Last update on
Archduke Simeon of
Archduke Carl Christian of
The engagement was announced on 20
April 2007 between Johannes Graf von Meran (son
of Franz Graf von Meran [himself a direct male
descendant of Archduke Johann of Austria (1782-1859)] and of his wife, née
Marie-Elisabeth Gräfin von Kageneck)
and Tara G.J.M. Freeland (daughter
of Anthony Freeland and of his first wife, née Astrid Sophie Maria Hedwig
Antonia Deym, Gräfin von Stritez). (added
Dominik Graf von Habsburg-Lothringen
(son of Christoph Heinrich Graf von Habsburg-Lothringen [himself the son of Heinrich Graf von Habsburg-Lothringen (himself the son of Archduke Heinrich Ferdinand
of Austria-Tuscany and of his wife, née Karoline Ludescher)
and of his wife, née Helvig Schütte]
and of his wife, née Ebba von Mohrenschildt)
married Pia Rittinghausen at the church at St.Andrä
im Lavanttal on 5 May. (added
Archduke Maximilian of
Prince Manuel of
Dr. Klaus Runow maried Princess Maria Anna of
Daniel Terberger and his wife, née Princess
Elisabeth of
Irène de Nicolay (daughter of Comte Robert de Nicolay [himself
the son of Comte René de Nicolay and of his wife, née Princess Pia of Orleans-Braganza] and of his wife, née Princess Nathalie
Murat) died on 10 April. (added
Eduardo de Carvalho Moreira (son of César [Faria?]
Domingues Moreira,
Brazilian Ambassador to Norway, and of his wife, née Maria Guadalupe de Carvalho) will marry Princess Maria Antonia de Orléans-Bragança (daughter of Prince Dom Eudes de Orléans-Bragança
[himself the son of Prince Dom Pedro Henrique de Orléans-Bragança
and of his wife, née Princess Maria of Bavaria] and of his second wife, née
Mercedes Neves da Rocha) at
Capela da Reitoria, in Rio de Janeiro, on 15 June.
Eduardo’s brother, Nuno, married Maria
Antonia’s cousin, Maria Carolina, in 2005. (added
Antonio Muñoz Valcárcel
(known as Kitín Muñoz) and his wife, née Princess Kalina of
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (son of
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and of her husband,
Prince Henrik [born Henri de Laborde
de Monpezat]) and his wife, née Mary Donaldson (daughter
of Professor John Dalgleish Donaldson and his first
wife Henrietta Clark) had their second child, Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe, on 21 April. (updated
FRANCE
(BOURBON)
Luis Alfonso de Borbón
y Martinez-Bordiu, Duc d'Anjou (son of Alfonso de Borbón,
Duque de Cádiz, Duc d'Anjou et de Bourbon, and of his wife, née Carmen
Martinez-Bordiú y Franco), and his wife, née María Margarita Vargas Santaella, had their first child, Eugenia, at Miami,
Florida, on 5 March. (updated
FRANCE
(ORLÉANS)
Antoine Stevenson and his wife, née Kildine de Sambucy de Sorgue (daughter of François-Xavier de Sambucy de Sorgue and of his wife, Princess Jeanne-Chantal d'Orléans) had their first child, Jean, on 9 September. (updated 12 Sep 2007)
The engagement was announced between
Prince Charles Philippe d’Orléans (son of
Prince Michel d’Orléans, Comte d’Evreux, and of his wife, née Béatrice
de Pasquier de Franclieu) and Diana Alvares
Pereira de Melo, Duquesa de
Cadaval (daughter of Jaime Alvares
Pereira de Melo, Duque de Cadaval,
and of his second wife, née Claudine Tritz). The
wedding will reportedly take place at Evora in June
2008. (added
Alexander Patrick Gregers Richard Windsor, Earl
of
Hon. Mrs Angela Lascelles, née Dowding, died at Virginia Water, Surrey, on 28 February.
