Last update on September 20th, 2001
ARENBERG, also see BISMARCK (PART III)
Baron Philipp Franz von und zu Guttenberg (son of George Enoch, Baron von und zu Guttenberg [himself a son of the late Karl Theodor, Baron von und zu Guttenberg and of Princess Rose-Sophie of Arenberg] and of his former wife Countess Christiane von und zu Eltz genannt Faust von Stromberg) will marry the Honourable Alexandra Louisa Macdonald.
[She is the eldest daughter of Godfrey James Macdonald, 8th Lord Macdonald and of Claire Catlow and was born on August 19th, 1973. The engagement was announced in April.]
Prince Pierre of Arenberg and his wife Silvia de Castellane had their second child (together), Princess Dorothée-Anastasia of Arenberg, born in Saanen, Canton of Bern, Switzerland on July 27th.
AUERSPERG
Princess Dominica of Auersperg-Breunner (daughter of Prince Heinrich of Auersperg-Breunner and of the late Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria) and her husband Baron Thomas von Schenk had their third child, Baroness Anna Maria Johanna Barbara Angela Gobertina von Schenk, born in Vienna, Austria on January 4th.
Countess Henriette von Meran (daughter of the late Count Franz von Meran and of the late Princess Marie of Liechtenstein and widow of Prince Karl of Auersperg-Breunner) died in autumn.
Prince Anton Franz Pankraz of Auersperg (eighth and youngest child of the late Prince Eduard of Auerperg and of the late Countess Sophie von Clam und Gallas) died on December 17th.
[He had been divorced from Erika von Scheven.]
BENTHEIM-TECKLENBURG
Prince Maximilian of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (fourth and youngest son of Moritz-Casimir, Prince of Bentheim-Tecklenburg and of Countess Huberta von Kageneck) married Marissa Clare Fortescue in a civil ceremony in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany on September 12th.
[A religious ceremony took place at Schloss Rheda in Rheda-Wiedenbrück on September 30th. Marissa is a daughter of the Honourable Seymour Fortescue (of the earls Fortescue) and of his former wife Julia Pilcher and was born on October 20th, 1973. The engagement was announced in April.]
BENTINCK
Melanie Lister-Kaye (daughter of Sir John Lister-Kaye, Baronet and of Countess Sorrel Bentinck) married Ieuan Evans in Inverness, Scotland November 4th.
[He is a son of Alan Evans and of Mary Harries and he was born in Swansea, Wales on March 23rd, 1975. The engagement was announced in January.]
Godard von Ilsemann (only son of Wilhelm-Viktor von Ilsemann [himself the eldest son of the late Sigurd von Ilsemann and of the late Countess Elisabeth of Aldenburg Bentinck] and of Marie-Luise von Stülpnagel) and his wife Alexandra von Pentz had a daughter, Aletta-Marie Christina Adrienne von Ilsemann, born on December 24th.
CASTELL-CASTELL
Baroness Vibeke von Lotzbeck (widow of Count Gustav of Castell-Castell) died on January 14th.
[She had remarried Baron Erik Juel-Brockdorff, who died in 1995.]
Count Carl von Walderdorff (son of Count Franz von Walderdorff and of his former wife Countess Christa of Castell-Castell [herself a daughter of the late Count Gustav of Castell-Castell and of the late Baroness Vibeke von Lotzbeck]) married Sabina Luft in a civil ceremony in Munich on December 5th.
[She is a daughter of Klaus Luft and of Gerda Günther.]
CROY
James Tyser (son of Richard Tyser and of his former wife Princess Claire of Croÿ-Solre) will marry Grace Sood.
[She is a daughter of Arvinder Sood and of Joan ....... The engagement was announced in March.]
Princess Claire of Croÿ-Solre (daughter of the late Prince Léopold of Croÿ-Solre and of the late Jacqueline de Lespinay and former wife of Richard Tyser) died in London on April 14th.
Princess Sophie of Croÿ (daughter of Prince Anton of Croÿ and of his first wife Antonia Fundulus) married Baron Hermann von Rotenhan in a civil ceremony in Zeltweg on April 22nd. A religious ceremony took place in
Weisskirchen, Steiermark on September 30th.
[He is a son of Baron Eyring von Rotenhan and of Ingeborg von Tresckow and he was born in Bamberg, Germany on August 16th, 1968.]
