Last update on
Archduke Nicolaus of
Joachim Krist died on 15 Jaunary.
[He was born at Schwientochlowitz on
Pierre-Emmanuel Derriks and his wife, née Domitella dei Baroni Manno
(daughter of Barone Vittorio Manno and of his wife, Archduchess Alice of
Austria [herself the daughter of the late Archduke Gottfried, head of the Royal
House of Tuscany]) had their fourth child, Corentin, on 16 March. (added
It was announced that Constantin Oktavian Graf von Habsburg-Lothringen
(son of Christoph Graf von Habsburg-Lothringen [whose paternal grandfather was
Archduke Heinrich Ferdinand of Austria-Tuscany] and of his wife, née Ebba von
Mohrenschildt) will marry Maria-Antonia Gall (daughter of Franz Gall and
of his wife, née Maria-Helena Wied) at St.Andrä, Carinthia, on 7 May. (added
Reinhart Heinrich Hubertus Maria Graf von und zu Hoensbroech died on 8
June.
[He was born at Kellenberg on
Archduke Maximilian of Austria (b.1961, son of Archduke Ferdinand of
Austria and of his wife, née Helene Gräfin zu Toerring-Jettenbach) married
the writer Maya Askari (daughter of Mamoun Askari, of Iraqui ancestry) at
saint Esteban de los Abisinios Church in Rome, near Vaticano, on 2 July. Their
first child, Nicholas, was born at Madrid on 6 December. (updated
The engagement was announced 9 July 2005 between Archduke Philipp of
Austria (b.Zürich 16 October 1962, son of Archduke Heinrich of
Austria and of his wife, née Ludmila Gräfin von Galen) and Mayasuni A. Heath
(daughter of Carolyn Heath, of Torquay, Devon.) (added
Alessandro Pavone (son of Giovanni Carlo Pavone and of his wife, née
Carla Boniolo) and his wife, née Leopoldina Tasso de Saxe-Coburgo e
Bragança (daughter of Carl-Eduard Tasso de Saxe-Coburgo e Braganca [himself
the son of Lamoral Freiherr Taxis di Bordogna e Valnigra and of his wife,
Princess Theresia of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha] and of his wife, née Archduchess
Walburga of Austria [herself the daughter of Archduke Georg of Austria and of
his wife, née Marie Valerie Gräfin von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg]) had
a daughter, Eugenia Carolina, who was born and died on 20 June. (added
Arturo Beéche announced on Royauté2 that Archduke Konrad of Austria
(son of Archduke Heinrich of
The engagement was announced 16 December, 2005, between James R. Woodley
(son of Maj. and Mrs Paul Woodley, of Mayfield, Sussex) and Margarita Gräfin
Ledóchowska (daughter of Wladimir Halka von Ledóchow Graf Ledóchowski and
of his first wife, née Doña Maria del Carmen Orlandis-Habsburgo y
Bragagnolo[herself the daughter of Juan Bautista Orlandis-Habsburgo, Baron de
Pinopar (himself the son of Ramon Orlandis y Villalonga and of his wife, née
Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria), and of his wife, née Hildegarda
Bragagnolo y Daiqui Chevalier]). (added
Elisabeth Küstner, Gräfin von Kageneck, Princess of Bavaria, died on 3
March.
[She was born at
Prince Manuel of
Jean-Martin de Wendel (b.1978, son of François de Wendel [himself the
son of Henri de Wendel (himself the son of François de Wendel and of his wife,
née Odette Humann) and of his wife, née Galliane Haudry de Soucy (herself the
daughter of Jacques Haudry de Soucy and of his wife, née Marie Bourdeau de
Lajudie, and former wife of Charles de Choiseul Praslin)] and of his wife, née
Christel Taillandier) married Christine Aymée Gräfin von Seefried auf
Buttenheim (b. 18.04.1980 Atlanta, Georgia, USA, daughter of Ferdinand Carl
Otto Graf von Seefried auf Buttenheim [himself the son of Franz Joseph Otto
Maria Graf von Seefried auf Buttenheim (himself the son of Otto Ludwig Philipp
Graf von Seefried auf Buttenheim and of his wife, née Princess Elisabeth Maria
Auguste of Bavaria) and of his wife, née Gabriele Lilly Hertha von Schnitzler
(herself the daughter of Georg von Schnitzler and of his wife, née Lilly von
Mallinckrodt)] and of his wife, née Monique Brouillet [herself the daughter of
René Brouillet and of his wife, née Noëlle Dibsky]) at paris on 1 October. A
religious ceremony is to follow at Gaming,
Daniel Terberger and his wife, née Princess Elisabeth of
Doña Sofía F. Arquer, née Sofia Fugarolas y Aris, died on 1 August.
