tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40692919187681694292024-03-05T23:22:14.729-08:00a beautiful women 1223Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805423901056220636noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069291918768169429.post-41559460253625225232022-01-09T05:24:00.000-08:002023-12-12T05:25:34.631-08:00A Royal Romance: Twenty Years of Marriage for the Duke and Duchess of Calabria<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
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<td>The Duke and Duchess of Calabria at the Royal Palace in Madrid, 2019.<br>Photograph (c) Bekia.</td>
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<p>Today, Prince Pedro and Princess Sofía of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke and Duchess of Calabria, celebrate their twentieth anniversary!</p>
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<td>Doña Sofía arrives at the wedding with her father Don José Manuel Landaluce.</td>
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<td>The Duke of Noto arrives at the wedding.</td>
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<div>On 30 March 2001, Prince Pedro, Duke of Noto, and Doña Sofía Landaluce y Melgarejo were married in the chapel at the Real Club Puerto de Hierro in Madrid. Father Marco Álvarez de Toledo y Marone, a grandson of Infanta Cristina of Spain, officiated at the religious ceremony. Don José Manuel Landaluce acted as the godfather for the couple; Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria, acted as godmother. Among others, the wedding was attended by the Prince of Asturias (now King Felipe VI of Spain), Infanta Elena and her husband Don Jaime, and Infanta Margarita and her husband Dr Carlos Zurita.</div>
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<td>Pedro and Sofía.</td>
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<div>Born in 1968, Prince Pedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto, was the only son of Infante Carlos of Spain, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and his wife Princess Anne d'Orléans. Pedro's paternal grandparents were Infante Alfonso of Spain, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and his wife Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma. Pedro's maternal grandparents were Prince Henri d'Orléans, Count of Paris, and his wife Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Bragança. Born in 1973, Doña Sofía Landaluce y Melgarejo was the daughter of Don José Manuel Landaluce y Dominguez and his wife Doña Blanca Melgarejo y Gonzales. Sofía's paternal grandparents were Don Francisco Landaluce y Asensio and Doña Manuela Dominguez. Sofía's maternal grandparents were Don Carlos Melgarejo y Tordesillas (a son of the 5th Duke de San Fernando de Quiroga) and Doña Emilia Gonzáles y Gonzáles de Jonte. The marriage of the Duke of Noto and Doña Sofía Landaluce y Melgarejo was the crowning of a loving relationship of almost ten years, which had began in 1991. Pedro and Sofía had known one another since they were teenagers. A strong bond formed between them formed: their romance commenced when Pedro was twenty-three and Sofía was eighteen. In 1993, the couple welcomed the arrival of their first child, a son: Jaime (now Duke of Noto). Pedro's father Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, hoped for a royal bride for his only son and heir; therefore, paternal and dynastic approval for the couple to marry was not immediately forthcoming. </div>
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<td>Pedro and Sofía with their son Jaime.</td>
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<p>Despite the lack of approval, Pedro and Sofía maintained their relationship. Sofía focused on raising their son Jaime, and Pedro regularly spent time with his beloved and their child. Over the years, Sofía won over her eventual father-in-law Carlos. The dedication of Pedro and Sofía to one another and their child, as well as their desire to be married, was ultimately victorious. Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, served as one of the witnesses to the couple when they married in 2001.</p>
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<td>The Duke and Duchess of Calabria with their children, 2015.</td>
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<div>After their marriage, the Duke and Duchess of Noto had a further six children: Prince Juan (b.2003), Prince Pablo (b.2004), Prince Pedro (b.2007), Princess Sofia (b.2008), Princess Blanca (b.2011), and Princess Maria (b.2015). Although the children of the Notos were initially not considered to be dynasts, the Duke of Calabria decided after 2004 that the children of his son and daughter-in-law should, in fact (and rightfully so), be styled as Royal Highnesses and Prince(ss) of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. </div>
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<td>The Duke and Duchess of Calabria arrive at the funeral of Infanta Alicia, 2017.<br>Photograph (c) Getty Images/Europa Press Entertainment.</td>
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<div>In 2015, Pedro's father Infante Carlos passed away. Prince Pedro succeeded as the Head of the Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies; he and his wife Sofía became titled as Duke and Duchess of Calabria. In 2020, the couple announced the engagement of their eldest son Prince Jaime, Duke of Noto, to Lady Charlotte Lindesay-Bethune. The wedding was originally scheduled for Summer 2021; however, due to the global coronavirus pandemic, the marriage has had to be delayed.<br><br></div>
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<td>The Duke and Duchess of Calabria.</td>
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<div><em><strong>Our congratulations to Prince Pedro and Princess Sofía, Duke and Duchess of Calabria, on their 20th wedding anniversary!</strong></em></div>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Alix Napoléon.<br>Photograph (c) Getty Images/Luc Castel.</td>
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<p>Today, Her Imperial Highness the Dowager Princess Napoléon celebrates her ninety-fifth birthday!</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Louis Napoléon and Alix de Foresta after their engagement in May 1949.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Count Albéric and Countess Geneviève de Foresta, 1949.</td>
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<p><br>On 4 April 1926, Mademoiselle Alix Marie Joséphine Thérèse Henriette de Foresta was born at Marseille. Alix was the first child of Count Marie Joseph Albéric de Foresta (1895-1987) and his wife Geneviève Yvonne Berthe Hélène Fredet (1904-1994), who married on 17 April 1925 at Froges. Alix de Foresta had one younger sibling, a sister: Hedwige de Foresta (b.1935; married Marquis Hély de La Roche-Aymon). Alix de Foresta descended from a family that strongly supported the Legitimist claim to the French throne; they had been loyal partisans of the Count of Chambord. </p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Alix, Princess Napoléon, in her wedding gown, 1949.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">The wedding of Alix de Foresta and Prince Louis Napoléon, 1949.</td>
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<div>On 16 August 1949, Alix de Foresta married Prince Louis Napoléon (1914-1997) at Linières-Bouton, France. Louis was the only son of Prince Victor Napoléon and Princess Clémentine of Belgium. The wedding of Louis and Alix took place in the strictest intimacy.</div>
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<td class="tr-caption">Louis and Alix Napoléon with the twins: Catherine and Charles, 1950.</td>
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<div>The Prince and Princess Napoléon had four children. On 19 October 1950, the couple welcomed the arrival of twins: Prince Charles Marie Jerome Victor Napoléon and Princess Catherine Elisabeth Alberique Marie Napoléon were born at Boulogne sur Seine. Two years later, on 8 October 1952, the Princess Napoléon gave birth at Paris to a daughter, Princess Laure Clementine Genevieve Napoléon. The French imperial family was completed by the birth of Prince Jerome Xavier Marie Joseph Victor Napoléon on 14 January 1957 at Boulogne sur Seine.</div>
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<td class="tr-caption">The Prince and Princess Napoléon, Prangins, 1969.<br>Photograph (c) Getty Images/Philippe Le Tellier</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">The Prince and Princess Napoléon, Prangins, 1969.<br>Photograph (c) Getty Images/Philippe Le Tellier.</td>
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<div>Prince Louis and Princess Alix Napoléon raised their family between the Chateau de Prangins, Canton Vaud, Switzerland, and Paris. Their elder daughter Catherine studied social work. Their elder son Charles received a doctorate in economics. Their younger daughter Laure studied painting. Their younger son Jérôme became a librarian. </div>
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince Louis and Princess Alix with Queen Fabiola of the Belgians at Prangins.</td>
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<div>The Prince and Princess Napoléon conducted themselves with discretion and dignity. They were close to a vast array of their royal European relatives, particularly the Belgian royal family and the Luxembourgish grand ducal family. In 1974, Princess Catherine Napoléon married Nicolò San Martino d'Agliè dei Marchesi di Fontanetto, a nephew of Queen Paola of Belgium; Catherine and Nicolò eventually divorced. In 1982, Catherine Napoléon remarried Jean-Claude Dualé, with whom she had two daughters. In 1978, Prince Charles Napoléon married Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies; the couple had two children, Princess Caroline Napoléon (b.1980) and Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon (b.1986), before divorcing in 1989. In 1996, Charles Napoléon subsequently married Jeanne Françoise Valliccionni, the mother of his daughter Sophie Napoléon (b.1992). In 1982, Princess Laure Napoléon married Jean-Claude Lecomte; the couple had one son. In 2013, Prince Jérôme Napoléon married Licia Innocenti. </div>
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<div>In 1997, Alix was widowed when her husband Louis passed away at the age of eighty-three.</div>
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<div>The Dowager Princess Napoléon continues to live at her Swiss residence. </div>
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<div><strong><em>Many happy returns of the day to Princess Alix!</em></strong></div>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, 1961.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia.</td>
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<p>Today, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia celebrates her eighty-fifth birthday!</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince George, Duke of Kent, with his niece Princess Elizabeth during one of the duke's visits to Yugoslavia. The Duke of Kent was a good friend of his brother-in-law Prince Paul.<br>Photograph (c) Getty Images/Hutton Archive.</td>
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<p>On 7 April 1936, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia was born at the White Palace, Belgrade, as the first daughter and youngest child of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia and his wife Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark. Her godmother and namesake was her maternal aunt Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, Countess of Törring-Jettenbach. Paul and Olga married in 1923. Elizabeth had two elder brothers: Prince Alexander (1924-2016) and Prince Nicholas (1928-1954). After the Nazi invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941, Paul and Olga together with their children lived under British watch (i.e. house arrest) in Kenya. Their daughter Elizabeth was educated in Kenya, Switzerland, and France.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Mr Howard Oxenberg and Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia with her daughters Catherine and Christina Oxenberg.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Elizabeth wearing a Van Cleef & Arpels bib necklace consisting of diamond horseshoes with a large round diamond in their centres and with seven pendant pearl drops. Pendant pearl drop earrings to match.<br>The princess is photographed here in the jewellery she wore to the Diamond Ball in New York, 1964. </td>
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<p>On 21 January 1961, the attractive twenty-five year-old Elizabeth married Howard Oxenburg (1919 - 2010), who was seventeen years her senior, at Manassas, Virginia. The couple had been an item for over a year; indeed, the news rags had incorrectly reported that the couple had eloped in either June or July of 1960. Almost eight months to the day after their wedding, Elizabeth of Yugoslavia and Howard Oxenberg welcomed the arrival of their first child, Catherine Oxenberg, who was born in New York City on 22 September 1961. On 27 December 1962, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Mrs. Howard Oxenberg, gave birth to her second daughter, Christina, in New York City. Princess Olga of Yugoslavia had flown in from Europe to be with her daughter and to be present at her granddaughter's birth. Queen Mother Helen of Romania was Christina's godmother: Queen Mother Helen and Christina's grandmother Princess Olga were first cousins. Elizabeth of Yugoslavia and Howard Oxenberg divorced in 1966.</p>
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<p>On 23 September 1969, Princess Elizabeth married Neil Roxburgh Balfour (b.1944), the son of Archibald Roxburgh Balfour and Lilian Helen Cooper. Elizabeth and Neil couple had one son, Nicholas Augustus Roxburgh Balfour, in 1970. The princess and Mr Balfour divorced in 1978. Neil Balfour went on to serve as the member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire North from 1979 to 1983.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Manuel Ulloa Elías and Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, late 1980s.</td>
