Last update on 2 February 2007
Archduke Philipp of
Theodora Gräfin von Goëß, née Gräfin
Kottulinsky, died at Ebenthal on 13 January, three weeks after her husband, who
died at Ebenthal on
[She was born at Neudau on 6 October 1921, daughter
of Karl Kunata Graf Kottulinsky von Kottulin, né Graf Dobrzensky von Dobrzenicz
(himself the son of Johann Wenzel Graf Dobrzensky von Dobrzenicz [himself the
son of Johann Nepomuk Josef Graf Dobrzensky von Dobrzenicz and of his wife, née
Marie Friederike Freiin Wanczura de Rzehnicz et Brachfeld] and of his wife, née
Elisabeth Gräfin Kottulinsky [herself the daughter of Jozef Graf Kottulinsky
and of his wife, née Adelheid Gräfin von Attems]), and of his wife, née Maria
Theresia Gräfin von Meran (herself the daughter of Johann Graf von Meran
[himself the son of Franz Graf von Meran (himself the son of Archduke Johann of
Austria) and of his wife, née Theresia Gräfin von Lamberg] and of his wife, née
Ladislaja Gräfin von Lamberg [herself the daughter of Philipp Karl Graf von
Lamberg and of his wife, née Maria Freiin von Wenckheim]). In 1944 she married
Johann Leopold Zeno Graf von Goëß (b.Graz 2 September 1916, son of Johann Zeno
Graf von Goëß [himself the son of Leopold Peter Graf von Goëß (himself the son
of Johann Peter Anton Karl Graf von Goëß and of his wife, née Maria Johanna
Gráfin Welser von Welsersheimb) and of his wife, née Marianne Gräfin von Thurn
u.Valsassina-Como-Vercelli (herself the daughter of Duglas Graf von Thurn
u.Valsassina-Como-Vercelli and of his wife, née Gabriele Gráfin von
Bray-Steinburg)] and of his wife, née Emma Gräfin Welser von Welsersheimb
[herself the daughter of Zeno Graf Welser von Welsersheimb and of his wife, née
Karoline Freiin Roden von Hirzenau (herself the daughter of Franz Carl Freiherr
Roden von Hirzenau and of his wife, née Juliana Gräfin Hadik von Futak)]). They
are survived by four of their five children.] (added
Eugenio Ereñu Orlandis (son of
Juan Ereñu Ferreira and of his wife, née Blanca Maria Orlandis y Habsburgo
[herself the daughter of Ramon Orlandis y Villalonga and of his wife, née
Archduchess Maria Antonia of
Archduke Martin of
Alessandro Pavone 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]) became
parents of a son, Eduardo, born at the Portland Hospital, London, on 3 August.
(added
Hereditary Prince Bernhard of Baden (son of Margrave Max of Baden and
of his wife, Archduchess Valerie of Austria) and his wife, née Stephanie
Kaul, had their third son, Karl-Wilhelm Bernhard Max Alexander
Ernst-August Heinrich-Donatus Mathias, at Ravensburg on 11 February. (updated 11 May 2006)
Maximilian Fischer-Stabauer and his wife, née Nathalie Gräfin Kornis von
Göncz-Ruszka (daughter of Thomas Graf Kornis von Göncz-Ruszka and of his
wife, née Princess Maria-Theresia of
Jorge Champalimaud Raposo de Magalhães and his wife, née
Alexandra-Nadejda Chrobok (daughter of Bronislaw Chrobok and of his wife,
Princess Maria Luisa of
Antonio Muñoz Valcárcel (known as Kitín Muñoz) and his wife, née Princess
Kalina of
Carl Frederik Anton Jørgen Castenskiold died on 14 April.