[She was born at
Klaus Fischer-Stabauer and his wife, née Marie Bernadette Gräfin Kornis
von Göncz-Ruszka (daughter of Thomas Graf Kornis von Göncz-Ruszka and of
his wife, née Princess Maria-Theresia of
Crown Prince Philippe of
Prince Laurent of Belgium (younger son of King Albert II of the
Belgians) and his wife, née Claire Coombs, had twin sons, Nicolas Casimir Marie
and Aymeric Auguste Marie, their second and third children, at Cliniques
Universaitaires Saint Luc de Bruxelles on 13 December. (updated
According to a correspondent, Dom Pedro Tiago de Orléans e Bragança
(elder son of Prince Dom Pedro Carlos de Orléans e Bragança) was reported to
be engaged to marry Patrícia Lima on
Maria Francisca de Orléans e Bragança (daughter of Prince Eudes of
Orléans-Bragança and of his second wife, née Mercedes Neves da Rocha) married
Bernardo Ratto (son of Gianni Ratto and of Kati Almeida Braga) at
Dom João, Prince de Orléans-Bragança, died at Rio de Janeiro on 26 June.
[He was born at Boulogne-sur-Seine on
Nuno de Carvalho Moreira (son of César [Faria?]
Domingues Moreira, Brazilian Ambassador to Norway, and of his wife, née Maria
Guadalupe de Carvalho) married Princess Maria Carolina de Orléans-Bragança
(daughter of Prince Dom Pedro de Orléans-Bragança [himself the son of Prince
Dom Pedro Henrique de Orléans-Bragança and of his wife, née Princess Maria of
Bavaria] and of his wife, née Maria de Fatima Lacerda Rocha) at Capela da
Imperial Irmandade do Outeiro da Glória, Rio de Janeiro, on 2 December. (updated
Doña Esperanza de Borbón, Princess of Orléans-Braganza, née Princess of
Bourbon-Two Sicilies, died at Villamanrique de la Condesa on 8 August.
[She was born at
Mikael Rosanes and his wife, née Countess Camilla af Rosenborg
(daughter of Count Christian af Rosenborg [born Prince of Denmark, son of
Prince Knud of Denmark, younger brother of King Frederik IX] and of his wife,
née Anne-Dorthe Maltoft-Nielsen) had their third child, Leopold, at Gentofte
on 15 April. (added
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (son of Queen Margrethe II of
Denmark and of her husband, Prince Henrik [born Henri de Laborde de Monpezat])
and his wife, née Mary Donaldson (daughter of Professor John Dalgleish
Donaldson and his first wife Henrietta Clark) had their first child,a son,
born at Copenhagen on 15 October. He was baptized on 21 January 2006 with the
names Christian Valdemar Henri John. (updated
FRANCE (BONAPARTE)
Olga Bonaparte-Wyse, née Clive-Rollawson, died at Totnes on 4 September.
[She was born in 1914, and in 1947 married, as his second wife, William Lucien
Bonaparte-Wyse (son of Andrew Bonaparte-Wyse [himself the son of William
Charles Bonaparte-Wyse (himself the son of Sir Thomas Wyse and of his wife,
Princess Laetitia Bonaparte) and of his wife, née Ellen Linzee Prout] and of
his wife, née Maria Dmitrievna Chipounov), who predeceased her. They had two
children.] (added
FRANCE (BOURBON)
It was announced in some sources that Luis Alfonso de Borbón y
Martinez-Bordiu, Duc d'Anjou (son of Alfonso de Borbón, Duque de Cádiz,
Duc d'Anjou et de Bourbon, and of his wife, née Carmen Martinez-Bordiú y
Franco, and the senior male member by primogeniture of the House of France) and
his wife, née María Margarita Vargas Santaella (daughter of Víctor José de
Vargas Irausquín and of his wife, née Carmen Leonor Santaella Tellerías) are
expecting their first child. However, that now appears to have been a false
rumor. (updated
FRANCE (ORLÉANS)
Edouard Crépy and his wife, Princess Clothilde d'Orléans (daughter of
Prince Michel d'Orléans, Comte d'Evreux, and of his wife, née Béatrice de
Pasquier de Franclieu) had their fourth child, Augustin, on 25 May,
reportedly at
Prince Charles-Louis d'Orléans, Duc de Chartres, (son of Prince
Jacques, Duc d'Orléans, and of his wife, née Gersende de Sabran-Pontèves)
and his wife, née Ileana Manos, had their fifth child, Isabelle, at
Prince Charles of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Prince of Wales
(son of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Norhern Ireland and of her
husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, né Prince of Greece and Denmark) married
Mrs Camilla Parker-Bowles, née Shand (daughter of Bruce Middleton Hope
Shand and of his wife, née Hon. Rosalind Maud Cubitt), at Windsor on 9 April.
