Last update on
Archduke Simeon of
Archduke Carl Christian of
The engagement was announced on 20
April 2007 between Johannes Graf von Meran (son of Franz Graf von Meran
[himself a direct male descendant of Archduke Johann of Austria (1782-1859)]
and of his wife, née Marie-Elisabeth Gräfin von Kageneck) and Tara G.J.M. Freeland (daughter of Anthony Freeland and of his
first wife, née Astrid Sophie Maria Hedwig Antonia Deym, Gräfin von Stritez). (added
Dominik Graf von Habsburg-Lothringen
(son of Christoph Heinrich Graf von Habsburg-Lothringen [himself the son of
Heinrich Graf von Habsburg-Lothringen (himself the son of Archduke Heinrich
Ferdinand of Austria-Tuscany and of his wife, née Karoline Ludescher) and of
his wife, née Helvig Schütte] and of his wife, née Ebba von Mohrenschildt) married Pia Rittinghausen at the church at
St.Andrä im Lavanttal on 5 May. (added
Archduke Maximilian of
Archduke Ferdinand of
Mme Noel van Innis, née Ileana Gräfin Kottulinsky, died at Brussels on 13 October.
[She was born at Klagenfurt on 25 August 1958,
daughter of Jaroslaw Graf Kottulinsky (himself the son of Karl Kunata Graf
Kottulinsky, né Graf Dobrzensky von Dobrzenicz, and of his wife, née Maria
Theresia Gräfin von Meran) and of his wife, née Archduchess Maria Ileana of
Austria (herself the daughter of Archduke Anton of Austria and of his wife, née
Princess Ileana of Romania). Since 1997 she had been married to Noel van
Innis.] (added
Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria died at Brussels on 11 December.
[He was born at
Klaus Fischer-Stabauer and his wife, née Marie Bernadette Gräfin Kornis
von Göncz-Ruszka (daughter of Thomas Graf Kornis von Göncz-Ruszka and of
his wife, née Princess Maria-Theresia of
Prince Manuel of
Dr. Klaus Runow maried Princess Maria Anna of
Daniel Terberger and his wife, née Princess Elisabeth of
Irène de Nicolay (daughter of
Comte Robert de Nicolay [himself the son of Comte René de Nicolay and of his
wife, née Princess Pia of Orleans-Braganza] and of his wife, née Princess
Nathalie Murat) died on 10 April. (added
Eduardo de Carvalho Moreira (son of César [Faria?]
Domingues Moreira, Brazilian Ambassador to Norway, and of his wife, née Maria
Guadalupe de Carvalho) will marry Princess Maria Antonia de Orléans-Bragança
(daughter of Prince Dom Eudes de Orléans-Bragança [himself the son of Prince
Dom Pedro Henrique de Orléans-Bragança and of his wife, née Princess Maria of
Bavaria] and of his second wife, née Mercedes Neves da Rocha) at Capela da
Reitoria, in Rio de Janeiro, on 15 June. Eduardo’s brother, Nuno,
married Maria Antonia’s cousin, Maria Carolina, in 2005. (added
I received the following information from a Brazilian correspondent:
“Dom Eudes de Orléans e Bragança Filho will marry Patrícia Landau in
2008. His sister, the twin Dona Maria Francisca, is expecting a child
….next december. Dona Maria Carolina, Dom Pedro
de Alcântara Henrique's daughter, is expecting her first son.” Eudes and Maria Francisca are children of Dom
Edues de Orléans e Bragança (b.1939) and of his second wife, née Mercedes Neves
da Rocha. Maria Carolina is their first cousin, daughter of Dom Pedro de
Alcântara Henrique and of his wife, née Maria de Fátima Lacerda Rocha. (added
Prince Dom Pedro Gastão de Orléans-Bragança died at
[He was
born at château d’Eu on 19 February 1913, son of Prince Dom Pedro de
Alcantara de Orléans-Bragança (himself the son of Prince Gaston
d’Orléans, Comte d’Eu, and of his wife, Isabel, Princess Imperial
of Brazil [herself the daughter of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and of his wife,
née Princess Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]) and of his wife, née Elisabeth
Gräfin Dobrzensky von Dobrzenicz (herself the daughter of Maria
Johann Nepomuk Wenzel Joseph Procopio Vincenz Menard Felix Graf Dobrzensky von
Dobrzenicz and of his wife, née Elisabeth Gräfin Kottulinsky.) In 1944 he married Princess Maria de la
Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (daughter of Prince Carlo of Bourbon-Two
Sicilies, Infant of Spain, and of his second wife, née Princess Louise
d’Orléans). She died in 2005. He is survived by their six children and numerous
gradchildren.] (added
Antonio Muñoz Valcárcel (known as Kitín Muñoz) and his wife, née Princess
Kalina of
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (son of Queen Margrethe II of
Denmark and of her husband, Prince Henrik [born Henri de Laborde de Monpezat])
and his wife, née Mary Donaldson (daughter of Professor John Dalgleish
Donaldson and his first wife Henrietta Clark) had their second child,
Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe, on 21 April. (updated
FRANCE
(BOURBON)
Luis Alfonso de Borbón y
Martinez-Bordiu, Duc d'Anjou (son of Alfonso de Borbón, Duque de Cádiz, Duc
d'Anjou et de Bourbon, and of his wife, née Carmen Martinez-Bordiú y Franco), and his wife, née María Margarita Vargas
Santaella, had their first child, Eugenia, at Miami, Florida, on 5 March. (updated
FRANCE
(ORLÉANS)
Antoine Stevenson and his wife, née
Kildine de Sambucy de Sorgue (daughter of François-Xavier de Sambucy de
Sorgue and of his wife, Princess Jeanne-Chantal d'Orléans) had their first child, Jean, in
Alexander Patrick Gregers Richard Windsor, Earl of
Hon. Mrs Angela Lascelles, née Dowding, died at Virginia Water, Surrey, on 28 February.
