Royal Genealogical News in Facts 2001
Royal Genealogical 
in Facts 2001
Last updated January 24th 2002 !
I. ROYAL FORECAST:
THE FOLLOWING WEDDINGS ARE ANNOUNCED:
- Count Vincent von Schönborn-Buchheim (*1966) and Catharina Graff in autumn
- Prince Henri of Arenberg (*1961; MTD) and Countess Dainee Marie Therese de Spoelberch
- Count Jan Bernadotte (*1941) and Silke Braun (*1965)
- Count Adam Zamoyski (*1949; MTD) and Emma Sergeant
- Constantin Laan (*1974; MTD) and Damasia Stocker-Rakolczay
- Alessandro Lequio (MTD) and Maria Palacios
- Crown Prince Willem Alexander of the Netherlands (*1967) and Maxima Zorreguieta (*1971) in Amsterdam on February 2nd 2002
- Cecilia Garcia-Saez y de Borbon (MTD) and Pedro Homar in March 2002
- King Mohammed VI. of Morocco and Salma Bennani in 2002
- Earl Alexander of Ulster (*1974; QVD) and Dr. Claire Booth
THE FOLLOWING BABYS ARE EXPECTED:
- 2nd child of Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (MTD) and his wife Ilona
- 1st child of Prince Francesco of Bourbon-Sicily and his wife Countess Alexandra of Schönborn-Wiesentheid in summer
- 3rd child of Prince Kyril of Bulgaria (*1964) and his wife Rosario Nadal (*1968)
In 2002:
- 1st child of Archduke Ferdinand of Habsburg (*1965; MTD) and his wife Countess Katharina von Hardenberg (*1968) at the end of January 2002
- 2nd child of Hans de Geer af Finspang and his wife Christina-Louise (QVD) in February 2002
- 1st child of Princess Alexia of Greece (*1965; QVD) and her husband Carlos Morales Quintana at the end of February 2002
- 2nd child of Archduchess Catharina of Habsburg (*1972, MTD) and her husband Massimiliano Secco d'Aragona in February/March 2002
- 2nd child of Viscount David Linley (*1961, QVD) and his wife Hon. Serena Stanhope (*1973) in May 2002
- 1st child of Prince Bernhard jr. of Orange-Nassau (*1969) and his wife Annette Sekreve (*1972) in May 2002
- 3rd child of Infanta Cristina of Spain (*1965; MTD, QVD) and her husband Inaki Urdangarin (*1968)
- 1st child of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (*1969) and his wife Laurentien Brinkhorst (*1966) at the beginning of June 2002
OTHER INFORMATIONS:
The baptism of Princess Elisabeth of Belgium will be on December 9th.
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II. OTHER ROYAL NEWS AND RUMOURS (from German magazines and teletext)
On January 31st nearly all German magazines and RTL reported, that Princess Stephanie of Monaco shall expect her 4th child. Father should be her skiing teacher.
On February 22nd German teletext reported that Princess Mathilde of Belgium had a miscarriage. They didn't tell when it happened. This information came from a familymember.
On Feburary 25th German teletext reported that Princess Stephanie of Monaco has a relationship with a Swiss man called Franco Knie who is 46 years old. They are together since summer 2000 and he now wants to get divorced from his wife with whom he has a daughter.
On June 5th German teletext reported that former German Bundespräsident Roman Herzog will marry Baroness Alexandra von Berlichingen in a private ceremony. Both are widowed.
On November 2nd German teletext (RTL) reported that Princess Stephanie of Monaco is pregnant again. Her boyfriend Franco Knie will be the father of her 4th child.
On November 6th the rumours about Princess Stephanie were officially denied by the Princely Palace (German teletext: ZDF).
