Royal News of 2006, Section
III
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ABERCORN
David Hugh Smith (son of Sir
Andrew Hugh Smith and of his wife, née Venetia Flower [herself the daughter of
Peter Hugh Flower (himself the son of Hugh Duncombe Flower and of his wife, née
Ida Hamilton [of the Dukes of Abercorn]) and of his wife, née Lydia Josephine
Huth]) and his wife, née Maresa-Clare
Moloney, had their third child, Percy Andrew Peter, on 12 October. Their
first two children are named Teddy and Jemima. (added
ABRANTES
Mme Guy Bès de Berc, née Marguerite Le Ray d’Abrantès, died on 18 May.
[She was born on
ALBUFÈRA
Comte Alexandre de Chavagnac (son
of Comte Jacques de Chavagnac [himself the son of Edouard, Marquis de Chavagnac
[himself the son of Henri, Marquis de Chavagnac, and of his wife, née Henriette
Pourroy de L’Aubérivière], and of his wife, née Hélène du Plessis
d’Argentré (herself the daughter of Gérard, Marquis du Plessis
d’Argentré, and of his wife, née Geneviève de Montesson)] and of his
wife, née Véronique de Crouy-Chanel [herself the daughter of Etienne de
Crouy-Chanel (himself the son of Henri de Crouy-Chanel and of his wife, née
Anne d’Ussel) and of his wife, née Jacqueline Vallette Viallard (herself
the daughter of Pierre Vallette Viallard and of his wife, née Bonnes)]) and his wife, née Pauline Suchet
d’Albufèra (daughter of Emmanuel Suchet, Marquis d’Albufèra
[himself the son of Napoléon Suchet, Duc d’Albufèra (himself the son of
Louis Joseph Suchet, Duc d’Albufèra, and of his wife, née Anna Masséna
d’Essling et de Rivoli, Princesse d’Essling), and of his wife, née
Claude de Ladoucette (herself the daughter of Robert Charles Joseph, Baron de
Ladoucette, and of his wife, née Alix de Grammont)], and of his wife, née
Elisabeth de Fontanges [herself the daughter of Hugues, Baron de Fontanges
(himself the son of Baron Jean de Fontanges and of his wife, née de Rostang),
and of his wife, née Monique de Bellomayre (herself the daughter of Jean de
Bellomayre and of his wife, née Elisabeth Guyard)]), had their second child, Joséphine, at Paris on 22 February. (added
Napoléon Suchet, Duc d’Albufèra, died at Montgobert on 2 August.
[He was born at
Simone, Duchesse d’Albufèra, died at Neuilly-sur-Seine on 1 December.
[She was born at Paris on
ALDOBRANDINI
Countess André Plater-Zyberk, née Maria Alexandra Gräfin Esterházy von Galántha, died at Uccle on 9 November.
[She was born at Sopronhorpacs on
Nikolaus von Einem (b.Berlin 25
August 1975, son of Eberhard von Einem and of his wife, née Cornelia Gräfin von
Plettenberg) married Princess Maria
Agnes von Altenburg (b.Vienna 15 June 1979, daughter of Prince Johannes von
Altenburg [himself the son of Archduke Clemens Salvator of Austria-Tuscany and
of his wife, née Elisabeth Gräfin Rességuier de Miremont] and of his wife, née
Eugenie Fundulus) on 17 June. (added
ARGYLL
Jean Phyllis Meade-Fetherstonhaugh, née Falkner, died on 11 January.
[She was born the daughter of Basil Falkner and in
1948 married Richard James Meade-Fetherstonhaugh (1913-58), of Uppark,
Petersfield, Hampshire (son of Hon. Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh [himself the
son of Richard James Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam (himself the son of Richard
Charles Francis Christian Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam, and of his wife, née
Lady Elizabeth Herbert), and of his wife, née Elizabeth Henrietta Kennedy
(herself the daughter of Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy)] and of his wife, née
Margaret Isabel Frances Glyn [herself the daughter of Rt.Rev.Hon. Edward Carr
Glyn (himself the son of George Carr Glyn, Lord Wolverton, and of his wife, née
Marianne Grenfell) and of his wife, née Lady Mary Campbell (herself the
daughter of George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, and of his first wife,
née Lady Elizabeth Leveson-Gower)]). They had three daughters: Harriet (Hatti),
b.1949; Emma Mary, b.1951; and Sophia Theresa, b.1954.] (added
Torquhil Ian Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll, and his wife, née Eleanor
Cadbury, had their second child, Rory James, on 3 February. (added
AUERSTAEDT
Charles Louis Iwao Marie Davout, Duc d’Auerstaedt, died at Gagny on 8 February.
[He was born at Paris on
Anne Le Mercier de
Maisoncelle-Vertille de Richemont (b.1924, daughter of Henri Le Mercier de
Maisoncelle-Vertille, Comte de Richemont, and of his wife, née Alice Daru
[herself the daughter of Vicomte François Daru and of his wife, née Napoléonie
Davout d’Auerstaedt (herself the daughter of Léopold, Duc
d’Auerstaedt, and of his wife, née Jeanne-Alice de Voize)]) died on 2 June. (added
BAUFFREMONT-COURTENAY
Bertrand Peyredieu du Charlat and his
wife, née Laetitia d’Alverny (daughter of Philippe d’Alverny
[himsef the son of François d’Alverny and of his wife, née Princess
Claude de Bauffremont-Courtenay] and of his wife, née Christiane de Courcel) had their fifth child, Gaspard, at Saint
Naizaire on 5 January. (added
Prince Hugues de Bauffremont-Courtenay (son of Prince
Charles-Emmanuel de Bauffremont-Courtenay [himself the son of Jacques,
Prince-Duc de Bauffremont-Courtenay] and of his wife, née Blanche de Chabannes)
and his wife, née Solenne de Breil de Pontbriand, had their third child,
Clémence, at
Lady Hugh Russell died on 30 March.
[She was the daughter of Keith Freeling Markby and of his wife, née Violet
Muriel Peel. In 1957 she married Lord Hugh Hastings Russell (1923-2005), son of
Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford, and of his wife, née Louisa Whitwell.
She is survived by their two children, Mark and Karen, and six grandchildren.] (added
Lydia, Duchess of Bedford, died at St.Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, on 25 July.
[She was born Hon.
Toby Rowland and his wife, née
BELMONTE
Tristan Charles Johnson Elbrick (only son of Captain Alfred Johnson Elbrick (USMC) KM, [himself the son of Ambassador the Hon. Charles Burke Elbrick KM, KHS, and of his wife Elvira Lindsay Johnson Elbrick daughter of Vice Admiral Alfred Wilkinson Johnson USN] and of his wife, née Fern Evelyn Clare Bendall [herself the daughter of Major David Vere Bendall CMG, MBE and of his wife, née Eve Stephanie Merrilees Forbes Fraser Galpin]) married Donna Francesca di Paola Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, Duchessa di Acerenza (elder daughter of Don Angelo Gennaro Granito Pignatelli, 13th Principe di Belmonte [himself the son of Don Gioacchino Granito Pignatelli, 12th Prince of Belmonte and of his wife, née Francesca Visco] and of his wife, Principessa di Belmonte, née Sarah Elizabeth Mayhew [herself the daughter of Robert Mayhew, Esq. and of his wife née Marjorie Taylor]) at the Chiesa Rettoria Sant'Ignazio di Loyola, Campo Marzio, Rome, on 1 July 2006.
[The bride was given away by her father and was
attended by Miss Lucy Taylor as chief bridesmaid. Miss Isabella Coombs, the Hon Marina
Primrose, Master
BERWICK
Javier de Soto y Fitzjames-Stuart (son of Javier de Soto y
Lopez-Doriga and of his wife, née Maria del Carmen Fitzjames-Stuart y Gomez,
Marquesa de Valle de Paloma [herself the daughter of Hernando Alfonso
Fitzjames-Stuart y Saavedra, Duque de Penaranda, Duke of Berwick]) and his
wife, née María Chávarri Figueroa (daughter of Tomás Chávarri and of his
wife, née Matilde Figueroa) had their second child, Alvaro Jacobo, at
Madrid, on 24 April. (added
BÉTHUNE-HESDIGNEUL
Christian de Chabannes, Marquis de Chabannes, died on 26 January.
[He was born on 19 April 1911, son of Henri Amable
Gabriel Marie Joseph, Marquis de Chabannes (himself the son of Eugène, Marquis de
Chabannes [himself the son of Comte Laurent Amable de Chabannes and of his
wife, née Marguerite Louise de Bourbon-Busset], and of his wife, née Pauline
Félicité Langlois de Chevry [herself the daughter of Pierre Edgar Langlois de
Chevry and of his wife, née Marguerite Auguste de Grimoard de Beauvoir du Roure
de Beaumont-Brison]), and of his wife, née Mahaut de Béthune-Hesdigneul
(herself the daughter of Comte Maximilien de Béthune-Hesdigneul [himself the
son of Comte Léon de Béthune-Hesdigneul (of the Princes de Béthune-Hesdigneul)
and of his wife, née Mary Matilda Montgomery] and of his wife, née Marguerite
de Montesquiou Fezensac [herself the daughter of Comte Wladimir Anatole de
Montesquiou Fezensac and of his wife, née Marie Louise Caroline Sauvage]). In
1948 he married Jeanne-Chantal Barbier de Lescoët (daughter of Alain Barbier,
Marquis de Lescoët, and of his wife, née Isabelle Emé de Marcieu). She died in
1986. He is survived by their two children.] (added
Beatrix von Mengersen, née Gräfin von
Bismarck-Schönhausen, died at Possenhofen on 20 October.
[She was born at Varzin on
BORGHESE
Donna Giulia dei Principi Borghese
died in
[She was born in
BORROMEO
John Jacob (Jaki) Elkann (b.1976, son of Alain Elkann and of his
former wife, Margherita Agnelli [herself daughter of the Italian automobile
tycoon Giovanni Agnelli (1921-2003) and of his wife, née Donna Marella
Caracciolo dei Principi di Castagneto]) and his wife, née Donna Lavinia
Borromeo dei Principi di Angera (b.1977, daughter of Don Carlo Ferdinando
Borromeo dei Principi di Angera and of his first wife, née Marion Sibylle
Gabriele Zota) had their first child, Leone, at Turin on 27 August. (updated
BRANCOVAN
Prince Mihai Bibesco-Bassaraba de
Brancovan (son of Prince Constantine Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan and of
his wife, née Princess
BRISSAC
Simon Nora died on 5 March.
[He was born at Paris on
The engagement was announced between
Etienne de Beaurepaire de Louvagny (son of Vicomte Ladislas de Beaurepaire
de Louvagny [himself the son of Vicomte Bernard de Beaurepaire de Louvagny
(himself the son of Vicomte Gustave de Beaurepaire de Louvagny and of his wife,
née Marguerite Thomas des Colombiers de Boismarmin) and of his wife, née Elisabeth
de Maistre (herself the daughter of Joseph-Raymond de Maistre and of his wife,
née Marie-Wladzia de Kronenberg)] and of his wife, née Anne de Jarnac de
Gardepée de Salignac [herself the daughter of Hervé de Jarnac de Gardepée de
Salignac (himself the son of Georges de Jarnac de Gardepée de Salignac and of
his wife, née Henriette Carlsberg) and of his wife, née Marie-Christine Lafont
(herself the daughter of Joseph Lafont and of his wife, née Germaine
Gosset-Grainville)]) and Pauline Roullet
de La Bouillerie (daughter of the late Geoffroy Roullet de La Bouillerie,
Comte de La Bouillerie [himself the son of Comte Bertrand Roullet de La
Bouillerie (himself the son of Comte Pierre Roullet de La Bouillerie and of his
wife, née Antoinette Moreau de La Rochette) and of his wife, née Jacqueline
Thomas de Pange (herself the daughter of François Thomas de Pange and of his
wife, née Aude de Montesquiou Fezensac)], and of his wife, née Nancy de
Cossé-Brissac [herself the daughter of Comte Charles de Cossé-Brissac (himself
the son of Comte René de Cossé-Brissac and of his wife, née Anne Mortier de
Trévise) and of his wife, née Herminie de Rohan-Chabot (herself the daughter of
Comte Jehan de Rohan-Chabot and of his wife, née Anne de Talhouët-Roy)]). (added
The forthcoming marriage was
announced between Etienne de Beaurepaire de Louvagny (son of Ladislas de
Beaurepaire de Louvagny [himself the son of Bernard de Beaurepaire de Louvagny
(himself the son of Gustave de Beaurepaire de Louvagny and of his wife, née Marguerite
Thomas des Colombiers de Boismarmin) and of his wife, née Elisabeth de Maistre
(herself the daughter of Comte Joseph-Raymond de Maistre and of his wife, née
Marie-Wladzia de Kronenberg)] and of his wife, née Anne de Jarnac de Gardépée
de Salignac [herself the daughter of Hervé de Jarnac de Gardépée de Salignac
(himself the son of Georges de Jarnac de Gardépée de Salignac and of his wife,
née Henriette Carlsberg) and of his wife, née Marie-Christine Lafont (herself
the daughter of Joseph lafont and of his wife, née Germaine
Gosset-Grainville)]) and Pauline Roullet
de La Bouillerie (daughter of Comte Geoffroy Roullet de La Bouillerie
[himself the son of Comte Bertrand Roullet de La Bouillerie (himself the son of
Comte Pierre Roullet de La Bouillerie and of his wife, née Antoinette Moreau de
La Rochette) and of his wife, née Jacqueline Thomas de Pange (herself the
daughter of François Thomas de Pange and of his wife, née Aude de Montesquiou
Fezensac)] and of his wife, née Nancy de Cossé-Brissac [herself the daughter of
Comte Charles de Cossé-Brissac (himself the son of Comte René de Cossé-Brissac
and of his wife, née Anne Mortier de Trévise) and of his wife, née Herminie de
Rohan-Chabot (herself the daughter of Comte Jehan de Rohan-Chabot and of his wife,
née Anne de Talhouët-Roy)]). (added
Pierre-Emmanuel de Cossé-Brissac (son of François de Cossé, Duc de
Brissac, and of his wife, née Jacqueline de Contades) married Marie-Astrid
Larue (daughter of Philippe Larue and of his wife, née Isabelle Le Moyne de
Sainte-Marie) in a religious ceremony at
Brissac-Quincé on 2 September. (added
Louis Dreyfus and his wife, née
Judith Nora (daughter of Fabrice Nora [himself the son of Simon Nora and of
his wife, née Marie-Pierre de Cossé Brissac (herself the daughter of Pierre,
Duc de Brissac, and of his wife, née Marie Schneider)] and of his wife, née
Elisabeth Martin), had their first
child, Simon, in June. (added
BROGLIE
Prince Emmanuel de Broglie (b.Paris 25 September 1958, son of Prince
Jean-Emmanuel de Broglie (1930-1990) and of his wife, née Mathilde Viellard) and
his wife, née Laurence de Moustier (daughter of Roland Marquis de Moustier
(1909-2001) [himself the son of Leonel, Marquis de Moustier, and of his wife,
née Princess Jeanne de Ligne] and of his wife, née Anny Normant) had their
first children, twins, Delia and Solina, on 16 April. (updated
The engagement was announced between
Baron Benoît de la Fontaine de Fontenay (son of Baron Jean Louis de la
Fontaine de Fontenay and of his wife, née Princess Marie-France de Broglie) and Marie-Amélie Fourault. (added
The engagement was announced between
Olivier Rigal and Laetitia de la Fontaine de Fontenay (daughter of Baron Jean
Louis de la Fontaine de Fontenay and of his wife, née Princess Marie-France de
Broglie). (added
Arnaud Cluzel (son of Patrice
Cluzel and of Christine Froidure) married
Laure Denaiffe (daughter of Olivier Denaiffe and of his wife, née Claire
Roullet de La Bouillerie [herself the daughter of Alexandre Roullet de La
Bouillerie and of his wife, née Ghislaine Bonnin de La Bonninière de Beaumont
(herself the daughter of Claude Bonnin de La Bonninière, Marquis de Beaumont,
and of his wife, née Princess Jeanne de Broglie)]) at the church of Saint-Paterne-Racan on 15 July. (added
Guillaume, Marquis de La Roche Aymon (son of Hély, Marquis de la
Roche Aymon (1921-2003) [himself the son of Comte Raoul de La Roche Aymon and
of his wife, née Princess Madeleine de Broglie)] and of his wife, née Hedwige
de Foresta) and his wife, née Nathalie Goffinet (daughter of Jean
Goffinet and of his wife, née Countess Marie-Christine de Looz-Corswarem), had their first child, Mahaut, on 10 August.
