Royal News of 2009, Section I
Last Update on
Archduke Martin of Austria (son of Archduke Robert of Austria-Este and of his wife, Princess Margherita of Savoy) and his wife, née Princess Katharina zu Isenburg (daughter of Franz Alexander Fürst zu Isenburg and of his wife, née Christine Gräfin von Saurma, Freiin von und zu der Jeltsch) had their third child, Helene, on 13 July. (added 6 Aug 2009)
Princess Alice of Bavaria (b.Landsberg am Lech 25 June 1981, daughter of Pr Luitpold of Bavaria and of his wife, née Beatrix Wiegand) married Prince Lukas von Auersperg (b.St.Pölten 27 August 1981, son of Prince Andreas von Auersperg and of his wife, née Julia Griffith) on 29 August. (updated 29 Aug 2009)
Eleonore Gräfin von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg, née Princess of Bavaria, died on 19 August.
[She was born at Nymphenburg on 11 September 1918, daughter of Prince Franz of Bavaria and of his wife, née Princess Isabella von Croy. In 1951 she married Konstantin Graf von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (1909-1972), son of Georg Fürst von Waldburg zu Zeil u.Trauchburg and of his wife, née Marie Therese Altgräfin zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz. She is survived by their six children and numerous grandchildren.] (added 22 Aug 2009)
Prince Alexandre of Belgium died on 29 November.
[He was born at Laeken
on
Alexander Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (son of Franz Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg and of his wife, née Jacqueline Florin de Duikingberg) married Princess Isabel of Orléans-Bragança (daughter of Prince Fernando of Orléans-Bragança and of his wife, née Maria da Graça de Siqueira Carvalho de Baère de Araújo) at Rio de Janeiro on 16 October. (updated 17 Oct 2009)
Prince Gabriel José of Orleans-Braganza (son of Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orleans-Braganza and of his wife, née Maria de Fatima Lacerda Rocha) will marry Luciana Guaspari on 18 July. (updated 14 Jun 2009)
Prince Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza (son of Prince Antonio of Orléans-Braganza [himself the son of Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza and of his wife, née Princess Maria of Bavaria] and of his wife, née Princess Christine de Ligne [herself the daughter of Prince Antoine de Ligne and of his wife, née Princess Alix of Luxembourg]) died along with more than 200 other people when an airplane went down over the Atlantic on a flight between Brazil and France on 1 June. (added 1 Jun 2009)
Rodrigo Otavio Broglia Mendes and his wife, née Princess Maria Pia of Orleans-Braganza (daughter of Prince Pedro of Orleans-Braganza and of his wife, née Maria de Fatima Lacerda Rocha), had their second child, Pedro, at São Paulo on 30 January. (added 11 Aug 2009)
Princess Patricia of Orléans-Braganza, née Brascombe, died on 20 November. She had been married since 1982 to Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza.
Jorge Champalimaud Raposo
de Magalhães and his wife, née Alexandra-Nadejda Chrobok (daughter of Bronislaw Chrobok and of his
wife, Princess Maria Luisa of Bulgaria) are expecting their third child in
Spring 2010. (added 4 Nov 2009)
Prince Joachim 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 Marie Cavallier,
had their first child together, Henrik Carl Joachim
Alain, at Copenhagen on 4 May. He has two sons by his first marriage. (updated 4 May 2009)
Morten Rønnow and his
wife, née Countess Feodora af
Rosenborg (daughter of Count Christian af Rosenborg, né
Prince of Denmark, and of his wife, née Anne-Dorthe Maltoft-Nielsen) had
their first child, Caroline-Mathilde Margrethe, at Copenhagen on 1 February. (added 6 Feb 2009)
FRANCE (BONAPARTE)
The forthcoming wedding on 19 September was announced between Eric Querenet Onfroy de Breville (b.Neuilly 20 June 1971, son of
François Querenet Onfroy de Breville and of Christiane Vincent de Vaugelas) and Princess Caroline Napléon
(daughter of Charles, Prince Napoléon, and of his
first wife, née Princess Beatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies). (updated
4 Aug 2009)
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, are expecting twins, their second and third children, in Spring 2010. (added 26 Nov 2009)
FRANCE
(ORLÉANS)
The civil wedding of
Prince Jean d’Orléans, Duc
de Vendôme (son of Prince Henri d’Orléans, Comte de Paris, and of his first wife, née
Duchess Maria Theresa of Württemberg, later Duchesse de Montpensier) and Philomena de Tornos
y Steinhart took place a Paris on 19 March. The religious ceremony took place
at the Cathedral of Senlis on
Pierre Louis Dailly and his
wife, née Princess Adelaide d'Orléans (daughter
of Prince Michel d'Orléans, Comte d'Evreux,
and of his wife, née Béatrice de Pasquier
de Franclieu), had their third, Gaetano, at Paris on 25 August. (updated 11 Sep 2009)
Prince Henri d’Orléans, Comte de Paris, who at one time styled himself Duc de France, head of the Orléans
branch of the French royal family, and his wife, née Michaela Cousino Quinones de Leon, were married in a religious
ceremony at Château Arcangues, near Biarritz, on 26
September. Their civil wedding was
in 1984. The Roman Catholic Church recently annulled the first marriage of
Henri with duchess Marie Thérèse of Wurtemberg, Duchesse de Montpensier.
