Last update on May 7th, 2004
ALDOBRANDINI
Baroness Luisa von Welczek (daughter of the late Johannes, Count von Welczek and of the late Luisa de Balmaceda y Fontecilla and widow of Don Clemente, Prince Aldobrandini) died in Frascati, Italy on September 25th.
ALTENBURG
Countess Benedicta von Ledebur-Wicheln (fourth daughter of Count Mario von Ledebur-Wicheln and of Princess Valerie von Altenburg [herself a daughter of the late Prince Clemens Salvator von Altenburg, former Archduke of Austria, and of the late Countess Elisabeth Rességuier de Miremont]) and her husband Tobias Jaklin had their second child, Josef Jaklin, born in Berlin on March 12th.
Prince Friedrich von Altenburg (eldest son of Prince Peter von Altenburg [himself a son of the late Archduke Clemens Salvator of Austria] and of Countess Juliane von Waldstein-Forni) married Countess Gabriele Maria Alice Alse Christine Irene Antonia von Walterskirchen, Baroness zu Wolfsthal in Etsdorf am Kamp, Lower Austria on July 8th.
[She is the second daughter of Count Georg von Walterskirchen, Baron zu Wolfsthal and of Countess Marie Agathe von Stubenberg and was born in Vienna on October 7th, 1965.]
Countess Elisabeth Rességuier de Miremont (daughter of the late Count Friedrich Rességuier de Miremont [of the Marquis de Miremont] and of the late Countess Christiane von Wolkenstein and widow of Prince Clemens von Altenburg [former Archduke of Austria]) died in Salzburg, Austria on July 9th.
Countess Anna von Ledebur-Wicheln (third daughter of Count Mario von Ledebur-Wicheln and of Princess Valerie von Altenburg [herself a daughter of the late Prince Clemens Salvator von Altenburg, former Archduke of Austria, and of the late Countess Elisabeth Rességuier de Miremont]) and her husband Count Johannes von Preysing-Lichtenegg-Moos had their second daughter, Countess Jacinta von Preysing-Lichtenegg-Moos, born in Duisburg, Germany on September 20th.
Count Heinrich von Ledebur-Wicheln (only son of Count Mario von Ledebur-Wicheln and of Princess Valerie von Altenburg [herself a daughter of the late Prince Clemens Salvator von Altenburg, former Archduke of Austria, and of the late Countess Elisabeth Rességuier de Miremont]) and his wife Maria Lubkowitz had their fourth child, Count Elias von Ledebur-Wicheln, born on October 19th.
AMILAKVARI
Othar Dmitrievitch, Prince Amilakvari (son of the late Dmitri Georgievitch, Prince Amilakvari and of the late Princess Irina Iossifovna Dadiani and husband of Marguerite Jeanne Maye) died in Paris on August 21st.
BAENA
Isabel Ruiz de Arana y Marone, Marquesa de Villamanrique (second daughter of José María Ruiz de Arana y Montalvo, Duke de Baena and of his former wife Maria Teresa Marone Cinzano [herself a daughter of the late Enrico Marone Cinzano, Count Marone and of the late Infanta María Cristina of Spain] married Ignacio Izuzquiza y Fernandez in Madrid on March 31st.
[He is a son of Juan Ignacio Izuzquiza y Gonzalez and of María Soledad Fernandez y Retuerto and he was born in Madrid on May 6th, 1970.]
BATTHYÁNY-STRATTMANN
Countess Tatiana Batthyány de Német-Ujvár (only daughter of Count Christof Batthyány de Német-Ujvár [of the princes Batthyány-Strattmann de Német-Ujvár] and of Christine Riechert) and her husband Count Konrad von Waldersee had their third child, Count László von Waldersee, born in London on February 16th.
BATTENBERG/MOUNTBATTEN
The Honourable Timothy Knatchbull (son of Sir John Knatchbull, Baron Brabourne and of Patricia Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma) and his wife Isabella Norman (daughter of David Norman and of Diana [of the baronets] Sheffield) had their first child, Amber Diana Patricia Knatchbull, born in Washington, DC, USA on January 3rd.
BEAUFORT
David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort (son of the late Henry Somerset and of the late Bettine [of the baronets] Malcolm) married secondly Miranda Morley near Badminton, England on June 2nd.
[He is a widower of Lady Caroline Thynne (of the Marquesses of Bath).]
BEDFORD
Andrew Russell, Lord Howland (son and heir of Henry Robin Ian Russell, Marquess of Tavistock [himself son and heir of John Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford] and of Henrietta Joan Tiarks) married Louise R.Crammond at the Church of St Margaret, Westminster, London on October 16th.
[She is a daughter of the late Robert Ian Crammond and of Rona Johns (now the Dowager Lady Delves Broughton) and she was born around 1964. The engagement was announced in June.]
BISMARCK
Countess Stephanie von Bismarck-Schönhausen (daughter of Count Andreas von Bismarck-Schönhausen [of the princes von Bismarck] and of his second wife Charlotte Kinberg married Baron Karl Theodor von und zu Guttenberg in the Pfarrkirche Sankt Zeno in Bad Reichenhall, Upper Bavaria, Germany on February 12th.
[He is a son of Georg 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 and was born in Munich on December 5th, 1971.]
