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<p>At 6:30am on Sunday, 10 October, Sister Alix of the Silent Workers of the Cross died at Poliambulanza after a serious illness. Sister Alix was eighty-eight years old.</p>
<p>Born on 28 July 1933 at Schloß Persenbeug, Archduchess <em>Marie Adelheid</em> Theodora Antonia Bartholomea Leopolda Amalia Mathilde Markus d'Aviano Huberta Josepha Ignatia of Austria was the fourth daughter and fifth child of Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria (1894-1971) and his wife Princess Rosemary zu Salm-Salm (1904-2001), who married in 1926. Marie Adelheid had twelve siblings: Archduke Friedrich (1927-1999; married Countess Margarete Kálnoky von Köröspatak), Archduchess Agnes (1928-2007; married Prince Karl Alfred of Liechtenstein), Archduchess Maria Margaretha (b.1930), Archduchess Maria Ludovika (1931-1999), Archduchess Elisabeth (1935-1998; married Prince Heinrich von Auersperg), Archduke Andreas Salvator (b.1936; married and divorced Maria Espinosa de los Monteros y Rosillo; married Countess Valerie Podstatzky-Lichtenstein), Archduchess Josepha (b.1937; married Count Clemens von Waldstein), Archduchess Valerie (b.1941; married Margrave Max of Baden), Archduchess Maria Alberta (b.1944; married Baron Alexander von Kottwitz-Erdödy), Archduke Markus (b.1946; married Hildegard Jungmayr), Archduke Johann (b.1947; married Annemarie Stummer), and Archduke Michael (b.1949; married Eva-Antonia von Hofmann). Marie Adelheid had a particular fondness for her three youngest brothers. In 1963, the archduchess became Sister Alix after she joined the Silent Workers of the Cross (Silenziosi Operai della Croce) following a meeting in Rome with its founder, the Blessed Father Luigi Novarese.</p>
<p>Sister Nora, the Head of the Silent Workers of the Cross, remembered Sister Alix: "<em>Always smiling, active, energetic, in all circumstances of life. Her attention to the sick consisted above all in being close to them to instill serenity. Lover of nature and gardening. Many of us remember the works in the park of the Montichiari Castle.</em>"</p>
<p><strong><em>May Sister Alix Rest in Peace.<br></em></strong><br>Source:</p>
<p><a href="https://brescia.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/21_ottobre_10/addio-sorella-alix-pronipote-dell-imperatore-francesco-giuseppe-164e3c60-29dd-11ec-bcd6-9bba3a47f3bc.shtml">Addio a sorella Alix, pronipote dell’imperatore Francesco Giuseppe</a></p>
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<p>The following communiqué has been released by the Russian Imperial Chancellery:</p>
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<p><strong>2022-03-21 Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich underwent surgery</strong></p>
<p>On Sunday, March 20, 2022, H.I.H. Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich was hospitalized and urgently operated on due to an abdominal hernia.</p>
<p>The operation was successful. In the following days, His Imperial Highness will be discharged from the clinic and return home.</p>
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<p><em><strong>We wish the Grand Duke a full and fast recovery.</strong></em></p>
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<p>The funeral of Princess Micaela d'Orléans, Dowager Countess of Paris, will take place at the Église Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois in Paris on Tuesday, 22 March 2022 at 10 o'clock. </p>
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<div>The remains Princess Micaela will not be buried beside her husband, the late Prince Henri, Count of Paris, at Dreux. The Dowager Countess of Paris will be laid to rest at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, with her siblings and mother.</div>
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<p>Today, Dowager Fürstin Wilhelmine von Khevenhüller-Metsch celebrates her ninetieth birthday!</p>
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<p>Born on 16 March 1932 at Naklo, Countess Marie <em>Wilhelmina</em> 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. Wilhemine had four siblings: Count Carl Josef (1928-2008; married 1stly to Princess Marie Adelaide Pss of Luxemburg; married 2ndly to Claire Regina Barclay-Hoess), Countess Elisabeth (b.1929; married Count Ernst von Waldstein-Wartenberg), Count Heinrich (1935-2005), and Count Winfried (b.1938; married Christine von Arnim). </p>
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<div>Wilhemine and Maximilian on their wedding day.</div>
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<p>On 19 January 1956 at Munich, Countess Wilhelmine Henckel von Donnersmarck married Count (later Fürst) Maximilian "Max" von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1919-2010). The couple had met the previous year. They honeymooned in Paris before settling in Madrid, were Max lived. Max and Wilhelmine had six children: Fürst Johannes (1956-2020; married Donna Camilla Borghese dei Principi di Nettuno), Count Bartholomäus (b.1958; married Cristina Sanchez de Movellán y Garcia Ogara), Count Karl (b.1959; married Lelia Gailly de Taurines), Count Georg (b.1960; married Countess Stephanie zu Castell-Castell), and Countess Melanie (b.1967; married Count Hubertus von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldersee), and Countess Isabel (b.1972; married Count Florian von Hartig).</p>
<p><em><strong>Our best wishes to the Dowager Fürstin on her birthday!</strong></em></p>
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<br>HRH Princess Micaëla d'Orléans, Dowager Countess of Paris, died on Sunday, 13 March, in the French capital. She was eighty-three years-old.<br><br>The Dowager Countess of Paris was born doña <em>Micaëla</em> Ana María Cousiño y Quiñones de León on 30 April 1938 at Vichy, France. Her parents were Luis Maximiliano Cousiño y Sébire (1895-1970) and his wife doña Antonia Quiñones de Léon y Bañuelos (1895-1982), 4th Marquesa of San Carlos and Grandee of Spain; the couple had married at Paris on 9 June 1922. The Marquesa of San Carlos and her husband were divorced in the late 1940s after having had seven children. Nearly fifteen years separated their first child, don Juan Luis (1923-2017), from their last, doña Micaëla (b.1938).<br><br>
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<br>Doña Micaëla Cousiño y Quiñones de León married firstly in a civil ceremony on 12 June 1961 at Saint-Cloud to Jean Marie Maurice Bœuf (b.1934). The couple had one son, Alexis Francis-Bœuf (b.1964). The marriage of Micaëla and Jean ended in divorce in 1966.<br><br>
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<br>Micaëla began her career on the radio in France. Her first husband Jean Bœuf was an employee of Télévision Française. Later, Micaëla worked for an advertising group both in Madrid and in Paris. From 1978 until May 1981, she was responsible for the communications of the minister and the senior directors at the cabinet of minister Raymond Barre.<br>