(added 27 Sep 2009)
GREAT BRITAIN and
Lord Frederick
Windsor (son of Prince Michael of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of
his wife, née Marie Christine Freiin von Reibnitz) married
Sophie Winkleman (daughter of Mr
and Mrs Barry Winkleman) at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court, on 12
September. (updated 13 Sep 2009)
Hon. Benjamin George Lascelles (son of David Henry George Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles
[himself the son of George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th
Earl of Harewood (himself the son of Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood,
and of his wife, née Mary, Princess Royal of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland), and of his wife, née Marion Stein], and of his first wife, née
Margaret Messenger) married Caroline
Velez Robledo at Harewood
House on 18 April. (updated 21 Apr 2009)
Lord Nicholas Windsor (son of
Prince Edward of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Duke of Kent, and of his
wife, née Katharine Worsley) and his wife, née Paola Doimi de Frankopan (daughter of Don Louis and Donna Ingrid Doimi de Frankopan) had their second child, a son, at London on
8 September. (updated 11 Sep 2009)
Richard Paul George
Andrew Brandram (b.1948, son of Richard Campbell
Andrew Brandram and of his wife, née Princess
Katherine of Greece and Denmark [herself the daughter of King Constantine I of
the Hellenes and of his wife, née Princess Sophie of Prussia]) marriedd Mrs Kate H. Warhurst (daughter
of the Mr and Mrs Thomas Moreton) at St.James’ Church,
Walton d’Eivile, Warwickshire, on 19 September. (updated
The engagement was
announced between Prince Nicholas of Greece (son of King Constantine II of
the Hellenes [himself the son of King Paul of the Hellenes and of his wife, née
Princess Frederica of Hannover] and of his wife, née Prinvcess Anne-Marie of Denmark [herself the daughter of
King Frederik IX of Denmark and of his wife, née
Princess Ingrid of Sweden]) and Tatiana Blatnik. (added
ITALY
Prince Aimone of Savoy, Duca di Apulia (son of Prince
Amedeo of Savoy, Duca di Aosta, and of first his wife,
née Princess Claude d'Orléans) and his wife, née
Princess Olga of Greece (daughter of Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark
and of his wife, née Marina Karella) had their first child, Umberto, at Paris on
7 March. (updated 8 Mar 2009)
Princess Marie
Christine of Liechtenstein, died on 27 February.
[She was born at Graz on 2 February 1933, daughter of Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein and of his wife, née Princess Ludmila von Lobkowicz. From 1960 to 1973 she was married to Roland de Roys de Lédignan Saint Michel. She is survived by their children.] (added 28 Feb 2009)
Princess Clothilde of Liechtenstein, née Princess von Thurn und Taxis, died at Heidenheim
an der Brenz on 1
September.
[She was born at Regensburg on 30
November 1922, daughter of Karl August Fürst von Thurn und Taxis (himself the son of Albrecht, Fürst von Thurn und Taxis and of
his wife, née Archduchess Margareta of Austria) and
of his wife, née Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal
(herself the daughter of Infant Miguel of Portugal, Duke of Braganza,
and of his second wife, née Princess Marie Therese zu
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg). In 1944 she married
Prince Hans-Moritz of Liechtenstein (1914-2004), son of Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein and of his wife, Princess Theresia Maria zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Wallerstein.