Countess Claudia Anna Katharina Mona von Bismarck-Schönhausen (only child of the late Count Carl Alexander von Bismarck-Schönhausen [of the princes von Bismarck] and of his first wife Princess Alexandra of Croÿ) and her husband Frank Weyerhaeuser Piasecki had a son, Otto Alexander Piasecki, born on August 10th.
BORGHESE
Don Michele Borghese (son of Don Pietro Francesco [dei principi] Borghese and of his second wife Josephine Prichard) died [in a parachute accident] in Borgo Santa Maria near Latina, Italy on November 11th.
BRISSAC
Félicité Herzog (daughter of Maurice Herzog and of Marie-Pierre de Cossé-Brissac, herself daughter of the late Pierre de Cossé, Duke de Brissac) married Jacob Grierson in a religious ceremony in La Celle-les-Bordes, Yvelines, France on September 9th.
[He is a son of Sir Ronald Grierson. The engagement was announced in January.]
Sophie Merveilleux du Vignaux (daughter of
Jacques Merveilleux du Vignax and of Marie-Christine de Cossé-Brissac) will marry David Castella.
[He is a son of André Castella and of Colette Faure. The engagement was announced in April.]
BROGLIE
Prince Adalbert de Broglie and his wife Alexandra von Roth had their third child, Prince Henri de Broglie, born in Paris on March 28th.
BUCCLEUCH
Margaret Francis (Peggy) Philips (daughter of the late Lewis Francis Philips and widow of Claud Montagu-Douglas-Scott [himself a son of the late Lord John Montagu-Douglas-Scott (of the dukes of Buccleuch) and of the late Lady Elizabeth Manners (of the dukes of Rutland)]) died on March 17th.
Francis Henrietta Montagu-Douglas-Scott (daughter of the late Lord William Montagu-Douglas-Scott [himself a son of the late John Charles Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry] and of Lady Rachel Douglas-Home [of the Earls of Home] and wife of Philip Bertram Gurdon, 3rd Baron Cranworth) died on August 19th.
Archibald Hugh Stirling, of Keir (son of William Joseph Stirling, of Keir [of the baronets Stirling-Maxwell] and of Susan Rachel Bligh [of the earls of Darnley] and former husband of Charmian Rachel Montagu-Douglas-Scott [of the ducs of Buccleuch and Queensberry] and of Dame Diana Rigg, the actress) married thirdly Sharon Silver in Southampton, Long Island, New York on August 4th.
[She is a daughter of dau of Gerald Silver and of Leila .......]
The Honourable Barbara Constance Brand (second daughter of the late Sir Thomas Walter Band, 3rd Viscount Hampden [himself the eldest son of the late Henry Robert Brand , 2nd Viscount Hampden and of his second wife the late Susan Henrietta Cavendish (of the dukes of Devonshire)] and of the late Lady Katherine Mary Montagu Douglas Scott [herself the eldest daughter of the late Sir William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and 8th Duke of Queensberry and of the late Lady Louisa Hamilton (of the dukes of Abercorn)] and widow of Ronald Harry Higham) died in August.
Lady Angela Montagu-Douglas-Scott (youngest daughter of the late John Charles Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry and of the late Lady Margaret Bridgeman [of the earls of Bradford] and widow of Sir Peter Dawnay [of the viscounts Downe]) died on September 28th.
[She was a sister of Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott, widow of Prince Henry of Great-Britain and Northern-Ireland, Duke of Gloucester.]
The Honourable Mary Rachel Douglas-Scott-Montagu (only daughter of Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu [of the dukes of Buccleuch and Queensbury] and of his first wife Elizabeth Crossley) and her husband Rupert Benjamin Scott had their first child, Benjamin Christopher Scott, born near Beaulieu, Hampshire, England.
[Benjamin Christopher Scott is a godson of the Countess of Wessex.]
CADAVAL
Count Brandolino Brandolini d'Adda (fourth and youngest son of Brandolino, Count Brandolini d'Adda, Count di Valmareno [himself the eldest son of the late Carlo, Count Brandolini d'Adda, Count di Valmareno and of the late Dona Maria José Alvares Pereira de Melo (of de dukes de Cadaval)] and of Cristina Agnelli [herself daghter of the late Edoardo Agnelli and of the late Donna Virginia Borbon del Monte (dei principi di San Faustino)]) and his wife Marie Angliviel de la Baumelle (daughter of the late Armand Angliviel de la Beaumelle and of Baroness Béatrice de Rothschild) had their third son, Count Gioacchino Brandolini d'Adda, born on September 6th.
CARACCIOLO
Donna Violante Visconti di Modrone (daughter of the late Don Edoardo [dei duchi] Visconti di Modrone [dei duchi di Grazzano Visconti] and of the late Nicoletta [dei conti] Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga and wife [since 1996] of Don Carlo Caracciolo, Prince of Castagneto, Duke of Melito) died in New York on March 25th.
[She had previously been married to Count Piermaria Pasolini dall'Onda.]
Edoardo Agnelli (only son of Giovanni [Gianni] Agnelli [himself the eldest son of the late Edoardo Agnelli and of the late Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte (dei principi di San Faustino)] and of Donna Marcella Caracciolo [dei principi di Castagneto]) died near Fossano, Cuneo, Italy on November 15th.