[She was born at Hanwell on
Lord Nicholas Windsor (son of
Prince Edward of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Duke of Kent, and of his
wife, née Katharine Worsley) and his
wife, née Paola Doimi de Frankopan (daughter of Don Louis and Donna Ingrid
Doimi de Frankopan), had their first
child, Albert, in September. (updated 5 Oct
2007)
The engagement was announced on 6
April 2007 between Andrew Cantouris (son of Mr & Mrs John Cantouris, of
Sherston, Wilts) and Charlotte Amaryllis Fitzgeorge-Balfour
(b.London 29 Sep 1981, daughter of Robin Victor Fitzgeorge-Balfour [himself the
son of Sir Robert George Victor Fitzgeorge-Balfour (himself the son of Robert
Balfour and of his wife, née Mabel Iris Fitzgeorge [herself the daughter of
George William Adolphus Fitzgeorge (himself the son of Prince George of Great
Britain, Ireland, and Hannover, Duke of Cambridge, and of his wife, née Sarah
Louise Fairbrother) and of his wife, née Rosa Baring]) and of his wife, née
Mary Diana Christian] and of his wife, née Patricia Rountree). (added
Prince Edward of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Earl of Wessex
(third son of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of
her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh [born Prince of Greece and
Denmark]) and his wife, née Sophie Rhys-Jones, had their second child, James
Alexander Philip Theo, on 17 December. (updated
The engagement was announced between
Peter Phillips (son of Mark Phillips and of his former wife, Anne, Princess
Royal of Great Britain and
The engagement was announced between
George Gilman (son of Mr Peter Gilman and Mrs Gillian Gilman) and Lady Rose Windsor (daughter of Prince
Richard Alexander Walter George of Great-Britain and Northern-Ireland, Duke of
Gloucester, and of his wife, née Birgitte Eva van Deurs). (added
Carlos Morales y Quintana and his wife, Princess Alexia of
Lady Katherine Brandram, Princess of Greece and Denmark, died on 2 October.
[She was born at Athens on 14 May 1913, daughter of
King Constantine I of the Hellenes (himself the son of King George I of the
Hellenes, Prince of Denmark, and of his wife, née Grand Duchess Olga
Constantinovna of Russia) and of his wife, née Princess Sophie of Prussia (herself
the daughter of Emperor Friedrich III of Germany and of his wife, née Princess
Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland). In 1947 she married Richard Campbell
Andrew Brandram (1911-1994). She is survived by their son and three
grandchildren.] (added
Manuel Dmoch and his wife, née
Princess Vera of
Hereditary Prince Heinrich Donatus of
Hesse (son of Landgrave Moritz of Hesse and of his wife, née Princess
Tatiana zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg) and
his wife, née Floria-Franziska Gräfin von Faber-Castell (daughter of Hubertus
Graf von Faber-Castell and of his second wife, née Adelheid Freiin von der
Leyen zu Bloemersheim) had twins,
Paulina Elisabeth Adelheid Tatiana Suzanne and Moritz Ludwig Georg Wolf, at
Frankfurt on 26 March. (added
The engagement was announced between Prince Aimone of
Carlo Alberto Frioli (son of
Alberto Frioli [himself the son of Guido Aldo Frioli, Conte di Rezzano, and of
his wife, née Vittoria Fabbi] and of his wife, née Princess Isabella of Savoy
[herself the daughter of Prince Eugenio of Savoy, Duca di Ancona, and of his
wife, née Princess Lucia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]) married Priscilla Raso at São Paulo on 28 April. (added
Vittorio Eugenio Frioli (son of
Alberto Frioli [himself the son of Guido Aldo Frioli, Conte di Rezzano, and of
his wife, née Vittoria Fabbi] and of his wife, née Princess Isabella of Savoy
[herself the daughter of Prince Eugenio of Savoy, Duca di Ancona, and of his
wife, née Princess Lucia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]) married Soraia Barbosa Silva at Pousada Tabatinga Costa Verde,
Caraguatatuba, São Paulo, on 7 July. (added
Philipp von Lattorff and his wife, Princess Tatiana of
Princess Agnes of Liechtenstein, née Archduchess of Austria, died at Vienna on 31 August.