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<p>On 28 February 1987, Princess Elizabeth married a third time to Manuel Ulloa Elías (1922–1992), a former Prime Minister of Peru. Manuel had been married three times previously: his first wife was Carmen García Elmore; his second wife was Nadine van Perborgh; his third wife was Isabel Zorraquín y de Corral, the mother of Isabel Sartorius y Zorraquín (a youthful beau of Felipe, Prince of Asturias) and the former wife of Vicente Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca, who subsequently married Princess Nora of Liechtenstein. Manuel and Elizabeth separated in 1989, but they never divorced. Upon the death of Ulloa Elías, the princess became a widow.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince Alexander, his sister Princess Elizabeth, and his wife Princess Barbara of Yugoslavia at the funeral of Princess Olga of Yugoslavia in 1997.<br>Photograph (c) Getty Images/Pool Benainous Cochard.</td>
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<div>Prince Paul of Yugoslavia died in Paris in 1976, aged eighty-three. In 1997, his widow Princess Olga passed away in Paris at the age of ninety-four. The couple were buried at the Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery in Lausanne with their son Prince Nicholas, who had tragically died in a car accident in 1954.</div>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Elizabeth with her son Nicholas Balfour and daughter Catherine Oxenberg oversee the exhumation of the graves of Elizabeth's father, mother, and brother in Switzerland, September 2012.<br>Photograph (c) Alamy/Reuters/Denis Balibouse.</td>
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<div>Catherine Oxenberg and her mother Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia attend the reburial of Prince Paul, Princess Olga, and Prince Nicholas at St. George's Church in Oplenac, October 2012.</div>
<div>Photograph (c) Alamy/Reuters/Marko Djurica.</div>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia at the reburial of her father, mother, and brother.</td>
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<div>Beginning in the 1980s, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia started a campaign to rehabilitate the legacy of her father. The image of Prince Regent Paul had been terribly maligned since his regency. A man deeply devoted to peace and maintaining the neutrality of Yugoslavia during World War II, Paul did his utmost to keep his homeland safe and from falling under the tyranny of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. Alas, many historians had painted the prince regent as a Nazi sympathiser, which could not have been further from the truth. Princess Elizabeth's relentless desire to rehabilitate her father was ultimately met with success in 2011, when the Serbian courts ruled that the prince regent had not been an "enemy of the state," as he along with other members of the royal family had been designated after the Communists overtook Yugoslavia. In 2012, the remains of Prince Paul, Princess Olga, and Prince Nicholas were brought to rest in Serbia, where they were granted a quasi-state funeral. This event was attended by the President of Serbia, Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia, Hereditary Prince Peter of Serbia and his brother Prince Philip, Prince Alexander and Princess Barbara of Yugoslavia, as well as by Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia and her daughter Catherine Oxenberg and her son Nicholas Balfour. Several other members of the Serbian royal family and other relatives were also present. </div>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia and Princess Alexandra of Kent.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Olga of Yugoslavia, Queen Marie-José of Italy, and Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Olga of Yugoslavia; Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent; Prince Paul of Yugoslavia; Archduchess Helen of Austria; Prince Edward, Duke of Kent; Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, 1956.</td>
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<div>Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia lives in Belgrade.</div>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, 1971.<br>Photograph (c) Getty Images/Lord Litchfield.</td>
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<div><strong><em>Many happy returns of the day to Princess Elizabeth!</em></strong></div>
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<div>To learn more about the princess, you may visit her official website: <a href="http://www.princesselizabeth.org/">Princess Jelisaveta</a></div>
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<div class="separator">On 8 April 1931 at Palermo, Prince Henri d'Orléans married Princess Isabel de Orléans e Bragança. On the ninetieth anniversary of the wedding of the Count and Countess of Paris, I hope that you will enjoy these images from an album that I purchased some years ago from the estate of a French royalist who attended the event. The dynastic coupling of Prince Henri and Princess Isabel, which united the French and Brazilian branches of the Orléans family, marked the beginning of a union which produced the modern Royal House of France.</div>
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<p>This week, Prince Joachim Murat (b.1973) and Princess Yasmine (b.1982; née Briki) announced that they are expecting their first child. The couple civilly married in Paris on 5 March; their child is due to be born at the end of the summer. A religious wedding is planned for 2022. </p>
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<p>On Friday, 21 May, Donna Nicoletta Maresca Baldasano Montanari Bianchini, Duchessa di Serracapriola, died at eighty-two years-old.</p>
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<p>Born at Bologna on 28 March 1939, Nicoletta was the daughter of Marchese Riccardo Baldasano Montanari Bianchini (b.1914) and Lydia Maccaferri (1915-1993), who married in 1938.</p>
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<p>On 24 February 1966, Nicoletta dei Marchesi Baldasano Montanari Bianchini married Neapolitan noble Marchese Don Antonino Maresca Donnorso Correale Revertera (Naples 3 November 1924-Bologna 24 October 2007), 11th Duca di Salandra, 6th Duca di Serracapriola, 8th Conte di Tricarico, and 5th Conte di Tronco. Nicoletta's father-in-law was Marchese Don Giovanni Maresca Donnorso Correale Revertera (1893-1971), an Italian soldier, politician, entrepreneur, and athlete. Antonino and Nicoletta did not have children, and, upon Antonino's death in 2007, the family titles passed to his first cousin Nicola.</p>
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<p>The Duchessa di Serracapriola was Dame Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George. Her funeral will take place on 25 May at the Chiesa dei Padre Filippini in Bologna. </p>
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<p>In Spain, Don Carlos Fitzjames-Stuart y de Solis, Conde de Osorno, married Belén Corsini y Lacalle at the Liria Palace in Madrid. Born on 30 November 1991 at Madrid, Carlos is the second son of Don Carlos Fitzjames-Stuart y Martinez de Irujo, Duque de Huescar, Duque de Alba (b.1949) and Doña Matilda de Solis y Martinez de Campos (b.1963), who married in 1988 and divorced in 1999. Carlos has an older brother, Don Fernando Fitzjames-Stuart y de Solis, Duque de Huescar (b.1990; married Sofia Palazuelo Barroso). Carlos is the grandson of the late Cayetana, Duchess of Alba. Born in 1988, Belén is the daughter of Juan Carlos Corsini Muñoz de Rivera and Mónica de Lacalle Rubio. </p>
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<div>In France, Prince Marc of Croÿ and Délia de Cossé-Brissac celebrated their religious marriage at Église Saint-Vincent de Brissac in Maine-et-Loire. Prince Marc of Croÿ (b.1992) is the third child of Rudolf, Duke von Croÿ (b.1955), and his late wife Countess Alexandra Miloradovich (1960-2015), who wed in 1987. Délia de Cossé-Brissac (b.1998) is the third child of Charles-André, Duc de Brissac (b.1962) and his wife Countess Larissa Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsövidek (b.1967), who wed in 1993. Prince Marc and Princess Délia of Croÿ were civilly married on 19 December 2020 at Dülmen.</div>
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<div>Princess Délia of Croÿ (née de Cossé-Brissac) and Don Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y de Solis, Conde de Osorno, are fifth cousins. They are descendants of Count Pál Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsövidék (1789-1871) and Countess Emilie Zichy-Ferraris de Zich et Vásonkeö (1803-1866).</div>
<p><a title="Euro History Journal" href="https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1a0dp8ZSKyH-tyZX5szGiERmFY3FAmBXFSCyJ0mlAxIOExU2QM9f3X55YNTe3oJWNjRUKeZ5T3gN__cY3Gi-5g71on0XpjHRTF7ow0VvXvhPoKV9HjNhdc-obBMCqLsMZxg3H-dZ_fM8/s850/Screen+Shot+2018-04-22+at+11.47.40+AM-2.png" alt="Euro History Journal" width="413" height="100"></a></p>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805423901056220636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069291918768169429.post-90218361065349040102021-12-30T14:24:00.000-08:002023-12-12T12:37:14.643-08:00The Six Siblings of Queen Paola of Belgium<table class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
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<p>The future Queen Paola of Belgium was born as Donna Paola Margherita Maria Antonia Consiglia Ruffo di Calabria on 11 September 1937 as the seventh and last child of Don Fulco Ruffo di Calabria (1884-1946) and Donna Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana (1896-1989), who married in 1919. Paola was not yet nine years old when her father Fulco died on 23 August 1946. In 1959, Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria married Prince Albert of Belgium. After the death of her brother-in-law King Baudouin, Paola became Queen of Belgium when her husband Albert succeeded to the throne as King Albert II. Albert abdicated in 2013, after a reign of twenty years. </p>
<p>Donna Maria Cristina Ruffo di Calabria (1920-2003)</p>
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<div>Donna Maria Cristina Laura Ruffo di Calabria was born on 25 May 1920 at Rome. She was the first child of Don Fulco Ruffo di Calabria and Donna Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana. On 10 June 1940 at Rome, Maria Cristina married Casimiro San Martino d'Agliè Marchese di Fontanetto con San Germano (1903-1988). The couple had five children: Antonella (b.1943; married Ippolito Calvi, dei Conti di Bergolo), Emanuella (b.1944; married Conte Ernesto Rossi di Montelera), Giovanna (b.1945; married and divorced Principe Don Alvaro-Jaime de Orléans y Parodi Delfino), Nicolò (b.1948; married and divorced Princess Catherine Napoléon; married Nobile Anna Maria Gazzana Priaroggia), and Filippo (b.1953; married Cristina Flesia). Aged eighty-three, Donna Maria Cristina Laura Ruffo di Calabria died on 11 September 2003 at the Castello di San Martino near Alfieri. </div>
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<h2>Donna Laura Ruffo di Calabria (1921-1972)</h2>
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<div>Donn Laura Maria Rufina Ruffo di Calabria was born on 31 May 1921 at Rome. She was the second daughter and second child of Don Fulco Ruffo di Calabria and Donna Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana. On 20 May 1946 at Rome, Laura married Barone Bettino Ricasoli Firidolfi Zanchini Marsuppini Acciauoli Salviati (1922-2009). The couple had four children: Andrea (1948-1982), Luisa (b.1950; married Carlo Lodovico Bicocchi), Maria Teresa (b.1954; married Roberto Giunta), and Giovanni (b.1956; married Eva Holmstrom). Aged fifty-one, Donna Laura Ruffo di Calabria died at Florence on 24 September 1972.</div>
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<h2>Principe Don Fabrizio Ruffo di Calabria (1922-2005)</h2>
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<div>Don Fabrizio Beniamino Ruffo di Calabria was born on 6 December 1922 at Rome. He was the first son and third child of Don Fulco Ruffo di Calabria and Donna Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana. On 5 October 1953 at Turin, Fabrizio married Maria Elisabetta Vaciago (b.1933), the daughter of Giovanni Vaciago and Adelaide Seymandi. The couple had five children: Don Fulco (b.1954; married and divorced Melba Vincens Bello; married Luisa Tricarico), Don Augusto (b.1955; married Princess Christiana zu Windisch-Graetz), Donna Imara (b.1958; married and divorced Uberto Gasche; married Marco dei Conti Tonci Ottieri della Ciaja), Don Umberto (b.1960; married Leontina Pallavicino), and Don Alessandro (b.1964; married and divorced Princess Mafalda of Savoy-Aosta; married Marzia Palau). Fabrizio and Maria Elisabetta divorced in 1988. In 1991, Fabrizio remarried Luisa "Liesel" Cristina Carbajo (b.1942). Aged eighty-two, Principe Don Fabrizio Ruffo di Calabria died on 11 October 2005 at Rome. </div>
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<h2>Don Augusto Ruffo di Calabria (1925-1943)</h2>
<div>Don Augusto Ruffo di Calabria was born on 28 August 1925 at Rome. He was the second son and fourth child of Don Fulco Ruffo di Calabria and Donna Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana. Aged eighteen, Augusto was killed in action during World War II on 2 November 1943 at Mare di Pescara. Augusto died during a naval battle, and his body was never recovered.</div>
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Donna Giovannella Ruffo di Calabria was born on 16 April 1927 at Rome. She was the third son and fifth child of Don Fulco Ruffo di Calabria and Donna Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana. Aged fourteen, Giovannella died from food poisoning on 15 May 1941 at Rome. </div>
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<h2>Don Antonello Ruffo di Calabria (1930-2017)</h2>
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<p>Don Antonello Ruffo di Calabria was born on 31 May 1930 at Rome. He was the third son and sixth child of Don Fulco Ruffo di Calabria and Donna Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana. When he turned eighteen, Antonello decided against military service, and, instead, set off to travel the world - he remained a passionate traveler and lover of nature. On 4 January 1961, Antonello married Rosa Maria Mastrogiovanni Tasca (b.1943), the daughter of Giuseppe Mastrogiovanni Tasca, Conte d'Almerita, and Francesca Paola Cammarata de Seta. The couple had four children: Donna Covella (b.1962), Don Lucio (b.1964), Donna Domitilla (b.1965; married Don Giovanni dei Baroni Porcari Li Destri), and Donna Claudia (b.1969; married Marcello Salom). After his divorce from Rosa in 1978, Antonello remarried to Sylviane Sapir. The couple had one child, a daughter: Donna Valentina (b.1994). Aged eighty-seven, Don Antonello Ruffo di Calabria died at Rome on 24 August 2017. He was the last surviving sibling of Queen Paola.</p>
