Lots of luck for Katharina & Clemens
Marriages, News

Lots of luck for Katharina & Clemens

If rain on your wedding day means good luck and children, Count Clemens von Moÿ de Sons and Duchess Katharina von Oldenburg certainly will have all of that. Their wedding on Saturday, 13 July 2024, was not the most sunny and dry day of the year, but there was enough rain. The couple got married […]

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Dutch royals attend a wedding in Hohenems
Marriages, News

Dutch royals attend a wedding in Hohenems

Not surprisingly the wedding of Count Caspar von Matuschka and Countess Leonie von Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems attracted some attention. Not at least because her very royal godfather turned up with his wife and eldest daughter. Caspar and Leonie got married on Saturday, 22 June 2024

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Stanislaus & Isabella – Bavarian wedding in Austria
Marriages, News

Stanislaus & Isabella – Bavarian wedding in Austria

So much to do right now that I totally forgot to post these wedding pictures. As usually copyrighted and taken by a friend of mine. On Saturday, 25 May 2024, the Benedictine Monastery Stift St. Peter in Salzburg, Austria, experienced a royal wedding, not an Austrian one, but a Bavarian one. Prince Stanislaus of Bavaria […]

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Finally married! Alexander and Gabriella in Augsburg
Marriages, News

Finally married! Alexander and Gabriella in Augsburg

As usual: photos copyrighted and taken by a friend of mine. On 18 May 2024 Hereditary Count Alexander Fugger von Babenhausen and Gabriella Beatriz Stoudemire got married at the St. Moritz Church in a very sunny Augsburg, Germany, the city, where the Fugger family is originally from. Gilles Mendel designed the wedding gown. The wedding […]

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Habsburg wedding in Bad Ischl
Marriages, News, Royal News

Habsburg wedding in Bad Ischl

Photos are copyrighted The wedding season has started again. Nikolaus Habsburg-Lothringen – for royalists Archduke of Austria – married his childhood friend Sandra Aschauer at the St.-Nikolaus-Kirche in Bad Ischl, Austria, on 4 May 2024. The party afterwards – with around 150 guests – took place at the Kaiservilla in Bad Ischl. Their civil wedding […]

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Styles and Titles (3)
Miscellaneous, Names & Titles

Styles and Titles (3)

It is not always easy to figure out which title to use. Even family members and media, as well as people who are more or less experts, like me, sometimes have difficulties. Just say: it is complicated. And if you’re not sure, better check or ask someone with more knowledge. I am always surprised when […]

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King’s Day 2024 © Netty Leistra
News, Royal Visits

King’s Day 2024

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands celebrated his 57th birthday in Emmen, in the Dutch Province of Drenthe. He was joined by Queen Máxima, Princess Amalia, Princess Alexia, Princess Ariane, Prince Constantijn, Princess Laurentien, Prince Maurits, Princess Marilène, Prince Bernhard, Princess Annette, Prince Pieter-Christiaan, Princess Anita, Prince Floris and Princess Aimée. I was a bit scared […]

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A Royal Weekend … 2024
Featured, Media & Co, Meetings

A Royal Weekend … 2024

From Friday evening 11 October to Sunday 13 October 2024, an international conference on the history of the European Princely/Royal Houses will take place in Leeuwarden’s historic Town Hall. The meeting is in the regal ambience of the Orange Hall. The Nassau and Friesland Foundation invites you to attend this weekend as a guest! We’ll […]

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The Mother’s Day photo of Kate © Prince of Wales / Kensington Palace
News, Other News

The Mother’s Day photo of Kate

The past one and a half week haven’t been the best for royalty watchers. The Princess of Wales had photoshopped the photo of her with her children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis that was released on Mother’s Day, Sunday 10 March 2024. Kate herself confessed the next day after receiving a lot of […]

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Royal Houses section updated
Blog, Blog & Me

Royal Houses section updated

It had been a while since I updated the Royal Houses section. With the latest changes of throne in Denmark and Malaysia, it was about time to do something about it. It turned out most pages hadn’t been updated since 2020. I only didn’t have a look at the links at the bottom. Lately I […]

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