(added
The engagement was announced between
Comte Alexis Huchet de Quenetain (son of Comte Alain Huchet de Quenetain
and of his wife, née Véronique du Mesnil du Buisson) and Cléophée de Pradel de Lamaze (daughter of Edouard, Comte de
Pradel de Lamaze, and of his wife, née Princess Priscilla de Broglie). (added
Francisco de la Peña y Garcia de Lago
(son of Francisco de la Peña y González-Camino and of his wife, née Maria
Victoria Garcia de Lago y Sordo) and his
wife, née Alix de Pradel de Lamaze (daughter of Edouard, Comte de Pradel de
Lamaze, and of his wife, née Princess Priscilla de Broglie) had their first child, Juan, at Madrid on
23 October. (added
Comtesse Charles de Nicolay, née Princess Marie Caroline Josèphe de Broglie, died on 29 December.
[She was born at
BUCCLEUCH & QUEENSBERRY
Hon. (Sacha William) Robin Gurdon (son and heir of Philip Bertram
Gurdon, 3rd Lord Cranworth [himself the son of Hon. Robert Brampton Gurdon
(himself the son of Bertram Francis Gurson, 2nd Lord Cranworth, and of his
wife, née Vera Emily Ridley) and of his wife, née Hon. Daisy Pearson (herself
the daughter of Weetman Harold Miller Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray, and of his
wife, née Agnes Beryl Spencer-Churchill, of the Dukes of Marlborugh)], and of
his wife, née Frances Henrietta Montagu-Douglas-Scott [herself the daughter of
Lord William Montagu-Douglas-Scott (himself the son of John Charles
Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, and of his
wife, née Lady Margaret Bridgeman) and of his wife, née Lady Rachel
Douglas-Home (herself the daughter of Charles Cospatrick Archibald
Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home, and of his wife, née Lady Lilian Lambton)]) and
his wife, née Susannah Bates, had their first child, Alec Martin Philip, on 8
January. (added
Joyce, Lady Brassey, née Kingscote, died on 10 January.
[She was born Joyce Patricia Kingscote on 17 March
1917, daughter of Maurice John Kingscote, of Kingscote (himself the son of
Thomas Arthur Fitzhardinge Kingscote [himself the son of Thomas Henry
Kingscote, of Kingscote, and of his second wife, née Hon.Harriot Mary Anne
Bloomfield] and of his wife, née Hon. Evelyn Mary Gifford [herself the daughter
of Robert Francis Gifford, 2nd Lord Gifford, and of his wife, née Hon.Frederica
Charlotte FitzHardinge Berkeley]), and of his first wife, née Violet Owen Lord
(herself the daughter of Herbert Owen Lord, of Lilley Brook, Charlton Kings,
Gloucesteshire).
In 1939 she married Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey (b.1915, son
of Edgar Hugh Brassey [himself the son of Henry Arthur Brassey (himself the son
of Thomas Brassey and of his wife, née Marie Farrington, and brother of the 1st
Earl Brassey) and of his wife, née Anna Harriet Stevenson (herself the daughter
of George Robert Stevenson), and brother of the 1st Lord Brassey of Apethorpe]
and of his wife, née Margaret Harriet Trefusis [herself the daughter of Hon.
Walter Rodolph Trefusis (himself the son of Charles Rodolph Trefusis, 19th Lord
Clinton, and of his wife, née Lady Elizabeth Kerr) and of his wife, née Lady
Mary Montagu-Douglas-Scott (herself the daughter of Walter Francis
Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, and of his wife,
née Lady Charlotte Thynne)]), who predeceased her. Lady Brassey is survived by
two sons and two daughters, one daughter having predeceased her.] (added
The engagement was announced 19 January, 2006, between Hon. Peter Michael
Alexander Roper-Curzon (b.1977, son of John Christopher Ingham Roper-Curzon,
20th Lord Teynham [himself the son of Christopher John Henry Roper-Curzon, 19th
Lord Teynham, and of his first wife, née Elspeth Grace Whitaker (later
Marchioness of Northampton)], and of his wife, née Elizabeth
Scrymgeour-Wedderburn [herself the daughter of David Scrymgeour-Wedderburn and
of his wife, née Patricia Katherine Montagu-Douglas-Scott (of the Dukes of
Buccleuch and Queensberry)]) and Victoria-Eugenia Pearse Wheatley
(daughter of Robin Pearse Wheatley, of Chelsea, and Señora Victoria-Eugenia
Perez de Ascanio y Zuleta de Reales, of Fulham, and Madrid, Spain). (added
Hon. Edward Charles Douglas-Home died on 17 February.
[He was born on 1 March 1920, son of Charles, 13th
Earl of Home (himself the son of Charles, 12th Earl of Home [himself
the son of Cospatrick, 11th Earl of Home, and of his wife, née Hon.
Elizabeth Lucy Montagu-Scott (of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensbery)], and
of his wife, née Maria Grey), and of his wife, née Lady Lilian Lambton (herself
the daughter of Frederick William Lambton, 4th Earl of Durham
[himself the son of George, 2nd Earl of Durham, and of his wife, née
Lady Beatrix Hamilton (of the Dukes of Abercorn)], and of his wife, née Beatrix
Bulteel). In 1946 he married Nancy Rose Straker-Smith (1923-2005). He is
survived by their three children.] (added
The engagement was announced in Apr,
2006, between William R.J. Beck (son of the late Mr and Mrs Peter Beck) and Alice Christian Phipps (b.25 Mar
1969, daughter of the late (Charles) Nicholas Phipps [himself the son of
Charles Bathurst Hele Phipps and of his wife, née Lady Sybil
Montagu-Douglas-Scott (herself the daughter of John Charles, 7th
Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, and of his wife, née Lady Margaret Bridgeman)]
and of his second wife, née Christian Fiona Mackenzie [herself the daughter of
Colin Hercules Mackenzie and of his wife, née Evelyn Coldagh Meade]). (added
George William Owen
Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick (b.1970, son and heir of Sir George Christopher
Cadfael Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 7th Bt, and of his wife, née Jean Louise Montagu
Douglas Scott [herself the daughter of Lord William Montagu-Douglas-Scott, of
the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry, and of his wife, née Lady Rachel
Douglas-Home]) married Candida Clark
(daughter of Mr Alan Sharpe and Mrs Cassandra Clark) at Llangwyfan Church, Anglesey, on 21 September. (updated
The engagement was announced 4 July
2006, between Thomas Armitage (elder son of the late Dr John Armitage and
of Mrs Susan Wright) and Georgina Jane
Stirling-Home-Drummond-Moray (b.1979, youngest daughter of William George
Stirling-Home-Drummond-Moray [himself the son of James William
Stirling-Home-Drummond-Moray and of his wife, née Jeanetta Montagu-Douglas-Scott
(of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry)] and of his first wife, née Angela
Jane Baring [herself the daughter of Michael John Baring and of his wife, née
Pamela Anne Barnardo]). (added
Charles Valentine Llewellyn Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick
(son of Sir George Christopher Cadafael Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, 7th
Bt., and of his wife, née Jean Louise Montagu-Douglas-Scott [herself the
daughter of Lord William Montagu-Douglas-Scott (himself the son of John Charles
Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, and of
his wife, née Lady Margaret Bridgeman) and of his wife, née Lady
Rachel-Douglas-Home]) and his wife, née
Alexandra Watson, had their third child, Benjamin William Llewellyn, on 26 July.
(added
Lord Damian Montagu-Douglas-Scott (third son of Walter, 9th Duke of
Buccleuch & Queensberry, and of his wife, the former Jane McNeill) and
his wife, Elizabeth Powis, had their second child, Georgia Lucy Alice, on 11
August. (added
Valerie, Lady Montagu-Douglas-Scott,
née Finnis (widow of Sir David John Montagu-Douglas-Scott (1887-1986),
himself the son of Lord Charles Thomas Montagu-Douglas-Scott), died on 17 October. (added
Simon P.J. Nixon and his wife, née Hon. Hermione Roper-Curzon
(daughter of John Christopher Ingham Roper-Curzon, 20th Lord Teynham, and of
his wife, née Lady Elizabeth Scrymgeour-Wedderburn [herself the daughter of
Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee, and of his wife, née
Patricia Katharine Montagu-Douglas-Scott, of the Dukes of Buccleuch and
Queensberry]) had their second child, Florence Elizabeth Dora, on 23
November. (added
Hon. Mrs Anne Elizabeth Bromley-Martin, née Walsh, died on 8 December.
[She was born on 21 August 1911, daughter of
Reginald Walsh, Lord Ormathwaite, and of his wife, née Lady Margaret Jane
Douglas-Home (herself the daughter of Charles Alexander Douglas-Home, 12th
Earl of Home [himself the son of Cospatrick Alexander Home, 11th
Earl of Home, and of his wife, née Hon. Lucy Elizabeth Montagu-Scott (of the
Dukes of Buccleuch)], and of his wife, née Maria Grey). In 1948 she married
Peter Bromley-Martin (1903-1968). They had no children.] (added
CANTACUZENE
Marc de Panafieu (son of Guy de
Panafieu and of his wife, née Françoise Missoffe) and his wife, née Princess Alexandra Cantacuzene (daughter of
Prince Alexandre Cantacuzene and of his wife, née Anne Michelle Russ), had their first child, Maxime, at
CARACCIOLO
Brother Carlo Arditi dei marchesi di
Castelvetere (son of
Giacomo Arditi dei marchesi di Castelvetere and of Donna Silvia
dei principi Caracciolo dei marchesi di Santeramo) died in
[He was born in
CARAFA
Donna Benedetta Carafa dei duchi
d'Andria (b.1973, third daughter of Don Carlo Fabio Carafa dei duchi d'
Andria and of his wife, née Donna Gloria Theodoli dei marchesi di San Vito e
Pisoniano) married Stefano Soldati (b.1970, son of Dr. .....Soldati and of
Emanuela dei conti Premoli), in
CARAMAN
Baron Antoine-Arthur de Milleville
(son of Baron Bernard de Milleville and of his wife, née Anne Françoise de
Curel [herself the daughter of Louis, Vicomte de Curel, and of his wife, née
Marie de Riquet de Caraman (herself the daughter of Charles de Riquet, Duc de
Caraman, and of his wife, née Octavie de Rohan-Chabot)]) and his wife, née Anne Béranger, had their fourth child, Oscar, at
Paris on 16 February. Their other children are named Thomas, Louis, and
Mathilde. (added
Charles de Nervaux de Mézières de
Loÿs (b.1980, son of Olivier de Nervaux de Mézières de Loÿs [himself son of
Roland de Nervaux de Mézières de Loÿs and his first wife, Béatrice de Riquet de Caraman] and his
wife, née Patricia Bertin) died on 23
March. (added
CARPEGNA
FALCONIERI GABRIELLI
Don Antonio dei principi di Carpegna Falconieri
Gabrielli, Conte di Carpegna (b.1965, son of Principe e Conte Don Francesco
Maria di Carpegna Falconieri Gabrielli and of Donna Isabella dei principi
Massimo dei principi di Arsoli [herself daughter of the late Don Leone Massimo,
principe di Arsoli and of the late Principessa Maria Adelaide di
Savoia-Genova]) married Clara Polissena
dei baroni Winspeare-Guicciardi (b.1966, daughter of Barone Riccardo
Winspeare-Guicciardi and of Princess Elizabeth von und zu Liechtenstein) in
Tricase, near Lecce, on 17 June. (added
Philippe Emmanuel Olivier de Perusse des Cars (younger son of
François-Amédée de Perusse, Duc des Cars, and of first his wife, née Constanza
Martinez Rivas) and his wife, née Fleur Anne Marie Antoinette Guisset (daughter
of Marc Guisset and of his wife, née Danielle Godet), had their first child, Andrea, at
Louis Adrien Olivier de Perusse des
Cars (son of Comte Jean de Perusse des Cars and of his wife, née Monique
Bézaguet) married Céline Michel Marie
Benedittini at
Ivan Roussin and his wife, née
Caroline de Pérusse des Cars (daughter of François de Pérusse, Duc des
Cars, and of his wife, née Constance Martinez Rivas), had their fourth child, Jules, at
CATALANO
GONZAGA
Don Marcantonio Catalano Gonzaga dei duchi di Cirella, Duca di Majerà, died in Rome on 27 February.
[He was born in 1933, son of Don Gaetano Catalano
Gonzaga, Duca di Cirella, Duca di Majerà e di Grisolia (1893-1977) and of Magda
Cappellini (d.1973). He married in 1959 Livia dei baroni Di Giura (b.1940) and
is survived by her and three sons.] (added
COLONNA
Fabrizia dei conti Bucci Casari degli
Atti (b.1960, daughter of Marco dei conti Bucci Casari degli Atti (b.1924)
and of Donna Maria Eleonora Colonna dei principi di Paliano (1930-1977, herself
daughter of Don Piero Colonna dei principi di Paliano (1891-1939) and of Adele
Luisa Gregorini, Duchessa del Garigliano e di San Cesareo (1896-1974)), married Claudio Del Fiacco, in February,
probably in Rome. (added
Giovanni Dolcetta married Maria
CZARTORYSKI
Prince Michal Czartoryski died at Warsaw on 2 January.
[He was born at Konarzewo on
Prince Adam Tadeusz Zdislaw Czartoryski died in early February.
[He was born at Rokosowo on
DELLA
POSTA
Marco Marrocco Trischitta dei baroni
di Serramarocco (b.1966, son of
Barone Marcello Marrocco Trischitta di Serramarocco and of Paola
Ugolini) married Giacinta dei conti
Pocci (b.1978, daughter of Count Giulio Pocci [himself son of Count
Fabrizio Pocci (1907-1985) and of Donna Alessandra della Posta dei duchi di
Civitella (b.1917)]) at the Church of S.
Antonio dei Portoghesi, in Rome, on 16 September. The witnesses were : for the groom : prince Konstantin of Bulgaria, prince
Heinrich von und zu
De
SPUCHES
Donna Carolina Afan de Rivera Costaguti, Marchesa di S. Angelo, née De Spuches dei principi di Galati, died in Rome on 18 February.