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III. ROYAL AND NOBLE BABYS 2001:
06.01. Igor de Witt (MTD; parents see below)
10.01. Prince Lennart of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (MTD)
12.01. Archduchess Zsofia Maria Tatjana Monika Erzsebet Katalin of Austria (MTD)
24.01. Princess Helene of Orleans (MTD)
27.01. Thais de Montaudouin (MTD)
28.01. Carlo Ferrante Gennaro Antonio Francesco Lombardo di San Chirico (MTD)
17.02. Prince Karl Heinrich of Leiningen (MTD)
21.02. Rowan Michael David Brudenell (QVD; 3rd child of Edwina Hicks)
26.02. Milo Columbus John Knatchbull (QVD; 2nd child of Hon. Timothy Knatchbull and his wife Isabella Norman)
??.02. Princess ALINA Louisa Mafalda Virginia Astrid Birgit Maria of Fürstenberg (3rd child of Prince Maximilian and his wife Diana)
01.03. Countess Christiana Piatti (MTD)
10.03. Sofia Baker (MTD)
15.03. Count Achille of Limburg-Stirum (MTD)
19.03. Wenzel Alexander Josef Maria Urso Lukas Keil von Bündten (MTD)
20.03. Countess Emma von Preysing-Lichtenegg-Moos (2nd child of Count Caspar)
24.03. Princess Maria-Elisabeth of Altenburg (MTD)
??.03. Thaddäus von Habsburg-Lothringen (MTD)
01.04. Nina Duysan (3rd child of Marie Christine Ullens de Schooten, Bernadotte descendant)
15.04. Anastasia Margriet Josephine von Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven
16.04. Princess Luise zur Lippe (4th child of Prince Stephan)
24.04. Princess Therese of Orleans (MTD)
09.05. Archduke Leopoldo-Amedeo of Austria-Tuscany (MTD)
09.05. Prince Friedrich zu Wied (1st child of Prince Wilhelm and his wife Clara)
12.05. Dorian Augustinus Maria Lux (MTD)
18.05. Prince Alfons Constantin Maria of Liechtenstein (MTD)
21.05. Leopoldo Daniel Moncada (MTD)
25.05. Count Ludwig Henckel von Donnersmark (MTD)
12.06. Prince Friedrich-Wilhelm zu Wied (2nd child of Prince Carl and his wife Isabelle)
20.07. Savannah Knatchbull (1st child together of Michael-John and his 2nd wife Penny)
30.07. Countess Maria-Letitia von Schönburg-Glauchau (1st child of Count Alexander and his wife Princess Irina of Hessen)
02.08. Prince Nicodemus of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (2nd child of Hereditary Prince Carl-Friedrich and his wife Stephanie)
26.08. Prince Tassilo of Fürstenberg (2nd child of Prince Alexander and his wife Alexandra)
01.09. Countess Clara von Orsini und Rosenberg (MTD)
20.09. Maya van Dien (1st child together of Catherine Oxenberg and her husband Casper van Dien)
05.10. Leonardo Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga (MTD)
25.10. Princess Elisabeth of Belgium (MTD)
01.12. Princess Aiko of Japan (1st child of Crown Prince Naruhito and his wife Masako)
01.12. Julius Schmidt (1st child of Countess Josephine of Rosenborg and her husband Thomas Schmidt)
and
- Princess Anna Sophie of Prussia (4th child of Prince Philipp Kyrill and his wife Anna Christine Soltau) in March or April
- Prince Vladimir of Yugoslavia (*1964; QVD) and his wife Brigitte had a stillborn son.