<p>To learn more about Don Antonello, you can read this article from Vanity Fair Spain: <a href="https://www.revistavanityfair.es/realeza/articulos/antonello-ruffo-di-calabria-muerte-principe-italia/25962">ANTONELLO RUFFO DI CALABRIA, ADIÓS AL PRÍNCIPE IRREVERENTE</a></p>
<p><a title="Euro History Journal" href="https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1a0dp8ZSKyH-tyZX5szGiERmFY3FAmBXFSCyJ0mlAxIOExU2QM9f3X55YNTe3oJWNjRUKeZ5T3gN__cY3Gi-5g71on0XpjHRTF7ow0VvXvhPoKV9HjNhdc-obBMCqLsMZxg3H-dZ_fM8/s850/Screen+Shot+2018-04-22+at+11.47.40+AM-2.png" alt="Euro History Journal" width="413" height="100"></a></p>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805423901056220636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069291918768169429.post-72584833028712038272021-12-28T22:24:00.000-08:002023-12-11T04:47:01.861-08:00Fabergé Wedding Rings for the Russian Imperial Marriage in October!<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQSc6HRlpOeq3mAeRp1ShwslTSb3TpDvGwXbjREd-vNSDJKoOkmFZVx5ZFz5h0Xp0y6zZDcJSDzZT-kHcWjNEU549Bh6OzVazBoUuynzk6SQiip7zZNprAg2ZQPff6P_jyVGGHJcCo1c/s1242/322F57F3-2B1B-4D7F-9576-A17F41780DE7.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQSc6HRlpOeq3mAeRp1ShwslTSb3TpDvGwXbjREd-vNSDJKoOkmFZVx5ZFz5h0Xp0y6zZDcJSDzZT-kHcWjNEU549Bh6OzVazBoUuynzk6SQiip7zZNprAg2ZQPff6P_jyVGGHJcCo1c/w640-h640/322F57F3-2B1B-4D7F-9576-A17F41780DE7.jpeg" alt="" width="640" height="640" border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="1242"></a></p>
<p>Yesterday, it was officially announced that Fabergé will be creating the wedding bands for the union of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and his fiancée Victoria Romanovna Bettarini. The couple will marry on 1 October 2021 in Saint Petersburg. </p>
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<p>Sarah Fabergé, Fabergé’s Director of Special Projects and a great-granddaughter of Carl Peter Fabergé, sent her best wishes to George and Victoria: "<em>On behalf of Fabergé, we send HIH Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini our warmest congratulations on their engagement. We are delighted that, in true Romanov tradition, the happy couple have appointed Fabergé to create their wedding bands. I am honoured to be overseeing this commission, working closely with an acclaimed Russian jeweller and work master, to bring the symbols of this marriage to life. History has truly come full circle.</em>"</p>
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<p><br><strong>THE RINGS, THE ROMANOVS, WEDDINGS, AND FABERGÉ</strong><br><br>Fabergé played a large part in the weddings of Russian Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses. Both sisters of Nicholas II, Grand Duchess Xenia and Grand Duchess Olga received gifts of large silver table services created by Fabergé as part of their dowry when they married.<br><br>Fabergé scholar Valentin Skurlov notes that on the 27th July 1901, the records of the Imperial Cabinet state that the jeweller Fabergé was paid 60 rubles for “a pair of wedding rings in pure gold” for the upcoming marriage of the Emperor’s sister, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna.<br><br>By commissioning their wedding bands from Fabergé, the Grand Duke George and his fiancée Victoria Romanovna Bettarini are reviving an old family tradition by reestablishing a relationship between Fabergé and the House of Romanov.</p>
<p><a title="Euro History Journal" href="https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1a0dp8ZSKyH-tyZX5szGiERmFY3FAmBXFSCyJ0mlAxIOExU2QM9f3X55YNTe3oJWNjRUKeZ5T3gN__cY3Gi-5g71on0XpjHRTF7ow0VvXvhPoKV9HjNhdc-obBMCqLsMZxg3H-dZ_fM8/s850/Screen+Shot+2018-04-22+at+11.47.40+AM-2.png" alt="Euro History Journal" width="413" height="100"></a></p>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805423901056220636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069291918768169429.post-6319364470310877292021-12-27T20:24:00.000-08:002023-12-12T05:11:00.007-08:00Duchess Helene of Württemberg, Markgräfin Pallavicini (1929-2021)<table class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
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<p>On Thursday, 22 April 2021, Duchess Helene of Württemberg died at Althausen. She was ninety-one years-old. The duchess was born on 29 June 1929 at Stuttgart as the first child of Duke Philipp of Württemberg (1893-1975) and his second wife Archduchess Rosa of Austria-Tuscany (1906-1983). Philipp was previously married to Rosa's sister Archduchess Helena of Austria-Tuscany (1903-1924), who died a few days after giving birth to the couple's only child, Duchess Marie Christine (b.1924). In addition to her older half-sister, Duchess Helene was joined by five younger siblings: Duke Ludwig (1930-2019), Duchess Elisabeth (b.1933), Duchess Marie Thérèse (b.1934), Head of House Württemberg Duke Carl (b.1936), and Duchess Marie Antoinette (1937-2004).<br><br></p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Wedding of Duchess Helene of Württemberg and Markgraf Federico Pallavicini.</td>
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<p>On 22 August 1961 at Althausen, Helene civilly married Marchese Federico Pallavicini (b.1924). The following day the couple were wed in a religious ceremony at Friedrichshafen. The groom had previously been married to Countess Maria Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1924-1960); Federico and Maria married in 1945 and divorced in 1949 after having had one son, Alexander (b.1946).<br><br></p>
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<td class="tr-caption">The Württemberg siblings in 2006: (left to right) Markgräfin 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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<p>Duchess Helene of Württemberg is survived by her husband Markgraf Federico Pallavicini; their four children; Markgräfin Maria Cristina (b.1963), Markgräfin Antoinetta (b.1964), Markgräfin Gabriela (b.1965; married Ricardo Walter), and Markgraf Gian-Carlo (b.1967; married Pauline Haniel); and by five grandchildren, three grandsons and two granddaughters.</p>
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<div><strong><em>May She Rest in Peace.</em></strong></div>
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<p>Since her birth on 4 February 1973, Karin Vogel has held a unique distinction: she is the last person in the line of succession to the British throne. In April 2011, ahead of the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, there were articles in <a href="https://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/06/almost-royal-10-lesser-known-members-of-the-british-royal-family">BBC America</a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/talk/2011/04/28/135811753/last-in-line-to-the-british-throne">NPR</a>, and the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704889404576276502793788310">Wall Street Journal</a> about the almost five thousand people in line to the throne. Ms. Vogel was mentioned in these pieces due to her special position: she is at the very end, the dynastic caboose, the British throne's omega. It would take a world disaster of dystopian proportions for Ms. Vogel to ever become Her Majesty Queen Karin of the United Kingdom. </p>
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<p>Karin Vogel is the daughter of Ilse Vogel (b.31 March 1930; née von der Trenck) and the late Dr. Wolfram Vogel (24 February 1926-7 May 2020), who married at Sulzfeld, Germany, on 12 April 1962. Karin has two older brothers: Martin (b.1963) and Klaus (b.1964). Martin Vogel is married to Ramona and has a son, Felix. Klaus Vogel and his wife Janice (née Heppell) have two children, Lorenz and Victoria. Klaus and Janice live in the village of Bösensell, Senden, where the couple are members of the charitable Die Johanniter organisation (Saint John Accident Assistance). Karin Vogel, the youngest of the siblings, is unmarried and is a healthcare professional; she lives in Rostock. The Vogel family, headed by matriarch Ilse and followed by her three children and three grandchildren, are the seven individuals who would be the final hope for the British monarchy - if ever the approximately six thousand relatives ahead of them were to suddenly disappear.</p>
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<p><br>When she was profiled a decade ago, Ms. Vogel quipped: "I<em> can lean back and relax. It is really very comforting that one doesn’t have to worry about Great Britain."</em> Indeed, Karin Vogel was at the time, and surely remains, very devoted to her work. She found her vocation as a therapist who specialises in counselling elderly people with chronic pain issues. Karin's interesting genealogical position stems from the 1701 Act of Settlement, which, <a href="https://www.royal.uk/act-settlement-0">according to the website of the British royal family</a>, "<em>was designed to secure the Protestant succession to the throne, and to strengthen the guarantees for ensuring a parliamentary system of government... According to the 1701 Act, succession to the throne went to Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover (James I's granddaughter) and her Protestant heirs. However, Sophia died before Queen Anne, therefore the succession passed to her son, George, Elector of Hanover, who in 1714 became King George I. The act was later extended to Scotland as a result of the Treaty of Union enacted in the Acts of Union of 1707.</em>" Karin Vogel is a great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Electress Sophia of Hanover.</p>
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<p>In the fall of 1998, Princess Urraca of Bourbon-Two Sicilies gave an interview to Giuseppe Scammacca. This interview was published in the now defunct French-language magazine <em>Bourbons</em>. Below one can read an English translation of the interview of the princess.</p>
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<p><strong>Your Royal Highness is one of the great nieces of the last Neapolitan sovereign, His Majesty Francesco II. What kind of memories did the Duke of Calabria, the father of Your Royal Highness, impart to you of the king?</strong></p>
<p><em>Naturally, my father, but also my grandfather [the Count of Caserta] often spoke to me of Francesco II, as well as to my three sisters. The idea that we had as children was that the king was a man struck by sorrows and the trials of life. Probably due to various betrayals that he endured... I remember very well my great-aunt, the Queen Sophia. She was a severe woman; I was so afraid of her.</em></p>
<p><strong>Can you provide us with a description of the Duke of Calabria, your father?</strong></p>
<p><em>My father followed the family's traditions, notably in reorganising the Constantinian Order of which he was Grand Master for a long time. He also pursued a military career in the Spanish army of his cousin King Alfonso XIII; I believe that I remember that he was a very talented engineering officer. He fought in Spanish Morocco. </em></p>
<p><em>One of my saddest memoirs: the death in his youth of his son (my brother), the Duke of Noto, the presumptive heir. He died from the Spanish flu that ravaged Europe during the First World War.</em></p>
<p><strong>Called to God in 1960, the Duke of Calabria was by right His Majesty King Ferdinando III. How did he carry out this dignity far from the land that had witnessed his birth?</strong></p>
<p><em>To tell the truth, my father was not born in Naples but in Rome, at the Palazzo Farnese. However, he only lived there for a year, since he, like his entire family, had to leave the new Italy after September 1870; this exile did not end until 1938, on the occasion of my sister Lucia's marriage to Prince Eugenio of Savoy-Genoa, Duke of Ancona. I remember that my father spent a lot of his time, when he lived in Bavaria, to constitute and reorganise archives relating to the royal family and therefore to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Unfortunately, part of these documents was destroyed during the bombing of Munich during World War II. He donated what was left of the archives to the city of Naples.</em></p>
<p><strong>What can you tell us about your father's stay in Spain?</strong></p>
<p><em>I have often been told of the military feats of my grandfather, who had been the Chief of Staff in the Carlist armies who fought for King Carlos VII of Spain, Duke of Madrid. In 1874, when the Duke of Madrid had to take refuge in France, my grandfather rode alongside him when they arrived in Pau. This is where the daughter of the Carlist King, Princess Alicia, was born.</em></p>
<p><strong>As a Capetian princess, how do you view the House of Bourbon?</strong></p>
<p><em>Personally, I feel first of all Neapolitan and Sicilian; moreover, when I travel to the old kingdom, I see everywhere the proof of the moral, cultural and spiritual heritage that my family left there. But I was just talking about Pau; that's where Henri VI started out. So I am also French at heart, as I am undoubtedly Spanish and Parmesan. Indeed, the Bourbons reigned everywhere, until America. It's amazing, isn't it?</em></p>
<p><strong>You yourself have experienced exile. How did you feel when you went through this ordeal?</strong></p>
<p><em>Sadness; in particular, that of not being able to know the countries and the friends that our parents wanted to tell us about. Of course, my mother, my sisters and I could cross the north of Italy to get from Munich to Cannes... But remember that we were always watched, accompanied on the train by plainclothes police. And, it was not until 1938 that my father was able to return to Italy. However, since the end of World War II, we were finally free. It is all the more strange that my Bavarian cousins have never suffered this kind of annoyance ... and have always lived in their homeland.</em></p>
<p><strong>You return from time to time to the lands that constituted the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. What are your feelings there?</strong></p>
<p><em>I am at home there! And I have so many friends there!</em></p>
<p><strong>Exactly, what is the attitude of the Italians and, more precisely, of the Neapolitans and the Sicilians towards you?</strong></p>