[She was born in 1920, daughter of Don Giuseppe De
Spuches, Principe di Galati, Duca di Caccamo, Duca di Santo Stefano etc
(1888-1935) and of Donna Maria Giulia Notarbartolo dei principi di Sciara e di
Castelreale (1896-1969). She married in 1948 Don Ferdinando Afan de Rivera
Costaguti, Marchese di S.Angelo (1912-2001) and is survived by three sons and
one daughter.] (added
Pamela June Cavendish, née Thomas, died at the Dower House, Holker Hall, Cark-in-Cartmell, Cumbria, on 4 April.
[She was the daughter of Hugh Lloyd Thomas, CMG,
CVO, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, British Embassy, Paris,
1935-38, and of his wife, née Hon. Guendaline Ada Bellew. In 1937 she married
Richard Edward Osborne Cavendish, of Holker Hall (son of Lord Richard
Cavendish, of the Dukes of Devonshire, and of his wife, née Lady Moyra
Beauclerk). He died in 1972. She is survived by their five children.] (added
The engagement was announced 22 Apr,
2006, between Hamish Michael Baillie (b.1979, son of Hon Evan Michael
Ronald Baillie [himself the son of Michael Evan Victor Baillie, 3rd Lord Burton
(himself the son of Hon. George Evan Michael Baillie and of his wife, née Lady
Maud Cavendish [herself the daughter of the 9th Duke of
Devonshire]), and of his wife, née Coralie Denise Cliffe] and of his former
wife, née Lucinda Law [now Lady Lister-Kaye]) and Christelle Gardella (daughter of M and Mme Gérard Gardella, of
Paris). (added
Benjamin C.T. Harper and his wife,
née Hon. Emily Moyra Cavendish (daughter of Richard Hugh Cavendish, Lord
Cavendish of Furness [jimself a grandson of Lord Richard Cavendish, of the
Dukes of Devonshire], and of his wife, née Grania Caulfeild) had their first child, Hector Frederick, at
John William Leonard Lyttelton, 11th Viscount Cobham, died in Spain on 13 July.
[He was born on 5 June 1943, son of
Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham (himself the son of John Cavendish
Lyttelton, 9th Viscount Cobham [himself the son of Charles George Lyttelton,
8th Viscount Cobham, and of his wife, née Hon.Mary Susan Caroline Cavendish (of
the Lords Chesham and the Dukes of Devonshire)], and of his wife, née Violet
Yolande Leonard), and of his wife, née Elizabeth Alison Makeig-Jones.] (added
Edward Tobias Tennant (son of Hon. Tobias William Tennant [himself
the son of the 2nd Lord Glenconner] and of his wife, née Lady Emma Cavendish
[herself the daughter of the 11th Duke of Devonshire] and his wife, née Emma
Virginia Bridgeman, had their third child, Isla May, on 8 August. (added
James Leslie Hamilton, 4th Lord Hamilton of Dalzell, died on 28 September.
[He was born on 11 February 1938, son of John
d’Henin Hamilton, 3d Lord Hamilton of Dalzell, and of his wife, née
Rosemary Olive Coke (herself the daughter of Hon. Sir John Spencer Coke
[himself the son of Thomas William Coke, 2d Earl of Leicester, and of his
second wife, née Hon. Georgina Caroline Cavendish (of the Lords Chesham and
Dukes of Devonshire)] and of his wife, née Hon. Dorothy Olive Lawson). Since
1967 he had been married to Ann Corinna Dixon. He is survived by her and by their
four sons.] (added
Jason Richard Lindsay (b.1968, youngest son of the Hon. Thomas
Richard Lindsay [himself a son of David Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th Earl of
Crawford and Balcarres, and of his wife, née Mary Katherine Cavendish (herself
the daughter of Lord Richard Frederick Cavendish, of the Dukes of Devonshire,
and of his wife, née Lady Moyra de Vere Beauclerk)] and of his wife Sarah
Virginia Capel Cure, of Ashmore, Wiltshire) and his wife, née Demetra
Cecilia Ryder Runton (daughter of Mr & Mrs Clive Ryder Runton, of
Chaseden, Mattingley, Hampshire), had twin sons, Thomas and Anthony, their
second and third children, on 21 November. (added
The engagement was announced 23
December, 2006, between William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington (b. 6 June
1969, son of Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire, and of
his wife, née Amanda Carmen Heywood-Lonsdale) and Mrs Laura Ann Montagu (former wife of Hon Orlando William
Montagu, and daughter of Richard Charles Roundell and of his wife, née Anthea
Frances Legge). (added
DOLGORUKY
The engagement was announced 28
February, 2006, between Alexander Sebastian Grey D'Estoteville Skipwith
(b.9 April 1969, son and heir of Sir Patrick Alexander D'estoteville Skipwith,
12th Bt [himself the son of Grey d’Estoteville Townsend Skipwith and of
his wife, née Princess Sophia Dolgoruky (herself the daughter of Prince Peter
Dolgoruky and of his wife, née Countess Sophia Bobrinsky)], and of his first
wife, née Gillian Patricia Harwood) and
Anne Tolstoy-Miloslavsky (only daughter of the late Paul
Tolstoy-Miloslavsky, of Paris, and Mrs Tolstoy-Miloslavsky). The couple, now married, had their first
child, a son, in London on 30 July. (updated
Prince Youri Dolgoruky (son of
Prince Nikita Dolgoruky and of his wife, née Comtesse Hélène de Maigret) married Christina Dobréa in a civil
ceremony at Paris on 30 June, followed by a religious ceremony at Frazé,
Eure-et-Loir, on 1 July. (updated
DURCAL
Regina Padilla de Borbón Neves died at Cuibá, Brazil, on 7 April.
[She was born at Buenos Aires on 4 July 1944,
daughter of Rafael Sebastian Isaías Antonio Carmelo Padilla de Borbón (d.Buenos
Aires 25 May 1998, himself the son of Rafael Padilla y Avila [himself the son
of son of Isaías Padilla de la Puente and of Liboria Frías Gramajo] and of his
wife, née Maria Pia de Borbón [herself the daughter of Don Pedro de Borbón,
Duque de Durcal]) and of Regina Ercilia Zalina Lucia Concepción Matarazzo
Pìzarro Gabizo de Coelho Lisboa (herself the daughter of João Pizarro Gabizo de
Coelho Lisboa and of Zalina Matarazzo).
FRANCO
José Campos married Carmen
Martínez-Bordiu y Franco (daughter of Cristobal Martínez-Bordiu and of his
wife, Maria
GAETANI
The engagement was announced between Carlo dei conti d'Amelio
(b.1975, son of Conte Antonio D'Amelio and of his wife, née Daniela Memmo) and
Donna Costanza dei marchesi di Canossa (b.1980, daughter of Marchese
Sigifredo di Canossa and of his wife, née Donna Maria Ghilla Gaetani
dell'Aquila d'Aragona dei Duchi di Laurenzana). The wedding will take place
at Garda-on-Lake,
Conte Giancarlo Gaetani dell'Aquila d'Aragona dei duchi di Laurenzana died in Naples on 27 March.
[He was born in 1939, son of Conte Mario Giovanni
Gaetani dell' Aquila d'Aragona dei duchi di Laurenzana (1912-1965) and of Maria
Luisa Arnstein. He married firstly in 1964 Bice Gallotti. The marriage was
annulled by the Holy See in 1968 and he married secondly in 1975 Carla Pratanzaro. He is survived by her, one
son from first marriage and one daughter
from the second.] (added
The marriage of Carlo dei conti d'
Amelio and of Costanza dei marchesi di Canossa (daughter of Marchese
Sigifredo di Canossa and of Donna Maria Ghilla Gaetani dell'Aquila d'Aragona
dei duchi di Laurenzana) took place at
the Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Garda-on-Lake, Italy, on 9 September.
The marriage was celebrated by His Eminence the Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re.
The witnesses were: for the groom: Count Marco Alverà, marchese Lorenzo Coletti
Perucca and Nobile Alessio Carabba Tettamanti, Andrea Fontana and Emilio Greco.
For the bride: Alessandra dei marchesi di
GALITZINE
Princess Nicholas Galitzine, née Anne Ramsay, died on 26 January.
[She was born at
The engagement was announced between
Alberto Matta Maya and Princess Xenia Galitzine (daughter of Prince Peter
Galitzine and of his wife, née Archduchess Maria Anna of
Princess Irina Galitzine died on 20 October.
[She was born at
GALLARATI SCOTTI
Marchese Anselmo Guerrieri Gonzaga (b.1978, son of Marchese Carlo Guerrieri
Gonzaga (b.1938) and of hhis wife, née Donna Maria Federica Gallarati Scotti
dei principi di
Don Giancarlo Gallarati Scotti, Principe di Molfetta, Duca di San Pietro in Galatina, Marchese di Cerano, etc, died in Milan on 12 October.
[He was born in
GHIKA
Prince Serban Ghika (b.Bucharest
GRAFTON
Hon. George Andrew Lawson Johnston died suddenly in hospital on 16 January.
[He was born on 15 November 1944, son of Ian St.John
Lawson Johnston, 2d Lord Luke (himself the son of George Lawson Johnston, 1st
Lord Luke, and of his wife, née Hon. Edith Laura St.John [herself the daughter
of Beauchamp Moubray St.John, 17th Lord St.John of Bletso, and of his first
wife, née Helen Charlotte Thornton]), and of his wife, née Barbara
Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (herself the daughter of Sir Fitzroy Hamilton
Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 5th Bt. [himself the son of Robert Hamilton
Lloyd-Anstruther and of his wife, née Gertrude Louisa Georgina Fitzroy (of the
Dukes of Grafton)], and of his wife, née Hon. Rachel Gough-Calthorpe [herself
the daughter of Augustus Cholmondeley Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Lord Calthorpe, and
of his wife, née Maud Augusta Louisa Duncombe]). In 1968 he married Sylvia Josephine
Ruth Hayes (daughter of Richard Michael Lloyd Hayes and of his wife, née
Cynthia Kathleen Shelley). He is survived by her and by their four children.] (added
Hugo G. Smith-Bingham and his wife, née Alice Cassia Threipland
(daughter of Stuart Murray William Threipland and of his former wife, née
Belinda Mary Musker [herself the daughter of the late Anthony Dermot Melloney
Musker and of his wife, Hon. Mary Angela Fitzroy, of the Viscounts Daventry and
of the Dukes of Grafton]) had their first child, Isabella Grace, on 17
November. (added
Barbara, Lady Luke, née Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, died on 30 December.
[She was born on
GRAMONT
Comte Adrien de Gramont (b.1982,
son of Aimery de Gramont, Duc de Lesparre, and of his wife, née Martine Borget) married Anne-Emmanuelle Cailleux on 19
August. (added
GRAZIOLI
The engagement was announced between
Richard Pavry (son of Mr and Mrs William Pavry, of Little Horkesley, Essex)
and Contessa Rufina Emo Capodilista
(b.London 1978, daughter of Conte Giorgio Emo Capodilista [himself the son of
Conte Gabriele Emo Capodilista (himself the son of Conte Angelo Emo Capodilista
Maldura and of his wife, née Nobile Emilia Barracco) and of his wife, née
Caterina dei Duchi Grazioli (herself the daughter of Duca Don Pio Grazioli and
of his wife, née Donna Rufina dei Principi Lancellotti)] and of his wife, née
Christiane Hoberg). (added
According to news reports, Prince Heinrich von Hanau (b.1956, son of Prince Leopold von Hanau and
of his wife, née Marie Alice Freiin von Loudon) is engaged to marry the Brazilian
model, Magda Gomes (b.Barra Bonita
HARCOURT
The engagement was announced between
Fabrice Rivet de Sabatier (son of Philippe Rivet de Sabatier and of his
wife, née Marie-Antoinette d'Harcourt [herself the daughter of Comte Bernard
d'Harcourt and of his wife, née Hélyane Hurault de Vibraye]) and Béatrice Baillon-Dhumez (daughter
of Pierre Baillon-Dhumez and of his wife, née Corinne Pesquet). (added
Jean-Guillaume Le Boucher
d’Hérouville, Comte de Tocqueville d’Hérouville (son of Comte
Guy Le Boucher d’Hérouville [himself the son of Comte Joseph Le Boucher
d’Hérouville (himself the son of Raoul Le Boucher, Marquis
d’Hérouville, and of his wife, née Marie Ledoux de Montroy) and of his
wife, née Anne-Marie Darodes de Tailly (herself the daughter of Gaston Darodes
de Tailly and of his wife, née Marguerite Husson)] and of his wife, née
Marie-Henriette Clérel de Tocqueville [herself the daughter of Comte Jean
Clérel de Tocqueville (himself the son of Comte Christian Clérel de Tocqueville
and of his wife, née Alix de Chastenet de Puységur) and of his wife, née
Marie-Louise d’Harcourt (herself the daughter of Comte Charles
d’Harcourt and of his wife, née Princess Henriette de Beauvau-Craon)]), and his wife, née Stéphanie de Lalaing, had
their second child, Alexandre, on 9 February. Their first child is named
Marguerite. (added
Comte Gabriel de Kernier (son of
Tanguy, Marquis de Kernier, and of his wife, née Jeanne-Claude
d’Harcourt) and his wife, née
Nathalie de La Kethulle de Ryhove, had their first child, François, on 15 April.
(added
Comtesse Philippe d’Harcourt,
née Guérin, died on 19 July. She is survived by her husband, Philippe
(b.1939), and by three children. (added
Comtesse André de Chabannes, née Guillemette d’Harcourt, died on 26 September.
[She was born at Brumetz on
Comte Charles d'Humières died on 21 October.
[He was born at Alençon on
HATZFELDT
Friedrich Graf von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg died at Köln on 19 March.
[He was born at Trachenberg on
HENCKEL
von DONNERSMARCK
Elisabeth Gräfin Henckel von Donnersmarck, née Baroness Uggla, died on 14 April.