She is survived by their seven children.] (added
11 Sep 2009)
Prince Dominik of Liechtenstein (b.1950, son of Prince Karl Alfred of Liechtenstein and of his wife, née Archduchess Agnes of Austria) died at Vienna on 20 September. He had married Eva Maria Loesch (1943-1998) in 1980. (added 24 Sep 2009)
Philipp von Lattorff and his wife, Princess Tatiana of Liechtenstein (daughter of reigning Prince Hans Adam of Liechtenstein and of his wife, née Marie Gräfin Kinsky von Wchinitz u.Tettau) had their sixth child, Sophie Katharina Maria, at Goldgeben on 30 October. (added 3 Nov 2009)
LUXEMBURG
Prince Jean of
Luxemburg (son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxemburg and of his wife, née
Princess Josephine Charlotte of Belgium)
married Diane de Guerre in a civil ceremony at Roermond,
Netherlands, on 18 March. (added 22 Mar 2009)
NETHERLANDS
Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau,
van Vollenhoven (son of Pieter van Vollenhoven and of his wife,
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands) and his
wife, née Aimée Söhngen,
had their second child, Eliane Sophia Caroline, in
Amsterdam on 5 July. (added 5 Jul 2009)
Bernardo Guillermo (son of Jorge Guillermo and of his former wife, Princess Christina of the Netherlands [herself the daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlansas and of her husband, Prince Bernhard zur Lippe]) married Eva Prinz y Valdes in a civil ceremony, and they had their first child, Isabel Christina, at New York on 13 April. Reportedly a religious wedding will be held in New York in September. (added 2 Jul 2009)
Joseph-Maria von Radowitz and his wife, née Duchess Sophie of Oldenburg (daughter of Duke Huno of Oldenburg and of his wife, née Felicitas-Anita Gräfin Schwerin von Krosigk) had their second child, Aglaë Katharina Ines Christine, at Traunstein on 9 January. (added 9 Sep 2009)
Olivier Lasson and his companion, Princess Aude of Bourbon-Parma (daughter of Prince Rémy of Bourbon-Parma and of his first wife, née Laurence Dufresne d'Arganchy) had a son, Milo Rémy
Guy Lasson, at Rueil-Malmaison
on 2 June. (added 21 Jun 2009)
Princess Jacques of
Bourbon-Parma, née Countess of Holstein-Ledreborg,
died on 21 August.
[She was born at Ledreborg on 29 June 1922, daughter of Count Josef of Holstein-Ledreborg and of
his wife, née Countess Christina Hamilton. In 1947 she married Prince Jacques
of Bourbon-Parma (1922-1964), son of Prince René of Bourbon-Parma and of his
wife, née Princess Margrethe of Denmark. She is
survived by their three children.] (added 1 Sep
2009)
Princess Marie
Christine of Bourbon-Parma (daughter of Elie,
Duke of Parma [himself the son of Robert I, Duke of Parma, and of his wife, née
Princess Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]
and of his wife, née Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria [herself the daughter of
Archduke Friedrich of Austria and of his wife, née Princess Isabelle de Croÿ]) died at
Vienna on 1 September. (added 2 Sep 2009)
The engagement was
announced between Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma, Prince of Piacenza
(son of Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma and Piacenza [son of ],
and of his former wife, née Princess Irene of the Netherlands [herself the
daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and of her husband, né Prince Bernhard zur Lippe]) and
Annemarie Gualthérie van Weezel.
(added 8 Oct 2009)
The engagement was
announced between Prince Tristan of Bourbon-Parma (son of Prince Rémy of Bourbon-Parma [himself the son of Princ Louis of Bourbon-Parma and of his wife, née Princess
Maria of Savoy] and of his first wife, née Laurence Dufresne
d'Arganchy)
and Shira Szabo, Israeli
architect (born in Tel Aviv on 31 January 1979, eldest daughter of Mendi Szabo and his wife, Betty
Goldman). (added
PRUSSIA
Princess Luise of Prussia (born at Klein-Glienicke
on 23 August 1917, daughter of Prince Friderich Sigismund of Prussia and of his wife, née Princess Marie Luise zu Schaumburg-Lippe) died at Schloss Bückeburg on 23 March. From
1942 to 1949 she had been married to Hans Reinhold, and is survived by their
son. (added
26 Mar 2009)
Princess Felicitas of Prussia died at Wohltorf on 1 August.
