Last update on November 28th, 2006
PART I
AUSTRIA
Archduchess Catharina of Austria married Count Massimiliano Secco d'Aragona in Ghent, Belgium on January 9th in a religious ceremony. The civil ceremony had taken place in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Brussels on December 4th, 1998.
[He is a son of Count Andrea Secco d'Aragona (dei marchesi di Fornovo) and Giuseppina Muchetti and was born in Brussels on July 19th, 1967.]
Baroness Franziska von Kottwitz-Erdödy (daughter of Baron Alexander von Kottwitz-Erdödy and of Archduchess Maria Alberta of Austria) and her husband Paul [of the papal barons] von Hagenauer had their fifth child [together], Johanna von Hagenauer, born in Vienna on January 29th.
Michael Alan McCracken and his wife Victoria Rene Hetsko (daughter of Edward Joseph Hetsko Jr. and of his former wife Maria Teresa Hopfinger [herself the eldest daughter of the late Joseph Hopfinger and of his former wife Archduchess Assunta of Austria]) had their second child, Ryan Alan Rainier McCracken, born in Austin, Texas, USA on February 11th.
[Their first child, Rene Elan Gabrielle McCracken was born in Austin on April 1st, 1997.]
Archduchess Isabella of Austria and her husband Count Andrea Czarnocki Lucheschi had their first child, Count Alvise Czarnocki Lucheschi, born in Brussels, Belgium on March 12th.
Archduchess Margherita of Austria and her husband Count Benedikt Piatti had their first child, Count Matthäus Piatti, born in Vienna on March 22nd.
Archduke István of Austria and his wife Paola de Temesváry had their third child, Archduchess Margaretha of Austria, born in Luxemburg on March 25th.
Archduke Friedrich Salvator of Austria died in Rorregg, Austria on March 26th.
Archduchess Maria Ludowika of Austria died in Vienna on April 17th.
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria married Countess Katharina von Hardenberg civilly in Berlin-Zehlendorf on May 20th and religiously in the Friedenskirche in Potsdam on May 22nd.
[She is a daughter of Count Andreas von Hardenberg and Baroness Isa von Hahn and was born in Hamburg on April 4th, 1968.]
Archduchess Alexandra of Austria married Wilhelmus (Willem) de Wit in Lisbon, Portugal on June 19th.
[He is a son of Leonardus de Wit and Anna van Hazendonk and was born in Utrecht, The Netherlands on November 6th, 1965.]
Archduke Sigismund of Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany married Elyssa Edmonstone in London on September 11th.
[She is a daughter of Sir Archibald Edmonstone, 7th Baronet and of Juliet Deakin and was born in Glasgow on September 11th, 1973.]
Archduke Karl of Austria and his wife Baroness Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon had their third child, Archuchess Gloria Maria Bogdana Paloma Regina Fiona Gabriella of Austria, born in Salzburg, Austria on October 15th.
Archduchess Kinga of Austria and her husband Baron Wolfgang von Erffa had their fifth child, Baroness Constanza von Erffa, born on October 23rd.
Countess Anna Maria von Meran (daughter of the late Count Philipp von Meran [himself a descendant of Archduke Johann of Austria and his morganatic wife Anna Plochl, who was created Countess von Meran] and of the late Countess Maria-Anna von und zu Eltz genannt Faust von Stromberg and wife of Baron Gordian von Gudenus) died in Vienna on November 15th.
BADEN
Princess Marie Louise of Baden married Richard Dudley Baker in Salem, Germany on September 25th.
[The civil ceremony had taken place in Salem on September 15th. He is a son of Harold Baker and Elisabeth Dudley and was born in Biddeford, Maine, USA on March 30th, 1936.]
BAVARIA
Countess Isabella von und zu Arco-Zinneberg genannt Bogen (great granddaughter of the late Princess Gundelinde of Bavaria) married Alexandre Stefanovich in Sankt-Martin, Austria in May.
[He is a son of Dragomir Stefanovich and Marie-Claude Vallet de la Noue Mangeard. He was born around 1969.]
Anne [of the barons] de Lustrac (widow of Prince Heinrich of Bavaria) died in Milano, Italy on August 16th.
BELGIUM
Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant married Jonkvrouw Mathilde [of the barons] d'Udekem d'Acoz in Brussels on December 4th.
[She is a daughter of Jonkheer Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz, who was created a Count on his daughter's wedding day, and Countess Anne Komorowska and was born in Uccle, Belgium on January 20th 1973.]
BULGARIA
Crown Prince Kardam of Bulgaria, Prince of Tirnovo and his wife Miriam Ungria y López had their second son, Prince Beltrán of Bulgaria, born in Madrid on March 23th.
Prince Konstantin of Bulgaria, Prince of Vidin and his wife Maria Garcia de la Rasilla y Gortazar had their first two children, Prince Umberto of Bulgaria and Princess Sophia of Bulgaria, born on November 20th.
DENMARK
Count Valdemar af Rosenborg and his wife Charlotte Diane Isabelle Cruse had their second child, Countess Marie Geraldine Charlotte af Rosenborg, born in Copenhagen on May 7th.
Prince Joachim of Denmark and his wife Alexandra Manley had their first child, Prince Nikolai of Denmark, born in Copenhagen on August 28th.
Count Carl Johan af Rosenborg and his second wife Colette Vivian Cabral (daughter of Michael Richard Cabral and of Doris Evelyn Jamieson) had their first child [together], Countess Josephine Coco af Rosenborg, born at The Chelsea & Westminster Hospital in London on June 24th.
See: Other Royal Genealogical Information
Susanne Kristensen (former wife of Count Birger af Rosenborg) died in Thisted, Denmark on October 22nd.
FRANCE (BONAPARTE)
Astrid du Lau d'Allemans (granddaughter of the late Princess Clothilde Napoléon) and her husband François-René Letourneur had their third child, Hadrien Letourneur, born in February.
FRANCE (ORLÉANS)
Princess Clothilde of Orléans (daughter of Prince Michel of France, Count of Evreux) and her husband Edouard Crépy had their third son, Gaspard Crépy, born in Santiago, Chili, in March.
Count Louis de Limburg-Stirum (son of Princess Hélčne of France) and his wife Belén López y Montero had their first child, Count Jean de Limburg-Stirum, born in Uccle, Belgium on February 2nd.
Henri, Count of Paris died in Chérisy, France on June 19th.
[His eldest son and successor, Henri, now uses the titles of Count of Paris and Duke of France. His second wife Micaela is called Duchess of France. His eldest son François became Count of Clermont. The new Count of Paris also declared the marriages of his brothers Michel and the late Thibaud dynastic and restored them in their rights of succesion. As a result their children are now dynastic and have become Princes and Princesses of Orléans.]
Prince Eudes of France, Duke of Angoulęme married Marie-Liesse de Rohan-Chabot in a religious ceremony in Antrain-sur-Couesnon, Brittany, France, on July 10th. The civil ceremony took place in Dreux on June 19th.
[She is a daughter of Count Louis Mériadek de Rohan-Chabot (of the dukes de Rohan) and Princess Isabelle de Bauffremont-Courtenay and was born in Paris on June 25th, 1969.]
Prince Charles-Louis of Orléans, Duke of Chartres and his wife Ileana Manos had their second child, Princess Louise of Orléans, born on December 6th.
GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
The Honourable Jeremy Lascelles (son of George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, himself a son of the late Princess Mary, Princess Royal) married secondly Catherine Bell in Edinburgh in January.
[He had been divorced from Julie Baylis. She is a daughter of Colin Bell and of Catherine Thomson and was born in London on April 25th, 1965.]