<p><em>As I just told you, grand and loving are the feelings of the people I meet. All still speak - and I will even say more and more - of my ancestors whom they consider as the image of the continuity of the moral and political values which embodied the history of our kingdom. Moreover, I am invited to the many events organised by cultural groups and movements that want to seriously study the true history of the nineteenth century.</em></p>
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<p>Born on 14 July 1913 at Schloß Nymphenburg in Munich, Princess Urraca Maria Isabella Carolina Aldegonda of Bourbon-Two Sicilies was the sixth and youngest child of Prince Ferdinand Pius of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria and his wife Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria. Urraca chose not to celebrate her birthday, remarking: "<em>How can a Bourbon celebrate on the day of the storming of the Bastille?</em>" The princess had five older siblings: Princess Maria Antonietta (1898–1957); Princess Maria Cristina (1899–1985; married Manuel Sotomayor-Luna, Vice President of Ecuador); Prince Ruggiero, Duke of Noto (1901–1914), Princess Barbara (1902–1927; married Count Franz Xaver zu Stolberg-Wernigerode), and Princess Lucia (1908–2001; married Prince Eugenio of Savoy, Duke of Ancona). The Duke and Duchess of Calabria lived with their children at Villa Amsee just outside Lindau.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Urraca of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and Princess Michael of Kent, Venice, 1990.<br>Photograph (c) Marcellino Radogna.</td>
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<div>As the daughter of the head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Urraca regularly represented her family at royal and aristocratic functions and charitable events.<br><br>
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<div>On the night of 10 January 1957, Urraca was driving her eldest sister Maria Antonietta to her home in Lindau, Germany, when their automobile collided with a truck that had skid on ice near Winterthur, Switzerland. Maria Antonietta was killed in the accident and Urraca was seriously injured. After several months in hospital, Princess Urraca recovered.</div>
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<td class="tr-caption">The grave of Princess Urraca of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.</td>
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<div>On 3 May 1999 at Sigmaringen, Princess Urraca of Bourbon-Two Sicilies died at the age of eighty-five. Princess Urraca never married although she did have a suitor for her hand at some point. The princess was buried at Rieden in the same cemetery as her parents and two of her siblings: Prince Ruggiero, Duke of Noto, and Princess Maria Antonietta. Urraca's burial site was marked with a simple wooden cross affixed with a small brass plaque bearing her name, until it was replaced by a large cross-shaped headstone with a similar small brass plaque.</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/AVvXsEi1a0dp8ZSKyH-tyZX5szGiERmFY3FAmBXFSCyJ0mlAxIOExU2QM9f3X55YNTe3oJWNjRUKeZ5T3gN__cY3Gi-5g71on0XpjHRTF7ow0VvXvhPoKV9HjNhdc-obBMCqLsMZxg3H-dZ_fM8/s850/Screen+Shot+2018-04-22+at+11.47.40+AM-2.png" alt="Euro History Journal" width="413" height="100"></a></p>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805423901056220636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069291918768169429.post-72572004675687993992021-12-23T17:24:00.000-08:002023-12-12T12:48:34.640-08:00The Palermo Wedding of Prince Jaime and Princess Charlotte, Duke and Duchess of Noto!<div id="post-body-6861177729632511484" class="post-body entry-content">
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<td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Duke and Duchess of Noto.<br>Photo (c) Real Casa di Borbone Due Sicilie.</td>
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<p>Today, 25 September, Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto, and Lady Charlotte Diana Lindesay-Bethune were married at the Duomo di Monreale in Palermo, Italy. The Duke of Noto is the eldest son and heir of Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria, and Princess Sofía, Duchess of Calabria. The Duchess of Noto is the daughter of James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay, and the Countess of Lindsay (née Diana Mary Chamberlayne-Macdonald). </p>
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<td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The joint monogram of Prince Jaime and Princess Charlotte of Bourbon-Two Siclies.<br>Photo (c) Real Casa di Borbone Due Sicilie.</td>
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<p>Members of the Austrian, Bulgarian, French, and Bourbon-Parma families were in attendance in addition to a large list of noble families from Italy, Sicily, Spain, and Germany. The Constantinian Order of St George ably handled the organisation of this grand royal wedding; members of the Order of Malta were on sight to provide medical service if needed. The wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Noto took place in Palermo ninety years after that of Prince Jaime's great-grandparents, the Count and Countess of Paris.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wedding portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Noto with their families.<br>Photo (c) Real Casa di Borbone Due Sicilie.</td>
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After the wedding, a reception was held at the Palazzo dei Normanni. The Duke and Duchess of Noto are both descendants of King George II of Great Britain; the bride is also a descendant of King Charles II. Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Noto, wore a fringe diamond tiara with a pearl finish, which comes from her family, to match her diamond and pearl drop earrings.
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<td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The joint coat of arms of the Duke and Duchess of Noto.<br>Photo (c) Real Casa di Borbone Due Sicilie.</td>
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<p>If you would like to watch footage from the royal wedding, many videos are available on the Facebook Page of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/realcircolo">Real Circolo Francesco II di Borbone/Royal Club Francis II of Bourbon</a>.</p>
<p><strong><em>Our congratulations to Prince Jaime and Princess Charlotte on their wedding!</em></strong></p>
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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/AVvXsEi1a0dp8ZSKyH-tyZX5szGiERmFY3FAmBXFSCyJ0mlAxIOExU2QM9f3X55YNTe3oJWNjRUKeZ5T3gN__cY3Gi-5g71on0XpjHRTF7ow0VvXvhPoKV9HjNhdc-obBMCqLsMZxg3H-dZ_fM8/s850/Screen+Shot+2018-04-22+at+11.47.40+AM-2.png" alt="Euro History Journal" width="413" height="100"></a></p>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805423901056220636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069291918768169429.post-7347467624383748332021-12-22T01:24:00.000-08:002023-12-11T04:57:10.312-08:00Joint Monogram Issued for Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Victoria Romanovna Ahead of Wedding<table class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
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<p><br>The Russian Imperial House has issued the joint monogram of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and the future Princess Victoria Romanovna Romanova ahead of their upcoming nuptials in October. The monogram is headed by the Russian imperial crown; below the crown is the Cyrillic letter Г for George and the Cyrillic letter В for Victoria appearing beneath. After the imperial marriage, we can expect that this monogram will appear at the top of any communications from the grand duke and princess.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Victoria Romanovna.<br>Photograph courtesy of the Russian Imperial Chancellery.<br>Photograph taken by Lodovico Colli di Felizzano.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Victoria Romanovna.<br>Photograph courtesy of the Russian Imperial Chancellery.<br>Photograph taken by Lodovico Colli di Felizzano.</td>
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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/AVvXsEi1a0dp8ZSKyH-tyZX5szGiERmFY3FAmBXFSCyJ0mlAxIOExU2QM9f3X55YNTe3oJWNjRUKeZ5T3gN__cY3Gi-5g71on0XpjHRTF7ow0VvXvhPoKV9HjNhdc-obBMCqLsMZxg3H-dZ_fM8/s850/Screen+Shot+2018-04-22+at+11.47.40+AM-2.png" alt="Euro History Journal" width="413" height="100"></a></p>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805423901056220636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069291918768169429.post-50648116889470916522021-12-20T16:24:00.000-08:002023-12-11T04:33:02.682-08:00The Greek Royal Family and the Island of Corfu Bids Adieu to Their Prince<table class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
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<td class="tr-caption">The memorial service for Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on Corfu.<br>Photograph (c) <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Leonidascorfu">Leonidas Corfu</a>.</td>
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<div>On Saturday, 17 April, the funeral of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, took place at St George's Chapel, Windsor. At the same time, a memorial service was held for Prince Philip at Saint Spyridon Church on Corfu, the Greek island where Philip was born in 1921. His Grace Nektarios, Bishop of Corfu and Paxoi, officiated over the ceremony and called to mind Prince Philip's birth and baptism on Corfu as well as the Duke of Edinburgh's ties to the the monks of Mount Athos. A wreath from King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, bearing their royal monograms, was placed in front of a portrait of the late Prince Philip.</div>
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<td class="tr-caption">The wreath sent by King Konstantine II and Queen Anna-Maria of Greece.<br>Photograph (c) <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Leonidascorfu">Leonidas Corfu</a>.</td>
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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/AVvXsEi1a0dp8ZSKyH-tyZX5szGiERmFY3FAmBXFSCyJ0mlAxIOExU2QM9f3X55YNTe3oJWNjRUKeZ5T3gN__cY3Gi-5g71on0XpjHRTF7ow0VvXvhPoKV9HjNhdc-obBMCqLsMZxg3H-dZ_fM8/s850/Screen+Shot+2018-04-22+at+11.47.40+AM-2.png" alt="Euro History Journal" width="413" height="100"></a></p>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805423901056220636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069291918768169429.post-21245218602787807012021-12-19T14:24:00.000-08:002023-12-12T12:36:48.822-08:00The Nine Surviving Nephews and Nieces of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh<table class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
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<td class="tr-caption">The family of the Duke of Edinburgh: Prince Andrew, Princess Alice, Princess Margarita, Princess Theodora, Princess Cecilie, Princess Sophie, and Prince Philip.</td>
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<p>In addition to his British family, the late Duke of Edinburgh leaves behind many close relatives on the Continent. Prince Philip was the youngest of five siblings, the elder four of whom were sisters. The eldest sister Margarita married Gottfried zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg. The next eldest sister Theodora married Berthold of Baden. The third sister Cecilie married Georg Donatus of Hesse and by Rhine. The fourth sister Sophie married Christoph of Hesse; after being widowed, Sophie married Georg Wilhelm of Hannover. From the five marriages of his four sisters, the Duke of Edinburgh is survived by six nephews and three nieces. </p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Margrave Max of Baden at the funeral of his first cousin Fürst Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg.</td>
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<p>Born on 3 July 1933 at Salem, Margrave Max of Baden was the first son and second child of Margrave Berthold of Baden and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark. Max, his brother Ludwig, and his cousin Karl of Hesse attended the 1960 wedding of Princess Margaret to Antony Armstrong-Jones. In 1966, Margrave Max married Archduchess Valerie of Austria (b.1940). Margrave Max and Margravine Valerie of Baden have four children, three sons and one daughter: Princess Marie Louise (b.1969), Hereditary Prince Bernhard (b.1970), Prince Leopold (b.1971), and Prince Michael (b.1976). In 1999, Princess Marie Louise married Richard Baker (b.1936). In 2001, Hereditary Prince Bernhard married Stephanie Kaul (b.1966). In 2015, Prince Michael married Christine Höhne. </p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince Ludwig of Baden at the funeral of his first cousin Fürst Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg.</td>
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<p>Born on 16 March 1937 at Karlsruhe, Prince Ludwig of Baden was the second son and third and final child of Margrave Berthold of Baden and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark. In 1967, Prince Ludwig married Princess Marianne von Auersperg-Breunner (b.1943). Prince Ludwig and Princess Marianne have three children: Princess Sophie (b.1975), Prince Berthold (b.1976), and Princess Aglaë (b.1981). In 2019, Princess Aglaë married Wolf von Trotha (b.1974)</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince Andreas zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg at the funeral of his brother Fürst Kraft.</td>
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<p>Born on 24 November 1938 at Schwäbisch-Hall, Prince Andreas zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg was the second son and third child of Fürst Gottfried zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark. In 1968, Prince Andreas married Princess Luise von Schönburg-Waldenburg (b.1943). Prince Andreas and Princess Luise have two daughters: Princess Katharina (b.1972) and Princess Tatjana (b.1975). In 2002, Princess Katharina married Prince Nikolaus zu Waldeck und Pyrmont (b.1970). In 2010, Princess Tatjana married Hubertus Stephan (1970-2018).</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Dorothea of Hesse and her husband Prince Friedrich zu Windisch-Grätz.<br>Photograph (c) Getty Images/Gamma-Keystone.</td>