[She was born at Hanwell on
Lord Nicholas Windsor (son of
Prince Edward of
The engagement was announced on 6
April 2007 between Andrew Cantouris (son of Mr & Mrs John Cantouris, of Sherston, Wilts) and
Charlotte Amaryllis Fitzgeorge-Balfour (b.London 29 Sep 1981, daughter of Robin Victor Fitzgeorge-Balfour [himself the son of Sir Robert George
Victor Fitzgeorge-Balfour (himself the son of Robert
Balfour and of his wife, née Mabel Iris Fitzgeorge
[herself the daughter of George William Adolphus Fitzgeorge (himself the son of Prince George of Great
Britain, Ireland, and Hannover, Duke of Cambridge, and of his wife, née Sarah
Louise Fairbrother) and of his wife, née Rosa
Baring]) and of his wife, née Mary Diana Christian] and of his wife, née
Patricia Rountree). (added
Prince Edward of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Earl of Wessex (third son of Queen Elizabeth II of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland and of her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of
Edinburgh [born Prince of Greece and Denmark]) and his wife, née Sophie
Rhys-Jones, are expecting their second child in December. (added
The engagement was announced between
Peter Phillips (son of Mark Phillips and of his former wife, Anne, Princess
Royal of Great Britain and
Carlos Morales y Quintana and his wife, Princess Alexia
of
Manuel Dmoch
and his wife, née Princess Vera of
Hereditary Prince Heinrich Donatus of Hesse (son of
Landgrave Moritz of Hesse and of his wife, née
Princess Tatiana zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg)
and his wife, née Floria-Franziska
Gräfin von Faber-Castell
(daughter of Hubertus Graf von Faber-Castell and of
his second wife, née Adelheid Freiin
von der Leyen zu Bloemersheim) had twins, Paulina Elisabeth Adelheid Tatiana Suzanne and Moritz Ludwig Georg Wolf, at
Frankfurt on 26 March. (added
The engagement was announced between Prince Aimone
of
Carlo Alberto Frioli
(son of Alberto Frioli [himself the son of Guido Aldo
Frioli, Conte di Rezzano, and of his wife, née Vittoria
Fabbi] and of his wife, née Princess Isabella of
Savoy [herself the daughter of Prince Eugenio of Savoy, Duca
di Ancona, and of his wife,
née Princess Lucia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]) married Priscilla Raso
at São Paulo on 28 April. (added
Vittorio Eugenio Frioli
(son of Alberto Frioli [himself the son of Guido Aldo
Frioli, Conte di Rezzano, and of his wife, née Vittoria
Fabbi] and of his wife, née Princess Isabella of
Savoy [herself the daughter of Prince Eugenio of Savoy, Duca
di Ancona, and of his wife,
née Princess Lucia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]) married Soraia Barbosa Silva at Pousada Tabatinga Costa Verde, Caraguatatuba,
São Paulo, on 7 July. (added
Philipp von Lattorff and his wife, Princess
Tatiana of
Princess Agnes of Liechtenstein, née Archduchess of Austria, died at Vienna on 31 August.
[She was born at Schloß Persenbeug on
LUXEMBURG
Marie Adelaide Louise Therese Wilhelmine GráfinHenckel von Donnersmarck, née Princess of Luxemburg, died on 28 February.