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<div>On 21 January 1973, Micaëla Cousiño met Prince Henri d'Orléans, Count of Clermont, the eldest son of the Count and Countess of Paris. Henri had been married since 1957 to Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg and they had five children; however, the couple's union had deteriorated over time. When Henri and Micaëla encountered one another, it was love at first sight. Their devotion to one another was to stand the test of adversity and time. </div>
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<div>In 1984, the Count of Clermont and his wife Marie-Thérèse, who was granted the title Duchess of Montpensier by her father-in-law, were civilly divorced. Prince Henri d'Orléans and doña Micaëla Cousiño y Quiñones de León contracted a civil marriage at Bordeaux on 31 October 1984; this action greatly displeased the groom's father, who sought to disinherit his son for a number of years. However, the Count of Paris and the Count of Clermont were reconciled in 1991; at this time, the Count of Paris granted his daughter-in-law Micaëla the title Princess of Joinville. </div>
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In 1999, the Count of Paris died and was succeeded by his eldest son Henri as Head of House France. Henri assumed the title Count of Paris; however, Micaëla chose to remain titled as Princess of Joinville from 1999 until 2003, when her mother-in-law passed away. The "new" Count of Paris and his first wife the Duchess of Montpensier received a religious annulment in 2008 from the Vatican. In light of this, Henri and Micaëla, the Count and Countess of Paris, were joined in a Roman Catholic ceremony on 26 September 2009 at Biarritz.<br>
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<br>After thirty-four years of marriage to his second wife, the Count of Paris died on 21 January 2019 in Paris. His death came exactly forty-six years after he crossed paths with the woman who was to be his partner for the rest of his life. The Countess of Paris was unable to attend the funeral of her husband due to poor health.</div>
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<p><a title="Euro History Journal" href="https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwADxR_TD4fCjN9F_kiVJ9VOi26AvBKG-tGm5RgjhKXKTIH1Rip8HHGCtheqlmwvxb4c-KjOYQ1ykRc0TmxXn2VZ9yFnXdJ1gcGM_qubWNplyXu5Y68Hx2ZfqaYHpH2TWofJfnpSFw0E/s850/Screen+Shot+2018-04-22+at+11.47.40+AM-2.png" alt="Euro History Journal" width="413" height="100"></a></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10933681104588146080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006861776459003062.post-64135931552089485712021-12-17T03:46:00.000-08:002023-12-12T03:56:27.956-08:00the 85th birthday of prince karl of HessePrince Karl of Hesse (1937-2022), Nephew of the Duke of Edinburgh
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<div>On 23 March 2022, Prince Karl of Hesse died in Munich. He was eighty-four years-old. The prince was a nephew of the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.</div>
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title">Born on 26 March 1937 at Berlin, Prince Karl Adolf Andreas of Hesse was the first son and third child of Prince Christoph of Hesse (1901-1943) and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914-2001), who wed in 1930. Christoph and Sophie were second cousins once removed twice over; their common ancestor in the first case was Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel and their common ancestor in the second case was Queen Victoria. Prince Karl had four full siblings: Princess Christina (1933-2011; married 1st to Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia; married 2nd to Robert van Eyck), Princess Dorothea (b.1934; married Prince Friedrich Karl zu Windisch-Grätz), Prince Rainer (b.1939), and Princess Clarissa (b.1944; married Claude Jean Derrien). </h3>
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<td class="tr-caption">The family of Princess Sophie.<br>Front row: Princess Christina of Hesse, Prince Welf of Hanover, Princess Sophie with Princess Friederike, Prince Georg of Hanover, and Princess Clarissa of Hesse.<br>Back row: Prince Rainer of Hesse, Princess Dorothea of Hesse, Prince Georg Wilhelm, and Prince Karl of Hesse.</td>
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<div>In 1946, three years after being widowed, Karl's mother Sophie married Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hannover (1915-2006). Both descendants of Queen Victoria through another line, Sophie and Georg Wilhelm were second cousins; their common ancestor was King Christian IX of Denmark. From this marriage, Karl gained three half-siblings: Prince Welf (1947-1981; married Wibke van Gunsteren), Prince Georg (b.1949; married Victoria Bee), and Princess Friederike (b.1954; married Jerry William Cyr).</div>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Alice of Greece and the Duke of Edinburgh arriving at the wedding of Prince Karl.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Karl and Yvonne of Hesse on their wedding day.</td>
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<div>On 26 March 1966 at The Hague, Prince Karl of Hesse civilly married Countess Yvonne Szapáry von Muraszombath, Széchysziget und Szapár on the prince's twenty-ninth birthday. The couple were religiously wed on 18 April at St. Jacobs Kerk. Among others, their nuptials were attended by King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Princess Alice of Greece, the Duke of Edinburgh, Fürstin Margarita zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Margravine Theodora of Baden, Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sofía of Spain, and Princess Irene of Greece.</div>
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<div>Princess Yvonne (b.1944) was the only child of Count Béla von Muraszombath, Széchysziget und Szapár (1901-1993) and Baroness Ursula von Richthofen (1907-2002; married 1stly to Godert Willem, Baron de Vos van Steenwijk). Princess Yvonne of Hesse is a fourth cousin of Princess Michael of Kent (née Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz); their common ancestors are Count József von Muraszombath, Széchysziget und Szapár (1754-1822) and Countess Johanna von Gatterburg (1779-1812).
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince Karl of Hesse with his daughter Princess Irina at her wedding, 1999.<br>Photograph (c) Seeger-Presse</td>
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<div>Prince Karl and Princess Yvonne had two children: Prince Christoph (b.1969) and Princess Irina (b.1971). In 1999, Princess Irina married Count Alexander von Schönburg-Glauchau (b.1969), the brother of Fürstin Gloria von Thurn und Taxis.