[She was born at
HOHENBERG
Andreas Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck
(son of Karl Josef Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck and of his wife, née Princess
Marie Adelaide of Luxemburg) and his
wife, née Princess Johanna von Hohenberg (daughter of Prince Albrecht von
Hohenberg and of his wife, née Leontine Letitia Gr fin von Cassis-Faraone) had their fourth child, Albrecht, on 27
March. (added
Prince Maximilian von Hohenberg
(son of Prince George von Hohenberg and of his wife, née Princess Eleonore von
Auersperg) and his wife, née Emilia
Oliva, had their third child, Leopold, on 13 November. (added
According to the “Geburtenregister der Gemeinde Eisenerz,
Österreich“, Erwein
Nostitz-Rieneck was born in December, 2006, presumably the son of Friedrich
Graf von Nostitz-Rieneck (himself the son of Aloys Graf von Nostitz-Rieneck
[himself the son of Friedrich Graf von Nostitz-Rieneck and of his wife, née
Princess Sophie von Hohenberg] and of his wife, née Theresia Gräfin von
Waldburg-Zeil) and of his wife, née
Stefanie Gräfin von Calice. Their elder child, Gräfin Ludmilla, is on the
same register. (added
IMERETINSKY
Justin C F Spink (son of Mr and Mrs Anthony Spink, of Wollstone Mill
House, Faringdon, Oxon) married Frances Marcella Smith-Dorrien-Smith
(daughter of Robert Smith-Dorrien-Smith of Tresco Abbey [himself the son of
Thomas Mervyn Smith-Dorrien-Smith and of his wife, née Princess Tamara
Imeretinsky (herself the daughter of Prince Michael Imeretinsky and of his
wife, née Margaret Stella Wright)] and of his former wife, née Lady Emma
Windsor-Clive [herself the daughter of Other Robert Ivor Windsor-Clive, 3d Earl
of Plymouth, and of his wife, née Caroline Helen Rice]) at St. Mary’s Church, Bromfield, on 2 September. (updated
IMPERIALI
Comte Arnaud de Pontac (son of Comte Bertrand de Pontac and of his
wife, née Sylvie Périer de Feral de Schwarz) and his wife, née Comtesse
Bérengère de Looz-Corswarem (daughter of Comte Arnould de Looz-Corswarem
[himself the son of Comte Louis de Looz-Corswarem and of his wife, née Agnès
Mélin de Vadicourt] and of his wife, née Comtesse Andrée de Looz-Corswarem
[herself the daughter of Comte Arnold de Looz-Corswarem and of his wife, née
Nina Imperiali dei Principi di Francavilla]), had their second child, Joy,
at Paris on 3 March. (added
Baron Jean-Philippe de Villenfagne de Vogelsanck (son of Baron
Patrick de Villenfagne de Vogelsanck and of his wife, née Marie Bénédicte
Fabribeckers de Cortils et Grâce) and his wife, née Comtesse Hélène de
Looz-Corswarem (daughter of Count Benoît de Looz-Corswarem [himself the son
of Count Arnold de Looz-Corswarem and of his wife, née Donna Jeanne Imperiali
dei Principi di Francavilla] and of his wife, née Cathérine de Taisne de
Raymonval [herself the daughter of Baron Charles Stanislas de Taisne de
Raymonval and of his wife, née Nicole d'Harcourt]) had their first child,
Eléonore, on 31 July. (added
Comte Nicolas du Chastel de la
Howarderie (son of Count Henri du Chastel de la Howarderie [himself the son
of Comte Jacques du Chastel de la Howarderie and of his wife, née Françoise de
Cossé-Brissac] and of his wife, née Victoria–Elena Lopez de Carrizosa y
Patino, marquesa del Merito) married
Comtesse Soline de Looz Corswarem (daughter of Count Benoît de Looz
Corswarem [himself the son of count Arnold de Looz Corswarem and of his wife
née Nina Imperiali dei principi di Francavilla] and of his wife née Catherine
de Taisne de Raymonval [herself the daughter of Charles de Taisne de Raymonval
and of his née Nicole d’Harcourt]) at
Buvrinnes in July. (added
Donna Maria Giuseppina Imperiali dei principi di Francavilla died in Rome on 2 October.
[She was born in 1927, daughter of Don Giovanni
Imperiali dei principi di Francavilla (1890-1983) and of Donna Giulia Imperiali
d' Afflitto dei principi di Francavilla (1894-1982). She was unmarried.] (added
Donna Eleonora Imperiali dei Principi di Francavilla, née contessa Pignatti Morano di Custoza, died in Rome on 25 December.
[She was born in
LANTE
MONTEFELTRO della ROVERE
John Harding (b.1934, husband of
Lavinia dei Duchi Lante Montefeltro della Rovere) died in
La ROCHEFOUCAULD
The engagement was announced between Comte Christophe Walewski (son
of Comte Florian Walewski [himself the son of Comte Antoine Walewski (a
descendant of Emperor Napoléon I) and of his wife, née Cécile Duvette] and of
his wfie, née Patricia de Vogüé [herself the daughter of Comte Robert-Jean de
Vogüé and of his wife, née Ghislaine Eudes d'Eudeville]) and Louise de La
Rochefoucauld (daughter of Comte Pierre-Louis de La Rochefoucauld [himself
the son of Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, Duc d'Estissac, and of his wife, née Antoinette
de Moustier] and of his wife, née Sabine de La Rochefoucauld [herself the
daughter of Comte Bernard de La Rochefoucauld and of his wife, née Marie
Brigitte Brian]). (added
The engagement was announced between Alban
Carrelet de Loisy (son of Hubert Carrelet de Loisy [himself the son of
François Carrelet de Loisy (himself the son of Raoul Carrelet de Loisy and of
his wife, née Henriette de Parc) and of his wife, née Ghislaine Moreau de
Bellaing (herself the daughter of Norbert Moreau de Bellaing and of his wife,
née Marie Bonneau de Beauffort)] and of his wife, née Dominique Bouëssel du
Bourg [herself the daughter of Alain Bouëssel du Bourg and of his wife, née
Marie Annick de Tanoüarn (herself the daughter of Alfred de Tanoüarn and of his
wife, née Suzanne Le Deuff)]) and Marie
van den Broek d’Obrenan (daughter of Arnaud van den Broek
d’Obrenan [himself the son of Philippe van den Broek d’Obrenan
(himself the son of Edouard van den Broek d’Obrenan and of his wife, née
Magdeleine Merlin d’Estreux de Beaugrenier) and of his wife, née Régine
Liffort de Buffévent (herself the daughter of Michel Liffort de Buffévent and
of his wife, née Monique Viellard)] and of his wife, née Marie-Hélène de Chabot
[herself the daughter of Comte Charles de Chabot (himself the son of Comte
Pierre-Marie de Chabot and of his wife, née Zoé de Nicolaÿ) and of his wife,
née Ghislaine de Bryas (herself the daughter of Comte Charles de Bryas and of
his wife, née Hélène de La Rochefoucauld)]). (added
Guillaume de Winter (son of Alain
de Winter and of his wife, née Nicole Boulard) and his wife, née Gaëlle Brochard de La Rochebrochard (daughter of
Comte Hervé Brochard de La Rochebrochard and of his wife, née Marie-Geneviève
de La Rochefoucauld) had their second
child, Astrid, at
The engagement was announced between
Comte Aymeric de Vasselot de Régné (son of Yves, Marquis de Vasselot de
Régné [himself the son of Armand, Marquis de Vasselot de Régné (himself the son
of Gaston, Marquis de Vasselot de Régné, and of his wife, née Chantal de
Cugnac), and of his wife, née Jeanne-Marie de Curel (herself the daughter of
Charles de Curel and of his wife, née Marie de La Rochefoucauld)], and of his
wife, née Marguerite Marie Huon de Kermadec [herself the daughter of Georges
Huon de Kermadec (himself the son of Vicomte Alain Huon de Kermadec and of his
wife, née Camilla Médina) and of his wife, née Catherine de Blanchetti (herself
the daughter of Louis de Blanchetti and of his wife, née Gertrude de
Boissonneaux de Chevigny)]) and Aude
d’Aboville (daughter of Comte Norbert d’Aboville [himself the
son of Comte Henri d’Aboville (himself the son of Comte Louis
d’Aboville and of his wife, née Marguerite Tournouër) and of his wife,
née Christiane de Clercq (herself the daughter of Guillaume de Clercq and of
his wife, née Colette Desvernay)] and of his wife, née Alix du Cauzé de Nazelle
[herself the daughter of Antoine du Cauzé de Nazelle (himself the son of
Ferdinand du Cauzé de Nazelle and of his wife, née Anne-Marie de
Jouffroy-Gonsans) and of his wife, née Chantal du Bessey de Contenson (herself
the daughter of Stanislas du Bessey de Contenson and of his wife, née Sophie
Geoffray)]). (added
Comte Pierre de La Rochefoucauld (son of Comte Jacques de La
Rochefoucauld and of his wife, née Béatrice Gilli) and his wife, née Alix
van der Kemp (daughter of Frank van der Kemp and of Mme Elisabeth de Ribes)
had their first child, Jacques-Olivier, on 27 April. (added
Armand-Louis Antoine Renaud de Vienne (son of Comte Geoffroy de
Vienne and of his wife, née Marie-Sibylle Rivet de Sabatier) and his wife, née Anne-Laure de La Rochefoucauld (daughter of Comte Jacques de
La Rochefoucauld and of his wife, née Béatrice Gilli) had their first child,
Eléonore, on 15 March. (added
Eric Champagne de Labriolle (son
of M. and Mme. Alain Champagne de Labriolle) married Osmode de La Rochefoucauld (daughter of Comte Pierre-Louis de La
Rochefoucauld and of his wife, née Solange d’Aubert) on 30 September. (added
Richard Arthur de Yarburgh-Bateson, 6th and last Lord Deramore, died on 20 August.
[He was born on
LEUCHTENBERG
Eugenia Elisabeth von Bruch, née Duchess von Leuchtenberg, died on 2 May.
[She was born at
LÉVIS MIREPOIX
The engagement was announced between François-Gaspard du Vignaud de
Villefort (son of Pierre du Vignaud de Villefort and of his wife, née
Clarisse d'Authouars de Wasservas) and Céline de Lhoneux (daughter of
Paul de Lhoneux [himself the son of Jean de Lhoneux and of his wife, née Myriam
Nève de Mévergnies] and of his wife, née Florence Le Boucq de Beaudignies
[herself the daughter of Rolland Le Boucq de Beaudignies (himself the son of
Roger Le Boucq de Beaudignies and of his wife, née Albertine de Lévis Mirepoix)
and of his wife, née Chantal de Talhouët]). (added
Guillaume Yves Marie Robert Anne de
Lévis-Mirepoix (son of Antoine Joseph, Marquis de Lévis-Mirepoix, Duque de
San Fernando Luis, and of his wife, née Princess Isabelle de Croy) became engaged to Antonella d’Avanzo
(daughter of Antonio d’Avanzo) in
November. (added
LEYEN
Richard Freiherr von Aretin
(b.1926, son of Erwein Freiherr von Aretin [himself the son of Anton Freiherr
von Aretin and of his wife, née Maria Anna Princess von der Leyen (herself the
daughter of Philipp Fürst von der Leyen und zu Hohengeroldseck and of his wife,
née Princess Adelheid Karoline von Thurn und Taxis)] and of his wife, née Maria
Anna Gräfin von Belcredi) died on 11
October. (added
LIEVEN
Prince Werner Hans Georg Gert von
Lieven (b.1932, son of Prince Alexander Arved Werner Gert von Lieven and of
his wife, née Erna Johanna Gruner) died at
Blieskastel on 26 October. He had been married to Sigrid Hartwich and had
one daughter, Alexandra Charlotte. (added
LIGNE
The engagement was announced between Comte Olivier de Lannoy (son of Comte Philippe de Lannoy [himself
the son of Comte Paul de Lannoy (himself the son of Comte Philippe de Lannoy
and of his wife, née Rosalie de Beeckman) and of his wife, née Princess Béatrix
de Ligne (herself the daughter of Prince Ernest de Ligne and of his wife, née
Diane de Cossé Brissac)] and of his wife, née Alixe della Faille de Leverghem
[herself the daughter of Comte Harold della Faille de Leverghem (himself the
son of Comte Gustave della Faille de Leverghem and of his wife, née Isabelle de
Meester) and of his wife, née Madeleine de Brouchoven de Bergeyck (herself the
daughter of Comte Louis de Brouchoven de Bergeyck and of his wife, née Marie
Moretus Plantin)]) and Alice van Havre (daughter of Chevalier van Havre
and of his wife, née de Hennin de Boussu Walcourt). (added
The engagement was announced between Comte Tristan Guyon de Montlivault (son of Comte Nicolas Guyon de Montlivault
[himself the son of Comte Robert Guyon de Montlivault (himself the son of Comte
Emmanuel Guyon de Montlivault and of his wife, née Jeanne Lebreton de Vonne)
and of his wife, née Marie-Christine de Maistre (herself the daughter of Comte
François-Benoît de Maistre and of his wife, née Geneviève de Maistre)] and of
his wife, née Béatrice de Roussel de Préville [herself the daughter of Guy de
Roussel de Préville (himself the son of Ginzague de Roussel de Préville and of
his wife, née Edith de Hédouville) and of his wife, née Hélène Ivanes de
Puisabert]) and Isaure Leclerc de Hauteclocque (daughter of Comte Henri
Leclerc de Hauteclocque [himself the son of Comte Charles Leclerc de
Hauteclocque (himself the son of Comte Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque and of
his wife, née Thérèse de Gargan) and of his wife, née Geneviève de
Chabot-Tramecort (herself the daughter of Vicomte Robert de Chabot-Tramecourt
and of his wife, née Princess Henriette de Ligne)] and of his wife, née Hélène
Rouxelin de Formigny de La Londe [herself the daughter of Jehan Rouxelin de
Formigny de La Londe (himself the son of Henry Rouxelin de Formigny de La Londe
and of his wife, née Jeanne Marie Antoinette Le Maire de Marne) and of his
wife, née Anne-Marie Costrel de Corainville (herself the daughter of Guillaume
Costrel de Corainville and of his wife, née Edith de Bray)]). (added
Baron Baudouin Gillès de Pélichy and his wife, née Princess
Elisabeth de Ligne (daughter of Prince Wauthier de Ligne [himself the son
of Prince Michel de Ligne and of his wife née Princess Alix of
Renaud, Vicomte de Chabot-Tramecourt, died on 2 September.
[He was
born on
Tanguy Hermanns (son of Philippe Hermanns and of his wife, née Claire
Le Fèvere de Ten Hove) and his wife, née
Anne-Charlotte de Chabannes (daughter of Alain Comte de Chabannes
[himself a grandson of Henri, Marquis de Chabannes, and of his wife, née Mahaut
de Béthune (of the Princes de Béthune-Hesdigneul)] and of his wife, née
Philippine de Chabot-Tramecourt [herself the daughter of Renaud Vicomte de
Chabot-Tramecourt (himself the son of Robert Vicomte de Chabot-Tramecourt and
of his wife, née Princess Henriette de Ligne) and of his wife, née Clotilde de
Chabot-Tramecourt]) had their first child, Karl-Eric, on 29 October. (added
LUCCHESI PALLI
Nobile Fabrizio Ceccaroni Cambi Voglia dei marchesi del Piano di
Brogliano (b.1970, son of Nobile
Pierleandro Ceccaroni Cambi Voglia dei marchesi del Piano di Brogliano [b.1936,
himself son of Nobile Fabrizio Ceccaroni Cambi Voglia, Marchese del Piano di
Brogliano (1887-1951) and of Donna Carolina Lucchesi-Palli dei principi di Campofranco
(1889-1956)] and of Erika Monacelli, Nobile di Fossombrone) married Anna
Isabella Squarzina in Rome on 6 May. (added
Giovanni Gigli Cervi, Conte di Mulazzano con Faviano, died at Chiavari on
25 June.
[He was
born at Genoa on 19 January 1922, son of Alessandro Gigli-Cervi
Cte di Mulazzano con Faviano (himself the son of Giovanni Gigli-Cervi Cte di
Mulazzano con Faviano and of his wife, née Corona dei Marchesi Cavriani
[herself the daughter of Massimiliano dei Marchesi Cavriani and of his wife,
née Isabella Luccesi Palli dei Principi di Campofranco]) and of his wife, née
Severina Peroni. In 1952 he married Sara Sartori. They had one son, Alessandr,
and one daughter, Maria Paola.] (added
MAGENTA
Gaëtan Galouzeau de Villepin died at Paris on 9 February.