CASTRIES
Thérèse Jacqueline de Meaux (widow of Count Christian de La Croix de Castries) died on September 5th.
CATALANO-GONZAGA
Don Arturo Catalano-Gonzaga, Duke di Cirella (son of the late Don Gaetano, Duke di Cirella and of the late Magda Cappellini and husband of Maria [dei conti] di Valmarana died in Rome on October 5th.
CLARY UND ALDRINGEN
Countess Therese von Clary und Aldringen (daughter of the late Marcus, Prince von Clary und Aldringen and of his first wife Countess Paula Schaffgotsch genannt Semperfrei von und zu Kynast und Greiffenstein and former wife of Count Clemens-Dietrich Beissel von Gymnich) died in Munich on January 10th or 11th.
COLONNA
Don Lorenzo Colonna (son of Don Stefano Colonna [dei principi di Paliano] and of Diana [dei conti] Hierschel de Minerbi) married Maria Cristina Sensi at the church of Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome on May 13th.
[She is a daughter of Giuseppe Maria Sensi, president of a Rome football team.]
CORSINI
Donna Nencia Corsini (daughter of Don Filippo, Prince Corsini, Prince di Sismano and of Georgiana Avogadro [dei conti di Valdengo e Collobiano]) married Count Benedikt Bolza, in Prato, Tuscany, Italy on September 30th.
[He is a son of Count Anton Bolza and of Countess Angelika von Demblin de Ville and he was born in Munich on June 15th, 1974.]
Donna Anna Lucrezia Corsini (daughter of the late Don Tommaso, Prince Corsini, Prince di Sismano and of the late Elena Avogadro [dei conti di Valdengo e Collobiano] and wife of Cosimo Andrea [dei conti] Sanminiatelli) died in Florence, Italy on October 31st.
CZARTORYSKI
Prince Guy Czartoryski (son of the late Prince Andrzej Czartoryski and of Fleur Wendela de Laune Williams) will marry Dorothy Skarbek-Borowska.
[The engagement was announced in April.]
Princess Louisa Czartoryska (second daughter of the late Prince Andrzej Czartoryski and of Fleur Wendela de Laune Williams) and her husband Stuart Bruseth had their third son, Constantin Andrew Kazimierz Bruseth, born on December 22nd.
[Their two other sons are Ludovic Bruseth and Auberon Bruseth.]
DEVONSHIRE
Stella Tennant, the model (daughter of the Honourable Tobias Tennant [of the Barons Glenconner]) and of Lady Emma Cavendish [herself a daughter of Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire]) and her husband David Lasnet had their second child, Cecily Lasnet, born in New York on June 1st.
[They already had a son, Marcel Lasnet, born before their marriage.]
Edward Tobias Tennant (son of the Honourable Tobias Tennant [of the barons Glenconner] and of Lady Emma Cavendish [herself a daughter of Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire] will marry Emma Virginia Bridgeman in Northumbria in November.
[She is a daughter of Peter Bridgeman (of the earls of Bradford) and of Sarahjane Corbett and was born in 1969. The engagement was announced in August.]
David Faber MP (son of Julian Tufneff Faber and of Lady Ann Caroline Macmillan (herself a daughter of the late Maurice Harold Macmillian, 1st Earl of Stockton [the prime minister] and of the late Lady Dorothy Evelyn Cavendish [herself the third daughter of the late Sir Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire and of the late Lady Evelyn Emily Mary Fitzmaurice (of the marquesses of Landsdowne)]) and his second wife Sophie Hedley had a daughter, Evelyn Alice Faber, born in London on December 14th.
[David Faber was formerly married to Sally Elizabeth Gilbert, by who he has a son, Henry Faber, in 1992.]
DORIA-PAMPILJ-LANDI
Donna Orietta Doria-Pampilj-Landi (only child of the late Don Filippo, Prince Doria-Pampilj-Landi, Prince di Melfi and of the late Gesine Mary Dykes and widow of Francis (Frank) George Wignall Pogson, who had become Francis (Frank) George Wignall Pogson-Doria-Pamphilj in 1958) died in Rome on November 19th.
[Donna Orietta Doria-Pampilj-Landi and Frank Pogson-Doria-Pamphilj had two adopted children, Jonathan, who is unmarried, and Gesine, who is married to Massimiliano (dei conti) Floridi, by whom she has two daughters, Anna Floridi (born in 1994) and Elisa Floridi (born in 1995).]
FAUCIGNY-LUCIGNE
Aymon Humbert Marie Gérard de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny, Prince de Lucinge (only child of the late Prince Humbert de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny and of his first wife Gisèle Fabvier) died in Montreal, Canada on December 22nd.
GAETANI
Donna Teresa Gaetani dell'Aquila d'Aragona (dei duchi di Laurenzana) and her husband Umberto (dei baroni) Galli Zugaro (grandson of the late Enzo, Baron Galli Zugaro and of Donna Fabiola Massimo [herself a daughter of the late Don Fabrizio Massimo, Prince di Roviano and of the late Princess Beatriz of Bourbon]) had their first child, Vittoria Galli Zugaro, born in Trieste, Italy on February 6th.
[They had married on September 26th, 1998.]