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<div><strong><em>May the Prince Rest in Peace.</em></strong></div>
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<div>Prince Edward in 1994.</div>
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<p>In July 1994, the Estonian Royalist Party (Eesti Rojalistlik Partei / ERP) sent a letter to Buckingham Palace requesting that Prince Edward, the youngest child of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, accept their invitation to become King of Estonia. At the time, the party had 8% of the seats in the Estonian Parliament. Estonia had gained independence in 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union.</p>
<p>The man behind this eccentric request was Kalle Kulbok, the head of the Royalist Party. In an interview, Mr Kulbok stated: "<em>A British royal on the throne of Estonia would link us closely with Britain, a democracy we would like to emulate. It above all would be a great protection against future Russian attempts to conquer us again.</em>" The Estonian would-be-kingmaker went on to elucidate the virtues of Prince Edward that would endear the royal to the people of Estonia: "<em>Estonians admire youth, which is free of Soviet corruption. Prince Edward is young and we are a very young nation ruled by a very young government. We like Prince Edward's artistic interests, which fit very well with Estonia's. I can also promise that Estonian newspapers are a lot nicer and more respectful than the English media.</em>" As it turns out, Kalle Kulbok had confided his dreams of a Kingdom of Estonia to the well-known historian Simon Sebag-Montefiore. Mr Kulbok entrusted the letter of the Royalist Party to Mr Sebag-Montefiore to be delivered to Buckingham Palace, which the latter kindly (and likely with a large dose of amusement) did.</p>
<p>When reports of this letter emerged, a spokesperson of the Estonian Embassy to the UK offered some clarification to the British people: "<em>Estonians think very kindly of your royal family. But the Estonian Royalist Party is our equivalent of your raving loony party. They do not represent the government in any way.</em>" A Buckingham Palace spokesperson anonymously confided: "<em>It is a charming but unlikely idea.</em>"</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince Charles greeted at the airport in Kyiv by three women in a traditional Ukrainian costume, 11/4/96.<br>Photo (c) Getty Images / John Stillwell.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">The prince speaking to young academics at the Mohyla Academy, 11/4/96.<br>Photo (c) Getty Images / Tim Graham.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Ukrainian youths hold posters of the Prince of Wales during his visit, 11/4/96.<br>Photo (c) Getty Images / Tim Graham.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince Charles receives a salute from a Ukrainian solider at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 11/4/96.<br>Photo (c) Getty Images / Tim Graham.</td>
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<p>In November 1996, the Prince of Wales visited Ukraine for two days as part of a nine day tour of formerly Soviet occupied countries. Prince Charles began his visit on Monday, 4 November, when he arrived in Kyiv, then known as Kiev, the nation's capital. He was met at Boryspil International Airport by Hennadiy Udovenko, then Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. As part of that day's schedule, the heir to the British throne took a wreath to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Glory Square, which is dedicated to the Ukrainian soldiers who died fighting against the Nazis in World War II. The prince visited elderly and ill persons at the Novo-Belichi Resident Hospital. Prince Charles participated in a Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum with businesspeople and entrepreneurs at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; he was met at its entrance by a large group of students carrying photos of the prince and welcoming banners, one of which read: "<em>Dear Prince Charles, You Are The Best Prince We Have Ever Seen.</em>" During the business seminar, the Prince of Wales noted, "<em>It is only too clear to all of us that the countries of the former Soviet Union are at an historic crossroads and urgently need the partnership of the West to tackle environmental problems and to alleviate the disillusionment of their young people. If what we call free market systems are to be sustainable in the long run, international management must share its management skills.</em>" On Monday evening, Prince Charles attended a dinner given by President Leonid Kuchma at the Mariinskyi Palace.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince Charles and local youth greeting one another in Sevastopol, 11/5/96.<br>Photo (c) Getty Images / Tim Graham.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">The prince at the Battle Balaclava lookout, 11/5/96.<br>Photo (c) Getty Images / Chip Hires. </td>
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<td class="tr-caption">The Prince of Wales on the grounds of Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, 11/5/96.<br>Photo (c) Getty Images / Tim Graham.</td>
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<p>On 5 November, the second day of his visit, Prince Charles traveled to Sevastopol in the region of Crimea in southern Ukraine. While there, the prince went to see the historical markers to the Battle of Balaclava, a battle that took place during the Crimean War in 1854. Balaclava witnessed the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade. Later that day, the Prince of Wales returned to Kyiv, where he was given a tour of Saint Sophia Cathedral. Prince Charles then departed Ukraine for Turkmenistan.</p>
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<p><br><strong>STATEMENT OF THE CROWN PRINCE OF SERBIA</strong></p>
<div><br>From Belgrade, HRH Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia has issued an appeal today for a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine:<br><br>“<em>With great disturbance and sadness, I have been following the news about the conflict in Ukraine. I want to send my appeal to all parties included, to all world leaders, to find a peaceful solution for this terrible conflict. War is never a good option, it only brings destruction, pain, and suffering to innocent people, and I am deeply worried for the future of the entire society if this conflict continues.<br><br>There is no issue that can not be resolved with open talks; negotiating table is always the only proper place to resolve conflicts. When guns start to speak, humanity suffers. I wish and pray to see all parties included in this conflict to sit down and find a peaceful solution.<br><br>I am strongly supporting the official position of the Republic of Serbia, not to take sides in this tragedy, but to remain neutral, to respect the territorial integrity and international law, which is of high importance for our country as well, and to appeal for and keep peace. People of Serbia know very well how much terror conflicts like this bring, we have suffered a lot in the past. And no one should suffer like that anymore. The world that we all live in, needs peace desperately!</em>”</div>
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<div>Prince Andreas of Liechtenstein in London, 1998.</div>
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<p>Today, Prince Andreas of Liechtenstein celebrates his seventieth birthday!</p>
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<div>Born on 25 February 1952 at Vienna, Prince Andreas Duarte Emanuel Ulrich Benedikt Josef Maria Karl Rafael Ignatius Mathias Paulus of Liechtenstein was the second child and son of Prince Karl Alfred of Liechtenstein and Archduchess Agnes of Austria. Andreas has six siblings: Prince Dominik (1950-2009), Prince Gregor (b.1954), Princess Alexandra (1955-1993), Princess Maria (b.1960), Princess Katharina (b.1964), and Princess Birgitta (b.1967). </div>
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<div>On 29 September 1978 at Madrid, Prince Andreas married Silvia Prieto Figueroa (b.1952). The couple do not have children.</div>
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<div><strong><em>Our best wishes to the Prince on his birthday!</em></strong></div>
