Nazis in the Netherlands. Her name has not been made public as other members of her family remain in occupied Netherlands.''
Margriet is also the godchild of "the officers and men of the Netherlands Merchant Marine.
The baptism was broadcast by shortwave and will be relayed to the Netherlands.
Princess Margriet Francisca, the infant daughter of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, was baptized earlier today at St. Andrew's Church in Ottawa, in the presence of her grandmother Queen Wilhelmina. The service, according to the New York Times, was conducted partly in English and partly in Dutch.
The Earl of Athlone, Governor General of Canada, represented his sister, Queen Mary, as one of the princess' godparents. Another godparent is a woman "whose husband was shot as a hostage by the Nazis in the Netherlands. Her name has not been made public as other members of her family remain in occupied Netherlands.''
Margriet is also the godchild of "the officers and men of the Netherlands Merchant Marine.
The baptism was broadcast by shortwave and will be relayed to the Netherlands.
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