tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13757798480222365832024-03-21T19:14:03.493-07:00⭐EURO HISTORY⭐The European Royal History JournalAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.comBlogger1064125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-30779022273014893222024-02-27T23:13:00.000-08:002024-02-27T23:14:03.193-08:00The Plantagenet Family Tree: The Intriguing History of England's Plantagenet Dynasty Kings<b>The Plantagenet Family Tree:</b> A Royal History
The <b><i>Plantagenet family</i></b> was one of the most powerful royal dynasties in European history, ruling England and parts of France from 1154 to 1485. Their fascinating story spans three centuries filled with intrigue, war, scandals and larger-than-life personalities. This article will provide an overview of the <b><i>Plantagenet family tree</i></b> and the key figures that make up this remarkable <b><i>royal history</i></b>.
The Plantagenet dynasty was established by Henry II, who inherited the English throne in 1154. Born in France, Henry II was the first of 14 Plantagenet monarchs who would rule England over the next 331 years. This was a tumultuous era, with the Plantagenets battling for control over their French holdings while also fighting rebellions, plots and wars at home in England.
Despite the constant unrest, the Plantagenet kings and queens left an indelible stamp on English culture and history. Figures like Richard the Lionheart, Henry V and Richard III continue to capture popular imagination centuries after their deaths. Tracing the twists and turns of the <b><i>Plantagenet family tree</i></b> provides insight into a vital period of <b><i>European royal history</i></b>.
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<h2>The Legendary House of Plantagenet: England's Turbulent Royal Dynasty</h2>
The <b><i>House of Plantagenet</i></b> was a royal dynasty that ruled England for over 300 years, leaving an indelible mark on <b><i>European royal history</i></b>.
From Henry II's accession in 1154 to Richard III's defeat at Bosworth Field in 1485, the Plantagenet kings and queens shaped medieval England through war, politics, scandal and cultural patronage. At its peak under Edward I, the <b><i>House of Plantagenet</i></b> controlled half of France and all of England. This powerful empire saw figures like Eleanor of Aquitaine, Edward III, Henry V and Richard the Lionheart shape English culture and identity.
Yet the Plantagenet era was also filled with family infighting, rebellion and uncertainty over succession. Rival claims to the throne triggered the Wars of the Roses, pitting the Houses of York and Lancaster against one another in a bloody 30-year power struggle. Though the dynasty ended with Richard III’s death, the <b><i>House of Plantagenet’s</i></b> legacy of iconic rulers and protracted conflict continues to fascinate scholars and popular audiences alike.
Exploring the dynamic <b><i>history of the House of Plantagenet</i></b> provides insight into a critical period of monarchical power struggles that shaped the course of <b><i>European royal history</i></b>.Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-75363783520625728322023-01-30T09:00:00.012-08:002024-02-13T23:28:25.876-08:00Dr. Nelly Auersperg (1928-2023), Cancer Researcher and Grandniece of "The Woman in Gold"<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7r9pZEvzxZYHtfKUrQV9N649jY5u80bM_HV6RbHnhwDrUQ310OAp9kby9qf-MYFBYoVOJWsNfcQYiWrDEyHoiAPwpXRvDGbuRJwqhv2XjrRHJKddQicWanZ2vUOxteKgbMPaZLswwadWShrONM96EKuTfmaKjRhdO3bgMJ4cYiUTtCgNhRriq5-Ud/s640/Nelly_Auersperg640.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7r9pZEvzxZYHtfKUrQV9N649jY5u80bM_HV6RbHnhwDrUQ310OAp9kby9qf-MYFBYoVOJWsNfcQYiWrDEyHoiAPwpXRvDGbuRJwqhv2XjrRHJKddQicWanZ2vUOxteKgbMPaZLswwadWShrONM96EKuTfmaKjRhdO3bgMJ4cYiUTtCgNhRriq5-Ud/w400-h340/Nelly_Auersperg640.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="340" border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="640" /></a></p>
<p>At the age of ninety-four, Dr. Nelly Auersperg passed away on 15 January.</p>
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<p>Born on 13 December 1928 at Vienna, Baroness Nelly Gutmann was the only daughter of Baron Viktor Gutmann von Gelse und Belišće (1891-1946) and Luise Bloch-Bauer (1907-1998), who wed in 1927. Nelly was later joined by a younger brother, Baron Francis Gutmann (1934-2014). Their father Viktor was an industrialist. </p>
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<p>Nelly's paternal grandparents were Baron Alfred Gutmann von Gelse und Belišće (1857-1919) and Ottilie Pollak von Rudin (1864-1921). Her maternal grandparents were Gustav Bloch (1862–1938) and Marie Therese Bauer (1874–1961). Nelly's great-aunt was Adele Bloch-Bauer, who was painted by Gustav Klimt and whose story was told in the 2015 film <em>The Woman in Gold</em>, starring Helen Mirren, who portrayed Nelly's cousin Maria Altmann.</p>