[He was born at Kongstedlund on
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) are expecting their second
child in May, 2007. (added 28 Oct 2006)
FRANCE
(BOURBON)
Luis Alfonso de Borbón y
FRANCE (ORLÉANS)
Alexandre de Sambucy de Sorgue (son of François-Xavier de Sambucy de
Sorgue and of his wife, Princess Jeanne-Chantal d'Orléans) and Anne-Cécile
Berteau, whose engagement was announced in 2004, were married in a civil
ceremony at Paris on 17 June, to be followed by a religious ceremony at the
Abbaye de Montmajour, Arles, on 8 July. (updated
Princess Claude d’Orléans
(daughter of the late Prince Henri d’Orléans, Comte de Paris, and of his
wife, née Princess Isabelle d’Orléans-Braganza) married Enrico Gandolfi near
Antoine Stevenson married Kildine de
Sambucy de Sorgue (daughter of François-Xavier de Sambucy de Sorgue and of
his wife, Princess Jeanne-Chantal d'Orléans) in a civil ceremony at
Hon. Mrs. Gerald Lascelles, née Elizabeth Evelyn Collingwood, died in
France on 14 January.
[She was born at
Lord Nicholas Windsor (son of
Prince Edward of
Richard James Christopher Bland (elder son of Godfrey Hamilton Bland
and of his wife, née Olga Mary Hohler [herself the daughter of Edward Hohler
and of his wife, née Jane Lane (herself the daughter of Robert Charlton Lane
and of his wife, née Olga Fitzgeorge [whose father was a morganatic son of
Prince George of Great Britain, Ireland and Hannover, Duke of Cambridge])]), and
his wife, née Eleanor Mary Townsend (daughter of John Richard Townsend and
of his wife, née Lady Juliet Smith [herself the daughter of the second Earl of
Birkenhead]) had their first child, Frederick Robin James, on 15 September.
(added
Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hannover, born Prince of Great Britain and
Ireland, died at Munich on 8 January.
[He was born at Bruanschweig on 25 March 1915, son of Prince Ernst August of
Hannover, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland
(himself the son of Crown Prince Ernst August of Hannover and of his wife, née
Princess Thyra of Denmark), and of his wife, née Princess Viktoria Luise of
Prussia (herself the daughter of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany and of his wife,
née Princess Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein). His family were stripped
of their British titles by the British Crown during the First World War but
continued to feature them as their hereditary titles. In 1946 he married
Princess Sophie of
Prince Philipp of Hesse (son of
Landgrave Moritz of Hesse and of his wife, née Princess Tatjana zu
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg) married
Laetitia Bechtolf in a religious ceremony at Panker on 10 June. The civil ceremony reportedly took place at
Hamburg on 5 May. (added
HOHENZOLLERN
Josephine Gräfin von Posadowsky-Wehner, née Princess von Hohenzollern, died at Andernach on 11 July.
[She was born at Burg Namedy on
Maria Margarethe, Duchess of Mecklenburg, née Princess von Hohenzollern, died at Hechingen on 4 August.
[She was born at Sigmaringen on 2 January 1928,
daughter of Prince Franz Joseph von Hohenzollern-Emden (himself the son of
Wilhelm Fürst von Hohenzollern [himself the son of Leopold Fürst von
Hohenzollern and of his wife, née Infanta Antonia of Portugal] and of his first
wife, née Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies [herself the daughter
of Prince Lodovico of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and of his wife, née Duchess
Mathilde in Bavaria]) and of his wife, née Princess Maria Alix of Saxony
(herself the daughter of King Friedrich August III of Saxony [himself the son
of King Georg of Saxony and of his wife, née Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal]
and of his wife, née Archduchess Luisa of Austria [herself the daughter of
Grand Duke Ferdinando IV of Tuscany and of his second wife, née Princess Alicia
of Bourbon-Parma]). In 1965 (religious wedding 1966) she married Duke Karl
Gregor of
Prince Emanuele Filberto of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont and Prince of Venice
(b.22 July 1972, only child of Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, Crown Prince
of Italy [himself the only son of the late King Umberto II of Italy] and of his
wife, née Marina Doria) and his wife, née Clotilde Courau (born at
Levallois-Perret 3 Apr 1969, daughter of Jean Claude Courau and of his wife,
née Cathérine du Pontavice de Renardières) had their second child, Luisa Giovanna Agata Gavina Bianca Maria,
at Geneva on 16 August. (updated
The engagement was announced between Prince Aimone of
Olivier Janssens and his wife, née Marie Elisabeth Zellinger de Balkany
(daughter of Princess Maria Gabriella of
Conte Guglielmo Guarienti di Brenzone died at San Vigilio on 4 Septmber.