[She was born at Bonn on 7 June 1934, daughter of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (himself the son of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany and of his wife, née Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenbrg-Schwerin) and of his wife, née Dorothea von Salviati. She was married firstly from 1958 to 1972 to Dinnies von der Osten, and since 1972 to Jörg von Nostitz-Wallwitz. She is survived by a son and three daughters, one son having predeceased her.] (added 4 Aug 2009)
Princess Magdalene of
Prussie, née Princess Reuss,
died on 10 October.
[She was born at Leipzig on 20 August 1920, daughter of Prince Heinrich XXXVI Reuss and of his wife, née Princess Hermine von Schönburg-Waldenburg. In 1943 she married Prince Hubertus of Prussia (1909-1950), son of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and of his wife, née Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She is survived by her daughter, Princess Anastasia, Fürstin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. Another daughter predeceased her.] (added 12 Oct 2009)
SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA
Prince Hubertus of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (son of Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and of his
wife, née Carin Dabelstein)
married Kelly Rondestvedt
in a civil ceremony at Coburg on 21 May, followed by
a religious ceremony on 23 May. (updated 23
May 2009)
Prince Dedo of
SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE
Prince Christian zu Schaumburg-Lippe (son of
Prince Wilhelm zu Schaumburg-Lippe
and of his wife, née Ilona Freiin
Hentschel von Gilgenheimb) married Lena Giese at Schloß
Glücksburg on 25 July. (added 4 Sep 2009)
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN
Princess Barbara Beata of Schleswig-Holstein, née Fertsch
(wife since 1994 of Prince Alexander of Schleswig-Holstein [himself the son
of Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and of his wife, née Princess Marie Alix zu Schaumburg-Lippe]), died on 28
April. She is survived by her husband and by a daughter and a son. (added 7
May 2009)
Marc Saint Orleans-Borbon (son of Gerarda
Orleans Borbon [herself the daughter of Don Alvaro
Antonio Carlos Felipe Fernando de Orléans, Duque de Galliera, and of his
wife, née Carla Parodi de Delfino]
and of Harry Saint) married secondly Amparo Barón Fernández
de Córdoba (b.Seville
Count Björn Bernadotte (son of
Count Lennart Bernadotte,
formerly Prince of Sweden, and of his second wife, née Sonja Haunz) married
Sandra Angerer in a civil ceremony on 25 April,
followed by a religious ceremony on 7 May, both at Mainau.
(updated 8 May 2009)
The engagement was
announced between Daniel Westling and Crown Princess
Victoria of Sweden (daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf
of Sweden and of his wife, née Silvia Sommerlath). (added 25 Feb 2009)
The engagement was
announced between Jonas Claes Bergström
and Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (daughter of King Carl
XVI Gustaf of Sweden and of his wife, née Silvia Sommerlath). (added 11 Aug
2009)
TWO SICILIES
Márcio
Emmanuel Moreira Alves,
Brazilian journalist, former husband of Marie Christine de Préaulx
(herself the daughter
of Amaury, Marquis de Préaulx,
and of his wife, née Marie Sophie Louise Colette Freeman [herself the
daughter of William Louis Freeman and of his wife, née Maria Gennara de Borbon (herself the
daughter of Prince Luigi of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and
of his wife, née Amelia Bellow-Hamel y Penot)]),
died on 3 April at Rio de Janeiro. (added 4 Apr 2009)
Comte Rodolphe de Vincens de Causans and his wife, née Princess Anne Cecilie of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (daughter of Prince Casimir of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and of his wife, née Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy), had their second child, Victoria, at Neuilly on 13 May. (added 11 Aug 2009)
WALDECK-PYRMONT
Princess Alexandra zu Bentheim und Steinfurt, née Princess of Waldeck
und Pyrmont, died on 4 September.
[She was born at Rastede on 25 September 1924, daughter of Josias Fürst zu Waldeck und Pyrmont and of his wife, née Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg. In 1949 she married Prince Botho zu Bentheim und Steinfurt (1924-2001), son of Prince Karl Georg zu Bentheim und Steinfurt and of his wife, née Princess Margarita von Schönaich-Carolath. She is survived by their two sons.] (added 10 Sep 2009)