[He was born at Alençon on 20 January 1925, son of
Geoffroy Galouzeau de Villepin, Baron de Seewald (himself the son of Alphonse
Galouzeau de Villepin [himself the son of François-Xavier Galouzeau de Villepin
and of his wife, née Marie-Eugénie de Blair] and of his wife, née Marie
Jarrit-Delille [herself the daughter of Edmond Jarrit-Delille and of his wife,
née Fanny Romanet de Caillaud]), and of his wife, née Anne-Marie d'Aboville
(herself the daughter of Comte Christian d'Aboville [himself the son of Comte
Augustin Ernest d'Aboville and of his wife, née Noémie Bertrand de Rivière] and
of his wife, née Renée Hennecart [herself the daughter of Jules Joseph
Hennecart and of his wife, née Annette de Mackau]). In 1953 he married France
de Touchet (daughter of Antoine, Marquis de Touchet [himself the son of Come
Gabriel de Touchet and of his wife, née Marie Hennecart (sister of Renée
Hennecart, supra)], and of his wife, née Brigitte de Mac Mahon [herself
the daughter of Emmanuel, Comte de Mac Mahon (himself the son of Patrice de Mac
Mahon, Duc de Magenta, and of his wife, née Elisabeth de La Croix de Castries),
and of his wife, née Marguerite de Chinot de Fromessent]). She died in 1993. He
is survived by their ten children and numerous grandchildren.] (added
Nathalie de Mac Mahon de Magenta died at Evreux on 25 February.
[She was born at Paris on 11 April 1939, daughter
of Maurice de Mac Mahon, Duc de Magenta (himself the son of Patrice de Mac
Mahon, Duc de Magenta [himself the son of Patrice de Mac Mahon, Duc de Magenta,
and of his wife, née Elisabeth de La Croix de Castries], and of his wife, née
Princess Marguerite d’Orléans [herself the daughter of Prince Robert
d’Orléans, Duc de Chartres, and of his wife, née Princess Françoise
d’Orléans]), and of his wife, née Marguerite de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay
(herself the daughter of Philippe de Riquet, Prince de Caraman-Chimay [himself
the son of Eugène de Riquet, Prince de Caraman-Chimay, and of his wife, née
Louise de Graffenried-Villars], and of his wife, née Jeanne de Boisgelin
[herself the daughter of Comte Bruno de Boisgelin and of his wife, née
Madeleine Hennessy]). She was unmarried.] (added
Jean-Alain Ratiaray and his wife, née Isabelle Jaboulet-Vercherre (daughter
of Pierre Jaboulet-Vercherre and of his former wife, née Véronique de Mac Mahon
de Magenta [herself the daughter of Maurice de Mac
Comte Henri de Rodez-Benavent (son
of Comte Marc-Antoine de Rodez-Benavent [himself the son of Comte Philippe de
Rodez-Benavent (himself the son of Comte Hugues de Rodez-Benavent and of his
wife, née Yvonne Law de Lauriston) and of his wife, née Françoise Lombard de
Buffières de Rambuteau (herself the daughter of Comte Amalric Lombard de
Buffières de Rambuteau and of his wife, née Amélie de Mac Mahon de Magenta)]
and of his wife, née Odile Baldy)
married Sigrid Aune at Oslo on 1 July. (added
Comtesse Philippe de Rodez Benavent, née Françoise Lombard de Buffières de Rambuteau, died at Montpellier on 31 July.
[She was born at Paris on 21 May 1922, daughter of
Comte Amalric Lombard de Buffières de Rambuteau (himself the son of Comte Louis
Lombard de Buffières de Rambuteau [himself the son of Comte Amalric Lombard de
Buffières de Rambuteau and of his wife, née Anne Marie Mortier de Trévise] and
of his wife, née Marie Marguerite Pourroy de Laubérivière de Quinsonas) and of
his wife, née Amélie de Mac Mahon de Magenta (herself the daughter of Patrice
de Mac Mahon, Duc de Magenta, and of his wife, née Princess Marguerite
d’Orléans). In 1946 she married Comte Philippe de Rodez Benavent
(1913-1977). She is survived by their three children.] (added
Régine Durieu de Lacarelle (born
21 September 1917, daughter of Etienne, comte Durieu de Lacarelle, and of his
wife, née Thérèse Marie de Lur-Saluces (herself daughter of Eugène, comte de
Lur-Saluces and of his wife, née Anne Isabelle de Mac Mahon [herself daughter
of Charles Henri, marquis de Mac Mahon [elder borther to Patrice, duc de
Magenta] and of his wife, née Henriette Radegonde de Pérusse des Cars (herself
daughter of Amédée de Pérusse des Cars, second Duc des Cars, and of his wife,
née Augustine-Joséphine du Bouchet)]) died
on 8 August. (added
Lady Marioth Christina Hay died on 29 April.
[She was born on 1 September 1918, daughter of Lord
Edward Hay (himself the son of William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess od
Tweeddale [himself the son of George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale,
and of his wife, née Lady Susan Montagu (of the Dukes of Manchester)], and of
his wife, née Candida Louise Bartolucci) and of his first wife, née Violet
Florence Catherine (Bridget) Barclay. She was married firstly, from 1940 to
1954, George Richard Trotter, by whom she had three children. She married
secondly, in 1954, Sir Giffird Wheaton Grey Fox, 2nd Bt. (d.1959);
and thirdly, from 1963 to 1971, Sir Jack James.] (added
Mary, Countess of Kintore, died at Roxburghe House on 1 August.
[She was born the daughter of Elisha Gaddis Plum,
of New Jersey, and in 1972 married Michael Canning William John Keith, 13th
Earl of Kintore (son of James Ian Baird, later Keith, 12th Earl of
Kintore [himself the son of John Lawrence Baird, Viscount Stonehaven, and of
his wife, née Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer, 11th Countess of Kintore
(herself the daughter of Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th
Earl of Kintore, and of his wife, née Lady Sydney Charlotte Montagu [of the
Dukes of Manchester])], and of his wife, née Delia Virginia Loyd). He died in
2004. She is survived by a son, the 14th Earl, and a daughter.] (added
Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, and his wife, née
Caroline Hutton, had their second child together, Lara, on 16 March.
[Earl Spencer has four children from his first marriage to Victoria Lockwood, and
Caroline has two children from her first marriage to Matthew Freud.] (updated
Orlando Gregory Fraser (b.1967,
son of the late Rt Hon Sir Hugh Charles Patrick Joseph Fraser [himself the son
of Simon Joseph Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat (himself the son of Simon
Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat, and of his wife, née Alice mary
Weld-Blundell), and of his wife, née Hon. Laura Lister (herself the daughter of
Thomas Lister, 4th Lord Ribblesdale, and of his first wife, née
Charlotte Monckton Tennant)] and of his wife, née Lady Antonia Pakenham [the
author, now Lady Antonia Pinter, wife of playwright Harold Pinter, and daughter
of Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (himself the son of Thomas
Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford, and of his wife, née Lady Mary Julia
Child-Villiers), and of his wife, née Elizabeth Harman (herself the daughter of
Nathaniel Bishop Harman)]) married
Clementine Silvia Hambro (b.1976, daughter of (Alexander) Richard Hambro
[himself the son of Jocelyn Olaf Hambro (himself the son of Ronald Olaf Hambro
and of his wife, née Winifred Emily Ridley-Smith) and of his first wife, née
Ann Silvia Muir (herself the daughter of Rowland Huntley Muir)], and of his
former wife, née Hon Charlotte Clementine Soames [now Countess Peel, daughter
of Arthur Christopher John Soames, Lord Soames, and of his wife, née Hon Mary
Spencer-Churchill (herself the daughter of the Rt Hon Sir Winston Leonard
Spencer-Churchill and of his wife, née Clementine Ogilvy Hozier)]) at St. Margaret’s Westminster, on 3
November. (updated
Major James Anthony de L'Etang Duckworth-Chad (elder son of Anthony
Duckworth-Chad and of his wife, née Elizabeth Sarah Wake-Walker [herself the
daughter of Christopher Baldwin Hughes Wake-Walker and of his wife, née Lady
Anne Spencer (herself the daughter of the 7th Earl Spencer, of the family of
the Dukes of Marlborough)]) and jis wife, née Lady Laura Melissa
Fortescue-Gore (elder daughter of Arthur Desmond Colquhoun Gore, 6th Earl
of Arran, and of his wife, née Eleanor van Cutsem) had their first child,
Molly Lettice Frtescue, on 21 September. (added
The engagement was announced in September, 2006, between David W. Pite (son of Mr and Mrs John James Pite) and
Lucy Diana Sandys (b.1971, daughter of the late Hon. Julian George
Winston Sandys, QC [himself the son of Edwin Duncan Sandys, Lord Duncan-Sandys,
and of his wife, née Hon. Diana Spencer-Churchill (herself the daughter of Sir
Winston Churchill, of the family of the Dukes of Marlborough)], and of his
wife, née Elizabeth Martin, of London). (added
Anne Katherine Gabrielle, Viscountes Ridley, née Lumley, died on 17 October.
[She was born on 16 November 1928, daughter of
Lawrence Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough (himself the son of
Hon. Osbert Victor George Atheling Lumley [himself the son of Richard George
Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough, and of his wife, née Frederica Mary
Adeliza Drummond] and of his wife, née Constance Ellinor Patten [herself the
daughter of Hon. Eustace John Wilson Patten and of his wife, née Emily
Constantia Thynne]), and of his wife, née Katharine Isobel McEwen (herself the
daughter of Robert Finnie McEwen [himself the son of Rev. John McEwen and of
his wife, née Isabella Finnie] and of his wife, née Mary Frances Dundas [herself
the daughter of Henry Robert Duncan Dundas]). Since 1953 she had been married
to Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley (son of Matthew White
Ridley, 3rd Viscount Ridley [himself the son of Matthew White
Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley (himself the son of Matthew White
Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley, and of his wife, née Hon. Mary
Georgiana Marjoribanks), and of his wife, née Hon. Rosamond Cornelia Gwladys
Guest (herself the daughter of Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Viscount
Wimborne, and of his wife, née Lady Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill
[of the Dukes of Marlborough])] and of his wife, née Ursula Lutyens [herself
the daughter of Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens]). She is survived by him and by
their four children.] (added
MASSIMO
LACELLOTTI
Donna Natalia Massimo Lancellotti dei principi di Prossedi died in Rome on 25 June.
[She was born in 1917, daughter of Principe Don
Luigi Massimo Lancellotti, 1st Principe di Prossedi (1881-1968) and of Countess
Marie de Merode (1884-1973). She was unmarried.] (added
MEDINA-CELI
Lluis Sans reported on the Royauté2 group
two recent births: 1) Isabel Otamendi Juliani, first child of Javier
Otamendi Urigüen and of Isabel Juliani Fernández de Córdoba; and 2) Juan Lugo Juliani, first child
of María Luisa Juliani Fernández de Córdoba and of Juan Lugo Sanchiz. The
mothers of both infants are daughters of Félix Juliani y Herrán and of his
wife, née Maria Luisa Fernández de Córdoba (of the Condes de Gondomar, and a
descendant of the Fernández de Córdoba Duques de Arion and de Medina-Celi.) (added
MELI
LUPI DI SORAGNA TARASCONI
Marchese e Conte Don Lupo Luigi Meli Lupi di Soragna Tarasconi dei principi di Soragna died in Vigatto, near Parma, Italy, on 5 July.
[He was born in 1928, son of Marchese e Conte Don
Antonio Meli Lupi di Soragna Tarasconi dei principi di Soragna (1885-1971) and
of Elsa Fischer (1895-1974). He married in 1962 Maria Luisa Verdecchia and is
survived by her and two sons, Don Alessandro and Don Raimondo. Don Lupo Luigi
was a member of the Princely House Meli Lupi's marchional branch, who added the
surname Tarasconi, by adoption of Count Carlo Tarasconi and confirmed by Royal
Decree of the King of Italy in 1890.] (added
MELZI
D’ERIL
Donna Bianca Melzi d’Eril, Duchessa di Lodi, née dei conti Miari, died in Vaprio d'Adda, near Milan, on 3 June.
[She was born in 1912, daughter of Conte Ludovico
Miari (1872-1952) and of Maria Teresa
dei conti Pelli Fabbroni (1877-1970). She married in 1939 Don Ludovico Melzi
d'Eril, 7th Duca di Lodi e 16th Conte di Magenta (1906-1994) and is
survived by three sons and one daughter.] (added
MERODE
The engagement was announced between
Stéphane Verhaegen and Princess Marie-Elisabeth (Maïli) de Merode (daughter of Prince Baudouin de Merode
[himself the son of Prince Albert de Merode (himself the son of Prince Félix de
Merode and of his wife, née Françoise de Clermont-Tonnerre) and of his wife,
née Henriette de Vogüé (herself the daughter of Comte François de Vogüé and of
his wife, née Clotilde de Durfort Civrac de Lorge)] and of his wife, née
Elisabeth Budes de Guébriant [herself the daughter of Comte Geoffroy Budes de
Guébriant (himself the son of Comte Alfred Budes de Guébriant and of his wife,
née Irène de La Grange) and of his wife, née Princess Pauline de Merode
(herself the daughter of Prince Louis de Merode and of his wife, née Elisabeth
de Moustier)]). (added
Roger Houzel (son of François Xavier Houzel and of his wife, née
Béatrice de Rohan-Chabot) and his wife, née Princess Claire de Merode
(daughter of Prince Baudouin de Merode and of his first wife, née Elisabeth
Budes de Guébriant) had their fourth child, Rosalie, at
The engagement was announced between
Frederic Berghmans (son of Vincent Berghmans [himself the son of the late
Jean Berghmans and of his wife, née baroness Elisabeth Lhoist] and of his wife
née Béatrice Budes de Guébriant [herself the daughter of the late Comte Geoffroy
Budes de Guébriant and of his first wife, née princess Pauline de Merode]) and Comtesse Elise de Marchant et
d’Ansembourg (daughter of Count Hubert d’Ansembourg and of his
wife née Thérèse
Poswick de Crawhez). (added
The engagement was announced between
baron Werner de Giey (son of baron Guillaume de Giey and of his wife née
Colette (of the barons) Gillès de Pélichy) and
Pauline Berghmans (daughter of Vincent Berghmans [himself the son of the
late Jean Berghmans and of his wife, née baroness Elisabeth Lhoist] and of his
wife, née Béatrice Budes de Guébriant [herself the daughter of the late Comte
Geoffroy Budes de Guébriant and of his first wife, née princess Pauline de
Merode]). (added
Princess Frédéric de Merode, née Amélie de Tulle de Villefranche, died at Brussels on 21 October.