The Honourable James Lascelles (son of George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, himself a son of the late Princess Mary, Princess Royal) married thirdly Joy Elias-Rilwan on Anguilla, West Indies on January 30th.
[He was divorced from Fredericka Duhrsson and from Lori Lee. She is a Nigerian actress using the artist's name of "Joy Lemoine" and was born in Lagos, Nigeria on June, 15th 1954.]
Martin Lascelles (son of the late Honourable Gerald Lascelles [of the earls of Harewood], himself a son of the late Princess Mary, Princess Royal) married Charmaine Christine Eccleston.
[She is a daughter of Evansio Russell Eccleston. Martin Lascelles has an natural daughter by Carol Anne Douet (herself a daughter of Lloyd Constantine Douet and of Pearline Azaline Brown and born in London on May 4th, 1962), Georgina Elizabeth Douet Lascelles, born in London on December 22nd, 1988.]
Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones and her husband Daniel Chatto had their second son, Arthur Chatto, born in London on February 5th.
Prince Edward of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Earl of Wessex married Sophie Rhys-Jones in St.George's Chapel, Windsor on June 19th.
[She is a daughter of Christopher Rhys-Jones and Mary O'Sullivan and was born in Oxford on January 20th, 1965. Her paternal grandmother, Margaret Molesworth, wife of Theophilus Jones, belonged to the house of the Viscounts Molesworth. Prince Edward was created Earl of Wessex and Viscount Severn on his wedding-day. He will be Duke of Edinburgh after his father's death. Contrary to tradition his new wife has not become a Princess of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but she did become a Royal Highness.]
David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley and his wife the Honourable Serena Stanhope had their first son, the Honourable Charles Armstrong-Jones, born on July 1st.
GREECE
Princess Alexia of Greece married Carlos Morales y Quintana in London on July 9th.
[He is a son of Luis Miguel Morales y Armas and Maria Teresa Quintana y Gonzalez and was born in Arrecife de Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain on December 31st, 1970.]
HANOVER
Ernst August, Prince of Hanover married secondly Princess Caroline of Monaco in the Royal Palace in Monte Carlo on January 23th in a civil ceremony.
[He was divorced from Chantal Hochuli. She was divorced from Philippe Junot and a widow of Stefano Casiraghi.]
Prince Heinrich of Hanover married Thyra von Westernhagen in Teistungen im Eichsfeld on June 19th
[She is a daughter of Burkhard von Westernhagen and Uta Maria von Pape and was born in Oldenburg on August 14th, 1973.]
Ernst August, Prince of Hanover and his second wife Princess Caroline of Monaco had their first child [together], Princess Alexandra of Hanover, born in Vöcklabruck, Austria on July 20th.
Prince Heinrich of Hanover and his wife Thyra von Westernhagen had their first child [together], Prince Albert Thilo Ludwig Arndt of Hanover, born in Göttingen, Germany on December 14th.
HESSE, also see SCHÖNBURG-GLAUCHAU
Prince Otto of Hesse and his wife Carla Blickhauser had their first child, Prince Max of Hesse, born in Markredwitz on January 26th.
[They had married in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on September 8th, 1998. She is a daughter of Wolfgang Blickhauser and Segrun Esser and was born in Düren, Germany on September 4th, 1974.]
Princess Olga of Hesse (wife of Michel Savich) died in Istanbul, Turkey on February 14th.
Prince Heinrich of Hesse died at Schloss Wolfsgarten, Germany on November 18th.
Princess Elena of Hesse and her lover Massimo Caiazzo had their first child, Madeleine Caiazzo, born in Kiel, Germany on November 29th.
HOHENZOLLERN
Prince Emanuel Joseph of Hohenzollern died in Hechingen, Germany on February 8th.
Prince Ferfried of Hohenzollern married thirdly Maja Meinert in Dresden on March 19th.
[He was divorced from Angela von Morgen and from Eliane Etter.]
Count Constantin von Plettenberg (son of the late Count Egbert von Plettenberg and of the late Princess Luise-Dorothea of Hohenzollern) and his wife Baroness Harriet Rivalier von Meysenburg had their first child, Countess Franziska von Plettenberg, born in Frankfurt, Germany on March 22nd.
Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern (son of Princess Birgitta of Sweden) married Nicole Neschitsch in Kreuzpullach, Bavaria on July 8th.
[She is a daughter of Nikolaus Neschitsch and Margot Mayer and was born in Munich on January 22nd 1968.]
Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern and her husband Count Hieronymus Wolff Metternich zur Gracht were divorced in Munich on July 20th.
Count Constantin von Plettenberg (son of the late Count Egbert von Plettenberg and of the late Princess Luise-Dorothea of Hohenzollern) married Baroness Harriet Rivalier von Meysenburg in Laurenau on August 8th in a religious ceremony. The civil ceremony had taken place in Frankfurt, Germany on September 16th, 1998.
[She is a daughter of Baron Carl-Erdmann Rivalier von Meysenburg and of Almuth von Treu and was born in Stadthagen, Germany on May 14th, 1966.]
Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern and his wife Nicole Neschitsch had their first child, Prince Nikolas Johann Georg Maria of Hohenzollern, born in Munich on November 22nd.
ITALY
Luis Reyna Corvalán y Dillon (husband of Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy) died in Cuernavaca, Mexico on February 17th.
Princess Mafalda of Savoy-Aosta and her lover Nobile Francesco Lombardo di San Chirico had their first child, Anna Lombardo di San Chirico, born in Milano on April 11th.
[Princess Mafalda was and maybe still is married to Don Alessandro (dei principi) Ruffo di Calabria. Nobile Francesco Lombardo di San Chirico is a son of Nobile Carlo Lombardo di San Chirico and Maria Coltelletti and was born in Milano, Italy on January 31st, 1968.]
LIECHTENSTEIN
Princess Gabrielle of Liechtenstein died in Geneva, Switzerland on March 5th.
[She was widow of Franz, Count von Kesselstatt and divorced from Harrison Day Blair.]
Prince Stefan of Liechtenstein (second son of Prince Alexander of Liechtenstein and of Princess Josephine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg) and his wife Countess Florentine von Thun und Hohenstein had their fourth child, Princess Rita of Liechtenstein, born in Klagenfurt, Austria on March 27th.
Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and his wife Princess Sophie of Bavaria had their third child, Prince Georg Antonius of Liechtenstein, born in Grabs, Switzerland on April 20th.
Princess Tatiana of Liechtenstein married Philipp von Lattorff in Vaduz on June 5th.
[He is a son of Claus-Jürgen von Lattorff and Countess Julia Batthyány de Német-Ujvár (of the princes Batthyány-Strattmann de Német-Ujvár) and was born in Graz, Austria on March 25th, 1968.]
Prince Vincenz of Liechtenstein married secondly Roberta Valeri Manera (civilly) in Vaduz, Liechtenstein on May 20th and (religiously) in Venice, Italy on June 19th.
[He was divorced from Hélčne de Cossé-Brissac. She is a daughter of Mario Valeri Manera and Maria ........ and was born in Milan, Italy on February 12th, 1953.]
Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein married Countess Marie Kálnoky de Körospatak in Csicsó, Slovakia on July 17th.
[She is a daughter of Count Alois Kálnoky de Körospatak and Baroness Sieglinde von Oer and was born in Graz, Austria on July 16th, 1975. Of her five older sisters Alexandra married Prince Emanuel of Liechtenstein in 1995 and Ilona married Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern in 1996.]
Countess Ethel Rietberg (wife of Richard [of the baronets] Onslow and daughter of the late Prince Ferdinand of Liechtenstein and his morganatic wife Shelagh [of the baronets] Brunner, who had been created Countess Rietberg, died on November 14th.