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<p>Born on 24 July 1934 at Schloß Parker, Princess Dorothea of Hesse was the second daughter and second child of Prince Christoph of Hesse and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark. In 1959, Princess Dorothea married Prince Friedrich zu Windisch-Grätz (1917-2002). Dorothea's wedding was attended by her grandmother Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark (née Battenberg) as well as by King Umberto II of Italy. Princess Dorothea and Prince Friedrich had two daughters: Princess Marina (b.1960) and Princess Clarissa (b.1966). In 1985, Princess Clarissa married Eric de Waele (b.1962). In 1988, Princess Marina married Gyula Jakabffy (b.1962).</p>
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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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<p>Born on 27 March 1937 at Berlin, Prince Karl of Hesse was the first son and third child of Prince Christoph of Hesse and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark. In 1966, Prince Karl married Countess Yvonne Szapáry von Muraszombath, Széchysziget u.Szapár (b.1944). Prince Karl and Princess Yvonne have 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.</p>
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<p>Born on 18 November 1938 at Kronberg, Prince Rainier of Hesse was the second son and fourth child of Prince Christoph of Hesse and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark. Prince Rainier has never married and has no children. The prince is an historian.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Clarissa of Hesse, her mother Princess Sophie, and her stepfather Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hannover arrive in London for the wedding of Princess Alexandra of Kent, 1963.<br>Photograph (c) Alamy.</td>
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<p>Born on 6 February 1944 at Kronberg, Princess Clarissa of Hesse was the third daughter and fifth and last child of Prince Christoph of Hesse and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark. Clarissa was a bridesmaid at the 1960 wedding of her cousin Lady Pamela Mountbatten to David Hicks. Princess Clarissa of Hesse was also an attendant to Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark at Anne-Marie's 1964 wedding to King Constantine II of Greece. In 1971, Princess Clarissa married Claude Jean Derrien (b.1948); the couple divorced in 1976. Clarissa of Hesse has one daughter, Johanna (b.1980).</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince Georg of Hannover and his mother Princess Sophie in 1996<br>Photograph (c) Seeger-Presse</td>
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<p>Born on 9 December 1949 at Salem, Prince Georg of Hannover was the second son of Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hannover (1915-2006) and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914-2001). In 1973, Georg of Hannover married Victoria Ann Bee (b.1951), the daughter of Robert Bee (1920-1994) and Countess Eleonore Fugger von Babenhausen (1925-1992), who married in 1946 and divorced in 1959. In 1961, Victoria's mother Eleonore took as her second husband Prince Burchard of Prussia (1917-1988), son of Prince Oskar of Prussia (1888-1958) and his wife Countess Ina Marie von Bassewitz (1888-1973; created Countess von Ruppin in 1914; recognised as Princess of Prussia in 1920). Victoria of Hannover's mother Eleonore was thus married to the first cousin (Prince Burchard of Prussia) of Victoria's father-in-law Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hannover. Prince Georg and Princess Victoria of Hannover have two daughters: Princess Vera (b.1976) and Princess Nora (b.1979). In 2006, Princess Vera married Manuel Dmoch (b.1977). Princess Nora is married to Christian Falk (b.1972).</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">The first visit of the now Prince of Wales to Germany in 1963.<br>Left to right: Princess Sophie, Prince Charles, Princess Frederica, Prince Georg Wilhelm, and Prince Georg.<br>Photograph (c) Alamy.</td>
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<p>Born on 15 October 1954 at Salem, Princess Frederica of Hannover was the only daughter and third and last child of Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hannover and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark. Together with her elder half-sister Clarissa, Frederica was a bridesmaid at the 1960 wedding of Lady Pamela Mountbatten to David Hicks. In 1979, Princess Frederica married Canadian Jerry William Cyr (b.1951). Princess Frederica and Jerry Cyr have two children: Julia (b.1982) and Jean-Paul (b.1985). </p>
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<p>Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was predeceased by seven nephews and five nieces. Among Princess Margarita's children, the following nephews and nieces passed away before their uncle: an unnamed Princess zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b.and d.1933), Fürst Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1935-2004), Princess Beatrix (1936-1997), Prince Albrecht (1994-1992), and Prince Rupprecht (1944-1978). Among Princess Theodora's children, the following niece passed away before her uncle: Princess Margarita of Baden (1932-2013; married Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia). Among Princess Cecilie's children, the following nephews and niece passed away before their uncle: Prince Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine (1931-1937), Prince Alexander (1933-1937), Princess Johanna (1936-1939), and an unnamed Prince(ss) of Hesse and by Rhine (b.and d.1937). Among Princess Sophie's children, the following niece and nephew passed away before their uncle: Princess Christina of Hesse (1933-2011; married Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia) and Prince Welf of Hannover (1947-1981).</p>
<p><a title="Euro History Journal" href="https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1a0dp8ZSKyH-tyZX5szGiERmFY3FAmBXFSCyJ0mlAxIOExU2QM9f3X55YNTe3oJWNjRUKeZ5T3gN__cY3Gi-5g71on0XpjHRTF7ow0VvXvhPoKV9HjNhdc-obBMCqLsMZxg3H-dZ_fM8/s850/Screen+Shot+2018-04-22+at+11.47.40+AM-2.png" alt="Euro History Journal" width="413" height="100"></a></p>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805423901056220636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069291918768169429.post-66403796204631590432021-12-18T05:24:00.000-08:002023-12-12T04:17:47.050-08:00Sisters of Prince Philip to be Represented by Family at Duke's Funeral<table class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at the funeral of his nephew Fürst Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg.</td>
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<p>It has recently been reported that the sisters of the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, will be represented at his funeral on Saturday by three individuals. This is being done at the express wish of the late Duke of Edinburgh. The family of Princess Margarita, the eldest sister, will be represented by her grandson Fürst Philipp zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg. The family of Princess Theodora will be represented by her grandson Hereditary Prince Bernhard of Baden. The families of Princess Cecilie and Princess Sophie will be represented by Landgrave Donatus of Hesse. The three German princes flew to the United Kingdom over the weekend and are currently in quarantine owing to coronavirus precautions. </p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Fürst Philipp and Fürstin Saskia zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg on their wedding day.</td>
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<div>Born in 1970, Fürst Philipp zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg is the only son of Fürst Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1935-2004) and his first wife Princess Charlotte of Croÿ (b.1938). Philipp is the grandson of Fürst Gottfried zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897-1960) and Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905-1981), the eldest sister of Prince Philip. In 2003, then Hereditary Prince Philipp zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg married Saskia Binder; the couple have two sons and one daughter. </div>
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<p>Born in 1970, Hereditary Prince Bernhard of Baden is the son of Margrave Max of Baden (b.1933) and Archduchess Valerie of Austria (b.1941). Bernhard is the grandson of Margrave Berthold of Baden (1906-1963) and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906-1969), the second eldest sister of Prince Philip. In 2001, Hereditary Prince Bernard of Baden married Stephanie Kaul; the couple have three sons.</p>
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<p>Born in 1966, Landgrave Donatus of Hesse is the son of Landgrave Moritz of Hesse (1926-2013) and Princess Tatjana zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (b.1940). Donatus's father Moritz was adopted by Prince Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine, the brother-in-law of Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (1911-1937), who married Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse and by Rhine. Donatus's uncle Prince Christoph of Hesse was the first husband of Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914-2001). In 2003, then Hereditary Prince Donatus of Hesse married Countess Floria von Faber-Castell; the couple have two sons and one daughter.</p>
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<p>On Tuesday, 6 April 2021, the 13th Duke de Brissac passed away at the age of ninety-two. Surrounded by his family, the duke died at his manor La Roche in Charcé-Saint-Ellier. The late duke was particularly passionate about horse breeding, and he served as a municipal councillor in Brissac.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">May de Cossé (née Schneider), Duchess de Brissac.</td>
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<p>Born on 29 February 1929 at the château de la Verrerie, Eugène Marie Timoléon <em>François</em> de Cossé-Brissac was the eldest son of Pierre de Cossé-Brissac (1900-1993), 12th Duke de Brissac, and Marie-Zélie "<em>May</em>" Antoinette Eugénie Schneider (1902-1999). François had three siblings: Marie-Pierre (b.1925; married 1stly Simon Nora; married 2ndly Maurice Herzog; married 3rdly Christian Schmidt), Gilles (1935-2002), and Elvire (b.1939). </p>
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<td class="tr-caption">The Duke and Duchess de Brissac with Sir Roger Moore and his wife. </td>
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<td class="tr-caption">The Duke and Duchess de Brissac attend the Christmas dinner at the British Embassy to Paris, 2009.<br>Photograph (c) Getty Images / Bertrand Rindoff Petroff.</td>
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<p>In 1958, François de Cossé-Brissac married Jacqueline de Contades (b.1940), the daughter of André de Contades and Marguerite "<em>Daisy</em>" Thome. Jacqueline was a friend of her husband's younger sister Elvire. François and Jacqueline had five children, three daughters and two sons: Agnès (b.1960; married Bruno van den Broek d'Obrenan), Charles-André (b.1962), Angélique (b.1965; married Vicomte Stanislas de Rougé), Marie-Antoinette (b.1968; married Philippe Leclerq), and Pierre-Emmanuel (b.1974; married Marie-Astrid Larue).</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">The late Duke de Brissac with his eldest son Marquis Charles-André de Cossé-Brissac.</td>
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<p>The 14th Duke de Brissac is the eldest son and heir of François: Charles-André de Cossé-Brissac. In 1993, Charles-André married Countess Larissa Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsövidek (b.1967). The new Duke and Duchess de Brissac have four children, three daughters and one son: Laszlo (b.1994), Irina (b.1996), Délia (b.1998; engaged to Prince Marc von Croÿ), and Annabel (b.2002). </p>
<p><em><strong>May the Duke de Brissac Rest in Peace.</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/AVvXsEi1a0dp8ZSKyH-tyZX5szGiERmFY3FAmBXFSCyJ0mlAxIOExU2QM9f3X55YNTe3oJWNjRUKeZ5T3gN__cY3Gi-5g71on0XpjHRTF7ow0VvXvhPoKV9HjNhdc-obBMCqLsMZxg3H-dZ_fM8/s850/Screen+Shot+2018-04-22+at+11.47.40+AM-2.png" alt="Euro History Journal" width="413" height="100"></a></p>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805423901056220636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069291918768169429.post-86783809115916817292021-12-15T11:24:00.000-08:002023-12-12T12:55:23.971-08:00An Interview with Princess Urraca of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1913-1999)<table class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
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<p>In the fall of 1998, Princess Urraca of Bourbon-Two Sicilies gave an interview to Giuseppe Scammacca. This interview was published in the now defunct French-language magazine <em>Bourbons</em>. Below one can read an English translation of the interview of the princess.</p>
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<p><strong>Your Royal Highness is one of the great nieces of the last Neapolitan sovereign, His Majesty Francesco II. What kind of memories did the Duke of Calabria, the father of Your Royal Highness, impart to you of the king?</strong></p>
<p><em>Naturally, my father, but also my grandfather [the Count of Caserta] often spoke to me of Francesco II, as well as to my three sisters. The idea that we had as children was that the king was a man struck by sorrows and the trials of life. Probably due to various betrayals that he endured... I remember very well my great-aunt, the Queen Sophia. She was a severe woman; I was so afraid of her.</em></p>
<p><strong>Can you provide us with a description of the Duke of Calabria, your father?</strong></p>
<p><em>My father followed the family's traditions, notably in reorganising the Constantinian Order of which he was Grand Master for a long time. He also pursued a military career in the Spanish army of his cousin King Alfonso XIII; I believe that I remember that he was a very talented engineering officer. He fought in Spanish Morocco. </em></p>
<p><em>One of my saddest memoirs: the death in his youth of his son (my brother), the Duke of Noto, the presumptive heir. He died from the Spanish flu that ravaged Europe during the First World War.</em></p>
<p><strong>Called to God in 1960, the Duke of Calabria was by right His Majesty King Ferdinando III. How did he carry out this dignity far from the land that had witnessed his birth?</strong></p>