[She was born at Villarceaux on
MORTEMART
The engagement was announced between
Comte Jean-Gabriel de Rochechouart de Mortemart (son of Comte Jean de
Rochechouart de Mortemart [himself the son of Comte Gabriel de Rochechouart de
Mortemart (himself the son of René de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Come de
Mortemart, and of his wife, née Elisabeth de Riquet de Caraman) and of his
wife, née Jacqueline de Galliffet (herself the daughter of Charles de Galliffet
and of his wife, née Frances Stevens)] and of his wife, née Emmanuela de Virieu
[herself the daughter of Raoul, Marquis de Virieu (himself the son of Joseph,
Marquis de Virieu, and of his wife, née Félicie de Blacas d’Aulps), and
of his wife, née Chantal de Dampierre (herself the daughter of Guy Godefroy
Antoine de Dampierre and of his wife, née Etiennette de Moulins de Rochefort)])
and Marie-Eugénie de Rougé (daughter
of Comte Bonabes de Rougé [himself the son of Comte Philippe de Rougé (himself
the son of Comte Antoine de Rougé and of his wife, née Olga de Sonis) and of
his wife, née Agnès Lefebvre de Laboulaye (herself the daughter of André
Lefebvre de Laboulaye and of his wife, née Marie Hély d’Oissel)] and of
his first wife, née Chriselle de Tinguy du Pouët [herself the daughter of
Armand de Tinguy du Pouët and of his wife, née Annette France]). (added
The forthcoming marriage was
announced between Maxence de Froissard de Brossia (son of Amaury, Marquis
de Froissard de Brossia [himself the son of Maxence, Marquis de Froissard de
Brossia (himself the son of Aymard, Marquis de Froissard de Brossia, and of his
wife, née Marie de Rochechouart de Mortemart), and of his wife, née Isabelle de
Geoffre de Chabrignac (herself the daughter of Pierre de Geoffre de Chabrignac
and of his wife, née Yoanne de Marsay)], and of his wife, née Claire de Menthon
[herself the daughter of Comte Pierre de Menthon (himself the son of Comte
Henry de Menthon and of his wife, née Marguerite Picot de Moras d’Aligny)
and of his wife, née Françoise Bordeaux Montrieux (herself the daughter of
Pierre Bordeaux Montrieux and of his wife, née Jeanne Pauline Marie Thénard)]) and Anne-Laure Dalloz-Furet. (added
Comte Charles-Henri de Rochechouart
de Mortemart (son of Comte Gérald de Rochechouart de Mortemart and of his
wife, née Brigitte de Perusse des Cars) and
his wife, née Elodie Segard (daughter of Hubert Segard and of his wife, née
Diane Le Gras du Luart de Montsaulnin [herself the daughter of Albert Elliot
Comte Le Gras de Luart du Montsaulnin and of his wife, née Elisabeth de La
Rochefoucauld]) had their second child,
Alexandre, at Paris on 18 July. (added
MURAT
Denis Olivier Charissoux married
Princess Laetitia Caroline Marie Pierre Murat (daughter of Joachim, Prince
Murat, and of his wife, née Laurence Mouton) on 29 July. (updated
Prince Christophe Murat (son of
Prince Lucien Murat and of his wife, née Evelyne Reille) and his wife, née Virginie Ricaud, had their third child, Alexandre, on
16 August. (added
NOAILLES
Mme Manuel de Yturbe, née Marie de La Croix de Castries, died on 30 June.
[She was born the daughter of Cte François de La
Croix de Castries (himself the son of Comte Gaspard de La Croix de Castries
[himself the son of Comte Eugène de La Croix de Castries and of his wife, née
Agathe Geneviève Augustine Aglaé de Séran] and of his wife, née Alix de
Saint-Georges de Vérac [herself the daughter of Olivier de Saint-Georges, Marquis
de Vérac, and of his wife, née Euphémie de Noailles]) and of his wife, née
Rosita Guzmán. She married Manuel de Yturbe (son of Miguel de Yturbe and of his
wife, née Maria-Thérèsa Limantour). She is survived by their five childen.] (added
Anthony Mumford, CVO, OBE, died at Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary on 7 February.
[He had been the husband since 1986 of Lady Mary
Katharine Fitzalan Howard (b.1940, second daughter of Bernard Marmaduke
Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, and of his wife, née Hon. Lavinia
Strutt). He is survived by her and by a son, Lowrey, from a previous marriage.]
(added
The engagement was announced 11
April, 2006, between Charles C. Wigan (elder son of Mr Michael Wigan, of Wivelrod,
Hampshire, and Mrs John Loudon, of Pusey, Oxfordshire) and Lady Maria Alice Jubilee Balfour (b.1977, third daughter of
Roderick Francis Arthur Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour, and of his wife, née Lady
Tessa Fitzalan-Howard [herself the daughter of Miles Francis Fitzalan-Howard,
17th Duke of Norfolk, and of his wife, née Ann Mary Teresa
Constable-Maxwell]). (added
Hon. Mrs Edmund Howard, née Cécile
Geoffroy-Déchaume, died on 29 May. In 1906 she had married Hon. Edmund
Bernard Carlo Howard (1909-2005), son of the 1st Lord Howard of
Penrith, of the family of the Dukes of Norfolk. (added
Lady Winefride Alice Freeman, née
Fitzalan-Howard, died at St.Teresa's Residential Care Home, Kensington, on 27
May.
[She was born at Arundel on
Lady Mariegold Jamieson, née
Fitzalan-Howard, died on 18 September.
[She was born in
NORTHUMBERLAND
Justin St.Clair Hardy and his wife, née Larissa Anne Heber-Percy
(daughter of the late Alan Cyril Heber-Percy [of the Dukes of Northumberland]
and of his first wife, née Susan Mary Hornby [former wife of the Duke of
Marlborough]) had their fouth son, Summer Skye Carly, on 31 May. (added
Mrs Diana Heber-Percy, née Radclyffe,
died on 28 July.
[She was born the daughter of Raymond Augustus
Edward Radclyffe, and married, in 1944, as his second wife, Cyril Hugh Reginald
Heber-Percy (1905-1989), of the Dukes of Northumberland, son of Algernoon Hugh
Heber-Percy, of Hodnet Hall, and of his wife, née Gladys May Hulton-Harrop.
They divorced in 1959. She is survived by a son and two grandchildren.] (added
The engagement was announced in
November between Sir Andrew Peter Monro Walker-Okeover, 5th Bt. (b.22 May
1978, son of Sir Peter Walker-Okeover, 4th Bt. [himself the son of Sir Ian
Peter Andrew Monro Walker-Okeover, 3rd Bt., and of his wife, née
Dorothy Elizabeth Heber-Percy (of the Dukes of Northumberland)], and of his
first wife, née Catherine Mary Maule Ramsay) and Philippa L.M. Swabey (younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles
Swabey, of Tuscany, Italy). (added
The engagement was announced in
December between Niall P. Hampton (son of Michael Hampton, of Shirley,
Surrey and of Mrs Eric Carter, of Twickenham) and Georgina Elizabeth Walker-Okeover (b.1976, daughter of Sir
Peter Walker-Okeover, 4th Bt. [himself the son of Sir Ian Peter Andrew Monro
Walker-Okeover, 3rd Bt., and of his wife, née Dorothy Elizabeth
Heber-Percy (of the Dukes of Northumberland)], and of his first wife, née
Catherine Mary Maule Ramsay). (added
OBOLENSKY
Prince Alexei Nikolaevich Obolensky died while visiting his family’s former estates in Kaluga province, Russia, on 26 February.
[He was born at Lochtenhorst, near
ORSINI
und ROSENBERG
Hubertus Graf Czernin von Chudenitz died at Vienna on 10 June.
[He was born at
PACELLI
Principessa Gabriella Pacelli, nèe Ricci Bartoloni, died in Rome on 15 June, aged 94.
[She was born in
Principe and Marchese Don Marcantonio Pacelli died at Rome on 31 December.
[He was born at
PATERNÒ
Don Raimondo Paternò Castello dei duchi di Carcaci died in Catania, Sicily, on 20 March.
[He was born in 1937, son of Don Vincenzo Paternò Castello dei duchi di
Carcaci (1897-1978) and of Baroness Maria Rosset Desandrè (1898-1954). He was
unmarried.] (added
PIGNATELLI
Principe Don Andrea Pignatelli di Cerchiara died at Rome on 26 June.
[He was born at
POLIGNAC
Princesse Hubert de Polignac, née Radégonde Moullart de Vilmarest, died
at Suresnes on 19 January.
[She was born at
The engagement was announced between
Amédée des Georges (son of Guy des Georges [himself the son of Raymond des
Georges and of his wife, née Lucile Goirand] and of his wife, née Bernadette
Dognin [herself the daughter of Jean Dognin and of his wife, née Antoinette de
La Vaissière de Lavergne]) and
Anne-Laure Rodocanachi (daughter of Pierre Rodocanachi [himself the son of
André Rodocanachi and of his wife, née Nada Diplarakos] and of his wife, née
Princess Armande de Polignac [herself the daughter of Prince Edmond de Polignac
and of his wife, née Ghislaine Brinquant]). (added
PONIATOWSKI
The engagement was announced between
Adrien Breart de Boisanger (son of Joseph Breart de Boisanger and of his
wife, née Catherine Lénat) and Princess
Tatiana Poniatowski (daughter of Prince Stanislas Poniatowski and of his
wife, née Leticia Carcano). (added
The engagement was announced between
Prince Sébastien Poniatowski (son of Prince Axel Poniatowski and of his
wife, née Anne Chatin) and Clémence
Devolvé (daughter of Guillaume Delvolvé and of his wife, née Marie-Solange
Barraud de Lagerie). The wedding is
reportedly to take place at Lauzerte, Tarn-et-Garonne, on 22 July. (added
Kamal Traboulsi married Eloïse Eloy
(daughter of Bernard Eloy and of his wife, née Princess Nathalie Poniatowski
(herself the daughter of Prince Philippe Poniatowski and of his wife, née Irène
Bonnin de La Bonninière de
The engagement was announced 4 January, 2006, between Thomas Richard Bell
(second son of Mr & Mrs Peter Bell) and Hermione Mary Wemyss
(b.1982, elder daughter of Michael James Wemyss of that Ilk [himself the son of
David Erskine-Wemyss, of that Ilk (himself the son of Michael John
Erskine-Wemyss, of that Ilk, and of his wife, née Lady Victoria
Cavendish-Bentinck [herself the daughter of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th
Duke of Portland, and of his wife, née Winifred Dallas-Yorke]), and of his
wife, née Lady Jean Christian Bruce (herself the daughter of Edward James
Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, and of his wife, née Hon. Katherine
ELizabeth Cochrane)] and of his wife, née Charlotte Mary Bristowe). (added
John David James Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair (b.4 Sep 1961, son of
John Aymer Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair, and of his wife, née Davina Katharine
Bowes Lyon [herself the daughter of Hon. David Bowes-Lyon (himself the son of
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and of his
wife, née Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck [of the Dukes of Portland]) and of
his wife, née Rachel Pauline Clay]) married Hon. Emily Mary Julia Stonor
(b.1969, daughter of Ralph Thomas Campion George Sherman Stonor, 7th Lord
Camoys, and of his wife, née Elizabeth Mary Hyde Parker) at the Chapel of The Holy Trinity, Stonor, Oxfordshire, on 17 June.
(updated
POZZO di BORGO
The engagement was announced between Marie Toussaint (daughter of
Philippe Toussaint [himself the son of Bernard Toussaint and of his wife, née
Dominique François-Poncet] and of his wife, née Barbara Pozzo di Borgo [herself
the daughter of Comte François Pozzo di Borgo (himself the son of Joseph, 4th Duc
Pozzo di Borgo, and of his wife, née Valérie Norrie) and of his wife, née
Tatiana de Poliakoff-Baidaroff]) and Charles Vilgrain (son of François
Vilgrain and of his wife, née Dominique Reyt-Crivelli). (added
RADZIWILL
Prince Paul Nicholas Radziwill (son
of Prince Antoni Radziwill and of his wife, née Princess Roza Czartoryska) and his wife, née Eloise Victoria Kerr,
had their first child, Barnaby, at
Princess Klaudia Radziwill, née Zaremba, died at Miechów on 29 April.
[She was born at
Princess Eliane Radziwill, née Chalandon, died at Paris on 9 April.
[She was born at Paris on
Nobile Allessio Carabba Tettamanti (son
of Nobile Ferdinando Carabba Tettamanti [himself the son of Nobile Domenico
Carabba Tettamanti and of his wife, née Maria de Fonseca Pimentel] and of his
wife, née Princess Diane Radziwill [herself the daughter of Prince George
Nicolaus Radziwill and of his wife, née Eliane Chalandon]) and his wife, née Caroltta Frabboni, had their second child, Domenico,
on 7 May. Their first child, Allegra, was born in 2004. (added
Prince Dominik Mikolaj Radziwill (b.1964, son of Prince Jan Radziwill
and of his wife, née Elzbieta Karska) and his wife, Elzbieta Milewska
(daughter of Jan Slepowron-Milewski and of his wife, Princess Krystyna
Radziwill) had their third child, Elzbieta Gabriela Roza, on 14 August. (added
Dominik Ronda and his wife, née
Princess Maria Anna Radziwill (daughter of Prince Konstanty Radziwill
[himself the son of Prince Albert Jan Radziwill and of his wife, née Princess
Anna Czartoryska] and of his wife, née Joanna Dabrowska) had their first child, Joanna Grazyna, on 16 November. (added
Count Karol Belina-Brzozowski and his
wife, née Maria Bochenska (daughter of Aleksander Bochenski and of his wife,
née Princess Zofia Radziwill [herself the daughter of Prince Albert Jan
Radziwill and of his wife, née Princess Anna Czartoryska]) had their first child, Zofia, on 23 November. (added
Count Jan Belina-Brzozowski married
Klementyna Bochenska (daughter of Aleksander Bochenski and of his wife, née
Princess Zofia Radziwill [herself the daughter of Prince Albert Jan Radziwill
and of his wife, née Princess Anna Czartoryska]) on 2 September. (added
Hon. Edward Brassey (son of David
Henry Brassey, 3rd Lord Brassey of Apethorpe [himself the son of
Bernard Thomas Brassey, 2nd Lord Brassey of Apethorpe (himself the
son of Henry Leonard Campbell Brassey, 1st Lord Brassey of
Apethorpe, and of his wife, née Lady Violet Gordon-Lennox [of the Dukes of
Richmond, Lennox and Gordon]), and of his first wife, née Crystal Gloria Gore],
and of his wife, née Myrna Baskervyle-Glegg) and his wife, née Joanna Pardoe, had their second child, Rose, on 9
February. (added
Frederick J. W. Elwes (son of
Henry William George Elwes [himself the son of John Hargreaves Elwes and of his
wife, née Isabel Pamela Ivy Beckwith (herself the daughter of William Malebisse
Beckwith and of his wife, née Lady Muriel Gordon-Lennox [of the Dukes of
Richmond, Lennox & Gordon])] and of his wife, née Carolyn Dawn Cripps) and his wife, née Amelia Headlam, had their
first child, Thomas Alexander Beresford, on 16 February. (added
Rose Evelyn Hambro, née Cotterell, died on 21 May.
[She was born on 4 October 1932, daughter of Sir
Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Bt. (himself the son of Sir
John Richard Geers Cotterell, 4th Bt. [himself the son of Sir Geers
Henry Cotterell, 3rd Bt., and of his wife, née Hon. Margaret Airey],
and of his wife, née Lady Evelyn Gordon-Lennox [herself the daughter of Charles
Henry Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon, and of
his first wife, née Amy Mary Ricardo]), and of his first wife, née Lady Lettice
Lygon (herself the daughter of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
[himself the son of Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp, and of his
wife, née Lady Mary Catherine Stanhope], and of his wife, née Lady Lettice
Grosvenor [herself the daughter of Victor Alexander Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor
(of the Dukes of Westminster), and of his wife, née Lady Sibell Lumley]). From
1954 to 1976 she was married to Charles Eric Axel Hambro (son of Sir Charles
Jocelyn Hambro and of his wife, née Pamela Cobbold), who was created a Life
Baron in 1994. She is survived by their three children and nine grandchildren.]