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<h2><strong>FROM THE HEAD OF THE IMPERIAL HOUSE OF RUSSIA</strong></h2>
<div>"<em>Events taking place in our Homeland have been very alarming and deeply grieving.</em></div>
<div><em><br>Fully recognizing the independence and sovereignty of all the states that were formed after the fall of the USSR, I am at the same time convinced that all of the peoples who historically belonged to the civilizational space of the former Russian Empire are united by the concept of a Homeland in the highest spiritual and cultural sense of the word.</em></div>
<div><em><br>It is frightful and painful to see how, for the past 8 years, brothers and sisters, whose fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers together defended their common Homeland, have been pitted against each other and spilt their blood; how peaceful citizens are dying and suffering; how parents shed inconsolable tears over the coffins of their children. Now the course of these events has culminated in an even greater cataclysm.</em></div>
<div><em><br>The Russian Imperial House does not make statements of a political nature, and in any event, in the current conditions we do not have complete information that would allow us to make them without risking unintended harm. But we are utterly convinced and will always affirm that Russia and Ukraine—all their populations—must never be enemies. This is as monstrous and unnatural a thing as members of the same family murdering each other.</em></div>
<div><em><br>I, my son and heir, The Grand Duke George of Russia, and his spouse, Princess Victoria Romanovna, pray for the immediate implementation of peace.</em></div>
<div><em><br>We are deeply grateful to those who are now making efforts to prevent war and provide assistance to the suffering: the wounded, those who have lost their homes and belongings, and refugees. </em></div>
<div><em><br>May Almighty God save our peoples and may He free us from fratricidal enmity.</em>"</div>
<div><strong><br>H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia<br>Madrid, 11/24 February 2022</strong></div>
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<td class="tr-caption">Louis and Scarlett-Lauren.<br>Photograph (c) Grand Ducal Court.</td>
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<p>Today, Prince Louis of Luxembourg and Mademoiselle Scarlett-Lauren Sirgue announced in an <a href="https://www.pointdevue.fr/royal/luxembourg/louis-de-luxembourg-et-scarlett-lauren-sirgue-rompent-leurs-fiancailles">interview with <em>Point de Vue</em></a> that their engagement has been cancelled, but that they remain friends. They noted that they had realised they had differences of opinions which made it best for them to end their romantic relationship. On 6 April 2021, the Grand Ducal Court had announced the engagement of Prince Louis and Scarlett-Lauren Sirgue. The couple had been in a relationship for some time. Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa issued the following statement: "<em>We are very happy to announce the engagement of our son, Prince Louis, to Miss Scarlett-Lauren Sirgue. Princes Gabriel and Noah join us in surrounding the new couple with all our affection. We wish them immense happiness.</em>"</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, Prince Louis, Scarlett-Lauren Sirgue, and Grand Duke Henri.<br>Photograph (c) Grand Ducal Court.</td>
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<div>Source: https://www.pointdevue.fr/royal/luxembourg/louis-de-luxembourg-et-scarlett-lauren-sirgue-rompent-leurs-fiancailles</div>
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<td class="tr-caption">Duchess Sophie of Württemberg at the wedding of Duchess Sophie of Württemberg and Maximilien d'Andigné, 2018. <br>Photo (c) Getty Images / David Nivière.</td>
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<p>Today, Duchess Sophie of Württemberg celebrates her eighty-fifth birthday!</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">The engagement of Albrecht Eugen of Württemberg and Nadejda of Bulgaria is announced in January 1924.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Newlyweds: Duke Albrecht Eugen of Württemberg and Princess Nadejda of Bulgaria</td>
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<p>Born on 16 February 1937 at Stuttgart, Duchess Sophie Eudoxie Louise Josepha Margarethe Theresia vom Kinde Jesu Konrada Donata of Württemberg was the second daughter and fifth child of Duke Albrecht Eugen of Württemberg (1895-1954) and his wife Princess Nadejda of Bulgaria (1899-1958), who married in 1924. Sophie had four older siblings: Duke Ferdinand Eugen (1925-2020), Duchess Margarethe (1928-2017; married François Luce de Chevigny), Duke Eugen Eberhard (b.1930; married Archduchess Alexandra of Austria-Tuscany), and Duke Alexander (b.1933). Sophie's paternal grandparents were Duke Albrecht of Württemberg (1865-1939) and Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (1870-1902). The duchess's maternal grandparents were King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (1861-1948) and Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1870-1899).</p>
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<p>Until the outbreak of World War II, Duke Albrecht Eugen and Duchess Nadejda of Württemberg lived with their children at a property in Silesia. After 1945 and the loss of this property to the Polish government under Soviet control, the family relocated to Schloß Lindach, near Schwäbisch Gmünd. Duchess Sophie, the couple's youngest child, spend her youth at Schloß Lindach. She attended a convent school in Wald run by nuns. In 1954, Sophie lost her father when Albrecht Eugen was killed in an automobile accident. In 1957, Sophie studied at the School of Household Arts in Stuttgart. The following year, in 1958, a day before her twenty-first birthday, Sophie was orphaned when her mother Nadeja died on 15 February, aged only fifty-nine. After the death of her mother, Sophie went to live with her brother Alexander in Munich. In 1961, the duchess went to Paris in order to study French. For six months, she took courses at the Alliance Française. Sophie then joined the fashion firm Heim Jeunes Filles as a sales assistant and designer, then, in 1967, she went to work for Maison Balmain.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Duchess Sophie during her religious wedding wearing the Chaumet Diamond Fringe Tiara, which formerly belonged to Queen Eleonore of Bulgaria.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Duchess Sophie, Antonio Manuel Rôxo de Ramos-Bandeira, Duke Ferdinand, Duchess Margarethe, Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria, Duchess Alexandra and Duke Eugen Eberhard. </td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Duchess Sophie at her wedding ball.</td>
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<p>In February 1969, Duchess Sophie of Württemberg married Portuguese diplomat Antonio Manuel Rôxo de Ramos-Bandeira (1937-1987), the son of Dr. Antonio de Ramos-Bandeira and Alice de Souza-Rôxo. In addition to members of the Württemberg royal family, the wedding was attended by 120 guests, including Archduke Hubert and Archduchess Rosemary of Austria-Tuscany, Margravine Valerie of Baden, Prince Ludwig and Princess Marianne of Baden, Princess Eudoxie of Bulgaria, Fürst Friedrich and Fürstin Margarethe of Hohenzollern, Hereditary Prince Alois-Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Duke Friedrich August and Duchess Marie Cecile of Oldenburg, Duke Roberto of Parma, Fürst Franz Joseph of Thurn und Taxis, and Fürst Georg of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg. A most unhappy chapter for the duchess, Sophie and Antonio's union ended in divorce in 1974 and was religiously annulled in 1976. The couple did not have children.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Sophie during her time with Nina Ricci, 1988.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Masha Magaloff and Duchess Sophie of Württemberg - two of Nina Ricci's leaders, 1993.<br>Photo (c) T. Umeda.</td>
