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People who know me, know that I love a genealogical mystery. Sometimes royals or nobles just disappear in history, without anybody knowing when or where they died. One of these persons, that was lost on the radar, was Princess Hermine Caroline Wanda Ida Luise Feodora Viktoria Auguste von Schoenaich-Carolath, born at Saabor Castle, Kreis Grünberg, […]
The St. Jakobus-Kirche in Dülmen-Karthaus, Germany, was the venue Princess Xenia von Croÿ and Guy delle Piane had chosen for their wedding on Saturday, 28 September 2024. The day started with sun, but shortly before the bride was to arrive it started raining. Luckily, then it became dry again, although rain was never far away. […]
It is already a while ago this wedding took place, but I hope you enjoy the report and photos by two of my friends (including Stefan from Royal Travel Events) as much as I do. On 27 July 2024 Archduke Pál of Austria married Antonia Lütz at the Bonner Münster in Bonn, Germany. The civil […]
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 […]
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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The new Dutch TV series and accompanying book “Het verhaal van Nederland: Oranje Nassau. A new history of the Netherlands and the royal house” by Dorine Hermans and Marchien den Hertog, do mention how the Nassaus eventually ended up in the Netherlands. However, the link between Count Engelbrecht I of Nassau and Willem (William) “the […]
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His 100th birthday on 9 December 2023 was celebrated with his family. Christian Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt, according to a spokesperson for the family, was doing quite well for his advanced age. Also the media paid attention to this special day. However, only three days later, on 12 December 2023, one of the eldest […]
Prince Stephan and Princess Maria zur Lippe with children
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I received a few lovely photos of guests arriving for the wedding banquet/ball of Hereditary Prince Ludwig zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and Helene von Pezold on 9 September 2023 at Kreuzwertheim, Germany.
Fürst Alexander and Fürstin Mahkameh zu Schaumburg-Lippe
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The guestlist for the wedding of Hereditary Prince Ludwig zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and Helene von Pezold on 9 September 2023 at (Kreuz)Wertheim, Germany, was filled with well-known noble names. Here is a selection of photos of the guests, but there were many more.
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The last of the three children of Fürst Ludwig zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and his wife Elisabeth née Countess von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee to marry was Hereditary Prince Ludwig, who on 9 September 2023 married Helene von Pezold. Like his sisters Sophie and Amélie, Ludwig chose to get married at the Stiftskirche in Wertheim, Germany. […]