Princess Sophie of Croÿ (daughter of Prince Anton of Croÿ and of his first wife Antonia Fundulus) and her husband Baron Hermann von Rotenhan had their first child, Baron Julius von Rotenhan, born in Vienna on July 11th.
Baroness Damasine de Mevius (daughter of Eric, Baron de Mevius and of his second wife Countess Marguerite de Limburg Stirum [herself a daughter of the late Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum and of Princess Marie-Immaculée of Croÿ]) married Francesco Compostella, Count di Sanguinetto in a religious ceremony in Rhisnes near Namur, Belgium in September.
Baroness Caroline von Strachwitz und Gross-Zauche (only daughter of Baron Wolfram of Strachwitz und Gross-Zauche and of Princess Anna of Croÿ) married Pius Perko Edler von Monshoff in Heisterbacherrott on October 7th.
[He is a son of Karl Perko Edler von Monshoff and of Benedicta Szmrecsányi von Szmrecsán und Darócz and he was born in Vienna on January 13th, 1967.]
ESTERHÁZY OF GALÁNTHA
Prince László Esterházy of Galántha (son of the late Miklós, Prince Esterházy of Galántha and husband of Countess Maria Erdödy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló) died at Lockenhaus Castle, Burgenland, Austria on January 5th.
FÜRSTENBERG
Princess Tatiana of Fürstenberg (daughter of Prince Eduard Egon of Fürstenberg and of his former wife Diane Halfin) and her companion Russell Steinberg had their first child, Antonia ......, born in June.
HOHENLOHE-LANGENBURG
Juan Claudio Abelló y Gamazo (eldest son of Juan Abelló y Gallo and of Ana Isabel Gamazo y de Hohenlohe-Langenburg [herself daughter of the late Claudio Gamazo y Arnús, Marqués de Soto de Aller and of Princess Maria Francisca of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Marquesa de Belvis de las Navas]) married Marta del Rey y Guil in Madrid, Spain on March 4th.
[She is a daughter of ...... del Rey and of María
José Guil and a stepdaughter of Isidoro Álvarez y Álvarez and was born around 1967. He was born around 1968.]
Marilis Healing (third wife of Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg) died in Ronda, Malaga, Spain on October 31st.
See: Other Royal Genealogical Information
HOHENLOHE-OEHRINGEN
Erika Himmelein (daughter of the late Friedrich Konrad Himmelein and of the late Marie Karoline Urban and third wife and widow of August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen) died on August 24th.
LOBKOWICZ
Prince Johann of Lobkowicz (son of the late Jaroslav, Prince of Lobkowicz and of the late Countess Marie von Beaufort-Spontin, widower of Countess Marie Therese von Belcredi and husband of Countess Pauline [of the dukes] d'Ursel) died on February 10th.
Princess Margarita of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (daughter of the late Alois, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg and of Countess Elisabeth [of the princes] zu Lynar and wife of Prince Franz of Lobkowicz) died in Munich on February 23rd.
Princess Eleonore of Lobkowicz (daughter of the late Jaroslav, Prince of Lobkowicz and of the late Countess Marie von Beaufort-Spontin and widow of Count Franz Basselet de La Rosée) died on November 15th.
LÖWENSTEIN-WERTHEIM-FREUDENBERG
Count Manfredi della Gherardesca and his wife Countess Theodora von Löwenstein-Scharffeneck (descendant of Prince Leopold of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg [1827-1893] and of his morganatic wife Amalie Wollrabe, who was created Countess von Löwenstein-Scharffeneck) had their first child, Count Aliotto Guelfo Rupert della Gherardesca, born in London on August 21st.
LÖWENSTEIN-WERTHEIM-ROSENBERG
Princess Maria-Anna of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (daughter of the late Aloys, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and of the late Countess Josephine Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau and widow of Ferdinanand, Count von Magnis) died (probably in Bonn, Gemany) on July 22nd.
Prince Johannes of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (son of the late Aloys, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and of the late Countess Josephine Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau and husband of Baroness Christine [of the counts] von Loë) died on December 1st.
OETTINGEN-WALLERSTEIN
Princess Elisabeth-Marie of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Wallerstein (second daughter of Prince Wolfgang of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Wallerstein and of his first wife the late Henriette de Longueval, Countess von Buquoy) married Kolia van Ginneken in Brussels at the beginning of the year.
[She had previously been married to Nicolas Nikolajewitsch Zoubov.]