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<p>Beginning in 1982, Duchess Sophie of Württemberg became an executive with Nina Ricci, a position that she held for several decades. She directed the fashion house's haute couture department. She worked side-by-side with Princess Masha Magaloff (née Asanschevski-Asancheyev), the wife of Russian aristocrat Prince Michael Magaloff. In the early 1990s, the duchess and the princess were in Hawaii for a Ricci show. While there, they gave a very amusing and insightful interview to <em>The Honolulu Advertiser</em> about the goings on in the world of a fashion insider. Sophie started: "<em>You go to the office, you have a meeting with your director, maybe shouting for an hour, and right after work you go to a cocktail party and you have to be chic. So you have a lovely suit and you change it with a little scarf, another necklace, earrings a little more sparkly. A gray suit is very nice, then you change the blouse for the evening. Pink perhaps.</em>" Masha added: "<em>Pink is always magic to a lady</em>. <em>I have a fatal love for pink.</em>" Sophie then went on to muse about the arduous consultations that involve working with a bride choosing a haute couture gown, which she noted usually took days: "<em>The bride has one idea. Mama has another. Grandmama has another...</em>" Masha interjected: "<em>[And] Auntie has another.</em>" "<em>Then the bride starts crying</em>," Sophie summarised. Sophie continued: "<em>Black can be super chic, but on some women it can be too cruel. Navy is gentler.</em>" The duchess mentioned that Princess Barbara of Yugoslavia was an ideal client: "<em>She'll see a dress and say, 'That's the one.' Others try the whole collection and say, 'Now I cannot decide...it was too much.'</em>"</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Duchess Sophie in 2000.<br>Photo (c) Seeger-Presse.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Duchess Sophie and her brother Duke Alexander at the 70th birthday celebrations of their first cousin Duke Carl of Württemberg, 2006.<br>Photo (c) Seeger-Presse / Sandra Zellner.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Duchess Sophie and her brother Duke Ferdinand at the wedding of Hereditary Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 2009.<br>Photo (c) Seeger-Presse / Albert Nieboer.</td>
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<p>A favourite amongst her relations, Sophie of Württemberg is often to be seen at royal weddings and funerals. The duchess lives in Paris.</p>
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<p><em><strong>Our best wishes to Duchess Sophie on her birthday!</strong></em></p>
<p><a title="Euro History Journal" href="https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwADxR_TD4fCjN9F_kiVJ9VOi26AvBKG-tGm5RgjhKXKTIH1Rip8HHGCtheqlmwvxb4c-KjOYQ1ykRc0TmxXn2VZ9yFnXdJ1gcGM_qubWNplyXu5Y68Hx2ZfqaYHpH2TWofJfnpSFw0E/s850/Screen+Shot+2018-04-22+at+11.47.40+AM-2.png" alt="Euro History Journal" width="413" height="100"></a></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10933681104588146080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006861776459003062.post-25495820559441758502021-12-07T04:46:00.000-08:002023-12-10T15:52:16.810-08:00The 70th Birthday of Prince Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso<table class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
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<td class="tr-caption">Principe Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso.</td>
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<p>Today, Prince Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, Duke of Castel Duino, celebrates his seventieth birthday!</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Carlo Alessandro's father Raimundo in the late 1930s.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Eugenie of Greece and Denmark with her husband Prince Raimundo della Torre e Tasso, 1953.<br>Photo (c) Getty Images.</td>
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<p>Born on 10 February 1952 at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Prince Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso was the only child of Prince Raimundo della Torre e Tasso (1907-1986) and Princess Eugenie of Greece and Denmark (1910-1989). Raimundo and Eugenie married in 1949 and divorced in 1965. This was the second marriage for Princess Eugenie, who from 1938 until 1946 was married to Prince Dominic Radziwill. From his mother's first union, Prince Carlo Alessandro had two half-siblings: Princess Tatiana Radziwill (b.1939; married Jean Henri Fruchaud) and Prince Jerzy Radziwill (1942-2001; married Françoise Lageat).</p>
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<p>The paternal grandparents of Carlo Alessandro are Prince Alexander von Thurn und Taxis and his first wife Princess Marie de Ligne. The maternal grandparents of the prince are Prince George of Greece and Denmark and Princess Marie Bonaparte. Through his mother Eugenie, Prince Carlo Alessandro is a second cousin of the Prince of Wales. </p>
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<p>On 10 February 1976 at Saint Tropez, Prince Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso married Véronique Lantz (b.1951). Prince Carlo Alessandro and Princess Véronique have three children: Prince Dimitri (b.1977; married Elinor de Pret Roose de Calesberg), Prince Maximilian (b.1979), and Princess Constanza (b.1989). Prince Carlo Alessandro and Princess Véronique live at the family's ancestral home, the <a href="https://www.castellodiduino.it/en/">Castello di Duino</a>.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Véronique and Prince Carlo Alessandro, 2017.</td>
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<p><strong><em>Our best wishes to the Prince on his birthday!</em></strong></p>
<p><a title="Euro History Journal" href="https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwADxR_TD4fCjN9F_kiVJ9VOi26AvBKG-tGm5RgjhKXKTIH1Rip8HHGCtheqlmwvxb4c-KjOYQ1ykRc0TmxXn2VZ9yFnXdJ1gcGM_qubWNplyXu5Y68Hx2ZfqaYHpH2TWofJfnpSFw0E/s850/Screen+Shot+2018-04-22+at+11.47.40+AM-2.png" alt="Euro History Journal" width="413" height="100"></a></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10933681104588146080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006861776459003062.post-16412005779000673132021-12-05T23:46:00.000-08:002023-12-10T15:52:29.322-08:00The Ruby Wedding Anniversary of Archduke Carl Christian and Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria<table class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
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<p>Today, Archduke Carl Christian and Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria celebrate forty years of marriage!</p>
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<p>The engagement of Archduke Carl Christian of Austria and Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg was announced on 9 November 1981 by the Grand Ducal Court. Born on 26 August 1954 at Beloeil, Archduke Carl Christian of Austria was the third child and second son of Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria (1918-2007) and his wife Archduchess Yolande (b.1923; née Princess de Ligne). The archduke studied political science and worked as a banker in Brussels. Born on 17 February 1954 at Schloß Betzdorf, Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg was the first child of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg (1921-2019) and his wife Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte (1927-2005; née Princess of Belgium). The princess had trained as a nurse. Carl Christian and Marie Astrid were second cousins; their shared great-grandparents were Duke Roberto I of Parma and his second wife Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Left to right: Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg, Hereditary Grand Duchess Maria Teresa and Hereditary Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, Queen Fabiola and King Baudouin of Belgium, and Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte of Luxembourg.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Left to right: Prince Guillaume, Prince Jean, Princess Margaretha, Hereditary Grand Duchess Maria Teresa and Hereditary Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg.</td>