<p><em>To tell the truth, my father was not born in Naples but in Rome, at the Palazzo Farnese. However, he only lived there for a year, since he, like his entire family, had to leave the new Italy after September 1870; this exile did not end until 1938, on the occasion of my sister Lucia's marriage to Prince Eugenio of Savoy-Genoa, Duke of Ancona. I remember that my father spent a lot of his time, when he lived in Bavaria, to constitute and reorganise archives relating to the royal family and therefore to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Unfortunately, part of these documents was destroyed during the bombing of Munich during World War II. He donated what was left of the archives to the city of Naples.</em></p>
<p><strong>What can you tell us about your father's stay in Spain?</strong></p>
<p><em>I have often been told of the military feats of my grandfather, who had been the Chief of Staff in the Carlist armies who fought for King Carlos VII of Spain, Duke of Madrid. In 1874, when the Duke of Madrid had to take refuge in France, my grandfather rode alongside him when they arrived in Pau. This is where the daughter of the Carlist King, Princess Alicia, was born.</em></p>
<p><strong>As a Capetian princess, how do you view the House of Bourbon?</strong></p>
<p><em>Personally, I feel first of all Neapolitan and Sicilian; moreover, when I travel to the old kingdom, I see everywhere the proof of the moral, cultural and spiritual heritage that my family left there. But I was just talking about Pau; that's where Henri VI started out. So I am also French at heart, as I am undoubtedly Spanish and Parmesan. Indeed, the Bourbons reigned everywhere, until America. It's amazing, isn't it?</em></p>
<p><strong>You yourself have experienced exile. How did you feel when you went through this ordeal?</strong></p>
<p><em>Sadness; in particular, that of not being able to know the countries and the friends that our parents wanted to tell us about. Of course, my mother, my sisters and I could cross the north of Italy to get from Munich to Cannes... But remember that we were always watched, accompanied on the train by plainclothes police. And, it was not until 1938 that my father was able to return to Italy. However, since the end of World War II, we were finally free. It is all the more strange that my Bavarian cousins have never suffered this kind of annoyance ... and have always lived in their homeland.</em></p>
<p><strong>You return from time to time to the lands that constituted the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. What are your feelings there?</strong></p>
<p><em>I am at home there! And I have so many friends there!</em></p>
<p><strong>Exactly, what is the attitude of the Italians and, more precisely, of the Neapolitans and the Sicilians towards you?</strong></p>
<p><em>As I just told you, grand and loving are the feelings of the people I meet. All still speak - and I will even say more and more - of my ancestors whom they consider as the image of the continuity of the moral and political values which embodied the history of our kingdom. Moreover, I am invited to the many events organised by cultural groups and movements that want to seriously study the true history of the nineteenth century.</em></p>
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<p>Born on 14 July 1913 at Schloß Nymphenburg in Munich, Princess Urraca Maria Isabella Carolina Aldegonda of Bourbon-Two Sicilies was the sixth and youngest child of Prince Ferdinand Pius of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria and his wife Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria. Urraca chose not to celebrate her birthday, remarking: "<em>How can a Bourbon celebrate on the day of the storming of the Bastille?</em>" The princess had five older siblings: Princess Maria Antonietta (1898–1957); Princess Maria Cristina (1899–1985; married Manuel Sotomayor-Luna, Vice President of Ecuador); Prince Ruggiero, Duke of Noto (1901–1914), Princess Barbara (1902–1927; married Count Franz Xaver zu Stolberg-Wernigerode), and Princess Lucia (1908–2001; married Prince Eugenio of Savoy, Duke of Ancona). The Duke and Duchess of Calabria lived with their children at Villa Amsee just outside Lindau.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Urraca of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and Princess Michael of Kent, Venice, 1990.<br>Photograph (c) Marcellino Radogna.</td>
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<div>As the daughter of the head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Urraca regularly represented her family at royal and aristocratic functions and charitable events.<br><br>
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<div>On the night of 10 January 1957, Urraca was driving her eldest sister Maria Antonietta to her home in Lindau, Germany, when their automobile collided with a truck that had skid on ice near Winterthur, Switzerland. Maria Antonietta was killed in the accident and Urraca was seriously injured. After several months in hospital, Princess Urraca recovered.</div>
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<div>On 3 May 1999 at Sigmaringen, Princess Urraca of Bourbon-Two Sicilies died at the age of eighty-five. Princess Urraca never married although she did have a suitor for her hand at some point. The princess was buried at Rieden in the same cemetery as her parents and two of her siblings: Prince Ruggiero, Duke of Noto, and Princess Maria Antonietta. Urraca's burial site was marked with a simple wooden cross affixed with a small brass plaque bearing her name, until it was replaced by a large cross-shaped headstone with a similar small brass plaque.</div>
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<p>On Tuesday, 6 April 2021, the Grand Ducal Court announced the engagement of Prince Louis of Luxembourg and Mademoiselle Scarlett-Lauren Sirgue. The couple have 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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<p><br>Born at Bordeaux on 8 August 1991, Scarlett-Lauren Sirgue is the daughter of Pierre Sirgue (b.1954) and the late Scarlett Berrebi (d.2021). Pierre and Scarlett founded Cabinet d'avocats BERREBI & SIRGUE, the family's law practice, in 1984. Scarlett-Lauren has two siblings: Elisabeth and Archibald. The Sirgue children were raised between Cap Ferret, Bordeaux, London, Switzerland, and Paris. A lawyer like her parents, Scarlett-Lauren works at the family law firm and specialises in Family Law and Victims' Law. Through her father, Mlle Sirgue is a distant cousin of French politician Marine Le Pen. </p>
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<div>Born at Luxembourg City on 3 August 1986, Prince Louis of Luxembourg is the son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa. Louis has four siblings: Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume, Prince Felix, Princess Alexandra, and Prince Sebastian. From 2006-2019, Prince Louis was married to Tessy Antony; the couple had two children, Prince Gabriel (b.2006) and Prince Noah (b.2007). </div>
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<div><em><strong>Our best wishes to the happy couple!</strong></em></div>
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<p>Following Friday's announcement from Buckingham Palace about the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, the royal houses of Europe have joined together in sending their condolences to The Queen and the British Royal Family. You can find a selection of these messages below.</p>
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<p><strong>Albania</strong></p>
<p>Crown Prince Leka of Albania has expressed his condolences:</p>
<blockquote><em>The Albanian Royal Family expresses it’s sincere condolences to Her Majesty the Queen and the British Royal Family for the passing of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Philip will be dearly missed and his incredible life remembered. With our prayers!</em></blockquote>
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<div>Archduke Ferdinand of Austria has expressed his condolences:</div>
<blockquote><em>Prince Philip’s humour, courage & dedication will always be an example to us. My condolences to the British Royal Family and all of Great Britain.</em></blockquote>
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<div>King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians have expressed their condolences:</div>
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<div><em>Deeply saddened by the passing away of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. We wish to express our deepest condolences to Her Majesty The Queen, the British Royal Family and the people of the United Kingdom. </em></div>
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<div>Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has expressed her condolences:</div>
<blockquote><em>Her Majesty The Queen has today sent personal condolences to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in connection with the death of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh.<br><br>Prince Philip was born in 1921 as Prince of Greece and Denmark and was a great-grandchild of Christian IX. A portrait of Prince Philip was painted by the Australian-born artist Ralph Heimans in 2017. In the painting, Prince Philip wears the Danish Order of the Elephant.</em></blockquote>
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<div>Prince Jean, Count of Paris, has expressed his condolences:<em><br></em></div>
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<div><em>The Duke of Edinburgh esteemed a lot France and French people. His sense of duty was much appraised. We shall miss his phlegm and elegance. Deepest condolences to Her Majesty the Queen and all the British Royal Family, on behalf of the French Royal Family.</em></div>
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<div>King Constantine II of Greece has expressed his condolences:</div>
<blockquote><em>Prince Philip was a remarkable man who dedicated his entire life to duty and service for his country and the Commonwealth.<br><br>My sorrow is even deeper because of our close family ties. He will be deeply missed by all of us.<br><br>He was a man of great character who will be remembered for his forward-thinking, sharp wit and his constant encouraging support to HM Queen Elizabeth II.</em></blockquote>
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<div>Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece has expressed his condolences:</div>
<blockquote><em>With deep sadness, but with the joy of reflecting upon a life lived through outstanding dedication and devotion to his country, family and, of course, to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, my family and I remember HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark in Mon Repos, our home on the Island of Corfu, on 10th June 1921, the only son of Prince Andrew (Andreas) and Princess Alice of Greece.</em> </blockquote>
<blockquote><em>Uncle Philip, as he was known to us, has been a very loved member of the extended Greek family and of course a strong connection for us to Britain where my brother Philippos was born and given his name by my parents. As I reflect on his life, I feel immensely proud of him: of his bravery in World War II and of the way he overcame the challenges of exile in his formative early life. He was by any conceivable standard, the most remarkable servant to the Sovereign and to the United Kingdom, his adopted country, and to the Commonwealth. He was armed with the determination, compassion, vision and steadfast loyalty which were at the core of his ability to support the Queen in their united stability amidst the shifting tides of the past century and beyond. At the coronation he swore to be his wife’s “liege man of life and limb”, which he carried out unfalteringly, unquestioningly. </em> </blockquote>
<blockquote><em>He will be remembered by over 700 organisations as President or Patron and for the Duke of Edinburgh Award that since 1956 has had 8million young participants. He took great pleasure in his relationship with the Armed forces and the life of the men and women serving them.</em> </blockquote>
<blockquote><em>Prince Philip did not like to dwell on things: he was a doer, with great vigour and energy. It has been said that the life of the dead is placed into the memory of the living and this will be compellingly true of the memories of our time spent with him - the hilarity, the stories, the seemingly limitless interests - will always be treasured.</em> </blockquote>
<blockquote><em>Our thoughts and prayers are today with HM Queen Elizabeth II and her own family, for whom the sense of loss will be very hard to bear; and yet I know that the joy of reflecting upon his extraordinary life will be a source of immense comfort and pride.</em></blockquote>
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<div>Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg has expressed his condolences:</div>
<blockquote><em>Your Majesty,<br><br>The Grand Duchess and I are deeply saddened to learn of the passing away of Your dear husband, Prince Philip.<br><br>The Duke of Edinburgh’s longstanding service for Your country is unparalleled, starting in the Royal Navy, where Prince Philip excelled in several battles during Second World War. He brought the same discipline and intelligence to his activities as Prince Consort and will be fondly and respectfully remembered for his strong support and dedication to Your Majesty, Your family and the United Kingdom.<br><br>Personally, we hold many great memories of our meetings over the past decades. Not only his earnest commitment to social and environmental causes, but also his wit and humour impressed us deeply. The friendship that Your Majesty and His Royal Highness shared with my late parents still holds a special meaning for my family.<br><br>Together with the people of Luxembourg, we send Your Majesty, Your family and the people of the United Kingdom our sincere condolences and deepest sympathies.<br><br>Henri</em></blockquote>
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<div>King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands in addition to Princess Beatrix have expressed their condolences:</div>
<blockquote><em>It is with great respect that we remember His Royal Highness Prince Philip. Throughout his long life, he committed himself with dedication to the British people and to his many duties and responsibilities. His lively personality never ceased to leave an unforgettable impression. Our deepest and most heartfelt sympathy goes out to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and all the members of the Royal Family.</em></blockquote>