[She had been divorced from her first husband Klaus Bruno von Brehm.]
Pieter van der Byl (husband of Princess Charlotte of Liechtenstein) died in Fairfield, South Africa on November 15th.
LIPPE
Princess Nikola of Lippe (daughter of Prince Ernst-Leopold of Lippe and of Katrin Hein) and her husband Olaf Grünberg had their first child, Benedikt Lukas Grünberg, born on February 15th.
Countess Benedicta von Magnis (former wife of Prince Ernst August of Lippe) and her second husband Jan Jonker Roelants had their first child [together], Alexandra Caroline Jonker Roelants, born on March 25th.
Princess Julia of Lippe (daughter of Prince Ernst-Leopold of Lippe and of Katrin Hein) married Joachim Tiedau in Blomberg-Cappel, Germany on June 25th.
Also see: Other Royal Genealogical Information
Prince Stephan of Lippe and his wife Countess Maria of Solms-Laubach had their third son, Prince Wilhelm of Lippe, born in Detmold on October 12th.
LUXEMBURG
Countess Tatiana Holstein (daughter of Knud, Count Holstein and of Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxemburg) married Mark von Riedemann in Ledreborg, Denmark on August 14th.
[He is a son of Karl Anton von Riedemann and Princess Olga of Windisch-Graetz and was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on October 20th 1964.]
Countess Marie Charlotte Henckel, Baroness von Donnersmarck (daughter of Carl Josef, Count Henckel, Baron von Donnersmarck and of Princess Marie Adélaďde of Luxemburg) married Count Christoph von Meran in the St.Markus-Kirche in Wolfsberg, Austria on November 27th.
[He is a son of Count Maximilian von Meran and of Princess Colienne of Schwarzenberg and was born in Innsbruck, Austria on August 26th, 1963.]
MONACO, also see HANOVER
Sebastian Knecht (grandson of Princess Antoinette of Monaco) married Donatella Dugaginy in July.
[She was born around 1975.]
NORWAY
Elisabeth Ferner (daughter of Princess Astrid of Norway) and her husband Tom Folke Beckman had their first child, Benjamin Ferner, born in Oslo on April 25th.
OLDENBURG
Baron Rudolf von Erffa (second son of Baron Rüdiger von Erffa and of Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg) and his wife Katharina Belzer von Albertis (third daughter of Klaus Belzer von Albertis and of Baroness Dorothea von Enzberg) had their first child, Baroness Johanna Barbara Maria von Erffa, born in Kronach on April 16th.
PARMA
Prince Charles-Emanuel of Bourbon of Parma and his wife Constance de Ravinel had their fourth child, Princess Zita of Bourbon of Parma, born on April 1st.
Le Prince Michel of Bourbon of Parma and his wife Princesse Yolande de Broglie-Revel divorced in Versailles, France in November.
PORTUGAL
Duarte Joao, Duke of Bragança and his wife Isabel-Inés de Castro Curvelho de Herédia had their third child, Infant Diniz of Portugal, born on November 25th.
PRUSSIA
Princess Micaela of Prussia (eldest daughter of Prince Michael of Prussia and of his first wife Jutta Jörn) married Jürgen Wessuly around September.
[He was born in 1962 or 1963.]
REUSS
Countess Feodora von Pückler (second wife of Prince Heinrich Enzio Reuss, Count of Plauen) died on April 8th.
Prince Heinrich Ruzzo Reuss, Count of Plauen died in Glumslöv near Landskrona, Sweden on October 29th.
[He was married to Annifrid Lyngstad, a member of the former music group ABBA. Before that he had been divorced from Metta Rinde.]
ROUMANIA
Princess Sophia of Roumania and her husband Alain-Michel Biarneix had their first child, Elisabeta-Maria Biarneix, born in Paris on Aug 15th.
RUSSIA
Prince Rostislav Rostislovitch Romanoff (son of the late Prince Rostislav Aleksandrovitch of Russia) died in London on January 7th.
Prince Michael Pavlovich Romanovsky-Ilyinsky (son of Prince Paul Dmitrievich Romanovsky-Ilyinsky and of his second wife Angelica Philippa Kauffmann) married thirdly Lisa Marie Schiesler on May 21st.
[She was born on May 17th, 1973. He had been divorced from his first wife Marcia Lowe in 1987 and from his second wife Paula Maier in 1996 and has a daughter by his second wife, Princess Alexis Taylor Romanovsky-Ilyinsky, born on March 31st 1994.]
Princess Natalija Romanovsky-Iskander (daughter of the late Prince Aleksander Romanovsky-Iskander [himself a son of the late Grand Duke Nikolaj of Russia]) died in Moscow on July 24th, 1999.
[She had been married to Nikolaj Dostal.]
Sir George Kennard, Baronet (second husband of Georgina [of the baronets] Wernher, herself a granddaughter of the late Grand Duke Michail of Russia) died on December 13th.
Olga Tikhonovna Kulikovsky (granddaughter of Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kulikovsky and Grand Duchess Olga Aleksandrovna of Russia) and her husband José Cordeiro had their third child, born at the end of the year.
SAXE-COBURG AND GOTHA
Prince Carl-Eduard of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his wife Stephanie Kollo had their first child, Princess Emilia of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, born on March 24th.
Alessandro Nicolis (second son of Felice Nicolis [dei conti di Robilant] and of Amelie von Heller [herself the eldest daughter of the late Eduard von Heller and of the late Princess Klementine of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]) and his companion Anna La Rosa had their second child (together), Francesco Nicolis, born on July 1st.
[Their first child, Marie Nicolis was born on November 9th, 1996. Alessandro Nicolis had been divorced from Donata Pizzi. He also has two children by his former companion Monica Monticelli, Carlo Nicolis, born on December 28th, 1988, and Vittoria Nicolis, born on November 28th, 1990.]
Also see: Other Royal Genealogical Information
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (daughter of the late Prince Ernst-Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and of Monika Pfeiffer) and her husband Peter Schmidt divorced on September 30th.
SAXE-MEININGEN
Princess Almut of Saxe-Meiningen and her husband Eberhard von Braunschweig had their third child, Beatrice-Charlotte von Braunschweig, born in Wettin on October 8th.
SAXONY
Karl August von Sachsen-Gessaphe [formerly Karl August Afif] (third and youngest son of the late Roberto Afif and of Princess Maria Anna of Saxony) and his wife Karen Kurth had their second child, Maria Fernanda Desiree von Sachsen-Gessaphe, born in Munich on June 4th.
Alexander von Sachsen [formerly Alexander Afif] (eldest son of the late Roberto Afif and of Princess Maria Anna of Saxony and adopted son of his uncle Maria Emanuel, Markgrave of Meissen) and his wife Princess Gisela of Bavaria had their fourth child, Maria Teresita von Sachsen, born on July 8th.
SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE
Arved, Count von Stackelberg (son of the late Karl-Georg, Count von Stackelberg and of Princess Viktoria-Luise of Schaumburg-Lippe) married Anna Kristina von Trotha in Bad Aibling, Bavaria, Germany on December 30th, 1999.
[She is a of daughter Hartmut von Trotha and of Ursula Tappen and was born in San José, Costa Rica, on January 15th 1969.]
TWO SICILIES
Princess Urraca of Bourbon-Sicily died in Sigmaringen, Germany on May 3rd.
Frédéric Denizot (son of Michel Denizot and Maria Christina di Borbone [dei conti di Roccaguglielma]) will marry Ariane de Pineton de Chambrun.
[She is a daughter of Count Jean-François de Pineton de Chambrun and Josalee Douglas and was born in 1972.]