[He was born at
Franziska Gräfin vn Spee, née Princess von und zu Liechtenstein, died on 23 April.
[She was born at Hollenegg on
Mark Andreas Graf von Rietberg
(son of Christoph Graf von Rietberg [himself the son of Prince Ferdinand of
Prince Wilhelm von und zu Liechtenstein died on 27 November.
[He was born at Frauenthal on
The engagement was announced between
Comte Olivier de Quélen (son of Jean-Louis, Comte de Quélen [himself the son
of Alain, Comte de Quélen (himself the son of Jean Marie, Comte de Quélen, and
of his wife, née Marie Jeanne Tresvaux de Berteux), and of his wife, née
Antoinette de Madre de Loos (herself the daughter of Jean de Madre, Comte de
Loos, and of his wife, née Betty Bobbett)], and of his wife, née Nicole Cansou)
and Princess Hedwige of Liechtenstein
(daughter of Prince Vincenz of Liechtenstein [himself the son of Prince
Heinrich of Liechtenstein (himself the son of Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein
and of his wife, née Princess Theresia Maria zu Oettingen-Oettingen und
Oettingen-Wallerstein) and of his wife, née Archduchess Elisabeth Charlotte of
Austria (herself the daughter of Emperor Karl I of Austria and of his wife, née
Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma)] and of his wife, née Hélène de Cossé Brissac
[herself the daughter of Comte Maurice de Cossé Brissac [himself the son of
Comte Charles de Cossé Brissac and of his wife, née Herminie de Rohan-Chabot]
and of his wife, née Béatrice Millin de Grandmaison (herself the daughter of
François Millin de Grandmaison and of his wife, née Hélène Lefebvre)]). (added
LUXEMBURG
Prince Louis of Luxemburg (third son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxemburg
and of his wife, née Maria Teresa Mestre) and his girlfriend, Tessy Antony,
became the parents of a son, Gabriel, on 12 March. The couple married at
Prince Constantijn of the
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 second child, Joanna Zaria Nicoline Milou, on 18 June. (updated
Prince Pieter Christiaan of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (son of
Pieter van Vollenhoven and of his wife, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands) and
his wife, née Anita Theodora van Eijk (second daughter of L.A. van Eijk and
of Mrs J.C.M. van Eijk-Steens), had their first child, Emma Francisca
Catharina, at Amsterdam on 28 November. (updated
Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia died at Mallorca on 19 June.
[He was born at Klein-Glienicke on
REUSS
Warren Nash (son of Mr and Mrs
David Nash of
Mircea Gregor Carol Lambrino, or Hohenzollern, died in London on
27 January.
[He was born at
Mrs Nancy Wynkoop, née Leeds, died on 7 June at Woodstock, Vermont.
[She was born at
Nicholas Mathew (son of Thomas Mathew and of his wife, Princess Olga
Romanov [herself the daughter of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of
Alexander James Amherst Burnett of Leys (b.1973, elder son of James
Comyn Amherst Burnett of Leys and of his wife, née Fiona Mercedes Phillips
[herself the daughter of Harold Phillips and of his wife, née Georgina Wernher
(herself the daughter of Sir Harold Wernher, Bt., and of his wife, Countess
Anastasia de Torby [herself the daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of
Russia and of his wife, Sophia Gräfin von Merenberg, Countess de Torby])]) and
his wife, née Lavinia Margaret Cox, had their first child, Amaryllis Susan
Rohays, on 24 November. (added
Mrs. Lester Armour, née Princess Alexandra Galitzine, died at Lake Forest, Illinois, on 5 December.