It was announced that she will be known as Duchess of Cornwall. (updated
Carlos Morales y Quintana and his wife, Princess Alexia of
HOHENZOLLERN
Rosemargot Pfersdorf, née Princess von Hohenzollern, died on 16 February.
[She was born at Burg Namedy on
Antoinette Freiin Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich (b.Bolzano
3 Feb 1979, daughter of Carl-Josef Freiherr Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und
Liebenaich [himself the son of Egon Freiherr Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und
Liebenaich and of his wife, née Princess Marie Antoinette von Hohenzollern] and
of his wife, née Countess Isabelle Ceschi a Santa Croce) married Gerhard
Kostka h. Dabrowa, Edler von Liebinsfeld (b.Bad-Neuenahr/Ahrweiler 15 Feb
1977, son of Wolfgang Kostka h. Dabrowa, Edler von Liebinsfeld, and of his
wife, née Ursula Bermel) at Terlan, South Tyrol, on 28 May. (updated
The engagement was announced between Prince Aimone of
Prince Constantin of
Richard Douglas Loftus Onslow died on 22 October.
[He was born in 1928, a son of Douglas Arthur George Onslow (1901-66) and of
his wife, née Margaret Forbes Kilgour Rayner (d. 1985). He married firstly, 1966
(div 1968) Mrs Elizabeth Frances Bateman, née Elsworthy. He married secondly,
in 1968, Ethel Elisabeth Olga Maria Gräfin von Rietberg (1928-1999), daughter
of Prince Ferdinand of
Philipp von Lattorff and his wife, Princess Tatiana of
Christopher Graf von Rietberg died at London on 15 November.
[He was born at
Prince Jan Andreas of
Prince Alfred Paolo of
LUXEMBURG
Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte of Luxemburg, née Princess of Belgium,
died at her home at Château Fischbach on 10 January.
[She was born at
Prince Rainier III of Monaco died at Monaco on 6 April.
[He was born at
Prince Johan Friso of Orange-Nassau, formerly Prince of the Netherlands
(b.Utrecht 25 Sep 1968, second son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and of
her husband, the late Prince Claue) and his wife, née Mabel Wisse Smit
(b.Pijnacker 11 Aug 1968, daughter of Hendrik Cornelis Los and of his wife, née
Florence Malde Gijsberdina Kooman [who remarried, as a widow, Peter Wisse Wisse
Smit]) had their first child, Emma Luana Ninette Sophie, at London on
26 March. (added
Prince Maurits van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (first son of
Pieter van Vollenhoven and of his wife, Princess Margriet of the
Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the
Prince Pieter Christiaan of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (son of
Pieter van Vollenhoven and of his wife, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands) married
Anita Theodora van Eijk (b.Neuchâtel 27 October 1969, second daughter of
L.A. van Eijk and of Mrs J.C.M. van Eijk-Steens) in a civil wedding ceremony
at Apeldoorn on 25 August and a religious ceremony at Noordwijk on 27 August.
(updated
Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (son of Pieter van
Vollenhoven and of his wife, Princess Margriet of the
Ari Behn and his wife, Princess Märtha Louise of
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and his wife, née Mette-Marit Tjessem
Høiby, had their second child together, her third, named Sverre Magnus, at
Rikshospitalet, Oslo, on 3 December. (updated
Duke Paul of Oldenburg (b.1969, son of Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg
and of his first wife, Princess Marie Cecile of Prussia) and his wife, née
Maria del Pilar Mendez de Vigo y Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (b.1970,
daughter of Jaime Mendez de Vigo y del Arco and of his wife, Princess Monika zu
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg) had their third child, Paul Marie, on 8
September. (added
The engagement was anounced between Infante Dom Henrique of
Princess Marie Therese of Prussia died at Weinheim on 3 January.