GALITZINE
Prince Andrei Mikhailovitch Galitzine (son of Prince Mikhail Vladimirovitch Galitzine and of Tamara Pavlovna Rostshine) and his wife Tatiana Meade (daughter of John Meade [of the earls of Clanwilliam] and of Princess Valentina Nikolaievna Galitzine) had their third child, Prince Gregory Galitzine, born on January 11th.
Princess Marina Dimitrievna Galitzine and her husband Alexander Fedoroff had their second son, Gleb Fedoroff, born on February 12th.
[Their first son, Nikolai Fedoroff, was born on June 4th, 1998.]
Natasha Borisovna Dakserhof (daughter of Boris Dakserhof and of the late Princess Marina Alexandrovna Galitzine and widow, wife or former wife of ...... Sazevich) died in February.
Baron Stephan von Wrede (eldest 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]) married Isabelle Seifert in Hamburg, Germany on July 15th.
[She is a daughter of Frank Seifert and of Eva Vass de Bihar.]
Jonkheer Geoffroy della Faille de Leverghem and his wife Baroness Philippine von Wrede (eldest daughter 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]) had their third child and third daughter, Jonkvrouw Marguerite della Faille de Leverghem, born on August 13th.
[Their first two daughters, Jonkvrouw Anastasia della Faille de Leverghem and Jonkvrouw Antoinette della Faille de Leverghem, were born on September 3rd, 1997.]
Princess Marina Aleksandrovna Galitzine (daughter of the late Prince Aleksej Vladimirovich Galitzine and of the late Liubov Vladimirovna Gleboff and widow of Boris Dakserhof) died in San Francisco, California, USA on September 9th.
Alexander Hazell (son of Jonathan Hazell and of his former wife Princess Caroline Galitzine) married Alyssa Murdoch in Sevenoaks, Kent, England on October 21st.
[She is a daughter of Alan Murdoch and she was born on August 14th, 1967. The engagement was announced in May.]
GRAFTON
Francis Humphrey Maurice FitzRoy Newdegate, 3rd Viscount Daventry (third son of the Edward Algernon FitzRoy [of the barons Southampton of the dukes of Grafton] and of the late Muriel Douglas-Pennant, Viscountes Daventry [of the barons Penrhyn] and husband of the Honourable Rosemary [of the baronets] Norrie) died on February 15th.
[His eldest son, James Edward FitzRoy, succeeded as 4th Viscount Daventry.]
HARCOURT
Count Antoine de Rochechouart and his wife Ariane d'Harcourt (daughter of Count Louis-Marc d'Harcourt [of the dukes d'Harcourt] and of Thérèse de Sesmaisons) had their third child, Angélique de Rochechouart, born in Paris on July 12th.
[Their first two children are Anne-Charlotte de Rochechouart and Count Maxence de Rochechouart.]
HATZFELDT
Count Ferdinand von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg (second son of Count Friedrich von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg [of the Dukes zu Trachenberg and Princes von Hatzfeldt] and of Baroness Maria Helene von Münchhausen) married Joana Maria Lupu in Engelberg, Switzerland on August 26th.
[She is a daughter of Nicolas Lupu and of Rodica Grafenco.]
HOHENBERG
Prince Stephan von Hohenberg (eldest son of Prince Johannes von Hohenberg and of Elisabeth Meilinger-Rehrl married Leonie von Kloss in Salzburg, Austria on September 30th.
[She is the second daughter of Johannes von Kloss (himself a grandson of the late Alfons von Kloss and of the late Archduchess Eleonore of Austria) and of Veronika (Phoebe) Hofmann and she was born in Salzburg on April 11th, 1977.]
Carlos Manuel Méndez de Vigo y Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and his wife Princess Katharina von Hohenberg had their second son, Fernando Javier Maximílian Alfonso María Méndez de Vigo y Hohenberg, born in New York on August 1st.
[Their first son, Emanuel Cristóbal Andreas Pedro-Damian María Méndez de Vigo y Hohenberg, was born on February 21st, 1999.]
KINSKY VON WCHINITZ UND TETTAU
Count Karl Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (only child of Franz Ulrich, Prince Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau and of his first wife Roberta Cavanagh) married María de los Dolores Beccar Varela in Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 29th.
[She is a daughter of Santiago Beccar Varela and of Monica Oneto Keen.]
LA TOUR D'AUVERGNE-LAURAGUAIS
Princess Alexandra de La Tour d’Auvergne-Lauraguais (second daughter of the late Prince Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne-Lauraguais and of Marie-Solange Picot de Moras d'Aligny) and her husband Vicomte Hubert de Biolley (son of Vicomte Dominique de Biolley and of Jonkvrouw …… Paternotte de la Vaillée) had their second child, Jonkvrouw Aliénor de Biolley, born in Geneva, Switzerland on September 7th.
[Their first child Jonkvrouw Blanche de Biolley was born in Geneva April 15th, 1999.]
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
Count Charles-Emmanuel de La Rochefoucauld de Montbel, Prince de La Rochefoucauld (son of the late Count Emmanuel de La Rochefoucauld de Montbel, Prince de La Rochefoucauld [of the dukes de La Rochefoucauld] and of the late Simone Darblay and widower of Joanna Forbes) died on January 30th.