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<div>King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway have expressed their condolences:</div>
<blockquote><em>“Our thoughts are with Queen Elizabeth and the rest of her family. We also send our condolences to the British people,” said His Majesty King Harald.<br><br>His Majesty has decided that a flag will be flown at half-mast from the Palace balcony today and on the day of the funeral.</em></blockquote>
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<div>The Custodian of the Crown Margareta and Prince Radu have expressed their condolences:</div>
<blockquote><em>Her Majesty the Custodian of the Romanian Crown and HRH Prince Radu, as well as the Romanian Royal Family, learned with profound sadness and immense sorrow the news of the passing of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.<br><br>The consort to the British Sovereign passed away this morning at Windsor Castle.<br><br>Prince Philip and King Michael, born in the same year, were cousins and maintained a lifelong friendship. The Duke of Edinburgh was the godfather of Her Majesty Margareta. Prince Philip, along with Queen Elizabeth II, were always present in the life of the Romanian Royal Family.<br><br>After the passing away of King Michael, for Margareta Custodian of the Crown the Duke of Edinburgh was a father figure. All generations of the Romanian and British Royal Families have been close, but for today’s generation, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip remain as spiritual models and fundamental sources of inspiration.</em></blockquote>
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<div>Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia have expressed their condolences:</div>
<blockquote><em>TRH Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine and the entire Royal Family received with great sadness the news that HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, godmother of the Crown Prince, passed away today.<br><br>The whole life of Prince Philip was dedicated to the service of the British Crown and the people. He is survived by his wife, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, four children, eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.<br><br>Prince Philip was the son of the Greek and Danish Prince Andrew, the brother of the Greek King Constantine, the maternal great-grandfather of the Crown Prince Alexander.<br><br>Crown Prince Alexander and the Royal Family had a good cousin, a sincere friend in the late Duke, whose memory will live forever. His departure will create a great void in the hearts of all who knew him.</em></blockquote>
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<div>King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain have expressed their condolences:</div>
<blockquote><em>Dear Aunt Lillibet,<br><br>We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing away of dear Uncle Philip. In these sad moments, we would like to send you our most heartfelt condolences on behalf of the government and people of Spain, and all our sympathy and support. We will never forget the moments that we shared with him and the legacy of service and dedication to the Crown and the United Kingdom by your side. Our thoughts and prayers are with Your Majesty and the whole family.<br><br>With all our love and affection,<br><br><br>Felipe and Letizia</em></blockquote>
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<div>King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden have expressed their condolences:</div>
<blockquote><em>The Queen and I were deeply saddened to learn of the death of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.<br><br>Prince Philip has been a great friend of our family for many years, a relation which we have deeply valued.<br><br>His service to his country will remain an inspiration to us all.<br><br>We offer our sincere condolences to Her Majesty The Queen, The Royal Family and the people of the United Kingdom.<br><br>CARL GUSTAF</em></blockquote>
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<div><strong>If you would like to send your condolences to The Queen and the Royal Family, please visit the Royal Family's website: </strong><a href="https://www.royal.uk/">https://www.royal.uk</a></div>
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<p>This morning (Friday, 9 April), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, died at Windsor Castle. The prince had been hospitalised for several weeks between February and March. Prince Philip was ninety-nine years-old and the husband of Queen Elizabeth II for seventy-three years. </p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Alice and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark.<br>Photograph (c) Getty Images.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and his wife Princess Alice of Battenberg with their five children: Princess Margarita, Princess Theodora, Princess Cecilie, Princess Sophie, and Prince Philip. </td>
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<p>During the reign of his uncle King Constantine I of the Hellenes, Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark was born at Mon Repos, Corfu, on 10 June 1921, as the only son and fifth and final child of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and and his wife Princess Alice of Battenberg, who married in 1903. Prince Philip's four elder sisters were Margarita, Theodora, Cecilie, and Sophie. The prince, who was seventh in the line of succession to the Greek throne, was baptised in the Greek Orthodox rite at St. George's Church in the Old Fortress in Corfu. He received as godparents his paternal grandmother Queen Olga of Greece (for whom Princess Olga of Greece stood proxy) and the Corfu City Council (for whom the Mayor of Corfu stood proxy). At the time of Philip's birth, his father Prince Andrew was away fighting on the front of the Greco-Turkish War. After Greece lost the war in Autumn 1922, the monarchy was abolished and the royal family went into exile. Andrew, Alice, and their five children settled in France, where Andrew's sister-in-law Marie Bonaparte, wife of his brother George, gave the family a house at Saint-Cloud in which to live. In the meantime, little Philip attended an American school in Paris called The Elms. In 1928, Philip was sent by his parents to stay in the United Kingdom with his maternal grandmother Victoria, Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven. He was looked after by his uncle George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Mildford Haven. Victoria Milford Haven enrolled her grandson at Cheam School in Headley, Hampshire.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">The Marchioness of Milford Haven (née Countess Nada de Torby), Lady Tatiana Mountbatten, the Marquess of Milford Haven (né Prince George of Battenberg), Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, and the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven, 1931.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark prepares for a role in the play Macbeth while at Gordonstoun, 1935.<br>Photograph (c) Getty Images.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark playing cricket at Gordonstoun, 1939.</td>
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<p>Between 1930 and 1931, young Philip's family centre effectively deteriorated from under him. Those years saw the marriages of all four of Philip's sisters: in December 1930, Sophie married Prince Christoph of Hesse; in January 1931, Cecilie married Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse and by Rhine; in April 1931, Margarita married Prince Gottfried zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg; and in August 1931, Theodora married Prince Berthold of Baden. These years also witnessed the deterioration of Philip's parents' marriage: his mother Alice's state of mental health declined to the point that she had to be institutionalised numerous times, and his father Andrew moved in with a mistress. After 1931, there was no home base at Saint-Cloud for Philip. As Philip's sister Sophie remarked about this period in a <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/a-strange-life-profile-of-prince-philip-1563268.html">1992 profile of her brother</a>: "<em>Then we all sort of disappeared, and the house in St Cloud was closed down.</em>" In 1933, Philip was sent to Schloß Salem where he was educated by Kurt Hahn. Owing to the rise of the Nazis in Germany, in 1935, Philip transferred to Gordonstoun in Scotland, which was founded by Hahn after he was forced to leave Salem due to the persecution of the German Jewish population. In 1939, Philip left Gordonstoun and began studying as a cadet at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, from which he graduated in 1940 at the top of his class. Philip then enlisted in the British Royal Navy, where he saw active service during World War II. On 16 July 1942, Philip was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">The Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten upon their engagement, 1947.<br>Photograph (c) Getty Images.</td>
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<p>In 1939, Philip became reacquainted with The Princess Elizabeth, the daughter of King George VI of the United Kingdom and Queen Elizabeth, during a visit that the king and queen in the company of their young daughters undertook to the Royal Naval College, where Philip was studying. Philip was asked by the princesses' mother Queen Elizabeth and his uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten to look after Elizabeth and Margaret during the visit. Thirteen year-old Elizabeth took to the dashing eighteen year-old cadet. As the years passed, the couple fell in love; Princess Elizabeth would often write to Philip during his naval service. In Summer 1946, Philip asked King George VI for his daughter Elizabeth's hand in marriage, and the king agreed so long as the announcement of the engagement would be delayed until Elizabeth's twenty-first birthday in April 1947. On 28 February 1947, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark became a British subject with the surname Mountbatten. On 10 July 1947, the engagement was officially announced between The Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. In a Letters Patent dated 19 November 1947, Philip's future father-in-law George VI granted Philip the title, style, and attribute of <em>Royal Highness</em> in addition to awarding Philip the Order of the Garter. In a Letters Patent dated 20 November 1947, King George VI bestowed upon Philip the titles Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich. On 20 November 1947, the wedding of The Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh took place at Westminster Abbey. Elizabeth and Philip were doubly related: they were second cousins once removed through their descent from King Christian IX of Denmark and they were third cousins through their descent from Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. The couple's nuptials were broadcast by the BBC and seen by over 200 million people around the world. Among the guests at Philip and Elizabeth's wedding was his eighty-four year-old grandmother Victoria, Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven, who had been such a source of stability for her grandson. </p>
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<td class="tr-caption">The Duke of Edinburgh at his desk in his office at Clarence House, 1951.<br>Photograph (c) Getty Images.</td>
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<p>After a honeymoon at the Mountbattens’ Broadlands home, Philip and Elizabeth took up residence at Clarence House. Almost a year after their marriage, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh welcomed the birth of their first child, a son: Prince Charles Philip Arthur George of Edinburgh (now The Prince of Wales) was born on 14 November 1948 at Buckingham Palace. Almost two years later, Philip and Elizabeth welcomed the birth of their second child and only daughter: Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise of Edinburgh (now The Princess Royal) was born on 15 August 1950 at Clarence House. Lady Pamela Hicks, the younger daughter of Lord Mountbatten of Burma and a first cousin of Philip, said in the 2014 television documentary <em>The Duke: A Portrait of Prince Philip</em>: "<em>Prince Philip has always been very much the head of the family privately, which is what the Queen wants, because she thinks it is the natural state of things and it is right, because, don't forget, we are talking about two, or three, generations ago, when we all thought like that.</em>"</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">The Duke of Edinburgh kneels before the Queen during the Coronation, 1953.<br>Photograph (c) Getty Images / Central Press.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">The British State Visit to Sweden: The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh with King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and his wife Queen Louise, who was Prince Philip's maternal aunt, 1956.</td>
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<p><br>On 6 February 1952, Philip's father-in-law King George VI died at the age of fifty-six. At the time, Philip and Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) were on a royal tour in Kenya. Philip had to break the news to his wife of her beloved father's passing. The couple quickly flew back to the United Kingdom and moved into Buckingham Palace. The Coronation of the Queen took place at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953, during which Philip knelt before his wife and sovereign and swore the following oath: "<em>I, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, do become your liege man of life and limb, and of earthly worship; and faith and truth I will bear unto you, to live and die, against all manner of folks. So help me God.</em>" Philip remained true to this vow for the rest of his life. On 22 February 1957, Queen Elizabeth II created her husband a Prince of the United Kingdom. From then on, he was known as "His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh."</p>
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<div>The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh pictured with their two youngest children, Prince Edward and Prince Andrew, 1974.</div>