[She was born at Maryino on
Charles Harold Alexander Butter (b.10 April 1960, only son of Sir
David Henry Butter and of his wife, née Myra Alice Wernher [herself the
daughter of Sir Harold Wernher, Bt., and of his wife, née Countess Anastasia de
Torby (herself the daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia and of
his wife, née Sophie Gräfin von Merenberg)]) and his wife, née Agnieszka Szeluk, had their first child,
Julia Davina, on 20 December. (added
SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA
Maria Gräfin von Mensdorff-Pouilly, née Gräfin Wratislaw von Mitrowitz, died at Prague on 23 November.
[She was born at Dirna on 28 May 1914, daughter of
Joseph Oswald Wenzel Maria Graf Wratislaw von Mitrowitz (himself the son of
Eugen Franz Adam Leopold Joseph Graf Wratislaw von Mitrowitz [himself the son
of Franz Graf Wratislaw von Mitrowitz and of his wife, née Rosalie Gräfin
Sporck] and of his wife, née Ernestine Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein [herself
the daughter of Oswald Graf von Thun und Hohenstein and of his wife, née Johanna Altgräfin zu
Salm-Reifferscheidt]) and of his wife, née Thea Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein
(herself the daughter of Sigismund Georg Maria Graf von Thun und Hohenstein and
of his first wife, née Marie Gräfin Sardagna von Neuburg und Hohenstein). In
1937 she married Arthur Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly, son of Emanuel Graf von
Mensdorff-Pouilly (himself the son of Alfons Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly
[himself the son of Emmanuel Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly and of his wife, née
Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld] and of his wife, née Marie Charlotte
Gräfin von Lamberg) and of his wife, née Anna Gräfin von Westphalen zu
Fürstenberg. He died in 1965. They had two sons and two daughters.] (added
SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE
Prince Leopold zu Schaumburg-Lippe died at Bad Waldsee on 25 January.
[He was born at Schloß Nachod on
It is reported that Alexander Fürst zu Schaumburg-Lippe has become
engaged to marry, as his second wife, the lawyer Nadja Anna Zsöks. (added
Franz Joseph Graf von Degenfeld-Schonburg died on 10 October.
[He was
born at Heilbronn-am-Neckar on 25 September 1962, son of Christoph-Anton Graf
von Degenfeld-Schonburg (himself the son of Ferdinand Graf von
Degenfeld-Schonburg [himself the son of Ferdinand Christoph Graf von
Degenfeld-Schonburg and of his wife, née Maria Gräfin von Wenckheim] and of his
wife, née Maria Freiin von Biegeleben [herself the daughter of Maximilian
Freiherr von Biegeleben and of his wife, née Elisabeth Zernentsch]) and of his
wife, née Rosalie d’Espagne de Venevelles (herself the daughter of
Georges d’Espagne de Venevelles [himself the son of Armand Stanislas
d’Espagne, Marquis de Venevelles, and of his wife, née Princess Jeanne de
Croy] and of his wife, née Marguerite-Marie des Isnards [herself the daughter
of Charles, Marquis des Isnards, and of his wife, née Rosalie de Laborde]).