SPAIN
Beatriz Moreno y de Borbón (daughter of Princess Teresa of Bourbon) and her husband Lucas Urquijo y Fernández-Araoz had their second child, Juan Urquijo y Moreno, born in January.
Fernando de Baviera y Mesia (son of the late Infante José Eugenio of Spain) died on March 15th.
Elena (dei conti) Farini (daughter of Beatriz de Orleans y Parodi Delfino) married Joaquín Fernández de Córdoba y de Haro in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain on June 19th.
[He is a son of Joaquín de Haro y Rodas and Consuelo Fernández de Córdoba y Ybarra and was born in Tomares, Sevilla, Spain on June 23rd 1971.]
Fernando de Borbón y de Medina (son of Alfonso de Borbón y Pérez de Pulgar [of the dukes de Sevilla]) married María Vallejo y Miras in Sevilla, Spain on September 17th.
[She is a daughter of José Vallejo y Osorno and Angeles Miras y Vilches.]
Infanta Cristina of Spain, Duchess of Palma de Majorca and her husband Ińaki Urdangarín y Liebaert had their first child, Juan Urdangarín y de Borbón in Barcelona, Spain on September 29th.
Donna Emilia Ferrara-Pignatelli (daughter of Don Vincenzo Ferrara-Pignatelli, Prince di Strongoli and of Nobile Francesca Pulci Doria and widow of the late Alonso de Orléans y Parodi Delfino) died in Lausanne, Switzerland on December 22nd.
SWEDEN
Gertrud Ollén (wife of Oscar Bernadotte, Count af Wisborg) died on February 18th.
[Before her marriage to Count Oscar she had been divorced from Fred Sjöberg.]
Gunnar Bernadotte, Count af Wisborg and his wife Karin Lindsten had their second child, Astrid Ruth Estelle Bernadotte, Countess af Wisborg, born in Uppsala, Sweden on February 10th.
[Their first child, Ockie Klas Vilhelm Bernadotte, Count af Wisborg had been born in Uppsala on August 5th, 1996.]
Sibylla Ambler (daughter of Princess Margaretha of Sweden) and her husband Baron Cornelius von Dincklage had their first child, Baroness Madeleine von Dincklage, born in Munich on March 15th.
Sophia Bernadotte, Countess af Wisborg (granddaughter of Lennart Bernadotte, Count af Wisborg) and her lover Michael Söderström had their third child, Lovisa Bernadotte, born in Danderyd, Stockholm on July 11th.
Charles Ambler (son of Princess Margaretha of Sweden) married Helen Ross in London on July 31st.
Karin Kautz (granddaughter of Lennart Bernadotte, Count af Wisborg) and her husband Walter Fritz had their first (?) child, Astrid Fritz.
Baroness Christina Silfverschiöld (daughter of Princess Désirée of Sweden) married Baron Hans De Geer af Finspĺng in Koberg, Sweden on September 11th.
[He is a son of Baron Louis De Geer af Finspĺng and Catharina Skjöldebrand and was born on January 26th, 1963.]
WALDECK AND PYRMONT
Prince Georg-Wilhelm of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Freda Riedesel, Baroness zu Eisenbach had their first child, Prince Friedrich-Carl of Waldeck and Pyrmont, born in Munich on February 15.
Prince Christian Ludwig of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Countess Camilla von Holck had their first child, Prince Christian of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
WÜRTTEMBERG
Duke Philipp of Württemberg and his wife Princess Marie Caroline of Bavaria had their third child, Duke Carl Theodor Philipp Maria Max Emanuel of Württemberg, born in London on June 15th.
Margravine Maria Cristina von Pallavicini (daughter of Margrave Friedrich von Pallavicini and of Duchess Helene of Württemberg) and her husband Jens Bartram had a son, Tassilo Frederic Antonio Gundakar Bartram, born on November 1st.
[Jens Bartram had been born in Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein on December 7th, 1962.]
YUGOSLAVIA
Catherine Oxenberg (daughter of Princess Elisabeth of Yugoslavia) married secondly the actor Casper Van Dien in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on May 8th.
[He is a son of Casper Robert Van Dien and was born in Ridgefield, New Jersey, USA on December 18th, 1968. In 1993 he had married Carrie Mitchum, granddaughter of the actor Robert Mitchum, and they had separated in 1997. This is Catherine's second marriage after her very short marriage to film producer Robert Evans last year. The identity of the father of her daughter, India Riven Oxenberg, born in 1991, was never revealed.]
PART II
ARENBERG
Prince Léopold of Arenberg and his wife Countess Isabel of Stolberg-Stolberg had their second child, Prince Philip-Léopold Jean Engelbert Wilhelm Melchior of Arenberg, born in Lausanne, Switzerland on May 20th.
AUERSPERG
Prince Franz Josef of Auersperg-Trautson and his wife Archduchess Constanza of Austria had their third daughter, Princess Laya of Auersperg-Trautson, born on February 26th.
[Their first daughter, Alexandra, was born and died on February 9th 1998 and their adopted daughter, Anna Maria, was born in on September 24th, 1997.]
BENTHEIM AND STEINFURT
Baron Friedrich Leopold Alexander Maria von Weichs zur Wenne (son of the late Baron Engelhart von Weichs zur Wenne and of Baroness Maria Theresa von Fürstenberg) and Caroline von Bentheim und Steinfurt (adoptive daughter of Christian, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt and of Countess Sylvia von Pückler) had their first child, Baron Konrad Christian Maria von Weichs zur Wenne, born in Schmallenberg-Bad Fredeburg, Germany on July 15th.
[They had married in Steinfurt, Germany on June 7th, 1996 in a civil ceremony and at Burg Steinfurt in Steinfurt on June 8th, 1996 in a religious ceremony. The other adoptive daughter of Christian, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt and of Countess Sylvia von Pückler, Alexa von Bentheim und Steinfurt is married to Berndt Engels.]
CASTELL-CASTELL
Hereditary Count Ferdinand of Castell-Castell (son of Albrecht, Prince of Castell-Castell and Princess Marie-Louise of Waldeck and Pyrmont) married Countess Marie-Gabrielle von Degenfeld-Schonburg in Schwäbisch-Gmund, Germany on July 30th.
[She is a daughter of Count Gottfried von Degenfeld-Schonburg and Princess Wilhelmine of Windisch-Graetz and was born in Geislingen an der Steige, Germany on May 7th 1971.]
CASTELL-RÜDENHAUSEN
Beatrice [of the baronets] Huntington-Whiteley (daughter of Countess Viktoria Adelheid of Castell-Rüdenhausen [herself a daughter of the late Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]) and her husband Andrew Grant had their first child, Frederik Grant, born in Birmingham, England on July 3rd.
Count Carl-Eduard of Castell-Rüdenhausen (son of Count Conradin of Castell-Rüdenhausen [himself a son of the late Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha] and of Märta Lönegren) married Lisbeth Marie Rauning married at the Kapernaumskirchen in Copenhagen on March 6th.
[She is a daughter of Leif Rauning and of Kirsten Inge Rasmussen and she was born in Soborg, Denmark on March 24th, 1969.]
Count Carl-Eduard of Castell-Rüdenhausen and his wife Lisbeth Rauning had their first child, Countess Sarah Carolina Victoria of Castell-Rüdenhausen, born in Copenhagen on September 19th.
CROY, also see TRAUTTMANSDORFF-WEINSBERG
Prinz Engelbert of Cro˙ and his wife Countess Elisabeth of Waldburg of Zeil and Trauchburg had their fourth child, Princess Philippa of Cro˙, born in Menden, Germany on February 21st.