- Heloise (?), Countess von Spee (3rd child of Count Wilhelm and his wife Countess Lorraine von Schönborn-Buchheim (MTD) in July
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IV. ROYAL AND NOBLE WEDDINGS 2001:
20.01. Duke Paul Wladimir of Oldenburg (*1969) and Pilar Mendez de Vigo y Loewenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
02.02. Princess Diane of Fürstenberg and Barry Diller
Jan. or Feb. Archduke Andreas Salvator of Austria-Tuscany (*1936) and Countess Gabriele Podstatzky-Lichtenstein (*1967)
30.03. Prince Pedro of Bourbon-Sicily (*1968; MTD) and Sofia Landaluce y Melgarejo
21.04. Hereditary Prince Philipp of Stolberg-Wernigerode (*1967) and Countess Caroline von Waldburg zu Wolffegg und Waldsee (*1971) - civil
27.04. Princess Mafalda of Savoy-Aosta (*1969; MTD) and Francesco Lombardo di San Chirico - civil
11.05. Prince Nikolaus of Croy and Countess Anna Sophia zu Reventlow (*1970)
12.05. Prince Johannes of Liechtenstein (*1969; MTD) and Countess Kinga Karolyi de Nagy-Karoly (*1973)
??.05. Baroness Isabelle von Senden (MTD) and Sebastian von Ribbentrop
17.05. Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (*1969) and Laurentien Brinkhorst (*1966) - civil
19.05. Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (*1969) and Laurentien Brinkhorst (*1966) - religious
19.05. Prince Philipp of Stolberg-Wernigerode and Countess Caroline von Waldburg zu Wolffegg und Waldsee - religious
10.06. Princess Filippa of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (*1980: MTD) and Conte Vittorio Mazzetti d'Albertis (*1965) in Sayn (religious)
16.06. Prince Antoine de Ligne (MTD) and Countess Jacqueline de Lannoy (*1966)
19.06. Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma (*1972; MTD) and Edwin K.W. de Roy van Zuydewijn (civil)
22.06. Hereditary Prince Bernhard of Baden (*1970; MTD) and Stephanie Kaul - civil
23.06. Hereditary Prince Bernhard of Baden (*1970; MTD) and Stephanie Kaul - religious
30.06. Princess Ariana of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and David Boardman ( in Marbella)
04.08. Countess Margaretha Valerie of Habsburg (Toskana; *1981; MTD) and Andreas Baumgartner (*1977)
25.08. Crown Prince Haakon Magnus of Norway (*1973) and Mette-Marit Tjessem Hoiby (*1973)
25.08. Princess Maria Pia of Orleans-Braganza (*1975; MTD) and Rodrigo Broglia Mendes
01.09. Princess Desiree of Schaumburg-Lippe (*1974) and Michael Frederik Iuel (*1969)
04.09. Freifrau Alexandra von Berlichingen und Roman Herzog
08.09. Count Philipp of Meran (MTD) and Countess Isabella von Waldstein-Wartenburg (MTD)
08.09. Alexandra Chrobok (MTD) and Jorge Champalimaud Raposo de Magalhaes
22.09. Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma (*1972; MTD) and Edwin K.W. de Roy van Zuydewijn (religious)
13.10. Princess Ines of Bourbon-Sicily (*1971; MTD) and Nobile Michele Carreli Palombi
...and
- James Patrick Ambler (*1969) and Ursula Shipperley in summer
- Prince Albrecht of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (MTD) and Nathalie Rocabado de Viets in Rome in September
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V. ROYAL DEATHS 2001:
11.01. Princess Vera Constantinova of Russia (*1906)
14.01. Prince Lennart of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (*10.01.2001; MTD)
24.01. Princess Victoire of Bourbon-Parma (*1957; MTD)
27.01. Queen Marie Jose of Italy (*1906; MTD)
??.02. Michael Romanoff (*1959)
05.03. Count Evrard of Limburg-Stirum (*1927)
28.03. Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein (*1911)
??.03. Princess Mechthilde of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingfürst (MTD)
09.04. Princess Isabelle of Auersperg-Trautson (MTD)
03.05. Archduchess Rosemary of Austria-Tuscany (*1904; MTD)
06.05. Prince Alexander of Bavaria (*1922; MTD)
11.05. Prince Ludwig-Eugen zu Wied (*1938)
21.05. Prince Godehard-Friedrich of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (MTD)
01.06. King Birendra, Queen Aiswarya, Prince Nirajan and Princess Shruti of Nepal
04.06. King Dipendra of Nepal
09.06. Prince Botho zu Bentheim und Steinfurt
10.06. Princess Leila of Iran (*1970)
16.06. Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg
17.06. Ottara Haas-Haye (mother of Duchess Elizabeth in Bavaria)
25.06. Count Knud of Holstein-Ledreborg (MTD)
June or July Countess Veronika von Habsburg-Lothringen (MTD)
31.07. Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