[She was born at Schloß Berg on
Prince Louis of Luxemburg (third son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxemburg
and of his wife, née Maria Teresa Mestre) and his
wife, née Tessy Antony, are expecting their second
child in the autumn of 2007. (added
Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the
Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (son
of Pieter van Vollenhoven and of his wife, Princess Margriet of the
Duke Paul of Oldenburg (b.1969, son of Duke Friedrich August of
Oldenburg and of his first wife, Princess Marie Cecile of Prussia) and his
wife, née Maria del Pilar Mendez de Vigo y Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (b.1970, daughter of
Jaime Mendez de Vigo y del Arco and of his wife, Princess Monika zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg),
had their fourth child, Maria Assunta, on 21 March. (added
Prince Wilhelm-Karl of
[He was
born at Potsdam on 30 January 1922, son of Prince Oskar of Prussia (himself the
son of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, King of Prussia, and of his first wife,
née Princess Auguste Viktoria
of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg) and of
his wife, née Ina Marie Gräfin von Bassewitz-Levetzow. Since 1952 he had been married to Armgard von Veltheim. He is
survived by her, as well as two sons, a daughter, and three grandchildren.] (added
Mrs Carol Lambrino,
or Hohenzollern, known by some as Princess Carol of Romania, died on 13 June.
[She was
born Antonia Colville on
Princess Catherine Ivanovna of
[She was
born at Pavlovsk on 25 July 1915, daughter of Prince
Ivan Constantinovich of Russia (himself the son of
Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia and
of his wife, née Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg) and of his wife, née
Princess Jelena of Serbia (herself the daughter of
King Peter I of Serbia and of his wife, née Princess Zorka
of Montenegro). In 1937 she married Ruggero, Marchese Farace di Villaforesta (1909-1970). They
had a son and two daughters.] (added
Fergus Lefebvre (youngest son of Mr and Mrs Paul Lefebvre, of Coonamble,
New South Wales) and his wife, née Lady Lorna Theresa Ramsay (elder
daughter of James Hubert Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie [himself the son of
Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie, and of his wife, née Margaret Elizabeth
Mary Stirling], and of his wife, née Maralyn Butter [herself the daughter of Sir David Butter
and of his wife, née Myra Wernher (herself the
daughter of Sir Harold Augustus Wernher, 3rd Bt, and
of his wife, née Countess Anastasia de Torby [herself
the daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of
Russia])]), had their first child,
Archie James, in Australia on 26 April. (added
Prince Nikita Romanov died in
[He was
born in London on 13 May 1923, son of Prince Nikita Alexandrovich
of Russia (himself the son of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich
of Russia and of his wife, née Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna
of Russia) and of his wife, née Countess Maria Vorontzova-Daschkova.
In 1961 he married Jane Schonwald, with whom he had
one son, Theodore.] (added
Steven Lavallee
reports that Prince Theodore Romanov (son of Prince Nikita Romanov [see
above]) died on 25 August. (added
SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE
Alexander Fürst zu
Schaumburg-Lippe married, as his second wife, the
lawyer Nadja Anna Zsoeks in
a civil ceremony at Bückeburg on 28 June, followed by
a religious ceremony at Bückeburg on 30 June. (updated
Felipe, Prince of the Asturias (only son of King Juan Carlos of
Romuald Ruffing married
Countess Catherine Bernadotte af Wisborg
(daughter of Count Lennart Bernadotte af Wisborg, born Prince of Sweden
[himself the son of Prince Vilhelm of Sweden and of
his wife, née Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of
Russia], and of his second wife, née Sonja Haunz) at Mainau on 30
June, followed by a religious wedding on 7 July. (updated
TWO
SICILIES
Isidoro-Mariano Vejo
Rodriguez (husband since 1969 of
Princess Isabelle di Borbone
[herself the daughter of Carlo Maria Ferdinando di Borbone, Conte di Roccaguglielma, whose paternal
grandfather was Prince Luigi of Bouron-Two Sicilies]) died on 12 March (added
Count Carl Fredrik Creutz and his wife, née
Princess Maria Annunziata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
(daughter of Prince Antoine of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
and of his wife, née Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg) had their first
child, Sophie Elisabeth Anna Maria, in London on 11 June. (added
WÜRTTEMBERG
Duke Phillip of Württemberg (son
of Duke Carl of Württemberg and of his wife, née Princess Diane d’Orléans) and
his wife, née Princess Marie Caroline of Bavaria, had their fourth child, Anna,
on 1 February. (added
Maria von Keudell
(b.Berlin