FUGGER OF BABENHAUSEN
Countess Rose Marie Fugger of Babenhausen (daughter of the late Count Leopold Fugger of Babenhausen and of the late Countess Vera Czernin von und zu Chudenitz) died in Munich on September 17th.
FÜRSTENBERG
Prince Johannes of Fürstenberg and his second wife Stephanie Heiden had their second son [together], Prince Johann-Christian of Fürstenberg, born on April 30th.
Prince Alexandre of Fürstenberg and his wife Alexandra Miller had their first child, Princess Talita of Fürstenberg, born on May 7th.
Constantin, Count von Berckheim (son of the late Princess Antoinette of Fürstenberg) married Esperanza Sobrino de Santiago in Salzburg-Aigen, Austria in June or July.
[She was born around 1960.]
Princess Anna Lucia of Fürstenberg and her husband James Giraldo had their third son, Joachim Antonius Giraldo, born in Geneva, Switzerland, probably in December.
Count Hubertus von Hardenberg (son of Princess Maria Josepha of Fürstenberg) married Mercedes Parra in Baden-Baden, Germany, in December.
[He had been divorced from his first wife Monica Lindner.]
FUGGER OF GLÖTT
Count Ulrich Fugger von Glött (son of Count Albert Fugger von Glött, himself a nephew and adoptive son of Joseph Ernst, [last] Prince Fugger of Glött, and of Baroness Elisabeth von Hertling) married Donata von Arnim at Kloster Linna near Jüterbog on September 18th.
[She is a daughter of Alexander von Arnim and Marie Agnes Hausendorff and was born in 1965.]
HARRACH
John Osmael Scott-Ellis, 9th Baron Howard de Walden, 5th Baron Seaford (son of the late Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis and of the late Margherita Van Raalte and widower of Countess Irene Maria Rosario Pauline of Harrach of Rohrau and Thannhausen [herself the fifth daughter of the late Count Hans-Albrecht of Harrach of Rohrau and Thannhausen and of the late Countess Helene von Arco-Zinneberg]) died July 9th.
HOHENLOHE-BARTENSTEIN
Alexander Frowein (former husband of Princess Franziska of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein) died in Ft.Myers, Florida, USA on October 13th.
[He was a son of Henry Frowein and Countess Hermenegilde Wolff Metternich zur Gracht and had been born in Oosterbeek near Arnhem, The Netherlands on November 9th, 1934. He had remarried Dorine van den Broek d'Obrenan, who died a few years ago.]
HOHENLOHE-OEHRINGEN
Princess Christina of Hohenlohe-Oehringen and her husband Jan-Gisbert Schultze are expecting their second child in October.
[Their first child, Constantin Schultze, was born in Hamburg on February 19th 1998.]
HOHENLOHE-WALDENBURG-SCHILLINGFÜRST
Prince Felix of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingfürst and his wife Barbara Ross Dabney had their third child, Princess Maria of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, born in Germany on August 7th.
Prince Franz of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingfürst and his wife Vera Bülow had their second child, Princess Elena of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, born around November.
Count Karl von Matuschka (eldest son of Clemens, Count von Matuschka and of Princess Amelie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingfürst) and his wife Jenifer Clare Young had their fifth child, Count Benedikt von Matuschka, born in Dublin, Ireland on September 30th.
LOBKOWICZ
Countess Josephine of Waldburg of Zeil and Trauchburg (daughter of the late Erich August, Prince of Waldburg of Zeil and Trauchburg and of the late Princess Monika of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and wife of Prince Nikolaus of Lobkowicz) died on March 12th.
Princess Anita of Lobkowicz (daughter of the late Prince Eduard of Lobkowicz and the late Anita Lihme) married secondly Jean Charles on May 29th.
[She had been divorced from Count Charles-Louis de Cossé-Brissac.]
LÖWENSTEIN-WERTHEIM-ROSENBERG
Prince Stephan of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and his wife Andrea Pilatus had their first child, Princess Carla of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, born on May 17th.
Hereditary Prince Karl Friedrich of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and his wife Baroness Stephanie von und zu Brenken had their first child, Princess Augustina of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, born in Oslo, Norway on July 8th.
Cristóbal Méndez de Vigo y Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (son of Princess Monika of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg) married Tatiana de Salinas y Harnden in Sevilla, Spain on September 18th.
[She is a daughter of Leopoldo de Salinas y Milá and Marina Harnden (herself a daughter of Peter Harnden and Princess Marija Wassiltschikov) and she was born in Madrid on May 14th, 1975.]
Countess Josephine von und zu Eltz genannt Faust von Stromberg (daughter of the late Karl, Count von und zu Eltz genannt Faust von Stromberg and of the late Princess Sophie of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and widow of Ernst, Count von Moy de Sons) died in Salzburg, Austria on December 13th.
ORSINI AND ROSENBERG
Count Hubertus of Orsini and Rosenberg and his wife Monika Keil had their first child, Count Paul of Orsini and Rosenberg, born in August.
PAPPENHEIM
Count Friedrich of Pappenheim (son of the late Count Friedrich of Pappenheim and of the late Countess Irma von Kanitz) died in Munich on December 23rd.
PLATEN HALLERMUND
Countess Adelheid of Platen Hallermund married Eduard Bauer on July 24th.
RATIBOR AND CORVEY
Prince Tassilo of Ratibor and Corvey married Countess Clarissa of Toerring-Jettenbach in Winhöring, Bavaria on July 4th.
SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN-BERLEBURG
Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (daughter of Princess Benedikte of Denmark) and her husband Count Jefferson-Friedrich von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth had their first child, Count Richard von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, born in Copenhagen on September 14th.
SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN-HOHENSTEIN
Prince Georg of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein and his wife Baroness Benedikta von Maydell von Wolffersdorff-Mellin had their first child, Princess Pauline of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, born in Köln, Germany on January 30th.
SCHAESBERG
Johannes, Count of Schaesberg (son of the late Heinrich, Count of Schaesberg and of Princess Margarethe of Cro˙) and his wife Baroness Antoinette von Hoenning O'Carroll had their second daughter, Countess Marie-Dorothee Friederike Christina Henriette Kreszentia of Schaesberg, born in Düsseldorf, Germany on April 5th.
Countess Maria of Schaesberg (daughter of the late Heinrich, Count of Schaesberg and of Princess Margarethe of Cro˙) and her husband Eugen Solf had their fifth child, Philippa Francesca Barbara Stephanie Christiane Solf, born in
Bad Soden am Taunus on November 26th.
[Their other children are:
Marie-Alice Charlotte Amata Hannah Solf, born in Munich on September 15th, 1991,
Benedicta Marie Johanna Marguerite Solf, born in Munich on November 29th, 1992,
Anna-Sophie Antoinette Theresia Maria Solf, born in Munich on September 21st, 1995 and
Heinrich Johannes Peter Dieter Isao Solf, born in Friedberg near Augsburg on April 18th, 1997.]
SCHÖNBORN
Countess Gabriele of Schönborn (daughter of the late Count Zdenko of Schönborn and of the late Countess Marie von Coudenhove and widow of Count Friedrich von Mensdorff-Pouilly) died
in Ennigerloh, Germany on March 11th.
Ingeborg von Bomhard (daughter of the late Nikolaus von Bomhard and of the late Mathilde Oldenbourg and former wife of the late Count Zdenko of Schönborn) died in Munich on September 10th.
SCHÖNBORN-BUCHHEIM
Countess Lorraine of Schönborn-Buchheim (daughter of Friedrich Karl, Count of Schönborn-Buchheim and Princess Isabelle of France) and her husband Count Wilhelm von Spee had their second son, Count Paul von Spee, born in August.