ORSINI AND ROSENBERG
Countess Birgitta Gunilla Gabriella Maria of Orsini and Rosenberg (second child and eldest daughter of Count Johann of Orsini and Rosenberg and wife of Peter Treppo) died on July 17th.
ORTENBURG
Countess Anna-Madeleine of Ortenburg (daughter of Count Botho of Ortenburg and of Baroness Ilse von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen) married Hervé-Alexander Perrin de Nelle in a religious ceremony in Wülfingshausen on May 6th.
[He is a son of Philip Perrin de Nelle and of Heidi Reinhardt. A civil ceremony had taken place in Berlin on December 13th, 1999.]
PLATEN-HALLERMUND
Countess Jutta of Platen-Hallermund (daughter of the late Count Wilhelm of Platen-Hallermund and of the late Elisabeth von Boddien and wife or widow of Claus Henning von Plate) died in Mummendorf on February 12th.
RATIBOR
Hereditary Prince Viktor of Ratibor and Corvey (eldest son of Franz, Duke of Ratibor, Prince of Corvey and of Altgräfin Isabelle of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck) and his wife Alexandra von Wohlgemuth had their first child, Princess Cecilia of Ratibor and Corvey, born in Vienna on August 14th.
Prince Tassilo of Ratibor and Corvey (second son of Franz Albrecht Metternich-Sándor, Duke of Ratibor, Prince of Corvey and of his wife Altgravine Isabella of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck) and his wife Countess Clarissa of Toerring-Jettenbach (only daughter of Hans-Veit, Count of Toerring-Jettenbach and of Princess Henriette of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein) had their first child, Princess Charlotte Margita Elisabeth Marie of Ratibor and Corvey, born in Vienna on November 20th.
RECHBERG AND ROTHENLÖWEN OF HOHENRECHBERG
Hereditary Count Bernhard of Rechberg and Rothenlöwen of Hohenrechberg (eldest son of Albert Germanus, Count of Rechberg and Rothenlöwen of Hohenrechberg and of Countess Monika of Königsegg-Aulendorf) and his wife Countess Barbara of Neipperg (third daughter of Josef Hubert, Count of Neipperg and of his first wife the late Countess Maria von Ledebur-Wicheln) had their fourth daughter and sixth child, Countess Monika of Rechberg and Rothenlöwen of Hohenrechberg, born on March 22nd.
SALM-REIFFERSCHEIDT-KRAUTHEIM AND DYCK
Stephen Geddes (son of the late Honourable Alexander Geddes [of the barons Geddes] and of Altgräfin Marie Anne of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck) married Countess Clarissa vom Hagen, Baroness von Plettenberg in Sandfort on September 16th.
[She is a daughter of Friedrich, Count vom Hagen, Baron von Plettenberg and of Astrid von Graevenitz and was born in Münster, Germany on March 25th, 1970. The engagement had been announced in November 1999.]
SALM-REIFFERSCHEIDT-RAITZ
Altgraf Niklas of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz (son of Altgraf Niklas of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz and of Countess Nathalie of Neipperg) married Countess Nathalie von Ballestrem in Benediktbeuern on July 15th.
[She is a daughter of Count Franz von Ballestrem and of Baroness Andrea von Stotzingen.]
SALM-SALM
Baron Winfried von Loë (grandson of the late Felix, Count von Loë and of Princess Isabelle of Salm-Salm) and his wife Marie-Amélie Lamiot had their fifth son, Baron Jérôme von Loë, born on June 3rd.
Prince Philipp of Salm-Salm (son of Carl-Philipp, Prince of Salm-Salm and of his first wife Erika von Morgen) will marry Hermine de Cassan-Floyrac in Paris on October 17th.
[She is a daughter of Michel de Cassan-Floyrac and of Isabelle de Mengin. The engagement was announced in May.]
Also see: Other Royal Genealogical Information
SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN-BERLEBURG
Princess Gabriele of Ysenburg and Büdingen and Wächtersbach (daughter of the late Hereditary Prince Ferdinand Maximilian of Ysenburg and Büdingen and Wächtersbach and of the late Countess Margarethe von Dönhoff and wife of Prince Franz of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg) died in Munich on January 13th.
Countess Ilka Grote (only child of Count Ulrich Grote and of the late Princess Marita of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg) married Herwarth von Plate at the Wallfahrtskirche Maria Stenbach in Wickstadt near Niddatal, Germany on August 26th.