[He had been divorced of his first wife, the late Baroness Floria d'Huart, who had remarried the late Count Waldemar af Rosenborg, himself a son of the late Prince Aage, Count af Rosenborg (former Prince of Denmark).]
Count Christian de Mailly-Nesle (second son of Jean de Mailly-Nesle, Comte de Mailly and of his first wife Isabelle de La Rochefoucauld) married Maria Ludovica (dei baroni) Ritter de Záhony in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France on June 19th.
[She is a daughter of Ludovico, Baron Ritter de Záhony and of Françoise Lefèvre d’Ormesson and shewas born in Florence, Italy on July 14th, 1948. She had been divorced from Raimundo Rio (marriage October 14th, 1978).]
Gaëlle de La Rochebrochard (daughter of the late Vicomte Hervé de La Rocheborchard and of Marie-Geneviève de La Rochefoucauld) will marry Guillaume
de Winter.
[He is a son of Baron Alain de Winter and of Nicole Boulard. The engagement was announced in April.]
Count Thibaud de Virieu (son of Count Wilfrid de Virieu and of Elisabeth de La Rochefoucauld [of the ducs d'Estissac]) married Countess Sylvianne de Looz-Corswarem in Avin, Belgium on September 16th.
[She is a daughter of Jean, Count de Looz-Corswarem and of Countess Monique de Looz-Corswarem and she was born in Gand, Belgium on November 18th, 1969.]
Inès Burin des Roziers (daughter of Antoine Burin des Roziers and of Claude de La Rochefoucauld) will marry Count François de Bégon de Larouzière.
[He is a son of Count Roland de Bégon de Larouzière and of Marie du Parc. The engagement was announced in May.]
LEUCHTENBERG
Duke Serge Sergeievitch von Leuchtenberg (son of the late Duke Sergei Nikolaievitch von Leuchtenberg and of his third wife Olga Sergeievna Wickberg) died in Monterey, California, USA on January 17th.
LIGNE
Princess Isabelle de Ligne (eldest daughter of the late Eugène, Prince de Ligne and of the late Philippine de Noailles [of the dukes de Mouchy] and wife of Carlos de Saavedra y Ozores, Marqués de Villalobar, Marqués de Guimarey) died in Marbella, Spain on November 11th.
LORGE
Laure de Durfort Civrac de Lorge (daughter of Jacques-Henri de Durfort Civrac, Duke de Lorge and of the late Cécile du Temple de Rougemont) and her husband Count Jean-Baptiste de Proyart de Baillescourt had their third son, Count Jacques de Proyart de Baillescourt, born in Paris on January 19th.
[Their two other sons are Count Paul de Proyart de Baillescourt and Count Théophile de Proyart de Baillescourt.]
Cécile du Temple de Rougemont (daughter of the late Count Jean-Louis du Temple de Rougemont and of Louise Lejeune [herself a daughter of the late Edgard, Baron Lejeune and of the late Princess Marguerite Murat] and wife of Jacques-Henri de Durfort Civrac de Lorge, Duke de Lorge) died in Madrid on March 18th.
LORGE
Count Guy de Boissieu (son of Count Philippe de Boissieu [himself a son of the late Count Charles-Albert de Boissieu and of the late Juliette de Durfort Civrac de Lorge (of the dukes de Lorge)] and of his wife and first cousin Anne de Durfort Civrac de Lorge [of the dukes de Lorge]) married Cécile Desjardins at the church Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Passy, Paris on December 16th..
[She is a daughter of Thierry Desjardins.]
MAILLÉ
Marie-Nadine de Metz (daughter of Victor de Metz et d'Anne de La Boulinière and wife of Count Artus de Maillé de La Tour-Landry [of the dukes de Maillé]) died on March 13th.
MANCHESTER
Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester (son of the late Alexander Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester and of the late Nell Vere Stead) married fourthly Biba Hiller at the Swedish Church in Mayfair, London on April 22nd.
[He had been divorced from Mary Eveleen McClure, Diane Pauline Plimsaul and Anne-Louise Taylor.]
MARLBOROUGH
Marina Spencer-Churchill (daughter of Winston Spencer-Churchill [of the dukes of Marlborough], himself a grandson of the late Sir Winston [Spencer-]Churchill, the statesman, and of Baroness Mary Caroline [Minnie] d'Erlanger) will marry David Brounger.
[He is a son of Ian Brounger. The engagement was announced in December 1999. They already have a son, Henry, born in 1998.]
Lady Sarah Consuelo Spencer-Churchill (daughter of the late John Albert Edward William Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough and of the late Lady Alexandra Mary Cadogan [of the earls of Cadogan] died in Connecticut, USA October 13th.
[She had been divorced from Edwin Russell and from Guy Burgos and possibly also from her third husband Theodore Roubanis.]
MASSIMO
Don Francesco Saverio (dei principi) Massimo-Lancelotti (son of the late Don Luigi, Principe Massimo-Lancellotti and of the late Countess Marie [of the princes] de Merode and husband of Donna Anna [dei principi] Odescalchi) died in Rome on August,13th.
Cristiano Galli Zugaro (only child of Umberto Galli Zugaro [himself the the third son of Enzo, Baron Galli Zugaro and of Donna Fabiola Massimo (dei principi di Roviano)] and of Jolanda Muskens) and his wife Miki Kim had their second child, Luca Umberto Galli Zugari.