SCHÖNBURG-GLAUCHAU
Alexander, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau married Princess Irina of Hesse in a religious ceremony in Heusenstamm, Germany on May 29th. The civil ceremony took place in Berlin on April 30st.
[He is a son of Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau and Countess Beatrix Széchenyi de Sárvár et Felsövidék and was born in Mogadiscio, Somalia on August 15th, 1969. In 1998 he succeeded his father as head of the mediatized house of Schönburg-Glauchau.]
Count Carl-Alban of Schönburg-Glauchau and his wife Juliet Fowler had their second son, Count Benedikt Maria Leopold Joseph Friedrich Jacob Franziskus Gelroy of Schönburg-Glauchau, born in Hamburg on September 7th.
Countess Elisabeth of Schönburg-Glauchau (daughter of the late Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau) died on October 25th.
STOLBERG-STOLBERG
Count Bernhard of Stolberg-Stolberg and his wife Alice Lippert had their first child, Countess Philippa Theresa Gea Maria of Stolberg-Stolberg, born in Munich on November 5th.
STOLBERG-WERNIGERODE
Count Leonhard (son of the late Count Günther of Stolberg-Wernigerode and of the late Erna von Platen and widower of Eleonore Frikker) of Stolberg-Wernigerode, died in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada on May 23th.
TOERRING-JETTENBACH, see RATIBOR AND CORVEY
TRAUTTMANSDORFF-WEINSBERG
Count Franz-Martin Maximilian Hartman Norbert of Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (son of the late Count Norbert of Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg and of his second wife Theda von Halem) married Princess Margaretha Patricia of Cro˙ (daughter of the late Prince Anton of Cro˙ and of his second wife Margriet Krayenbrink) in Brooklyn, New York, USA on September 28th.
WALDBURG OF WOLFEGG AND WALDSEE
Count Friedrich of Waldburg of Wolfegg and Waldsee (son of the late Count Heinrich of Waldburg of Wolfegg and Waldsee and of Princess Antonia of Hohenzollern) died in Sigmaringen, Germany on November 30th.
WALDBURG OF ZEIL AND TRAUCHBURG
Countess Maria of Waldburg of Zeil and Trauchburg (youngest daughter of Count Eberhard of Waldburg of Zeil and Trauchburg and of Countess Johanna of Harrach of Rohrau and Thannhausen) married Philip Hammer-Purgstall von Bernd in Bruch an der Leitha, Austria on August 28th.
[He is a son of Ludwig Hammer-Purgstall von Bernd and of Baroness Alexia Korb von Weidenheim.]
Count Alois of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems and his wife Countess Maria Cristina Deym, Baroness von Stritez had their second son Count Ludwig of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems, born on November 2nd.
WIED
Prince Carl of Wied and his wife Princess Isabelle of Isenburg had their first child, Prince Franz Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Maximilian of Wied, born in Neuwied, Germany on August 10th.
WINDISCH-GRAETZ
Prince Manfred of Windisch-Graetz (fourth and youngest child of the late Maximilian, Prince of Windisch-Graetz and of Maria Luisa Serra di Carafa) and his wife Vittoria (dei conti) Lepri had their second child, Princess Olimpia of Windisch-Graetz, born in Rome (probably) in March.
WURMBRAND-STUPPACH
Donna Bianca [dei principi] Massimo (widow of Count Paul of Wurmbrand-Stuppach) died on January 22nd.
PART III
ALBA DE TORMES
Eugenia Martínez de Irujo y Fitz-James Stuart, Duchess de Montoro (daughter of Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, Duchess de Alba de Tormes) and her husband Francisco Rivera y Ordońez had their first child, Cayetana Rivera y Martínez de Irujo, born in Seville, Spain on October 16th.
ARION
Joaquín Fernández de Córdoba y Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Marques de Povar (son of Gonzalo Alfonso Fernández de Córdoba y Larios, Duke de Arion and Princess Beatriz of Hohenlohe-Langenburg) and his wife Diana Maria Langes-Swarovski had their first child, Joaquín Fernández de Córdoba y Langes-Swarovski.
AUDIFFRET-PASQUIER
Denys, Duke d'Audifrett-Pasquier died.
BATTENBERG/MOUNTBATTEN
The Honourable Michael-John Knatchbull (grandson of the late Lord Mountbatten) married secondly Penelope Coattes in Ashford, Kent on March 6th.
[He was divorced from Melissa Owen. She is a daughter of Stephen Coattes and Hazel Kelly and was born in Blackpool on October 23rd, 1959.]
India Hicks (granddaughter of the late Lord Mountbatten) and her lover David Flint Wood had their second son, Amory Wood, born in Miami, Florida, USA on June 25th.
BEDFORD
Lord Francis Russell (son of the 13th Duke of Bedford) and his second wife Sarah Clemence had their second son [together], Harry Russell, born on November 16th.
BISMARCK
Ann-Mari Tengbom (widow of Otto, Prince von Bismarck) died in Marbella, Spain on September 22nd.
BORGHESE
Don Paolo Borghese (son of the late Don Junio Valerio [dei principi] Borghese and of the late Countess Daria Wassilievna Olsoufieff) died in Rome on June 20th.
Donna Francesca Borghese (daughter of the late Don Alessandro Borghese, Prince di Leonforte and of Fabrizia [dei conti] Citterio) married Alberto Mastrogiovanni Tasca [dei conti] d'Almerita in Montevettolini near Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy on June 26th.
[He is a son of Lucio Mastrogiovanni Tasca, Count d'Almerita and of Baroness Tea Fassini-Camossi.]
BORROMEO
Don Federico Borromeo, Conte di Arona (son of Don Giberto Borromeo-Arese, Prince and Marchese di Angera and of Bona Orlando) married Princess Donna Lucrezia Rospigliosi at the Pantheon Church in Rome on July 3rd.
[She is a daughter of Prince Don Ludovico Rospigliosi and of Giovanna [dei conti] Sallier de La Tour [dei marchesi di Cordon e Combloux] and was born in Rome on May 11th, 1966.]
BRISSAC
Count Henri de Cossé-Brissac and his wife Lucile Cornet-Vernet had their second son, Count Eloi de Cossé-Brissac, born on September 30th.
Count Philippe de Cossé-Brissac and his wife Cécile Lannes de Montebello had their first child, Count Charles de Cossé-Brissac, born on November 12th.
BUCCLEUCH
Lord George Montagu-Douglas-Scott (son of the late 7th Duke of Buccleuch and widower of Mary Bishop) died on June 8th.
CANTACUZENE
Prince Mikhail Sergeievitch Cantacuzene [of the Princes Cantacuzene, Counts Speransky] (husband of Pamela Grace Jeppe) died in Westerly, Rhode Island, USA on December 31st.
[He had been divorced from Barbara Hanbury-Williams.]
CHIGI-ALBANI DELA ROVERE
Donna Olimpia Chigi-Albani della Rovere (daughter of the late Don Francesco, Prince Chigi-Albani della Rovere and of the late Donna Maria Concetta Torlonia [dei duchi di Poli] and wife of Marchese Ferdinando Bisleti) died in Rome on September 25th.
CHIMAY
Lady Diana Seymour (daughter of the late Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford and of Countess Pamela de Caraman-Chimay) was engaged to Henry Beaumont [of the viscounts Allendale] in September.
[He is a son the Honourable Sir Nicholas Beaumont and Jane Falconer and was born in 1966. She had been divorced from Timothy Verdun.]
CLERMONT-TONNERRE
Charles-Henry, Duke de Clermont-Tonnerre died on May 27th.
CLARY UND ALDRINGEN
Countess Marie von Clary und Aldringen (daughter of the late Count Edmund [of the princes] von Clary und Aldringen and of the late Countess Margarita zu Lodron-Laterano und Castelromano and widow of Heinz-Erich Mühlenburg) died in Munich on July 20th.