[He is a son of Egbert von Plate and of Baroness Madeleine von Heyking and was born in Le Roeulx, Belgium on January 20th, 1973.]
SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN-HOHENSTEIN
Gert-Rudolf [Muck] Flick (son of Ernst-Otto Flick and of Barbara Raabe and former husband of Princess Johanna of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein and of Donatella Missikoff) married thirdly Corinne Mueller-Vivil at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Mayfair, London in April 2000.
[She was born around 1966.]
SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN-SAYN
Prince Casimir of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (second son of Alexander, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn and of Countess Gabriella of Schönborn-Wiesentheid married Corinna Larsen in a civil ceremony in Chelsea, London in December.
[Supposedly a religious ceremony will take place in Salzburg, Austria in summer 2001. Corinna had been divorced from Philip Atkins, by whom she has a daughter, Nastassia Atkins, born in 1992.]
SCHAESBERG
Count Christoph of Schaesberg (third son of Heinrich, Count of Schaesberg and of Princess Margarethe of Croÿ) and his wife Maria Magdalena Matz, Countess von Spiegelfeld had a son, Count Camillo Heinrich Franz Stephan Joseph Maria of Schaesberg, born in Vienna on June 9th.
SCHÖNBORN-WIESENTHEID, also see TWO SICILIES
Countess Maria-Christina of Schönborn-Wiesentheid (youngest child of the late Count Manfred of Schönborn-Wiesentheid and of Princess Margit Esterházy of Galántha) married Martin Kammerlander in Lockenhaus, Burgenland, Austria on August 12th.
[He is a son of Ludwig Kammerlander and of Baroness Elisabeth von Fries-Tersch.]
SCHÖNBURG-GLAUCHAU
Count Maximilian von Oppersdorff (son of Count Josef Ferdinand von Oppersdorff [himself a son of the late Wilhelm Hans, Count von Oppersdorff and of the late Princess Marie Louise of Isenburg] and of Countess Maria Assunta of Schönburg-Glauchau married Baroness Margerita von und zu Bodman at the Pfarrkirche St.Peter und Paul in Bodman, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on May 20th.
[She is a daughter of Wilderich, Count von und zu Bodman and of Baroness Maria-Claudia von Stotzingen and she was born in Singen on March 26th, 1971.]
SCHÖNBURG-HARTENSTEIN
Count Johannes Nikolaus Marenzi von Tagliuno und Talgate (son of the late Count Johannes Marenzi von Tagliuno und Talgate [himself a son of the late Count Ludwig Marenzi von Tagliuno und Talgate and of the late Princess Ernestine of Schönburg-Hartenstein] and of his first wife Nancy Philpotts) married Stephanie Hauninger Edle von Haueningen in Carinthia, Austria on June 3rd.
[She is a daughter of Nikolaus Hauninger Edler von Haueningen.]
SCHWARZENBERG
Princess Gaia of Schwarzenberg (daughter of Prince Erkinger of Schwarzenberg and of his second wife Countess Claudia zu Brandis) will marry Loïc van Cutsem.
[He is a son of Philippe van Cutsem and of Myriam Regout. The engagement was announced in February.]
SOLMS-BARUTH
Rosemarie von Wietzlow (daughter of the late Jakob von Wietzlow and of the late Eleonore von Roennebeck and widow of Count Friedrich-Sigismund of Solms-Baruth) died in Munich on January 20th.
[She had been divorced from her first husband Alfred Ritter Hentschel von Gilgenheimb.]
SOLMS-HOHENSOLMS-LICH
Princess Amicie of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (second daughter of Prince Wilhelm of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich and of Milicent von Boch-Galhau) married Count Johannes von Thurn und Valsassina-Como-Vercelli at Mettlach am Saar, Germany on July 22nd.
[He is the fourth son of the late Count Heriprand (Ariprand) von Thurn und Valsassina-Como-Vercelli and of Princess Maria of Auersperg and was born on in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria on February 11th, 1967.]
SOLMS-LAUBACH
Count Gustav of Solms-Laubach (son of the late Otto, Count of Solms-Laubach and of Princess Madeleine of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg) married Nicola Ute Hipp in a civil ceremony in Ilmmünster near Pfaffenhofen on August 3rd. A religious ceremony took place at the Wallfahrtskirche in Birnau am Bodensee, Germany on August 26th.