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<p>On 6 February 1982, Archduke Carl Christian of Austria and Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg were religiously married at Cathédrale Notre-Dame in Luxembourg City. The couple were joined in holy matrimony by Apostolic Nuncio Eugenio Cardinale, Bishop Jean Hengen of Luxembourg, and Bishop Bruno Wechner of Feldkirch. Among the guests were the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Prince Andrew of Great Britain, Fürst Franz Joseph and Fürstin Georgina of Liechtenstein, Prince Louis and Princess Alix Napoléon, Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Crown Prince Harald and Crown Princess Sonja of Norway, Queen Sofía of Spain, and Prince Bertil and Princess Lilian of Sweden.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Archduke Carl Christian and Archduchess Marie Astrid with their children, 1998.<br>Photo (c) Seeger-Presse.</td>
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<p>Archduke Carl Christian and Archduchess Marie Astrid have five children: Archduchess Marie Christine (b.1983; married Count Rodolphe de Limburg-Stirum), Archduke Imre (b.1985; married Kathleen Walker), Archduke Christophe (b.1988; married Adelaide Drapé-Frisch), Archduke Alexander (b.1990), and Archduchess Gabriella (b.1994; married Prince Henri of Bourbon-Parma). Carl Christian and Marie Astrid have twelve grandchildren.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">The archducal couple at the wedding of their son Christoph in 2012.<br>Photo (c) Getty Images / AFP.</td>
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<p><em><strong>Our congratulations to Archduke Carl Christian and Archduchess Marie Astrid on their Ruby Anniversary! </strong></em></p>
<p><a title="Euro History Journal" href="https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwADxR_TD4fCjN9F_kiVJ9VOi26AvBKG-tGm5RgjhKXKTIH1Rip8HHGCtheqlmwvxb4c-KjOYQ1ykRc0TmxXn2VZ9yFnXdJ1gcGM_qubWNplyXu5Y68Hx2ZfqaYHpH2TWofJfnpSFw0E/s850/Screen+Shot+2018-04-22+at+11.47.40+AM-2.png" alt="Euro History Journal" width="413" height="100"></a></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10933681104588146080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006861776459003062.post-51658385669930789512021-12-05T01:46:00.000-08:002023-12-12T03:46:13.296-08:00Princess Elisabeth of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1933-2022)<table class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Elisabeth of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke Carl of Württemberg, and Princess Marie-Thérèse d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier in 2000.<br>Photo (c) Seeger-Press.</td>
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<p><br>According to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/annobit/posts/10159595347559360/">Annuario della Nobiltà Italiana</a>, Princess Elisabeth of Bourbon-Two Sicilies died on Saturday, 29 January, at the age of eighty-eight.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">The Royal Family of Württemberg gather in 1973 to celebrate the 80th birthday of Duke Philipp.<br>Photo (c) William Mead Lalor Collection.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">The Württemberg siblings in 2006: (left to right) Margravine Helene Pallavicini, Princess Marie Christine of Liechtenstein, Duke Carl of Württemberg, Princess Elisabeth of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Duke Ludwig of Württemberg.</td>
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Duchess Elisabeth Maria Margarethe Alix Helene Rosa Philippine Christine Josepha Therese vom Kinde Jesu of Württemberg was born at Stuttgart on 2 February 1933 as the second daughter and third child of Duke Philipp of Württemberg (1893-1975) and his second wife Archduchess Rosa of Austria-Tuscany (1906-1983), who wed in 1928. Elisabeth had an older half-sister, Duchess Marie Christine (b.1924; married Prince Georg of Liechtenstein) from her father's first marriage to Archduchess Helena of Austria-Tuscany (1903-1924), the sister of Elisabeth's mother. Elisabeth had five full siblings: Duchess Helene (1929-2021; married Markgraf Federico Pallavicini), Duke Philipp (1930-2019; married twice), Duchess Marie-Thérèse (b.1934; married Prince Henri d'Orléans, Count of Clermont), Duke Carl (b.1936; married Princess Diane d'Orléans), and Duchess Marie Antoinette (1937-2004). </div>
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<td class="tr-caption">The wedding of Prince Antonio of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince Antonio of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg on the cover of Bunte</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Elisabeth and Prince Antonio with their son Prince Francesco, 1960.</td>
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In July 1958, Duchess Elisabeth married Prince Antoine (Antonio) of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1929-2019), the only child of Prince Gabriele of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1897-1975) and his first wife Princess Malgorzata Czartoryski (1902-1929). Elisabeth and Antonio had four children: Prince Francesco (b.1960; married Countess Alexandra von Schönborn-Wiesentheid), Princess Maria Carolina (b.1962; married Andreas Baumbach), Prince Gennaro (b.1966), and Princess Annunziata (b.1973; married Count Carl Fredrik Creutz).
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince Antonio and Princess Elisabeth at the wedding of their niece Duchess Fleur.<br>Schloß Altshausen, 2003.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince Jean d'Orléans with his aunts Princess Elisabeth and Princess Marie-Christine at the wedding of Duchess Fleur.<br>Schloß Altshausen, 2003.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince Antonio and Princess Elisabeth with Margravine Helene at the wedding of Duchess Fleur.<br>Schloß Altshausen, 2003.</td>
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<div>Princess Elisabeth is survived by her four children and by seven grandchildren.<br><br><em><strong>May the Princess Rest In Peace.</strong></em></div>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Mafalda of Bulgaria attends the Emporio Armani fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2020 on September 19, 2019 in Milan, Italy.<br>Photo (c) Getty Images / Daniele Venturelli / WireImage.</td>
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<p>Yesterday in Hola, it was announced that Princess Mafalda of Bulgaria is engaged to her long-time boyfriend, Marc Camille Abousleiman, a London banker. The couple plan to celebrate their union with a civil marriage in May 2022 in Mallorca.</p>
<p>Born on 27 July 1994 at London, Princess <em>Mafalda</em>-Cecilia of Bulgaria is the eldest child of Prince Kyrill of Bulgaria, Prince of Preslav (b.1964) and his wife Princess Rosario (b.1968; née Nadal y Fuster-Puigdorfila), who married in 1989 and have been separated for many years. The princess has two younger siblings: Princess Olimpia (b.1995) and Prince Tassilo (b.2002). Mafalda is the paternal granddaughter of King Simeon II and Queen Margarita of Bulgaria. </p>
<p>Born in June 1994, Marc Camille Abousleiman is the younger son of the Camille Abousleiman (b.15 June 1959), an attorney, and Marie-Christine Riachi (b.10 January 1962). Marc's father served as Minister of Labor for Lebanon in 2019, resigned in October 2020, but continued in a caretaker capacity until January 2021. Marc's paternal grandparents are the late Chaker Abousleiman (d.18 October 2000), a politician and attorney, and his wife Leila Gedeon. </p>
<p><strong><em>Our congratulations to Mafalda and Marc on their engagement!</em></strong></p>
<p>Source: https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20220126308841/mafalda-de-bulgaria-anuncia-boda-mayo-mallorca/</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Maxar closeup satellite imagery shows the ash covered homes and buildings on January 18, 2022, after the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption on January 14th , 2022 in Tongatapu, Tonga.<br>Photo (c) Maxar via Getty Images.</td>
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<p>On Thursday, 20 January, the Honourable Frederica Tuita shared <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HonFredericaTuita">a gripping account on her social media</a> of her experience during the 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption and the resulting tsunami. On last Thursday, 14 January 2022, there was a sizeable explosion on Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, an uninhabited volcanic island of the Tongan archipelago. Hunga Tonga is forty miles north of Tongatapu, the Tonga's main island. The eruption caused tsunamis in Tonga, Fiji, American Samoa, and Vanuatu. Following is Frederica's recollection of the what it was like on the main island: </p>