COLONNA
Donna Sveva Colonna (daughter of the late Don Marcantonio, Prince Colonna, Prince di Paliano and of the late Isabelle Sursock and widow of the late Alfonso Falcň, Prince Pio) died in Inversago near Como, Italy on January 16th.
Donna Stefanella Barberini Colonna di Sciarra (daughter of the late Don Maffeo Berberini Colonna di Sciarra, Prince di Carbognano and of the late Aliette de Bonneval) died in Rome on January 27th.
DEVONSHIRE
Michael Tree (husband of Lady Anne Cavendish, herself youngest dau of 10th Duke of Devonshire) died on August 24th.
[He was a son of the late Ronald Tree and of the late Nancy Perkins and he had been born on December 5th 1921.]
Lady Sophia Cavendish (daughter of the 11th Duke of Devonshire) married tirdly William Topley in Marlborough on November 25th.
[She had been divorced from Anthony Murphy and from the Honourable Alistair Morrison (of the barons Margadale).]
DEVONSHIRE
David Randolph Moray Stuart, 2nd Viscount Stuart of Findhorn (eldest son of the late James Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn [of the earls of Moray] and of the late Lady Rachel Cavendish [of the dukes of Devonshire] and husband of his third wife Margaret Anne Du Cane) died.
[Lord Stuart of Findhorn was also widower of Grizel Mary Wilfreda Fyfe (by whom he had one son, the Honourable James Dominic Stuart, who succeeds to the viscountcy of Stuart of Findhorn) and he subsequently married secondly Marian Wilson (by whom he had four children), from whom he was divorced.]
DONNERSMARCK
Gerlinde Urban (daughter of Erich Wilhelm Urban and of Maria Koch and wife of Guidotto, Count Henckel, Prince von Donnersmarck) died in Rottach-Egern, Bavaria, Germany on October 3rd.
FRANCO
Jaime Martínez-Bordíu y Franco (son of Carmen Franco y Polo, Duchess de Franco) and his wife Nuria March y Almela had their first child, Jaime Martínez-Bordíu y March, born in Madrid, Spain on November 13th.
GALITZINE
Prince Nicholas Vladimirovitch Galitzine (son of Prince Vladimir Emmanuelovitch Galitzine and his first wife, Countess Catherine von Carlow, herself daughter of Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg[-Strelitz] and his morganatic wife Natalia Wonlarsky) died in May.
Baron Konstantin von Wrede (second and youngest son of Baron Diethard von Wrede and of Countess Alexandra Széchényi de Sárvár et Felsövidék [herself the second daughter of the late Count Bálint Széchényi de Sárvár et Felsövidék and of his first and former wife the late Princess Marija Pavlovna Galitzine]) and his wife Charlotte von Rheden-Lütcken had their second child and second son, Baron Heinrich Philipp von Wrede, born on June 1st.
[Their first son, Baron Leonhard von Wrede, was born in 1998.]
Jean Shanks (wife of Prince Yuri Galitzine) died in the UK on November 11th.
GHIKA
Prince Ion Ghika and his wife Marie-Axelle Loustalot-Forest had their second child, Prince Constantin Ghika, born on May 26th.
GIARDINELLI
Gabriella de Bosdari (daughter of the late Filippo, Count de Bosdari and of the late Nobile Beatrice de'Rossi and formerly wife of the late Francesco Starrabba, Prince di Giardinelli) died [being a hundred years old] in Palermo, Sicily, Italy on March 3rd.
[She had also been divorced from her first husband Andrea Nicolis (dei conti di Robilant).]
HOHENBERG
Prince Ernst von Hohenberg and his wife Patricia Caesar divorced.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
Marie-Genevičve de La Rochefoucauld (daughter of Count Jacques de La Rochefoucauld [of the dukes de La Roche-Guyon] and widow of Vicomte Hervé de La Rochebrochard) married Philippe Huot de Saint-Albin in Versailles, France on April 10th.
Count Charles de La Rochefoucauld (son of Princess Isabella of Bourbon of Parma) married Brigitte Villet in Paris on June 8th.
Count Olivier de La Rochefoucauld and his wife Juliet Weir had their third son, Count Roland de La Rochefoucauld, born in Laval, France on July 1st.
LUYNES
Philippe d'Albert de Luynes, Duke de Chevreuse (only son of Jean d'Albert, Duke de Luynes and of Christine Roussel) married Capucine Ubald-Bocquet in Dampierre, France at the beginning of summer.
MAGENTA
Elizabeth de Mac-Mahon de Magenta (daughter of Philippe de Mac-Mahon de Magenta, Count de Mac-Mahon, and of Béatrix de Blanquet du Chayla) was engaged to Philippe Lamblin in October.
[He is a son of Serge Lamblin and of Patricia Craddock.]
MANCHESTER
Alexander Montagu, Viscount Mandeville (eldest son of Angus Charles Drogo Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester and of his first wife Mary Eveleen McClure) and his wife Wendy Dawn Burford had their second child, the Honourable Ashley Faith Maxine Nell Montagu.
[Their first child, Alexander Michael Charles Monague, Lord Kimbolton was born in 1993.]
MONTELLANO
Manuel Falcó y Girod (son of Carlos Falcó y Fernández de Córdoba, Marques de Castel Moncayo, Marqués de Grińon [himself son of the late Manuel Falcó y de Escandon, Duke de Montellano] and of his first wife Jeanine Girod) married Amparo Corsini y Montero in Mapica del Tajo, Toledo, Spain on July 10th.
[She is a daughter of Carlos Corsini y Alonso and Amparo Montero y Vargas-Zúńiga.]
MONTROSE
Lady Mary Graham (daughter of the 6th Duke of Montrose and widow of John Boscawen [of the viscounts Falmouth] and wife of Leslie Dunn) died on February 7th.
MORTEMART
Count Arthur-Victurnien de Rochechouart de Mortemart and his wife Flavie Thiollier had their first child, Count Casimir-Victurnien de Rochechouart de Mortemart, born in Paris on February 2nd.
MURAT
Prince Stanislas Murat de Chasseloup-Laubat and his wife Marine Kirilloff had their first child, Princess Aliénor Murat de Chasseloup-Laubat, born in Paris on January 30th.
NORFOLK
Francis Philip Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Penrith (second [but eldest surviving] son of the late Sir Esme William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith [of the dukes of Norfolk] and of the late Lady Maria Isabella Giovanna Giacchina Giustiniani-Bandini [herself the fifth daughter of the late Sigismondo Giustiniani-Bandini, Prince Giustiniani-Bandini, Duke of Mondragone, 8th Earl of Newburgh and of the late Maria Sophia Angelica (dei cavalieri) Massani]) died.
ODESCALCHI
Princess Donna Maria della Pace Odescalchi (daugther of the late Don Livio, Principe
Odescalchi and of Anna Maria Vagnarelli) married Giuseppe Recchi in Portofino, Italy on June 19th.
POLIGNAC
Jean-Héracle, Duke de Polignac died on November 12th.
RADZIWILL
Prince Antoni Radziwill (son of Prince Michal Radziwill and Aldona Chlapowska) died in the UK on February 24th.
[He was the husband of Princess Rosa Czartoryska.]
Manuel Antonio José d'Ornellas y Suarez (former husband of Princess Monika Radziwill) died in Mentevideo, Uruguay on May 15th.
[He had remarried Rosario Abraham.]
Prince Antoni Radziwill (son of Prince Stanislaw Radziwill and Lee Bouvier) died on August 10th.
[He was a nephew of the late Jacqueline Bouvier, widow of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, President of the United States, and therefore a first cousin of the recently deceased John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr.]