[She is a daughter of Claus Hipp and of Ute ........ and she was born in Munich on April 15th, 1969.]
SOLMS-WILDENFELS
Salim Farid Saad (husband of Countess Jutta of Solms-Wildenfels [herself a daughter of the late Friedrich, Count of Solms-Wildenfels and of the late Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg]) died in March.
STOLBERG-WERNIGERODE
Thea von Craushaar (only daughter of Götz von Craushaar [himself the eldest son of the late Harry von Craushaar and of Countess Dorothea of Stolberg-Wernigerode] and of Ulrike Flad) and her husband Constantin von Waldthausen had their third child and first daughter, Donata von Waldthausen, born on September 22nd.
TRAUTTMANSDORFF-WEINSBERG
Count Ferdinand of Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (only son of Count Alfred of Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg and of Isabella von Herrmann) married Princess Marie Ileana of Liechtenstein (second daughter of Prince Eugen of Liechtenstein and of Countess Maria Theresia von Goëss) in Dellach near Moosburg, Carinthia, Austria on June 10th.
WALDBURG OF WOLFEGG AND WALDSEE
Count Christoph of Waldburg of Wolfegg and Waldsee (son of Count Maximilian of Waldburg of Wolfegg and Waldsee and of Baroness Henriette von Habermann) married Baroness Viktoria von Rosenberg in Heimerzheim on March 11th.
[She is a daughter of Adalbert, Baron von Rosenberg and of Heidi Zimmer and was born in Bremen, Germany on July 11th, 1969.]
WALDBURG OF ZEIL AND TRAUCHBURG
Countess Maria Cristina Deym, Baroness von Stritez (daughter of Count Ferdinand Deym, Baron von Stritez and of his former wife Waltraud Kathrein von Andersill and wife of Count Alois of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems) and her second son Count Ludwig of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems died [in an accident] on May 28th.
Count Franz-Clemens of Waldburg -Zeil-Hohenems and his wife Countess Stephanie von Blanckenstein had their fourth daughter, Countess Sophie Philippa Maxima Walburga Maria of Waldburg -Zeil-Hohenems, born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, Austria on June 29th.
Baron Burkhard von Ow-Wachendorf and his wife Baroness Agnes von Loë (a daughter of Baron Wessel von Loë [himself a son of the late Felix, Count von Loë of Princess Isabelle of Salm-Salm] and of his wife Countess Sophie of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems) had their third child, Baroness Caroline Sophie Maria Carlotta von Ow-Wachendorf, born on December 15th.
WIED
Princess Christina of Wied (daughter of the late Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Wied and of his second wife Princess Sophie Charlotte of Stolberg-Stolberg) and her husband Baron Wolf-Eckart von Gemmingen-Hornberg had their third child and first son, Baron Alexander von Gemmingen-Hornberg, born in Bad Rappenau, Germany on March 12th.
Prince Wilhelm of Wied (son of Prince Ulrich of Wied and of Ilke Fischer) married Clara Elizabeth Makepeace-Massingham in Fladbury, Worcestershire, England on July 1st.
[She is a daughter of George Makepeace-Massingham. The engagement was announced in January.]
Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Wied (son of the late Hereditary Prince Hermann of Wied and of Countess Marie Antonia of Stolberg-Wernigerode and husband of Princess Sophie Charlotte of Stolberg-Stolberg) died in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada on August 28th.
[He had been divorced from his first wife Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont.]
WINDISCH-GRAETZ
Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell (son of Dermot Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell and of his former wife
Princess Stephanie of Windisch-Graetz) will marry Lisa Abadijan.
[She is the youngest daughter of the late Jean Abadjian. The engagement was announced in March.]
Count Friedrich-Leopold zu Hardegg auf Glatz und im Machlande (son of Count Friedrich zu Hardegg auf Glatz und im Machlande and of Princess Eleonore zu Windisch-Graetz) married Christina von Oertzen in Munster zu Bad Doberan, Mecklenburg on May 13th.
[She is a daughter of Günter von Oertzen and of Baroness Christa von Enzberg and was born in Marburg an der Lahn, Germany on April 1st, 1973.]
Also see:
Royal Facts of 2000, PART I
Also see:
Royal Facts of 2000, PART III
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Royal Facts of 1999
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Royal Facts of 2001
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