20.09. Princess Cecylia of Bourbon-Sicily (*1907, MTD)
30.09. Princess Filippa of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (*1980, MTD)
25.10. Princess Soraya Esfandiari Bakhtiari (*1932)
03.11. Duchess Lucia of Genua, born Princess of Bourbon-Sicily (*1908, MTD)
21.11. Princess Simone zur Lippe-Biesterfeld
24.11. Princess Sophie of Hannover, born Princess of Greece (*1914, QVD)
25.11. Anne Lütken, ex-wife of Baron Christian de Massy (*1959)
04.12. Princess Maria of Bourbon-Parma, born Princess of Italy (*1914, MTD)
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VI. MTD BABY NEWS 2001
06.01. Igor de Witt (child of Wladimir de Witt and his 2nd wife Françoise Martin-Flory)
10.01. Prince Lennart of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1st child of Hubertus and Ute)
12.01. Archduchess Zsofia of Austria (1st child of Paul Georg and Eilika)
24.01. Princess Helene of Orleans ( 3rd child of Duke Charles-Louis of Chartres and his wife Ileana Manos)
27.01. Thais de Montaudouin (3rd child of Alexandra de Witt)
28.01. Carlo Lombardo di San Chirico (2nd child of Princess Mafalda of Savoy-Aosta and her companion Nobile Francesco Lombardo di San Chirico)
17.02. Prince Karl Heinrich of Leiningen (2nd child of Prince Karl Boris, 1st child with his 2nd wife Cheryl Ann Riegler)
01.03. Countess Christiana Piatti (2nd child of Count Benedikt and his wife Archduchess Margherita)
10.03. Sophia Baker (1st child of Princess Marie Louise of Baden)
15.03. Count Achille of Limburg-Stirum (3rd child of Count Bruno and his wife Comtesse Christine de Lannoy)
19.03. Wenzel Alexander Josef Maria Urso Lukas Keil von Bündten (1st child of Baroness Sarah von Kottwitz-Erdödy )
24.03. Princess Maria-Elisabeth of Altenburg (1st child of Prince Stephan)
??.03. Thaddäus von Habsburg-Lothringen (1st child together of Archduke Andreas Salvator and his 2nd wife Gabriele)
24.04. Princess Therese of Orleans (1st child of Duke Eudes of Angouleme and his wife Marie-Liesse)
09.05. Archduke Leopoldo-Amedeo Peter Ferdinand Archibald Henri Joseph of Austria-Tuscany (1st child of Archduke Sigismund and his wife Elyssa Edmonstone)
11.05. Freiherr Gratian Johannes Paulus Joseph Maria von Loe ( 6th child of Count Raphael)
12.05. Dorian Augustinus Maria Lux (2nd child of Margareta Sandhofer and her husband Ernst Lux)
18.05. Prince Alfons Constantin Maria of Liechtenstein (1st child of Prince Maximilian and his wife Angela Brown)
21.05. Leopoldo Daniel Moncada (2nd child of Princess Marie-Esmeralda of Belgium)
25.05. Count Ludwig Henckel von Donnersmark (3rd child of Count Andreas and his wife Johanna von Hohenberg)
??.07. Marie Le Tanneur (3rd child of Camille Jaboulet-Vercherre and her husband Marc Le Tanneur)
10.08. Aymar Denziot (1st child of Frederic Denziot and his wife Ariane de Pineton de Chambrun)
25.08. Ella Theresia Vandre (child of Freiin Paula von Loe)
01.09. Countess Clara von Orsini und Rosenberg (2nd child of Count Hubertus and his wife Monika Keil)
05.10. Leonardo Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga ( 5th child of Princess Bianca of Savoy-Aosta (*1966; MTD) and her husband Conte Giberto Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga)
25.10. Princess ELISABETH Therese Marie Helene of Belgium (1st child of Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium)
and
- Countess Heloise von Spee (3rd child of Countess Lorraine von Schönborn-Buchheim (*1968) in July
THE FOLLOWING BABYS ARE EXPECTED:
- 1st child of Prince Francesco of Bourbon-Sicily (*1960) in summer 2001
- 1st child of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria (*1965) in January 2002
- 2nd child of Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 2001
- 2nd child of Archduchess Catharina of Austria (*1972) in February/March 2002
- 3rd child of Prince Kyril of Bulgaria (*1964)
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VII. OTHER GENEALOGICAL NEWS
- Hereditary Prince Carl-Eugen of Oettingen-Wallerstein and his wife Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (*1973) are seperated. They were married since 1994 and have two children.
- Prince Ludwig zu Salm-Salm and his wife Christiane Hansen are divorced.
- Duke Alfonso of Galliera and his wife Veronique are divorced.
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MTD = Descendant of Empress Maria Theresia of Austria
QVD = Descendant of Queen Victoria I. of England.
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