[She was born at Schloß Persenbeug on
LIPPE
Princess Veronika zur Lippe, née Holl, died at Starnberg on 8 August.
[She was born at
LUXEMBURG
Marie Adelaide Louise Therese Wilhelmine Gráfin Henckel von Donnersmarck, née Princess of Luxemburg, died on 28 February.
[She was born at Schloß Berg on
Prince Louis of Luxemburg (third son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxemburg and of his wife, née Maria Teresa Mestre) and his wife, née Tessy Antony, had their second child, Noah, on 21 September. (updated 22 Sep 2007)
Felix Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck (son
of Karl Josef Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck and of his wife, née Princess Marie
Adelaide of Luxemburg [see above]) died
on 28 October. (added
Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the
Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (son of Pieter van Vollenhoven and of his
wife, Princess Margriet of the
Aaron Matthew Long and his wife, née Ragnhild Lorentzen (daughter of Princess
Ragnhild of
Duke Paul of Oldenburg (b.1969, son of Duke Friedrich August of
Oldenburg and of his first wife, Princess Marie Cecile of Prussia) and his
wife, née Maria del Pilar Mendez de Vigo y Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (b.1970,
daughter of Jaime Mendez de Vigo y del Arco and of his wife, Princess Monika zu
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg), had their fourth child, Maria Assunta, on 21
March. (added
Prince Wilhelm-Karl of
[He was
born at Potsdam on 30 January 1922, son of Prince Oskar of Prussia (himself the
son of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, King of Prussia, and of his first wife,
née Princess Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg)
and of his wife, née Ina Marie Gräfin von Bassewitz-Levetzow. Since 1952 he had
been married to Armgard von Veltheim. He is survived by her, as well as two
sons, a daughter, and three grandchildren.] (added
Mrs Carol Lambrino, or Hohenzollern, known by some as Princess Carol of
Romania, died on 13 June.
[She was
born Antonia Colville on
Princess Catherine Ivanovna of
[She was born
at Pavlovsk on 25 July 1915, daughter of Prince Ivan Constantinovich of Russia
(himself the son of Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia and of his
wife, née Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg) and of his wife, née Princess
Jelena of Serbia (herself the daughter of King Peter I of Serbia and of his
wife, née Princess Zorka of Montenegro). In 1937 she married Ruggero, Marchese
Farace di Villaforesta (1909-1970). They had a son and two daughters.] (added
Fergus Lefebvre (youngest son of Mr and Mrs Paul Lefebvre, of
Coonamble, New South Wales) and his wife, née Lady Lorna Theresa Ramsay
(elder daughter of James Hubert Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie [himself the son
of Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie, and of his wife, née Margaret
Elizabeth Mary Stirling], and of his wife, née Maralyn Butter [herself the
daughter of Sir David Butter and of his wife, née Myra Wernher (herself the
daughter of Sir Harold Augustus Wernher, 3rd Bt, and of his wife, née Countess
Anastasia de Torby [herself the daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of
Russia])]), had their first child,
Archie James, in Australia on 26 April. (added
Prince Nikita Romanov died in
[He was
born in London on 13 May 1923, son of Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia
(himself the son of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and of his
wife, née Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia) and of his wife, née
Countess Maria Vorontzova-Daschkova. In 1961 he married Jane Schonwald, with whom
he had one son, Theodore.] (added
Steven Lavallee reports that
Prince Theodore Romanov (son of Prince Nikita Romanov [see above]) died
on 25 August. (added
SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE
Alexander Fürst zu Schaumburg-Lippe married, as his second wife, the
lawyer Nadja Anna Zsoeks in a civil ceremony at Bückeburg on 28 June, followed
by a religious ceremony at Bückeburg on 30 June. (updated
Felipe, Prince of the Asturias (only son of King Juan Carlos of
Romuald Ruffing married Countess
Catherine Bernadotte af Wisborg (daughter of Count Lennart Bernadotte af
Wisborg, born Prince of Sweden [himself the son of Prince Vilhelm of Sweden and
of his wife, née Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia], and of his second
wife, née Sonja Haunz) at Mainau on 30
June, followed by a religious wedding on 7 July. (updated
TWO
SICILIES
Isidoro-Mariano Vejo Rodriguez (husband since 1969 of Princess Isabelle di Borbone [herself the daughter
of Carlo Maria Ferdinando di Borbone, Conte di Roccaguglielma, whose paternal
grandfather was Prince Luigi of Bouron-Two Sicilies]) died on 12 March (added
Count Carl Fredrik Creutz and his wife, née Princess Maria Annunziata of
Bourbon-Two Sicilies (daughter of Prince Antoine of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
and of his wife, née Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg) had their first
child, Sophie Elisabeth Anna Maria, in London on 11 June. (added
WÜRTTEMBERG
Duke Phillip of Württemberg (son
of Duke Carl of Württemberg and of his wife, née Princess Diane
d’Orléans) and his wife, née Princess
Marie Caroline of Bavaria, had their fourth child, Anna, on 1 February. (added
Maria von Keudell (b.Berlin