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<p><em>All praise and glory to the highest and most holy; our Heavenly Father for seeing Tonga through the volcanic eruption which not only shook heaven and earth but shook the very core of everyone who was here in the Kingdom that day. </em></p>
<p><em>The volcanic ash has settled into every crevice our lives and we still sleep in fear of another eruption. Yet through the ash, panic and chaos, I saw hope. In the rush to evacuate with my parents to the villa (His Late Majesty King George V's residence located on the highest point nearest town), I was separated from my children. I decided to try and cheer everyone up around me which in turn kept me from worrying about my children (who I later confirmed were safe at home with my eldest sister and her son). The power all over Tonga was out and we were using phones and candles to see. While I was sitting in the villa dining room I looked outside and saw it, through the dark was a stream of vehicles coming up the villa driveway. Their Majesties had kept the gates open for anyone seeking refuge from the tsunami wave and volcanic ash rain. The entire estate had vehicles parked in it from back to front. Families gathered on the porch and we welcomed children and elderly into the dining room; the look of relief as grandmothers closed their eyes sitting on soft seats brought us all comfort. I sat with my phone light on Elizabeth Kite and Melemanu Bloomfield and watched them tearing large black and purple pieces of material left from Baroness Tuputupu and Lord Ma'afu's funerals for everyone coming in; almost all of them didnt have masks and the air was thick with dust and sulfur. As more people came in, I decided to free up my chair for them and found a spot on the floor near my parents and Her Majesty the Queen (HMQ) at the entrance hallway. Even from the hallway I could hear people and children coughing, mothers patting their children's backs and shushing softly to comfort them. </em></p>
<p><em>As we sat there waiting for any news, an army truck turned in with bottled drinking water. Her Majesty excused herself as she saw to the distribution of water, startling those sitting outside who looked up then took a second look to confirm it was HMQ standing before them. Late into the night I could hear a child wake up crying, perhaps surprised to find themselves in a strange place. </em></p>
<p><em>All our senses were on high alert; I didn't want to believe there was a little less sulfur in the air so I asked my mother and HMQ if they thought there was less sulfur in the air, they agreed. The air in the house was still, we opened the door just a little but the air brought with it ash and dust that I could feel hitting my face. We closed the door but not before I whispered to my mother's police security, "if the police drive out and go past my home, please let me know so I can hitch a ride? I need to see my kids". She said yes and I had more reason to stay awake and wait. </em></p>
<p><em>Before leaving their home, my father had grabbed his radio; at the villa he found a wooden chest and sat on it with his radio on his lap. He would turn the radio on from time to time so we could listen for any news of the volcano. We all had a mixture of feelings until mother turned to us and said, "si'i 'aonga pe 'ene langa e?". She was referring to His Late Majesty King George V, not many not even I knew that he had built the villa for reasons such as this. The drive way is long enough for so many vehicles to park along; safe on higher ground. I took another look at the families coming in with all the facilities available to them, turned to my mother and said, "Yes mum, 'aonga lahi 'aupito 'ene maa'imoa kihe kakai". </em> </p>
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<p><em>Suddenly my cousin Laite walked in and told me the ash rain had eased up and the police van was able take me home. I bid HMQ and my parents goodbye and made my way through the thick layer of ash on the ground to the vehicle. As we drove on the road, no other vehicle was moving, everyone had been told to find shelter, anyone found driving around by police were instructed to park there. Everything was covered in at least 3 inches of ash. The road was dark and the island was completely still with uncertainty lingering in the air. We turned into my home and relief washed over me as I saw candle light shining out from inside. As I walked up I greeted my sister and husband who had sought safety there and walked inside to all 3 of my children running towards me. I knelt down and embraced them all at once, this was all the sustenance I needed. With my daughter and sons safely in my arms, I was ready for the sun to rise and help light the way to the Kingdom's recovery.</em></p>
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<td class="tr-caption">The Honourable Frederica Tuita Filipe, 2016.<br>Photo (c) Getty Images / Amanda Edwards.</td>
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<p>The Hon. Frederica Tuita is the third of four daughters of Princess Royal Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu, The Lady Tuita, and her husband Siosaʻia, The 9th Lord Tuita. In 2013, Frederica Tuita married Johnny Filipe; the couple have three children. Frederica's uncle is King Tupou VI of Tonga; her late uncle was King George V of Tonga. </p>
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<p>If you would like to donate to help the Tongan people recover, here are a few helpful links:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/tonga-tsunami-relief-by-pita-taufatofua">GoFundMe - Tonga Tsunami relief by Pita Taufatofua</a><br><a href="https://www.friendsoftonga.org/campaigns/hunga-tonga-hunga-haapai-volcanic-eruptions-and-tsunami-disaster-relief">Friends of Tonga - Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai Volcanic Eruptions and Tsunami Disaster Relief</a></p>
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<p>On Saturday, 19 March, Countess Margherita of Arco-Zinneberg married Charles Green in Bavaria.</p>
<p>Countess Margherita Ginevra Maria of Arco-Zinneberg (b.1983) is the third daughter of <a href="https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-ruby-wedding-anniversary-count.html">Count Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg (1955-2021) and Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este (b.1954)</a>. Margherita has five sisters: Countess Anna Theresa (b.1981; married Colin McKenzie), Countess Olympia (b.1988; <a href="https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2019/10/going-to-chapel-wedding-of-prince-jean.html">married Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon</a>), Countess Maximiliana (b.1990), Countess Marie-Gabrielle (b.1992), and Countess Giorgiana (b.1997). Margherita is the paternal granddaughter of Count Ulrich Philipp of Arco-Zinneberg (1917-1980) and Countess Maria Theresia von Preysing-Lichtenegg-Moos (1922-2003). Margherita is the maternal granddaughter of Archduke Robert of Austria-Este (1915-1996) and <a href="https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2022/01/archduchess-margherita-of-austria-este.html">Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta (1930-2022)</a>.</p>
<p>Charles Douglas Green (b.1981) is the son of the late Ian Green and Helena Marian Hunt (b.1946; married 1st in 1967 to Richard H. Cooper; married 2nd in 1976 to Michael C. Martin; married 4th in 1986 to The Hon John Fermor-Hesketh). Charles has several siblings from his father and mother's previous marriages. His half-sister, <a href="https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2021/09/newlyweds-meet-duke-of-roxburghe-and.html">Annabel Green, is the current Duchess of Roxburghe</a>. Charles Green is the maternal grandson of Robert John Cochrane Hunt (1903-1992) and Helena Wilson (1908-2000).</p>
<p><em><strong>Our best wishes to the newlyweds!</strong></em></p>
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<p>Today, Their Majesties King Simeon II and Queen Margarita of Bulgaria celebrate sixty years of marriage!</p>