Since 1993 he had been married to Andrea von Schaumburg-Lippe (daughter of
Prince Albrecht zu Schaumburg-Lippe [himself the son of Prince Maximilian zu
Schaumburg-Lippe and of his wife, née Duchess Olga of Württemberg] and of Marie
Gabriele Freiin von Pfetten-Arnbach). He is survived by her and by their two
children.] (added
Beltrán Gomez-Acebo y de Borbón (son of the late Luis Gomez-Acebo y
de Estrada and of his wife, Infanta Pilar of Spain [sister of King Juan
Carlos]) and his wife, née Laura Ponte Martínez, had their second child,
Laura, at the Clinic Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Madrid, on 1 July. (updated
Felipe, Prince of the Asturias (only son of King Juan Carlos of
The engagement was announced between
Romuald Ruffing and Countess Catherine Bernadotte af Wisborg (daughter of
Count Lennart Bernadotte af Wisborg, born Prince of Sweden [himself the son of
Prince Vilhelm of Sweden and of his wife, née Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of
Russia], and of his second wife, née Sonja Haunz). (added
Charles Albert Antoine Jean, Comte Ullens de Schooten, died at Leuven on 10 May.
[He was born at
Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg (son of Count Claes Bernadotte
af Wisborg [himself the son of Count Carl Oscar Bernadotte af Wisborg (himself
the son of Prince Oscar of Sweden (1859-1953)) and of his second wife, née
Gerty Borjesson] and of his wife, née Birgitta Magnusson) and his wife, née
Anna Olsson, had their third child, Sophia, on 6 May. (added
Heinz Assmann and his wife, née Countess Louise Bernadotte af Wisborg (daughter of Count Claes Bernadotte af
Wisborg [himself the son of Count Carl Oscar Bernadotte af Wisborg, son of
Prince Oscar of
Marianne Flach, née von Arbin, died at Stockholm on 25 May.
She was born at Stockholm on 2 August 1937, daughter
of Nils von Arbin and of his wife, née Countess Dagmar Bernadotte af Wisborg
(herself the daughter of Count Carl Oskar Bernadotte af Wisborg [himself the
son of Prince Oskar of Sweden and of his wife, née Ebba Henrietta Munck af
Fulkila] and of his first wife, née Baroness Marianne de Geer af Leufsta). From
1958 to 1967 she was married to Miles Carl Flach. She is survived by her
mother, her daughter, and two grandchildren.] (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
Baron Carl Silfverschiold (son of
Baron Niclas Silfverschiold and of his wife, née Princess Désirée of
Sven Roderburg and his wife, née
Countess Cia-Rosemarie Bernadotte (daughter of Count Jan Bernadotte
[himself the son of Count Lennart Bernadotte, né Prince Lennart of
Count Alexander Bernadotte
(oldest son of Count Jan Bernadotte Bernadotte [himself the son of Count Lennart
Bernadotte, né Prince Lennart of
Nicos Kogevinas died at Geneva on 4 December.
[He was born at
TWO SICILIES
Manuel de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias (b.16 Dec 1971, son of Luis
Morales y Aguado and of his wife, née Princess Ines of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
[herself the daughter of Prnce Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infant of
Spain, and of his wife, née Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma]) married Emma
Ruiz de Azcarate y Garcia de Lomas (aged 24, daughter of Jose Pablo Ruiz de
Azcarate y Varela) at Real Monasterio de
la Encarnación of Madrid on 18 March. (updated
Comte Rodolphe de Vincens de Causans (son of Comte René de Vincens de
Causans and of his wife, née Laurence de Geoffre de Chabrignac) and his
wife, née Princess Anna Cecilia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (daughter of Prince
Casimir of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and of his wife, née Princess Maria Cristina of
Savoy) had their first child, Amedeo, at Neuilly-sur-Seine on 8 May. (added
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 second child, Ana, in August. (updated
WALDECK-PYRMONT
Hansjoachim von Wartenberg died at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 29 April.
[He was born at
WÜRTTEMBERG
Moritz Graf von Goëß and his wife, née Duchess Fleur of Württemberg
(daughter of Duke Karl of Württemberg and of his wife, née Princess Diane
d'Orléans) had their second child, Flaminia, on 25 February. (updated
Duke Michael of Württemberg (b.1965, son of Duke Carl of Württemberg
and of his wife, née Princess Diane d'Orléans) married Julia Storz at Schloß
Altshausen on 7 July, followed by a religious ceremony at