[She was born at
Andreas von Bismarck (son of Hans von Bismarck and of his wife, née
Cornelie von Schwerin) married Kira-Marina Liepsner (daughter of Thomas
Liepsner and of his wife, née Princess Kira of Prussia [herself the daughter of
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia and of his wife, née Grand Duchess Kira of
Russia]) at Sts. Peter und Paul's church on Nikolskoe, Berlin, on 7 May.
(added
Prince Philipp of Prussia (b.1968, son of Prince Friedrich-Wilhelm of
Prussia (himself the eldest son of the late Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
and of his wife, Grand Duchess Kira of Russia) and of his first wife, née
Waltraud Freydag) and his wife, née Anna Christine Soltau, had their sixth
child, Timotheus Friedrich, at Wilhelmsruh, Plön, on 9 June. (added
REUSS
Dr. jur. Johann Rotger van
Lengerich (son of Johann Rudolf von Lengerich
and of his wife, née Oktavie Gräfin von Galen) and his wife, née
Princess Friederike Alexandrine Reuss
(daughter of Prince Heinrich XI. Licco Reuß and of his wife,
née Ulfa Freiin von Dörnberg) had their first child, Johann Heinrich, at
Lingen on 9 June. (added
The engagement has been announced between Fergus Lefebvre (youngest
son of Mr and Mrs Paul Lefebvre, of Coonamble, New South Wales) and Lady
Lorna Theresa Ramsay (elder daughter of James Hubert Ramsay, 17th Earl of
Dalhousie [himself the son of Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie, and of his
wife, née Margaret Elizabeth Mary Stirling], and of his wife, née Maralyn
Butter [herself the daughter of Sir David Butter and of his wife, née Myra
Wernher (herself the daughter of Sir Harold Augustus Wernher, 3rd Bt, and of
his wife, née Countess Anastasia de Torby [herself the daughter of Grand Duke
Michael Mikhailovich of Russia])]). (added
SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA
Denyse Henriette Leuch-von Muralt died on 25 April.
[She was born at
SAXE-MEININGEN
Gunter Stedem and his wife, née Karin Freiin von Saalfeld (daughter
of Jan Freiherr von Saalfeld [himself the son of Enzio Freiherr von Saalfeld
(himself the son of Duke Ernst of Saxe-Meiningen and of his wife, née Katharina
Jensen, later Freifrau von Saalfeld) and of his wife, née Rut Viererbe] and of
his wife, née Clara Bansbach), had their second child, Sabine, on 23
February. Their first child, Ariane, was born on
SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE
Princess Helga-Lee zu Schaumburg-Lippe died at New York on 9 July.
[She was born at Köln on
Infanta Cristina of Spain, Duquesa de Palma de Mallorca [younger
daughter of King Juan Carlos], and her husband Iñaki Urdangarin, had their
fourth child, Irene, at Clinica Teknon,
Felipe, Prince of the Asturias (only son of King Juan Carlos of
Beltrán Gomez-Acebo y de Borbón (son of the late Luis Gomez-Acebo y
de Estrada and of his wife, the infanta Pilar of Spain [sister of King Juan
Carlos]) and his wife, née Laura Ponte Martínez (b.Vigo
Juana Alfonsa Milan y Quinones de Leon (daughter of King Alfonso XIII
of
Bruno Gomez-Acebo y de Borbón (son of the late Luis Gomez-Acebo y de
Estrada and of his wife, the infanta Pilar of Spain [sister of King Juan
Carlos]) and his wife, née Barbara Cano de la Plaza, had their second child,
Guillermo, at Fondation Jimenez Diaz Hospital in Madrid on 23 November. (updated
Maria de la Asuncion (Marisol) de Baviera, née Mesia, died at
[She was born at London on 30 September 1911, daughter of Fernando Mesia y
Fitzjames-Stuart (himself the son of José Mesia, Duque de Tamames [himself the
son of José Mesia, Duque de Tamames, and of his wife, née Angela Gayoso], and
of his wife, née Maria de Asuncion Fitzjames-Stuart y Portocarrero, Duquesa de
Galisteo [herself the daughter of Jaime Luis Fitzjames-Stuart, Duque de Alba,
etc., and of his wife, née Maria Francisca Portocarrera de Palafox y
Kirkpatrick, Duquesa de Peñaranda]) and of his wife, née Marie-Solange de
Lesseps (herself the daughter of Ferdinand de Lesseps and of his wife, née
Louise-Hélène Autard de Bragard). In 1933 she married José Eugenio, Infant of
Spain, né Prince of Bavaria (son of Ferdinand, Prince of Bavaria, Infant of
Spain, and of his wife, née Maria Teresa, Infanta of Spain). He died in 1966.