Princess Anna Krystyna Radziwill (daughter of Prince Stanislaw Radziwill and Lee Bouvier) married Ottavio Arancio in Siracusa, Sicily, Italy in September.
[He is a son of Enrico Arancio and Paola ...... and was born on Sicily around 1957.]
ROCCO DI TORREPADULA
Don Lorenzo Rocco di Torrepadula (son of Don Andrea [dei principi] Rocco di Torrepadula and Barbara Burgerhout) married Elisabeth Fabius in Keppel, The Netherlands on September 11th.
[She is a daughter of Diederik Fabius and Baroness Constance van Lynden and was born in Leiden, The Netherlands on April 11th, 1969.]
ROHAN
Prince Albert Rohan (son of the late Prince Karl Anton Rohan and of the late Countess Maria Alexandrina Apponyi de Nagy-Appony and widower of Elisabeth Burghardt) married secondly Monica Zallinger zum Thurn.
ROHAN-CHABOT, also see FRANCE (ORLÉANS)
Florence de Rohan-Chabot (daughter of Count Gilbert de Rohan-Chabot) was engaged to Christophe Perret in January.
Count Bruno de Rohan-Chabot (son of Count Gilbert de Rohan-Chabot) married Aude Rozan in February.
[She is a daughter of Michel Rozan.]
Count Emmanuel de Rohan-Chabot and his wife Eléonore de Galard-Terraube had their third child, Rodrigue de Rohan-Chabot, born on December 14th.
ROSPIGLIOSI, also see BORROMEO
Princess Donna Benedetta Francesca Maria Rospigliosi, Mistress of Newburgh (only child of Don Filippo Giambattista Camillo Francesco Aldo Maria, Prince Rospigliosi, Prince di Castiglione, Duke di Zagarolo, 12th Earl of Newburgh and of Baroness Donna Luisa Caccia Dominioni) married Piero Albertario in Morbegno, Italy on July 3rd.
ROXBURGHE
Lord Robert Innes-Ker (brother of the 10th Duke of Roxburghe) and his wife Katherine Pelly had their second child, James Mark Innes-Ker, born on September 16th.
RUFFO DI CALABRIA
Baron Hans-Ulrich von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen (son of Ulrich, Baron von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen and of Brita Blohm) and his wife Maria Cristina Rossi di Montelera (daughter of Ernesto [dei conti] Rossi di Montelera and of Emanuela San Martino d'Aglič [herself a daughter of the late Casimiro San Martino d'Aglič, Marchese di Fontanetto con San Germano and of Donna Maria-Cristina (dei principi) Ruffo di Calabria]) had a son, Baron Casimiro von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen, born in Paris on November 23rd.
[The child's great grandmother, Donna Maria-Cristina Ruffo di Calabria is the eldest sister of Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria, wife of Albert II, King of the Belgians.]
RUTLAND
Charles Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland died on January 3rd.
David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland and his wife Emma Watkins had their fourth child, Charles Manners, Marquess of Granby, born on July 3rd.
Martin Charteris, (Life) Baron Charteris of Amisfield (son of the late Hugo Charteris, Lord Elcho (of the earls of Wemyss and March) and of the late Lady Violet Catherine Manners (herself a daughter of the late Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland) died on December 23rd.
SABRAN
Elzéar de Sabran-Pontevčs, Duke de Sabran married Douchka Csimek in Ansouis, France on May 22nd.
Béatrix de Sabran-Pontevčs (daughter of Count Jean-Henri de Sabran-Pontevčs) was engaged to Antoine Gautier-Sauvagnac in April.
[He is a son of Denis Gautier-Sauvagnac.]
SAPIEHA-ROZANSKI
Princess Arabella T. Sapieha-Rozanski (daughter of Prince Georg Andreas Sapieha-Rozanski and of his first wife Nancy Gillespie) married Paul M. Gregory.
SUECA
Belén Morenes y Arteaga, Countess de Beńares (widow of Camilo Ruspoli y Caro, Duke de Sueca) died on April 30th.
TECK/CAMBRIDGE
Lady Mary Cambridge (daughter of Prince George of Teck, who became George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge and wife of Peter Whitley) died in Stogumber, Somerset, England on December 13th.
Simon Liddell-Grainger (son of David Liddell-Grainger and of Anne Abel Smith [herself a daughter of the late Sir Henry Abel Smith and of the late Lady May Cambridge (of the earls of Athlone) (former Princess May von Teck)] and his wife Romana Rogoshewska divorced.
Charles Liddell-Grainger (son of David Liddell-Grainger and of Anne Abel Smith [herself a daughter of the late Sir Henry Abel Smith and of the late Lady May Cambridge (of the earls of Athlone) (former Princess May von Teck)] and his wife Karen Humphreys divorced.
THUN UND HOHENSTEIN
Count Friedrich von Thun und Hohenstein (of the princes von Thun und Hohenstein) married secondly Gabriele Schniewind in Venice, Italy on February 18th.
[He had been divorced from Gabriele Bleyer.]
TROUBETZKOĎ
Princess Alexandra Troubetzkoď (daughter of Prince Michel Troubetzkoď and Caroline Roussaeux) married Jonkheer John (of the barons) Rolin in Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, France in October.
[She was born on October 6th, 1974. He is a son of Jonkheer Phillipe Rolin and of Anne Schyns.]
URSEL
Count Grégoire d'Ursel (son of Count Évrard [of the dukes] d'Ursel and of Countess Caroline de Liedekerke) died on Mallorca, Spain on August 23rd.
Countess Honorine d'Ursel (daughter of Count Christian [of the dukes] d'Ursel) married Jonkheer Martin de Cock de Rameyen in Heylissem, Belgium in November.
[He is a son of Jonkheer Nicolas de Cock de Rameyen and Jonkvrouw Anne Morel de Westgaver and was born in Gand, Belgium on June 24th, 1969.
Count Gonzague d'Ursel (only son of Count Eric [of the dukes d'Ursel] and of his wife Jonkvrouw Béatrice Montens d'Oosterwyck) and his wife Jonkvrouw Anne Wolters (eldest daughter of Jonkheer Michel Wolters and of Jonkvrouw Yvette de Pierpont) had their second daughter, Countess Françoise Nicole Véronique Marie Ghislaine d’Ursel, born in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium on February 18th.
[They had been married civilly in Grez-Doiceau, Belgium on August 12th, 1995 and religiously in Gottechain, Grez-Doiceau on September 9th, 1995. Their first daughter, Countess Sandrine Eric Yvette Marie Ghislaine d’Ursel, was born in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve on April 16th, 1997.]
UZES
Emmanuel de Crussol, Duke d'Uzčs died on September 8th.
VISCONTI DI MODRONE
Antonella Bechi-Piaggio (daughter of the late Alberto Bechi-Luserna and of the late Paola [dei conti] Antonelli, adopted daughter of Enrico Piaggio and wife of Don Uberto, Duke Visconti di Modrone, Marchese di Vimodrone, Count di Lonate Pozzolo) died on April 22nd.
[She had been divorced from her first husband Umberto Agnelli (son of late Edoardo Agnelli and of the late Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte [dei principi di San Faustino]).]
Donna Francesca Visconti di Modrone (daughter of the late Don Guido Carlo [dei duchi] Visconti di Modrone, Count di Lonate Pozzolo and of Maria Gloria Gorgone) married Marchese Edoardo Pallavicini in Rome on June 6th.
[He is a son of Marchese Carlo Pallavicini and of Avogara [dei conti] degli Azzoni Avogadro.]
Also see:
Royal Facts of 2000
Also see:
Royal Facts of 2001
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