[They had married in 1997. Their first child, Isabella Galli Zugaro, was born in 1998. Miki Kim was born in New York on May 31st, 1960 and she and Cristiano Galli Zugaro married in New York on June 17th, 1997.]
MEDINA SIDONIA
María del Pilar González de Gregorio y Alvarez de Toledo, Duchess de Fernandina (daughter of Leoncio González de Gregorio and of Luisa Isabel Alvarez de Toledo y Maura, Duchess de Medina Sidonia) married thirdly Joaquín Soriano, a concert pianist, in Chinchón, Madrid on November 3rd.
[She had been divorced from her first husband Rafael Marquez y Osorio, Count de las Torres de Alcorrîn, and from her second husband, Tomás de Terry y Merello.]
MERODE
Princess Claire de Merode (daughter of Prince Baudouin de Merode and of the late Elisabeth Budes de Guébriant) and her husband Roger Houzel (son of Xavier Houzel and of Béatrice de Rohan-Chabot [of the dukes de Rohan]) had their first child, Geoffroy Houzel, born on February 22nd.
Elisabeth Budes de Guébriant (daughter of the late Count Geoffroy Budes de Guébriant and of the late Princess Pauline de Merode and wife of Prince Baudouin de Merode) died in Brussels on March 1st.
Prince Philippe de Merode (son of Prince Baudouin de Merode and of the late Elisabeth Budes de Guébriant) will marry Florence Cambier.
[She is a daughter Vincent Cambier. The engagement was announced in April.]
Princess Marie-Claire of Croÿ (daughter of the late Prince Etienne de Croÿ and of the late Princess Marie-Salvatrix of Arenberg and widow of Prince Amaury de Merode) died in Brussels on April 30th.
MONTEBELLO
Count Jean Lannes de Montebello (third son of the late Georges, Baron Lannes de Montebello [of the dukes de Montebello] and of Edith Decazes de Glücksbierg [of the dukes Decazes and de Glücksbierg]) and his wife Thinh Nguyen had their second child, Anabel Lannes de Montebello, born in Alexandria, Virginia, USA on July 28th.
[Their first child Pauline Lannes de Montebello was born in 1996.]
MONTELLANO
Sandra Falcó y Girod (son of Carlos Falcó y Fernández de Córdoba, Marques de Castel Moncayo, Marques de Griñon [himself a son of the late Manuel Falcó y de Escandon, Duke de Montellano] and of his first wife Jeanine Girod) and her husband Jaime Carvajal y de Hoyos (son of Jaime Carvajal y Urquijo, Marqués de Isasi and of Isabel de Hoyos y Martínez de Irujo [herself daughter of Alfonso de Hoyos y Sanchez, Duke de Almodovar del Rio]) had their first child, a daughter.
[The name of the child is not known to me.]
Manuel Falcó y Girod (son of Carlos Falcó y Fernández de Córdoba, Marques de Castel Moncayo, Marques de Griñon [himself a son of the late Manuel Falcó y de Escandon, Duke de Montellano] and of his first wife Jeanine Girod) and his wife Amparo Corsini y Montero had their first child, Carlos Falcó y Orsini, born in Madrid on September 5th.
MONTENUOVO
Countess Franziska von Ledebur-Wicheln (daughter of the late Count Franz of Ledebur-Wicheln and of the late Princess Marie von Montenuovo and widow of Henning, Baron von Stralenheim) died on February 1st.
Maria Charlotte Theresia de Longueval, Countess von Buquoy (only daughter of the late Ferdinand de Longueval, Count von Buquoy and of the late Countess Charlotte von Ledebur-Wicheln [herself the second daughter of the late Count Franz von Ledebur-Wicheln and of the late Princess Marie von Montenuovo] and wife of Count Benedikt von und zu Hoensbroech) died in Bonn, Germany on December 12th.
MURAT
Anaïs Murat (adoptive daughter of Princess Pauline Murat) and her husband Baron Edouard Girot de Langlade had their first child, Thaïs Girot de Langlade, born on January 20th.
NORFOLK
Charles Edward Howard (son of the Honourable Patrick Howard [of the earls of Suffolk and of the dukes of Norfolk] and of Mary Johnson will marry Charlotte Elizabeth Warburton.
[She is a daughter of Michael Warburton. The engagement was announced in January.]
Lady Katharine FitzAlan-Howard (daughter of the late Bernard, 15th Duke of Norfolk and of the late Gwendoline Constable-Maxwell, 12th Baroness Herries of Terregles and widow of Anthony Phillips) died on April 8th.
[Her late husband was an uncle of Mark Phillips, former husband of Princess Anne of Great-Britain and Northern-Ireland, Princess Royal.]
Sir Michael Colin Cowdrey, [Life] Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge [since 1997] (husband of Anne Elizabeth Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Lady Herries of Terregles [herself the eldest daughter of the late Sir Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, 15th Lord Herries of Terregles and the Honourable Lavinia Mary Strutt (of the barons Belper)]), died in Angmering Park, Littlehampton, West Sussex, on December 5th.
[He had been divorced from his first wife Penelope Chiesman, by whom he had three sons and a daughter.]