(added
The engagement was announced between
Simon Charles Gordon-Lennox (son of Andrew Gordon-Lennox [of the Dukes of
The engagement was announced in
September, 2006, between Ewen Alexander Nicholas Fergusson (b.1965, son of
Sir Ewen Alastair John Fergusson, GCMG, and of his wife, née Sara Carolyn
Gordon-Lennox [herself the daughter of Lord Esmé Gordon-Lennox, of the Dukes of
Richmond, Lennox & Gordon, and of his second wife, née Rosamond Lorys
Palmer]) and Louise Mary King
(daughter of Mr & Mrs Richard King). (added
ROCCO
Dr. Enrico Mentana and his wife, née
Donna Michela Rocco dei principi di Torrepadula (daughter of Principe Don
Giulio Rocco di Torrepadula and of his second wife, née Maria Bert) had their first child together, Giulio, at
ROHAN
[-CHABOT]
Baron Charles-Everard de t'Serclaes de Wommersom and his wife, née Odile
de Missolz (daughter of Philippe de Missolz and of his wife, née Alix de
Rohan-Chabot [herself the daughter of René Comte de Rohan-Chabot and of his wife,
née Marguerite de Vogüé]) had their second child, Alma, at
The forthcoming marriage was
announced between Alexandre Leymarie (son of M.and Mme. Dominique Leymarie)
and Julie de Clermont-Tonnerre
(daughter of Comte Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre [himself the son of Comte
Thierry de Clermont-Tonnerre (himself the son of Comte Louis de
Clermont-Tonnerre and of his wife, née Jeanne de Kergorlay) and of his wife,
née Hélène de Rohan-Chabot (herself the daughter of Comte Jacques de
Rohan-Chabot, Comte de Jarnac, and of his wife, née Nicole d’Alsace de
Hénin-Liétard)] and of his first wife, née Maria Luisa Perez Orrego). (added
Comte Guy de Lambilly died on 28 July.
[He was born at Paris in 1929, son of Comte Charles
de Lambilly and of his wife, née Lydie de Rohan Chabot (herself the daughter of
Comte Guillaume de Rohan Chabot and of his wife, née Nadine de La Rousselière
Clouard). He was unmarried.] (added
RUFFO
Don Fulco dei principi Ruffo di Calabria (b.1954, son of Don
Fabrizio, Principe Ruffo di Calabria, and of Maria Elisabetta Vaciago) will
marry secondly Luisa Tricarico. The wedding, originally scheduled for September
2005, has been postponed to 2006. He was divorced in 2001 from Melba Vicens
Bello. (updated
RUSPOLI
Donna Marianita Ruspoli dei principi
di Cerveteri (b.1976/7, daughter of Don Pietro Ruspoli dei principi di
Cerveteri and of Letizia Ciancarelli) married
Luca Pirri Ardizzone (b.Milan 18 Apr 1973, son of Piero Pirri Ardizzone and
Antonella De Stefani) at Villa Papale
della Suvera, near Siena, on 23 September. (updated
SABRAN
Comte Louis-Elzéar de Sabran-Pontevès (son of Comte Elzéar de
Sabran-Pontevès and of his wife, née Edith de Marmiesse de Lussan) and his
wife, née Caroline Duffau (daughter of Patrick Duffau and of his wife, née
Marie Denjean-Mousterry) had their first child, Élzéar, at Bordeaux on 30
August. (added
Sir Claud Hagart-Alexander, of Ballochmyle, 3rd Bt., died on 23 January.
[He was born on 6 January 1927, son of Wilfrid
Archibald Hagart-Alexander (himself the son of Sir Claud Alexander, 2d Bt.
[himself the son of Sir Claud Alexander, of Ballochmyle, 1st Bt., and of his wife,
née Eliza Spiers], and of his wife, née Lady Diana Montgomerie [herself the
daughter of Archibald William Montgomerie, 14th Earl of Eglinton and Winton,
and of his wife, née Lady Sophia Adelaide Theodosia Pelham]) and of his wife,
née Mary Prudence Acheson (herself the daughter of Guy Francis Hamilton
Acheson). He succeeded his grandfather in 1945, and in 1948 took the surname
Hagart-Alexander. In 1959 he married Hilda Acheson (daughter of Miles Malcolm
Acheson and of his wife, née Hilda de Vere Beauclerk [herself the daughter of
William Nelthorpe Beauclerk, of the Dukes of St.Albans, and of his second wife,
née Evelyn Hart]). He is survived by her and by their four children.] (added
Rémy François Xavier Chauvin de
Précourt (son of François-Charles Chauvin de Précourt [himself the son of
Claude Chauvin de Précourt and of his wife, née Daphne Diana de Vere Beauclerk
(herself the daughter of Aubrey Nelthorpe Beauclerk, of the Dukes of Saint
Albans)] and of his wife, née Sabine Gilbert de Vautibault) and his wife, née Anne-Sophie du Cray
(daughter of Emmanuel du Cray and of his wife, née Nely de Feydeau de
Saint-Christophe), had their third
child, Fanny, at Paris on 10 January. (added
SANFELICE
Don Giovanni Sanfelice dei Duchi di Bagnoli e di marchesi di Monteforte
died in Ascona (Switzerland) on 1 January.
[He was born in 1912, son of Don Giuseppe Sanfelice dei duchi di Bagnoli
(1872-1956) and of his wife, née Emilia Pandola (1880-1966). He married in 1954
Rahel Susanna Mueller (1922-1985) and was survived by one son and one
daughter.] (added
Donna Laudomia Sanfelice dei duchi di
Bagnoli e dei marchesi di Monteforte (b.1972, daughter of Don Giovanserio
Sanfelice dei duchi di Bagnoli e dei marchesi di Monteforte and of Marina
Micangeli) married Germano dei marchesi
Carrassi del Villar (b.1981, son of Alessandro Carrassi dei Marchesi del
Villar and Giulia dei Marchesi Della Chiesa) in Barberino del Mugello, near Florence, on 3 September. (added
Don Giovanserio Sanfelice dei duchi di Bagnoli e dei marchesi di Monteforte died in Borgo San Lorenzo, near Florence, Italy, on 5 October.
[He was born in
SAPIEHA
Alfonso Markgraf und Graf Pallavicini (son of the late Karl Alexander
Markgraf und Graf Pallavicini and of his wife, née Avagora Contessa degli
Azzoni Avagadro) married Comtesse Elisabeth d’Udekem d’Acoz
(b.1977, daughter of Comte Patrick d’Udekem d’Acoz and of his wife,
née Countess Anne Komorowska [herself the daughter of Count Michel Komorowski
and of his wife née Princess Zophia Sapieha Kodenska], and sister of Crown
Princess Mathilde of Belgium) at
Bastogne in a civil ceremony on 20 July, followed by a religious ceremony on 22
July. (updated
The engagement was announced between
Count Leon-Godefroi Komorowski (son of Count Michal Leon Komorowski
[himself the son of Count Leon Michael Komorowski and of his wife, née Princess
Zofia Sapieha] and of his wife, née Domique Willems) and Kim-Hee Boreux (daughter of M.and Mme. Luc Boreux). (added
The engagement was announced between
Raphaël Delville and Princess Maïté Sapieha (daughter of Prince Alexandre
Sapieha and of his wife, née Patricia van Innis). (added
SCHOENAICH-CAROLATH
Sibylle Prinzessin von
Schoenaich-Carolath died on 9 October at Vilsbiburg-Achldorf at the age of 96
years.
[She was born on
SERRA
Luigi d'Urso died at Paris on 23 March.
[He was born in 1951, son of Alessandro d'Urso and
of Donna Clotilde Serra dei duchi di Cassano (1917-1960), herself daughter of
Marchese Don Luigi Serra, 9th Duca di Cassano (1868-1935) and of Elizabeth
Grant (d.1938). He married firstly Guendalina Levier and secondly in 1990 Inès
de la Fressange. He is survived by her, two daughters from first marriage and
two daughters from the second.] (added
Clotilde d' Urso (b.1978,
daughter of the late Luigi d'Urso (1951-2006) [himself son of Alessandro d'
Urso and of Donna Clotilde Serra dei duchi di Cassano] and of his first wife,
Gwendoline Levier) married Arthur de
Kersauson de Pennendreff (son of Olivier de Kersauson de Pennendreff and
Caroline Piloquet) at Onesse-Laharie,
near
SESSA
Baltasar de Casanova-Cardenas y Ferrer died at Barcelona on 24 January.
[He was born at Barcelona on 31 October 1918, and
in 1946 he married Maria de los Dolores Baron y Osorio de Moscoso, Duquesa de
Maqueda (1917-2002), daughter of Leopoldo Baron y Torres and of his wife, née
Maria del Perpetuo Osorio de Moscoso y Reynoso, Duquesa de Sessa (herself a
great-granddaughter of Infanta Luisa of Spain). They had three children: Luis
Maria Gonzaga de Casanova-Cardenas, Duque de Santangelo (married to Archduchess
Monika of Austria); Maria
The engagement was announced between Rupert W. Elwes (elder son of Christopher Elwes and of his
wife, née Arabella Mary Seymour [herself the daughter of William Napier Seymour
(of the Marquesses of Hertford and Dukes of Somerset) and of his wife, née
Rachel Mary Hambro]) and Melanie T. Kantorowicz (elder daughter of
Donald Kantorowicz-Toro and of Mrs Chantal Lancrenon). (added
Hon.Edward John Hallam Bigham, Master of Nairne (son of Richard
Maurice Clive Bigham, 4th Viscount Mersey, 11th Lord Nairne [himself the son of
Edward Clive Bigham, 3d Viscount Mersey (himself the son of Charles Clive
Bigham, 2d Viscount Mersey, and of his wife, née Mary Gertrude Seymour [of the
Dukes of Somerset]), and of his wife, née Lady Katherine Petty-Fitzmaurice,
Baronessss Nairne], and of his wife, née Joanna Murray), and his wife, née Caroline Clare Schaw Miller, had their second child,
Polly Joanna Jean, on 3 July. (added
Cdr. Angus Bruce Erskine, RN, one of the few holders of the Polar Medal
with both Arctic and Anatarctic Clasps, died shortly before 29 July.
[He was
born on
Richard Maurice Clive Bigham, 4th Viscount Mersey, died on 5
August.
[He was
born on 8 July 1934, son of Edward Clive Bigham, 3rd Viscount Mersey
(himself the son of Charles Clive Bigham, 2nd Viscount Mersey [himself
the son of John Charles Bigham, 1st Viscount mersey, and of his
wife, née Georgina Sarah Rogers], and of his wife, née Mary Gertrude Seymour
[herself the daughter of Horace Alfred Damer Seymour (of the Marquesses of
Hertford and Dukes of Somerset) and of his wife, née Elizabeth Mary Romilly]),
and of his wife, née Lady Katherine Petty-Fitzmaurice, 10th Baroness
Nairne (herself the daughter of Henry William Edmund Petty-Fitzmaurice,
6th Marquess of Lansdowne [himself the son of Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice,
5th Marquess of Lansdowne and of his wife, née Lady Maud Hamilton (of the Dukes
of Abercorn)], and of his wife, née Elizabeth Caroline Hope [herself the
daughter of Sir Edward Stanley Hope and of his wife, née Constance Christina
Leslie]). He succeeded his father as 4th
Viscount Mersey in 1979, and his mother as 11th Lord Nairne in 1995.
In 1961 he married Joanna Dorothy Murray, daughter of John Arnaud Robin Grey
Murray. They had one son, Edward John Hallam Bigham, who succeeds as 5th
Viscount Mersey and 12th Lord Nairne.] (added
The Hon Lady Mayall, née Mary Hermione Ormsby-Gore, died on 26 September.
[She was
born on 7 September 1914, daughter of William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore,
4th Lord Harlech (himself the son of George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore, 3d Lord
Harlech [himself the son of William Richard Ormsby-Gore, 2d Lord Harlech, and
of his wife, née Lady Emily Seymour (of the Marquesses of Hertford and Dukes of
Somerset)], and of his wife, née Lady Margaret Gordon [herself the daughter of
Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly, and of his second wife, née
Maria Antoinetta Pegus]), and of his wife, née Lady Beatrice Gascoyne-Cecil
(herself the daughter of James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of
Salisbury, and of his wife, née Lady Cicely Gore). From 1936 to 1946 she was married to Robin
Francis Campbell. In 1947 she married Sir Alexander Lees Mayall (1915-1992).
She is survived by two sons from the first marriage, and a son and a daughter
from the second.] (added
Sebastian Edward Seymour, Lord Seymour (son of John Michael Edward
Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset, and of his wife, née Judith-Rose
Hull) married Arlette Marie Leotine Lafayeedney (daughter of Daniel Lafayeedney
and of his wife, Regine) at Lagrasse, France, on 27 August. (added
SUTHERLAND
Charles Noel Janson died on 15 June.
[He had
been married since 1946 to Elizabeth Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 24th
Countess of Sutherland (daughter of Lord Alastair Sutherland-Leveson-Gower
[himself the son of Cromartie Sutherland Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of
Sutherland, and of his wife, née Lady Millicent St.Clair-Erskine] and of his
wife, née Elizabeth Hélène Demarest). He is survived by her, their two sons,
and a daughter. One son predeceased him.] (added
The engagement was announced 10 July 2006 between Benjamin Edward Janson (b.1979, son of Hon Martin Dearman
Sutherland Janson [himself the son of the late Charles Noel Janson (see above)
and of his wife, Elizabeth Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 24th
Countess of Sutherland (herself the daughter of Lord Alastair
Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, of the Dukes of Sutherland, and of his wife, née
Elizabeth Hélène Demarest)] and of his wife, née Hon Mary Ann Balfour [daughter
of Harold Harington Balfour, 1st Lord Balfour of Inchrye, and of his
second wife, née Hon. Mary Ainslie Profumo]) and Rosanna De Pree
(daughter of Mr & Mrs John De Pree, of Nairn's Mains, Haddington, East
Lothian). (added
Javier Olascoaga Palacio married Gabriela Cañedo Ward (daughter of Castor Cañedo [himself the son
of Castor Cañedo and of Maria del Carmen Angoso] and of his wife, née Lady
Rosemary Millicent Ward [herself the daughter of William Humble David Ward, 4th
Earl of Dudley (himself the son of William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd
Earl of Dudley, and of his first wife, née Lady Rosemary Millicent
Leveson-Gower [of the Dukes of Sutherland]), and of his first wife, née Stella
Carcano]) during the summer. (added
The engagement was announced in December between James Granville Egerton,
Marquis of Stafford (b.1975, son of
Francis Ronald Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland, and of his wife, née
Victoria Mary Williams) and Barbara R. Schneider (daughter of Dr Graham
and Dr Ilse Schneider, of Vienna, Austria). (added
SWIATOPOLK-CZETWERTYNSKI
Prince Krysztof Swiatopolk-Czetwertynski (son of Prince Severin
Swiatopolk-Czetwertynski and of his wife, née Denise Elie) and his wife, née
Elzbieta Morawska, had their first child, Stefan, on 27 February. (updated
TORLONIA
Brooke Shields (daughter of Francis Shields [himself the son of
Francis Shields and of his wife, née Donna Marina Torlonia dei Principi di
Civitella Cesi]) and her husband, Christopher Thomas Henchy, had their
second child, Grier Hammond, on 18 April. (updated
URSEL
The engagement was announced between Louis-Hubert Pacco (son of
Christian Pacco and of his wife, née Moulaert) and Sybille de Montpellier
d'Annevoie (daughter of Benoît de Montpellier d'Annevoie [himself the son
of Gérard de Montpellier d'Annevoie and of his wife, née Jacqueline Hennequin
de Villermont (herself the daughter of Comte Charles Hennequin de Villermont
and of his wife, née Comtesse Marthe d'Ursel de Rouillé)] and of his wife, née
Christine Janne d'Othée). (added
Jkhr Martin de Cock de Rameyen and his wife, née Comtesse Honorine
d'Ursel (daughter of Comte Christian d'Ursel and of his wife, née Comtesse
Sophie d'Oultremont), had their second child, Louis-Nicolas, on 30 January.