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<div>On 8 February 1960, Queen Elizabeth II issued an Order in Council declaring that "Mountbatten-Windsor" would be the surname of her and her husband's male-line descendants who are not styled as Royal Highness or titled as Prince/Princess. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh welcomed the arrival of their third child and second son: Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward of the United Kingdom (now The Duke of York) was born at Buckingham Palace on 19 February 1960. Four years later, the family of Elizabeth II and Philip was completed with the arrival of their fourth child and third son: Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis of the United Kingdom (now The Earl of Wessex) was born at Buckingham Palace on 10 March 1964. The Duke of Edinburgh was patron, president, or member of over 750 organisations; he served as chairman of <a href="http://www.dofe.org/">The Duke of Edinburgh's Award</a>, a self-improvement program for young people that he created in 1956. In 2009 Prince Philip became the longest serving British consort, a distinction previously held by Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III.</div>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Sophie of Hannover and her brother the Duke of Edinburgh attend the ceremony in Jerusalem when Yad Vashem named their mother Princess Alice to be Righteous Among Nations, 1994.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with their four children: the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Princess Royal, and the Earl of Wessex, 2007.</td>
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<div>On 2 August 2017, Prince Philip retired from his royal duties, having completed 22,219 solo engagements since 1952. On 20 November 2017, Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II celebrated their seventieth wedding anniversary, which made the Queen the first British monarch to celebrate a platinum wedding anniversary. A polyglot, Philip spoke English, German, and French fluently. In <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/a-strange-life-profile-of-prince-philip-1563268.html">a 1992 interview</a>, Philip recalled: "<em>If anything, I've thought of myself as Scandinavian. Particularly, Danish. We spoke English at home. The others [his sisters] learned Greek. I could understand a certain amount of it. But then the (conversation) would go into French. Then it went into German, on occasion, because we had German cousins. If you couldn't think of a word in one language, you tended to go off in another.</em>" Prince Philip enjoyed carriage-driving, painting, flying, sailing, and polo. </div>
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<td class="tr-caption">The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh with their four eldest grandchildren: Prince William of Wales, Peter Phillips, Prince Harry of Wales, and Zara Phillips, 1980s.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh with the British Royal Family on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary, 2007.</td>
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<div>Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is survived by Queen Elizabeth II, his wife of seventy-three years. He is also survived by his four children and their spouses: the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, the Duke of York, and the Earl and Countess of Wessex. In addition, Prince Philip is survived by his eight grandchildren and their spouses: the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Peter Phillips, Zara Tindall and Mike Tindall, Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli-Mozzi, Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor, and Viscount Severn. Furthermore, Philip is survived by ten great-grandchildren: Prince George of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, Prince Louis of Cambridge, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, Savannah Phillips, Isla Phillips, Mia Tindall, Lena Tindall, Lucas Tindall, and August Brooksbank.</div>
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<div><em><strong>May Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Rest in Peace.</strong></em></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/AVvXsEi1a0dp8ZSKyH-tyZX5szGiERmFY3FAmBXFSCyJ0mlAxIOExU2QM9f3X55YNTe3oJWNjRUKeZ5T3gN__cY3Gi-5g71on0XpjHRTF7ow0VvXvhPoKV9HjNhdc-obBMCqLsMZxg3H-dZ_fM8/s850/Screen+Shot+2018-04-22+at+11.47.40+AM-2.png" alt="Euro History Journal" width="413" height="100"></a></p>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805423901056220636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069291918768169429.post-25282877275914727972021-12-09T23:24:00.000-08:002023-12-12T05:18:48.819-08:00The Prince and Princess of Prussia Remember Empress Auguste Viktoria 100 Years After Her Death<table class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
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<p>Last Sunday, 11 April 2021, Prince Georg Friedrich and Princess Sophie of Prussia commemorated a century since the death of German Empress Auguste Viktoria, who died on 11 April 1921 at Huis Doorn, The Netherlands. The head of the German imperial house and his wife laid a wreath at the resting place of the empress at the Antique Temple in Potsdam. A religious service was also held to mark the life of the empress. The funeral of Auguste Viktoria, the great-great-grandmother of Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia and the first wife of German Emperor Wilhelm II, took place one hundred years ago today on 19 April 1921. </p>
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<p>Prince Erkinger von Schwarzenberg died on 29 April at San Casciano, near Florence. The prince had turned eighty-nine years-old earlier that month.</p>
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<p>Born on 8 April 1933 at Vienna, Prince Karl <em>Erkinger</em> Thaddäus von Schwarzenberg was the first child and only son of Prince Johann von Schwarzenberg (1903-1978) and Vicomtesse Kathleen de Spoelberch (1905-1978), who wed in 1931. Erkinger was joined by a younger sister, Princess Colienne (b.1937; married Count Maximilian Joseph von Meran). Erkinger's parents, Prince Johann and Princess Kathleen, were both killed in a motor vehicle accident on 26 May 1978 at Cittá della Pieve.</p>
<p>In 1946, Prince Johann and Princess Kathleen purchased a fifteenth-century villa in the countryside of San Casciano. Their son Erkinger was entranced by the villa and returned to live there permanently in 1978.</p>
<p>Erkinger Schwarzenberg attended Oxford and Princeton. His father was the Austrian ambassador to the United Kingdom. In 1957, while a student at Oxford, Erkinger became unofficially engaged to Alice Jolliffee, the daughter of the 4th Baron Hylton - the romance did not end in marriage. On 26 July 1962 at Athens, Prince Erkinger von Schwarzenberg married Elisabeth Constantinides (b.1943). Erkinger and Elisabeth had three children: Prince Johannes (b.1963), Princess Anna Gabriella (b.1964; married 1st Baron Philipp von Waechter; married 2nd Adam Dixon), and Prince Alexander Konstantin (b.1971; married 1st Annabel Dimitriadi; married 2nd Donna Elena Bonanno dei Principi di Linguaglossa). Erkinger and Elisabeth divorced in 1975. On 13 July 1977 at San Casciano, Prince Erkinger von Schwarzenberg married Countess Claudia zu Brandis (b.1949). Erkinger and Claudia had two daughters: Princess Gaia (b.1978; married Loïc van Cutsem), and Princess Ida (b.1980; married Baudouin de Troostembergh). </p>
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<p>Fluent in six languages, the prince was keenly interested in archeology and the history of art. He was also a passionate farmer. In 1966, Erkinger's book <em>Die Grazien</em> was published. In 1969, the prince contributed an article entitled "From the Alessandro Morente to the Alexandre Richelieu. The Portraiture of Alexander the Great in Seventeenth-Century Italy and France." which was published in the Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes.</p>
<p>Erkinger Schwarzenberg is survived by his wife, his five children, and his twenty grandchildren.</p>
<p><strong><em>May the Prince Rest in Peace.</em></strong></p>
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.gazzettinodelchianti.it/san-casciano-v-p/san-casciano-addio-a-karl-erkinger-schwarzenberg-a-89-anni-muore-il-principe-contadino/">San Casciano, addio a Karl Erkinger Schwarzenberg: a 89 anni muore il “principe contadino”</a></p>
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The groom is the only child of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia and Prince Franz-Wilhelm of Prussia. The bride, who was born Rebecca Virginia Bettarini, is the only child of Italian Ambassador Roberto Bettarini and Carla Virginia Cacciatore. Members of the Albanian, Austrian, Belgian, Bulgarian, Egyptian, Georgian, Italian, Liechtensteiner, Montenegrin, Portuguese, Prussian, Qatari, and Serbian royal houses will be present for the first imperial wedding in Russia in over a century. According to Kirill Nemirovich-Danchenko, advisor to the Imperial Chancellery: "<i>In total, representatives of almost 20 royal houses and sovereign dynasties will arrive in Russia these days.</i>"<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7y1Lj3uV4SaLrR9pBj2jHKQA379MYLf2YH6aRatDwc1qfRoiauqYtxzxNrqoxl9-m2uHkZSUTtHx7dsQW-_moow8D6fO4bejKGt9bb5LFxBRhl4A25WvJwwr2WVlvMA6aiqN2e5Sp2w/s1656/IMG_9363.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="1656" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7y1Lj3uV4SaLrR9pBj2jHKQA379MYLf2YH6aRatDwc1qfRoiauqYtxzxNrqoxl9-m2uHkZSUTtHx7dsQW-_moow8D6fO4bejKGt9bb5LFxBRhl4A25WvJwwr2WVlvMA6aiqN2e5Sp2w/w400-h300/IMG_9363.jpg" width="400" border="0" height="300"></a></div><div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b>Welcome Reception at Vladimir Palace - Thursday, 30 September</b></h2><table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Spb_06-2012_Palace_Embankment_various_09.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="556" data-original-width="800" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Spb_06-2012_Palace_Embankment_various_09.jpg" width="640" border="0" height="445"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vladimir Palace.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>A welcome cocktail for international guests will held this evening at the Vladimir Palace in Saint Petersburg. The event will last from 7:00pm-1:00am. The palace was formerly the home of the great-great-grandfather of the groom, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, and his family. The atmosphere of the evening will accentuaed by live musical accompaniment. About three hundred guests are invited to this gathering. Since the guests invited to this cocktail are flying in from around the world, the invitees will arrive and depart as they wish; no more than one hundred people are to be present at any given time, owing to pandemic cautions. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Sacrament of Marriage at Saint Isaac's Cathedral - Friday, 1 October </h2><table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Saint_Isaac's_Cathedral_in_SPB.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="530" data-original-width="800" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Saint_Isaac's_Cathedral_in_SPB.jpeg" width="640" border="0" height="424"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saint Isaac's Cathedral.</td></tr></tbody></table>The Russian Orthodox wedding ceremony between Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Princess Victoria Romanovna Romanoff will be held on Friday, 1 October, at Saint Isaac's Cathedral in Saint Petersburg. Princess Victoria will be wearing a Chaumet diadem; Grand Duke George and Princess Victoria will exchange Fabergé wedding bands. The cathedral is a state museum; however, special dispensation has been given by the government for Saint Isaac's Cathedral to be used in a religious capacity for this special event. There is a possibility that the imperial wedding will be televised live in Russia. The ceremony is to begin at noon and should last about two hours. Around 1,500 guests are expected at the wedding. The guest list has been kept under strict privacy due to security reasons; however, one can expect to see an array of European royals, Russian and foreign aristocrats, Russian clergy members, and Russian political and cultural leaders in attendance. </div><div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b>Gala Dinner at Russian Ethnographic Museum - Friday, 1 October</b></h2><table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Sankt-Pet%C4%9Brburg_119.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Sankt-Pet%C4%9Brburg_119.jpg" width="640" border="0" height="480"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Russian Museum of Ethnography.</td></tr></tbody></table>
<div>The gala dinner following the imperial wedding will be held at the Russian Museum of Ethnography in Saint Petersburg. Around 550 guests are invited to this event. The dinner will begin at 7:00pm and last until 11:00pm. Renowned classical musicians will offer a special touch to this celebratory evening.</div><div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Brunch "à la Russe" at Constantine Palace - Saturday, 2 October</h2></div><table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81_%C2%AB%D0%94%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%86_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%C2%BB.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81_%C2%AB%D0%94%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%86_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%C2%BB.JPG" width="640" border="0" height="480"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strelna complex.</td></tr></tbody></table><div>On Saturday, 2 October, the celebrations surrounding the marriage of Grand Duke George and Princess Victoria will conclude at a brunch in the Constantine Palace (Great Strelna Palace). This event will commence at 1:00pm. This palace was formerly the home of the Konstantinovichi branch of the imperial family. 700 guests are expected at the <i>brunch à la Russe</i>. There will be a charity auction and the day will wind up with a concert dedicated to the opening of the Russian Imperial Musical Society. </div><div>
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