NORTHUMBERLAND
Lady Victoria Percy (second daughter of the late Sir Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland and of Lady Elizabeth Diana Montagu-Douglas-Scott [of the dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry]) will marry Charles Timothy Lyon Fellowes.
[He is a son of Neville William Lyon Fellowes and of Rosemary Susan Broadhurst-Hill and was born on August 8th, 1954. The engagement was announced in August. Lady Victoria was previously married to John Aiden Cuthbert.]
Lord James William Eustace Percy (youngest son of the late Sir Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland and of lady Elizabeth Diana Montagu-Douglas-Scott [of the dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry]) will marry Lucy Caroline Rugge-Price.
[She is a daughter of James Keith Alan (of the baronets) Lugge-Price and of his first wife Elizabeth Mary Innes (herself a daughter of James Innes and of the Honourable Veronica Bethell [of the barons Westbury]) and she was born on June 7th, 1969. The engagement was announced in September.]
ODESCALCHI
Prince Don Ladislao Odescalchi (son of the late Don Innocenzo, Prince Odescalchi and of the late Marchesa Vittoria Balbi Senarega, Marchesa di Piovera) died in Monte Carlo on January 16th.
[He had been divorced from Maria Zenaide Della Chà.]
OTRANTE
Pauline Fouché d'Otrante (daughter of Charles, Count Fouché, Duke d'Otrante and of Countess Christina von Rosen) will marry Mattias Dymling.
[The engagement was announced in November 1999.]
Thérèse Fouché d'Otrante (daughter of the late Charles, Count Fouché, Duke d'Otrante and of his former wife the late Countess Madeleine Douglas and widow of Baron Eugène [of the counts] von Stedingk) died on July 6th.
[She had been divorced from her first husband the late Hans Bennich.]
OUROUSOFF
Prince Pierre Nicolas Ouroussoff (son of Prince Wladimir Ourousoff) married Anne-Marie Calle in Paris on January 6th.
PIGNATELLI
Princess Donna Giovanna Pignatelli (daughter of the late Prince Don Fabrizio Pignatelli and of the late Maria Cristina [dei conti] Rignon) died in Monte Carlo, Monaco on June 17th.
[After her divorce from Georges Bréhart-Roulet (adopted son of Principe and Marchese Don Marcantonio Doria d’Angri, Prince di Centola and Duke d’Eboli, the last of his family), by whom she had two sons, Princess Giovanna married secondly Gérard Bruneau, a photographer, on July 20th,1974. He was born on December 1st, 1946. They had separated in 1996 and they had a son, Thierry Bruneau, born in Rome on June 3rd, 1978.]
PIROMALLO-CAPECE-PISCICELLI
Donna Januaria Piromallo-Capece-Piscicelli (daughter of Don Fabio Piromallo-Capece-Piscicelli [dei duchi di Capracotta] and of Agata Gambardella) and her husband Albrecht von Meister had their first child, a daughter named Leopldine Tiare von Meister, born on July 24th.
PLESS
Countess Anna Marie von Hochberg, Baroness von Fürstenstein (daughter of the late Count Wilhelm von Hochberg, Baron von Fürstenstein [of the princes von Pless] and of Anna Marie von Arnim and widow [?] of Rudolf Hilbing) died in Lindau am Bodensee, Germany on September 4th.
POUTIATINE
Prince Dimitry Alexandrovitch Poutiatine (son of Prince Alexander Mikhailovitch Poutiatine and of Princess Marija Alexeievna Koudachev and husband of Irina Nikolaievna Sirotinine [herself a daughter of Nikolai Sirotinin and of Nina Lipsky]) died in Montreal, Canada on November 28th.
[He was a nephew of the late Prince Sergei Mikhailovich Poutiatine, second husband of the late Grand Duchess Marija Pavlovna of Russia.]
PUTBUS
Malte von Putbus (only son of Franz, Prince von Putbus and of Countess Michaela von Carmer) and his wife Anne Désnoyers had a daughter, Pia Marie Marguerite Clotilde von Putbus, born on October 24th.
RICHMOND AND GORDON
Charles Gordon-Lennox (son of Bernard Gordon-Lennox [of the dukes of Richmond and Gordon] and of Sally-Rose Warner) will marry Susannah Hastings-Stevens.
[She is a daughter of the late Glen Hastings and a stepdaugher of Philip Stevens. The engagement was announced in January.]
Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March, Darnley and Kinrara (son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond and of Susan Grenville-Grey) and of his second wife the Honourable Janet Astor (daughter of the late William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor and of his third wife Janet Pugh) had twins, their third and their fourth child (together), Lady Eloise Cordelia Gordon-Lennox and the Honourable Frederick Lysander Gordon-Lennox, born on March 10th.
Lucy Elizabeth Gordon-Lennox (daughter of Lord Nicholas Charles Gordon-Lennox [himself a son of the late Frederick Charles Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond] and of Mary Williamson) and her husband Mark Cornell had their second child and their third child, Lettice Elizabeth Mary Cornell and Harry Charles Delano Cornell, born in Paris on October 28th.
[Their first child, Ralph Nicholas Cornell was born in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 22nd, 1999.]