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<p>The engagement of the couple was announced on 10 August 1961 by the Simeon's mother Giovanna: "<em>Her Majesty the Queen Mother of Bulgaria is pleased to announce the engagement of her son Simeon, King of the Bulgarians, with Señorita Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela.</em>" That day at noon, the King and his fiancée held a press conference at the royal residence on the Avenida del Valle. The couple disclosed that Simeon had met Margarita some years before at a party in Madrid; however, it was about a year and a half before their engagement that their relationship had turned from a friendship into a romance. Margarita was given a ring with a large ruby set by diamonds by her fiancé. Queen Mother Giovanna gave her future daughter-in-law a platinum brooch set with three emeralds surrounded by diamonds. </p>
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<p>On Saturday, 20 January 1962, King Simeon II of Bulgaria and doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela were civilly married at the town hall in Lausanne, Switzerland. Colonel Georges Guentchjeff was the witness for King Simeon; don Jose Luis Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela was the witness for his sister. It was later revealed by the king's sister that the couple had also held an intimate Roman Catholic wedding in Madrid beforehand. King Simeon was naturally of the Bulgarian Orthodox faith; while Queen Margarita was of the Roman Catholic faith, which she retained after their union.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">The newly married King and Queen of Bulgaria.<br>Queen Mother Giovanna and Princess Marie Louise are in the background.</td>
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<p>A day later, on Sunday, 21 January, the couple celebrated their religious marriage at the Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Megalomartyr Barbara in Vevey, Switzerland. The ceremony was conducted by Metropolit Andrey of New York, Head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Exile, Bishop Antony, Head of the Orthodox Church in Switzerland, and Father Igor Troyanov of Saint Barbara's Church. The nuptials of the king and queen was attended by 400 guests. Aside from King Simeon and Queen Margarita, the royal attendees present were the following: Queen Mother Giovanna of Bulgaria, Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria and Prince Karl Vladimir zu Leiningen, Queen Mother Geraldine of Albania, Archduke Andreas Salvator of Austria, Prince Ludwig of Baden, Prince Irakly Bagration-Mukhransky, Prince and Princess Viggo, Count and Countess of Rosenborg, King Farouk of Egypt and his daughter Princess Fawzia, Princess Zahra Khanzadi Sultana of Egypt and her daughter Princess Sabiha Fazila Khanum Sultana, Prince Michael of Greece, Landgrave Philipp of Hesse and his son Hereditary Prince Moritz, Fürst Emich zu Leiningen, Duke Christian Ludwig and Duchess Barbara of Mecklenburg, Princess Marie Clotilde Napoléon, the Duke of Parma, Prince Louis Ferdinand and Princess Kira of Prussia with their son Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, and Prince Tomislav and Princess Margarita of Yugoslavia. Other noble guests from Spain and Europe included: Prince Dimitri Romanoff, the Marchioness of Winchester, the Duque and Duquesa de Almenara Alta, the Marquesa de Zurgena, Gräfin Viktoria zu Solms-Rödelheim und Assenheim and her son Erbgraf Markwalt zu Solms-Rödelheim und Assenheim, Conte Calvi di Bergolo, the Condesa de Alba de Liste, the Vizconde de Tuy, the Duquesa de Andria, and Conte Carlo Colonna.</p>
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<p>In February 1962, Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria, who was living in Oakville, Canada, with her first husband, granted an interview to Stasia Evasuk of <em>The Ottawa Journal </em>about the royal wedding. The princess shared her recollections: "<em>The wedding went off smoothly. I can't tell you where Simeon and his bride are honeymooning. They'll live in Madrid where my mother has her official residence since the Communists are still in power in Bulgaria. I've known the bride for years. I met her in Spain where I lived for seven years with my brother and mother before my marriage. She has no close relatives. Everyone in her family was killed by anti-Franco forces in the Spanish civil war except her and her brother. They were saved by a nanny. The night before the wedding there was a reception for 400 guests at the Lausanne Palace Hotel. I enjoyed seeing old friends I hadn't seen for a long time. [On the wedding day,] my mother wore a deep purple silk dress with a matching velvet coat and I wore a pink and brocaded gold dress with matching silk coat. The bride wore a long white silk gown embroidered with pearls. She looked simply beautiful.</em>" Queen Margarita of Bulgaria wore the <a href="https://www.thecourtjeweller.com/2020/05/the-bulgarian-fleur-de-lis-tiara.html">Bulgarian Fleur-de-Lis Tiara</a>.<br><br></p>
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<p>King Simeon and Quen Margarita have five children: Crown Prince Kardam, Prince of Tirnovo (1962-2015; married Miriam Ungria y López); Prince Kyrill, Prince of Preslav (b.1964; married Rosario Nadal y Fuster-Puigdorfila); Prince Kubrat, Prince of Panagjuriste (b.1965; married Carla-Maria Royo-Villanova y Urrestarazu); Prince Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin (b.1967; married Maria Garcia de la Rasilla y Gortazar); and Princess Kalina (b.1972; married Antonio "Kitin" Muñoz Valcárcel). The King and Queen of the Bulgarians have eleven grandchildren. The royal couple live at Vrana Palace.</p>
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<p>On 30 March, the auction house Neumeister will be hosting a magnificent sale: Hidden Treasures - Treasures from the House of Württemberg. The historically significant items contained in the auction come from the estate of <a href="https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-death-of-duke-ferdinand-eugen-of.html">Duke Ferdinand Eugen of Württemberg (1925-2020)</a>. Neumeister received sixty wooden boxes in 2021; these boxes and the treasures therein were from the the Württemberg royal family's former castle in Carlsruhe, which was destroyed in 1945 by the Red Army - but not before the Württembergs were able to move their heritage from the castle. Among the collection are beautiful and poignant portraits of members of the royal families of Württemberg, France, Austria, and Bulgaria. Duke Ferdinand Eugen was the eldest child of Duke Albrecht Eugen of Württemberg (1895-1954) and Princess Nadejda of Bulgaria (1899-1958). He was a grandson of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria. </p>
<p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://www.neumeister.com/en/magazine/hiddentreasures-treasuresfromthehouseofwuerttemberg/">Neumeister</a> </p>
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<p>Maurice Lannes, 7. duc de Montebello, died on 26 March 2022 at Mareuil, France. He was eighty-two years-old.</p>
<p>Born on 2 July 1939 at Biarritz, Maurice Georges Antoine Marie Lannes, Marquis de Montebello ,was the son of Napoléon Lannes, 6. duc de Montebello (1903-1988), and his second wife Princess Diane de Broglie (1903-1987), who married in 1930. Maurice Lannes de Montebello was the great-great-great-grandson of Marechal Jean Lannes (1769-1809), who in 1808 was created 1. duc de Montebello by Emperor Napoléon I.</p>
<p>In 1971, Maurice Lannes de Montebello married Johanna Christina Meyer-Ratken (b.1939). The couple had four children: Jean-Michel Lannes, Marquis de Montebello (1972-2004); Benoît Lannes, Marquis de Montebello (b.1973; now 8th duc de Montebello); Emmanuella Lannes de Montebello (b.1975; married Laurent Colnat), and Désirée Lannes (b.1976; married Michael Drihen).</p>
<p>The funeral of the late duke will take place today, 31 March, at the Église Saint-Laurent de Mareuil with the burial to follow in the church's cemetery. </p>
<p>For more on the genealogy of the ancestry of the Lannes de Montebello family, you may visit this website:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/lannes.html">Lannes de Montebello</a></p>
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