She is survived by their two daughters. Two sons predeceased her.] (added
Baron Carl Silfverschiold (son of Baron Nils August Silfverschiold
and of his wife, Princess Desiree of
Countess Ebba Bernadotte af Wisborg (daughter of Count Oscar
Bernadotte af Wisborg [himself the son of Count Carl Oscar Bernadotte af
Wisborg (himself the son of Prince Oscar of Sweden and of his wife, née Ebba
Henrietta Munck) and of his first wife, née Baroness Marianne de Geer af
Leufsta] and of his first wife, née Baroness Ebba-Anna Gyllenkrok) married
Lars Ahlström at Bergsjöholm on 23 June. She had previously been married to
Pontus Reutersvård from 1970 to 2002. (added
Philipp Haug and his wife, née Countess Bettina Bernadotte af Wisborg (daughter of Count Lennart Bernadotte af
Wisborg [himself the son of Prince Vilhelm of
TWO SICILIES
Prince Carlo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (son of Prince Ferdinando of
Bourbon-Two Sicilies and of his wife, née Chantal de Chevron-Villette) and
his wife, née Camilla Crociani, had their second child, Maria-Chiara, at
Princess Victoria of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (daughter of Prince Carlos
of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and of his wife, née Princess Anne d'Orléans) and
her husband, Markos Nomikos, had their first child, a son, at
Delia Moreno y de Borbón (b.30 Aug 1972, daughter of Iñigo Moreno y
Arteaga, Marques de Laula, and of his wife, Princess Teresa of Bourbon-Two
Sicilies) married Álvaro de Ledesma Sanchiz (b.20 Oct 1962, son of
Enrique de Ledesma Zuloaga and of his wife, Maria del Pilar Sanchiz
Nuñez-Robres, Condessa de Piedrabuena) at Colmenar Viejo, near Madrid, on 3
June. (updated
Princess Anna Cecilia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b.São Paulo 24
December 1971, daughter of Prince Casimir of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and of his
wife, née Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy) married Comte Rodolphe de
Vincens de Causans (b.Chesnay 22 January 1973, son of Comte René de Vincens
de Causans and of his wife, née Laurence de Geoffre de Chabrignac) in a
civil ceremony at Verchers-sur-Layon (Maine-et-Loire) on 18 August, and a
religious ceremony at Turin on 19 September. (updated
Princess Chantal of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Castro, née de
Chevron-Villette, died at Suresnes on 24 May.
[She was born at Le Cannet des Maures on
Prince Franz of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (son of Prince Antoine of
Bourbon-Two Sicilies and of his wife, née Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg) and
his wife, née Alexandra Gräfin von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (daughter of Franz
Graf von Schönborn-Wiesentheid and of his first wife, née Princess Tatjana
Gortschakov) had their second child, Dorothée Maria Amalia Tatiana Hélène,
in Zürich on 10 May. (added
Michele dei Marchesi Carrelli Palombi and his wife, née Princess Inez of
Bourbon-Two Sicilies (daughter of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies,
Infant of Spain, and of his wife, née Princess Anne d'Orléans) ahad their
second child, Blanca, at Rome on 11 December. (updated
5 Jul 2006)
WALDECK-PYRMONT
Anton-Ulrich Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont (son of Volkwin Prince zu Waldeck und Pyrmont and his first wife Orlinda Freiin v.
Gablenz) and his wife Elisabeth, née Freiin v. Hammerstein-Equord, had their
first child, Donata-Sophie, on 21 or 22 July. (added
WÜRTTEMBERG
The engagement was announced between Duke Michael of Württemberg
(b.1965, son of Duke Carl of Württemberg and of his wife, née Princess Diane
d'Orléans) and Julia Storz (b.1965). (added