ROSPIGLIOSO
Don Camillo Carlo Felice Francesco Maria Rospigliosi (only son of Prince Don Ludovico Rospigliosi and of Giovanna Sallier de La Tour) married Lucia Galimberti in Rome on May 6th.
RUFFO DELLA SCALETTA
Donna Flavia Ruffo (eldest child of Don Carlo [dei marchesi dei principi] Ruffo [dei principi della Scaletta] and of Marzia Bicocchi) and her husband Count Federico Zileri dal Verme degli Obbizi (third child and only son of Count Clemente Zileri dal Verme degli Obbizi and of Countess Francesca Spaletti Trivelli) had their fourth child, Count Alvise Zileri dal Verme degli Obbizi, born in Florence, Italy on October 18th.
[Their three other children are Count Pietro Zileri dal Verme degli Obbizi, born in August 1994, Countess Maddalena Zileri dal Verme degli Obbizi, born in January 1996 and Count Clemente Zileri dal Verme degli Obbizi, born in December 1996.]
RUTLAND
Lady Helen Theresa Margaret Manners (daughter of the late Charles John Robert Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland of his second wife Frances Helen Sweeny) and her husband John Chipman had twin sons, Ivor Chapman and Warwick Chipman, born at The Portland Hospital in London on December 24th.
SABRAN
Count Charles-Emmanuel de Sabran-Pontevès (son of Count Jean-Henri de Sabran-Pontevès and of Françoise Lafage) will marry Gwenaëlle Lanoë.
[She is a daughter of Patrick Lanoë and of Isabelle Gamby. The engagement was announced in April.]
Dauphine de Sabran-Pontevès (daughter of Count Elzéar de Sabran-Pontevès [of the dukes de Sabran] and of Edith de Marmiesse de Lussan) and her husband Pierre Latécoère had their second daughter, Sancie Latécoère, born in Geneva, Switzerland on June 19th.
SERRA
Dagmar von Iosipovich (second wife and widow of the late Don Francesco Serra, Duke di Cassano) died in Rome on July 21st.
SOTOMAYOR
Jaime Martínez de Irujo y de Figueroa (eldest son of the late Jaime Martínez de Irujo y de Atazcoz [himself a son of the late Pedro Martínez de Irujo y Caro, Duke de Sotomayor] and of Blanca de Figueroa y de Borbón) married Rocío de la Fuente y Ibañez near Zamora, Spain on June 10th.
[She is a daughter of Rafael de la Fuente y Argüelles.]
STURDZA
Princess Anaïda Sturdza (daughter of Prince Aldea Sturdza and of Aude de La Calande de Blois) will marry Count Ghislain de Sauvan d'Aramon.
[He is a son of Count Arnaud de Sauvan d'Aramon and of Véronique de Brie. The engagement was announced in September.]
SUTHERLAND
Sir John Sutherland Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland (son the late John Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere and of the late Lady Violet Lambton [of the earls of Durham], widower of Lady Diana Percy [of the dukes of Northumberland] and husband of Evelyn Moubray died on September 21st.
TALLEYRAND
Antoinette Morel (daughter of the late François Joseph Morel and of the late Marie-Madeleine Megoz and third wife and widow of Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duke de Talleyrand) died in Paris on August 12th.
TECK/CAMBRIDGE
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 Mary Cambridge (of the earls of Athlone) (former Princess May von Teck)]) married secondly Natalie ........ in Canada.
[Her family-name is unknown to me. He had been divorced from his first wife Romana Rogoshewska in 1999.]
TOSTI
Donna Maria Claudia Tosti (daughter of Raffaele Tosti, Duke di Valminuta and of Anna Giorgi-Alberti, Nobile di Camerino e di Spoleto) married Federico (dei conti) Barbiellini-Amidei in Bracciano near Rome on April 15th.
[He is son of Gaspare, Count Barbiellini-Amidei and of Clarice de’ Medici-Tornaquinci (dei marchesi della Castellina).]
TROUBETZKOÏ
Princess Anna Troubetzkoï married Jonkheer Béla Jankovich de Jeszenice in Paris on February 5th.
[Probably she is a daughter of Prince Aleksei Sergeievitch Troubetzkoï and of Jelena Vladimirovna Khlebnikov and was born in Rome on April 20th, 1968. He is a son of Jonkheer Jozsef Jankovich de Jeszenice and of Baroness Alexandra van Voerst van Lynden and was born in Zutphen, The Netherlands on June 5th, 1967.]
Princess Anna Troubetzkoï and her husband Jonkheer Béla Jankovich de Jeszenice had their first child, Jonkvrouwe Xenia Ilonka Jankovich de Jeszenice, born in Arnhem, The Netherlands on December 14th.
URSEL
Princesse Thérèse de Ligne (daughter of the late Ernest, Prince de Ligne and of the late Diane de Cossé-Brissac and widow of Count Bernard [of the dukes] d'Ursel) died in Brussels on December 11th.
WESTMINSTER
Lady Mary Constance Grosvenor (daughter of the late Sir Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster and of his first wife the late Constance Cornwallis-West [of the Earls De La Warr]) died at Eaton, Cheshire, England on June 7th.
Also see:
Royal Facts of 2000, PART I
Also see:
Royal Facts of 2000, PART II
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Royal Facts of 1999
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Royal Facts of 2001
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