(added
Comte Tanguy du Parc Locmaria (son of Comte Léopold du Parc Locmaria
and of his wife, née Countess Marie Hélène d'Oultremont [herself the daughter
of Comte Eugène d'Oultremont (himself the son of Comte Hacques d'Oultremont and
of his wife, née Countess Gabrielle d'Ursel) and of his wife, née Countess
Madeleine de Liedekerke de Pailhe]) and his wife, née Anne-Laure de Roubaix,
had their second child, Jacques, at Uccle on 10 February. (added
Thibault de Montpellier
d’Annevoie (b. 1987, son of Benoît de Montpellier d’Annevoie
[himself the son of Gérard de Montpellier d’Annevoie and of his wife, née
Comtesse Jacqueline Hennequin de Villermont (herself the daughter of Comte
Charles Hennquin de Villermont and of his wife, née Comtesse Marthe
d’Ursel de Rouillé)] and of his wife, née Christine Janne d’Othée) died at Brussels on 2 March. (added
Comtesse Élie d’Ursel, née Comtesse Monique de Lannoy, died at Wezembeek-Oppem on 9 March.
[She was born at Hampstead on 11 November 1915,
daughter of Comte Maurice de Lannoy (himself the son of Comte Charles de Lannoy
[himself the son of Comte Gustave de Lannoy and of his wife, née Comtesse
Charlotte van der Noot d’Assche] and of his wife, née Emma du Parc
[herself the daughter of Alain du Parc and of his wife, née Zénaïde van
Volden]) and of his wife, née Vicomtesse Louise de Spoelberch (herself the
daughter of Vicomte Louis de Spoelberch [himself the son of Vicomte Ferdinand
de Spoelberch and of his wife, née Louisa van Brienen van de Groote Lindt] and
of his wife, née Franchette Marie Ghislaine de Woelmont [herself the daughter
of Henri de Woelmont and of his wife, née Cécile de Baillet]). In 1937 she
married Comte Élie d’Ursel (1915-1971), son of Comte Wolfgang-Gabriel
d’Ursel and of his wife, née Jacqueline de Neverlée. They had eleven
children, of whom ten survive her.] (added
Comte Gonzague d'Ursel (son of Comte Eric d'Ursel and of his wife,
née Béatrice Mortens d'Oosterwyck de Jacquier de Rosée) and his wife, née
Jnkvr Anne Louise Charlotte Marie Ghislaine Wolters, had their fifth child,
Astrid, on 23 February. (added
Comte Laurent de Briey (son of Comte Renaud de Briey [himself the son
of Comte Arnoud de Briey (himself the son of Comte Renaud de Briey and of his
wife, née Countess Anne d'Ursel) and of his wife, née Marie Louise van Zeeland]
and of his wife, née Béatrice de Locht) and his wife, née Florence Goenen,
had their third child, Laetitia, on 16 March. (added
Didier Geelhand de Merxem (son of
Baudouin Geelhand de Merxem and of his wife, née Danielle de Brouchoven de
Bergeyck [herself the daughter of Michel de Brouchoven de Bergeyck (himself the
son of Philippe de Brouchoven de Bergeyck and of his wife, née Comtesse Marie
Thérèse d’Ursel) and of his wife, née Css Gaëtane d’Oultremont]) and his wife, née Florence de Ville de
Goyet, had their second child, Hadrien, on 5 April. (added
Comte Adrien d’Ursel died at Liège on 1 June.
[He was born at Etterbeek on
Comte Guy de Forton (himself the
son of Comte Maurice de Forton [himself the son of Comte Pierre de Forton
(himself the son of René, Marquis de Forton, and of his wife, née Marguerite
Broussonnet) and of his wife, née Mathilde de La Forest Divonne (herself the
daughter of Comte Charles de La Forest Divonne and of his wife, née Anna du
Roure de Beaujeu)] and of his wife, née Jeanne de Sartiges [herself the
daughter of Comte Bertrand de Sartiges (himself the son of Comte Eugène de
Sartiges and of his wife, née Eglée de Laveyrie) and of his wife, née Comtesse
Françoise d’Ursel (herself the daughter of Comte Charles d’Ursel
and of his wife, née Geneviève Le Roux de Villers)]) married Isabelle de Solages (daughter of Comte Aymon de Solages
[himself the son of Comte Maurice de Solages (himself the son of Comte Henri de
Solages and of his wife, née Anne Marie du Parc de Locmaria) and of his wife,
née Claire de Solages (herself the daughter of Comte Hugues de Solages and of
his wife, née Jeanne Magnier de Maisonneuve)] and of his wife, née Marie-Eliane
de Froidefond des Farges [herself the daughter of Comte Bernard de Froidefond
des Farges (himself the son of Comte Guy de Froidefond des Farges and of his
wife, née Baronne Yvonne Huyttens de Terbecq) and of his wife, née Anne
Brossard de Corbigny (herself the daughter of Joseph Brossard de Corbigny and
of his wife, née Paule Keller)]) at
Mézens on 4 November. (updated
The engagement was announced between
Frédéric Helleputte (son of Francis Helleputte and of his wife, née Marie
Emmanuelle le Sergeant d’Hendecourt [herself the
daughter of Vicomte Roger le Sergeant d’Hendecourt and of his wife, née
Comtesse Aline d’Ursel]) and
Nathalie Castel. (added
Comte Roland d’Ursel died on 20 June.
[He was born at
Comte Gérard d’Ursel (son
of Comte Christian d’Ursel [himself the son of Comte Gérard d’Ursel
(himself the son of Comte Wolfgang-Gabriel d’Ursel and of his wife, née
Jacqueline de Neverlée) and of his wife, née Anne-Marie de Pitteurs de Budingen
(herself the daughter of Herman de Pitteurs de Budingen and of his wife, née
Laura Simonis)] and of his wife, née Comtesse Sophie d’Oultremont
[herself the daughter of Comte Adrien d’Oultremont (himself the son of
Comte Albert d’Oultremont and of his wife, née Marguerite van de Werve
d’Immerseel) and of his wife, née Marie-Blanche de Chastel de La
Howarderie (herself the daughter of Comte Ferdinand du Chastel de La Howarderie
and of his wife, née Blanche de Coëtnempren de Kersaint)]) married Victoire Loriot de Rouvray (daughter of Alain Loriot de
Rouvray [himeslf the son of Jean Loriot de Rouvray (himself the son of Georges
Loriot de Rouvray and of his wife, née Louise de La Brosse) and of his wife,
née Ana-Maria d’Ornellas (herself the daughter of Baron Charles
d’Ornellas and of his wife, née Ana Ponce de Léon)] and of his wife, née
Marie-Laurence Burrus [herself the daughter of Philippe Burrus (himself the son
of Henry Burrus and of his wife, née Jeanne François) and of his wife, née
Madeleine de La Torre (herself the daughter of Manuel de La Torre and of his
wife, née Jeanne Amelot de La Roussille)]) at
Champlâtreux on 18 November. (updated
Comte Wauthier de Lichtervelde
(son of the late Comte Jacques de Lichtervelde [himself the son of Comte Roger
de Lichtervelde (himself the son of Comte Jacques de Lichtervelde and of his
wife née Comtesse Marie d’Ursel) and of his wife née Marie-Cécile (of the
barons) de Kerchove d’Exaerde Borluut] and of his late wife vicomtesse
Thérèse de Jonghe d’Ardoye [herself the daughter of vicomte Charles de
Jonghe d’Ardoye and of his wife née comtesse Geneviève de Marnix de
Sainte Aldegonde]) is engaged to marry
baronne Ophélie de Traux de Wardin (daughter of baron Bernard de Traux de
Wardin [himself the son of baron Jean de Traux de Wardin and of his wife née
countess Louise Cornet de Ways-Ruart] and of his wife, née Wendy Pastur
[herself the daughter of chevalier Jacques Pastur and of his wife née
Joan-Elisabeth Bowling]). (added
The engagement was announced 14 July,
2006, between Thomas Oliver Clavell Morton Mansel-Pleydell (b.1969, son of
David Gabriel Morton Mansel-Pleydell [himself the son of Ralph Morton
Mansel-Pleydell and of his wife, née Comtesse Marguerite d’Ursel] and of
his wife, née Elisabeth Susan Luard [now Mrs William Yates]) and Siobhann Anne Murphy (daughter of
the late Mr & Mrs Sean Murphy, of Western Australia). (added
Comte Tanguy d'Oultremont (son of Comte Léopold d'Oultremont [himself
the son of Comte Hervé d'Oultremont and of his wife, née Comtesse Charlotte
d'Ursel] and of his wife, née Béatrice de Hemptinne) and his wife, née
Priscilla Pecsteen, had their second child, Alexis, on 2 July. (added
Arnould Roberti (son of M.and
Mme. Pierre Roberti) and his wife, née
Comtesse Viviane d'Oultremont (daughter of Comte Léopold d'Oultremont
[himself the son of Comte Hervé d'Oultremont and of his wife, née Countess
Comtesse Nathalie Dadvisard de Talairan, née d’Oultremont, died at Woluwe-Saint-Lambert on 6 September.
[She was born at Presles on
Comte Aymeric du Pouget de Nadaillac (son of Comte Sigismond du
Pouget de Nadaillac [himself the son of Comte Albert du Pouget de Nadaillac and
of his wife, née Comtesse Simone d'Ursel] and of his wife, née Guillemette
Estaniol) married Clara Béraud-Sudreau (daughter of Hubert
Béraud-Sudreau and of his wife, née Stéphanie Robine) on 9 September. (added
Comte Xavier d’Oultremont (son
of Comte Léopold d’Oultremont [himself the son of Comte Hervé
d’Oultremont and of his wife, née Comtesse Charlotte d’Ursel] and
of his wife, née Béatrice de Hamptinne)
and his wife, née Catherine Le Polain de Waroux, had their first child,
Auriane, on 18 September. (added
Vicomte Emmanuel d'Hennezel (son of Vicomte Antoine d'Hennezel
[himself the son of Vicomte Georges Joseph d'Hennezel and of his wife, née
Countess Louise d'Ursel] and of his wife, Béatrice de Meeus d'Argenteuil) and
his wife, née Marie-Louise de Dorlodot, had their fourth child, Xavier, on 20
September. (added
Edouard Fournier and his wife, née Elise de Balliencourt dit Courcol
(daughter of Christophe de Balliencourt dit Courcol and of his wife, née Anne
de Ladoucette [herself the daughter of Baron François de Ladoucette and of his
wife, née Geneviève de Frotté (herself the daughter of Robert, Marquis de
Frotté, and of his wife, née Countess Juliette d'Ursel)]) had their fourth
child, Hélie, at Bordeaux on 3 November. (added
Comte Lionel de Beauffort (son of
Comte Jean-Pierre de Beauffort [himself the son of Comte Thierry de Beauffort
and of his wife, née baronne Marie-Louise de Traux de Wardin] and of his wife.
née Marie-Noëlle Jolly [daughter of vicomte Alain Jolly and of his wife, née
Isabelle Ullens de Schooten Whettnall]) is
engaged to marry comtesse Marie de Lichtervelde (daughter of the late Comte
Jacques de Lichtervelde [himself the son of Comte Roger de Lichtervelde
(himself the son of Comte Jacques de Lichtervelde and of his wife née Comtesse
Marie d’Ursel) and of his wife née Marie-Cécile (of the barons) de
Kerchove d’Exaerde Borluut] and of his late wife vicomtesse Thérèse de
Jonghe d’Ardoye [herself the daughter of vicomte Charles de Jonghe
d’Ardoye and of his wife née comtesse Geneviève de Marnix de Sainte
Aldegonde). (added
Comte Edouard de Montalembert died on 18 December.
[He was born at Paris on
VISCONTI
di MODRONE
Dr. Giancarlo Leone and his wife, née
Diamara Parodi Delfino (herself daughter of Dr. Riccardo Parodi Delfino and
of Donna Vivide Visconti di Modrone dei duchi di Grazzano Visconti) are expecting their first child in November.
(updated
Donna Emilia dei duchi Visconti di
Modrone (b.1978, daughter of Don Leonardo dei duchi Visconti di Modrone and
of his wife, née Donna Anna Sanfelice dei duchi di Bagnoli e dei marchesi di
Monteforte) married Dr. Vieri Paoletti in San
Giovanni in Persiceto, near
Donna Elena dei duchi Visconti di
Modrone (b.1976, daughter of Don Leonardo dei duchi Visconti di Modrone and
of his wife, née Donna Anna Sanfelice dei duchi di Bagnoli e dei marchesi di
Monteforte) married Nobile Diego Rodinò di Miglione (b.1979, son of Nobile Roberto Rodinò dei
baroni di Miglione and of Maria Grazia Leonetti dei conti di Santo Janni) at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York City,
on 26 August. (added
VISTAHERMOSA
María de la Concepción García-Loygorri, née García Santa Cruz, died at Madrid on 21 January.
[She was born on 2 December 1918, and in 1942
married Pedro García-Loygorri y Martinez de Irujo (son of Cristobal
García-Loygorri y Murrieta, Duque de Vistahermosa, and of his wife, née Maria
de Asuncion Isabel Martinez de Irujo y Caro [herself the daughter of Carlos
Martinez de Irujo y del Alcazar, Duque de Sotomayor, and of his wife, née Maria
Caro y Széchényi]).He was born in 1913 and died in 1996. They had twelve
children, of whom ten survive her.] (added
WASSILTCHIKOV
The engagement was announced between
Comte Jacques de T’Serclaes (son of Count Evrard de T’Serclaes
and of his wife née Isabelle (of the barons) Papeians de Morchoven) and Maroussia Verhulst (daughter of
Marc Verhulst and of his former wife, née Countess Marina Tolstoy [herself
daughter of the late Count Michel Alexandrovitsch Tolstoy (himself son of count
Alexander Michaelovitch Tolstoy [himself the son of Count Michel Pavlovich
Tolstoy and of his wife née princess Olga Wassiltchikov] and of his wife née Irena
Raievsky [herself daughter of Michel Nicolaevitch Raievksi and of his wife née
princess Maria Grigorievna Gagarine]) and of his wife née Francine
Bregentzer]). (added
Zita Mary James, née Jungman, died in Ireland on 18 February, aged 102.
[She was born on