<p>On 30 May 1955 at Vancouver, Baroness Nelly von Gutmann married Prince Johannes "John" von Auersperg (1930-2017), a son of Prince Eduard von Auersperg (1893-1948) and Countess Sofie von Clam und Gallas (1900-1980). The couple were married for sixty-two years. John and Nelly had two children: Princess <em>Maria</em> Elisabeth (b.1956; married David Harris) and Prince Eduard "Edward" Viktor (b.1958; married Nancy Andrews). </p>
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<p>Here is the obituary of Dr. Nelly Auersperg from the <em>Vancouver Sun</em>:</p>
<blockquote>AUERSPERG, Nelly, MD/PhD<br />December 13, 1928 (Vienna) - January 15, 2023<br /><br />Last Sunday, after a lengthy illness, our much beloved Nelly Auersperg slipped peacefully from this life. She and her family were grateful for the opportunity to enjoy their final time together.<br /><br />Nelly was predeceased by her father Viktor (Gutmann), her mother Luise (nee Bloch Bauer), her brother Francis, and her husband John. She leaves behind and will be remembered by her daughter Maria (David), son Edward (Nancy), and her six grandchildren Anthony, James, Elizabeth, John, Steven and Natalie, and many others whom she touched during her incredible life. She was hugely grateful for the opportunity to hold two great-grandchildren, Ada and Henrik, and happy in the knowledge of more to come.<br /><br />Nelly enjoyed a privileged childhood, but also experienced the horrors of war, revolution and loss. After eventually making her way to Vancouver, she obtained her MD degree (U of Washington) and PhD (UBC). She spent six decades in cervical and ovarian cancer research; a pioneer in her field, publishing over 200 research papers, and mentoring over 60 students, post-doctoral fellows and lab technicians, all of whom she lovingly and proudly referred to as her children. She was the recipient of an honorary doctorate from SFU, UBC Lifetime Achievement Award, AMS of UBC Great Trekker Award, and had an OVCARE symposium and an award in Women's Health Research named in her honour. She was a trustee of the BC Foundation for Non-animal Research.<br /><br />In 2016, she travelled to Croatia, and successfully honoured her late father's final request to have his unjust death sentence imposed in 1945 overturned.<br /><br />Nelly continuously displayed her gratitude for the life she was able to live in Canada. She set up three charitable foundations, providing respite for families affected by autism, housing for people suffering from homelessness and mental illness in Vancouver, and cervical cancer care in Uganda. In her nineties, she still found energy to contribute to and help translate into English a Croatian economics textbook about her childhood hometown of Belisce, and also helped spearhead the campaign to acquire a Shakespeare first folio for the UBC Special Collections library.<br /><br />She did not live for work alone, enjoying the outdoors, skiing, sailing, gardening and reading. She also found time for family and was always there when needed, caring for her children and introducing her grandchildren to culture and the arts, Disneyland and the opportunity to travel. She and they especially treasured visits to the town she lived in Croatia, where she showed each of them something of their roots and the place where so much happened during and after the war to shape her life and their heritage.<br /><br />She passed away at age 94, remaining inquisitive, feisty and alive until her final hours. She even relished watching the Canucks finally win a game just hours before she left us.<br /><br />We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Mercy Tenerio and Dr. Geoffrey Edwards for so many years of kindness, dedication and patience, to staff and friends at Tapestry, to Dr. Jason Park, and to the many staff at Vancouver General Hospital for their kind and tender care.<br /><br />Funeral mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church (2465 Crown Street, Vancouver) on Tuesday, January 24 at 12 p.m., with a reception to follow at the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club from 3:30 p.m.</blockquote>
<div><em><strong>May Dr. Nelly Auersperg Rest In Peace.</strong></em></div>
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<div><a href="https://vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca/obituary/nelly-auersperg-1087027891">Obituary - Nelly Auersperg</a></div>
<div><a href="https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/legacy/obituary.aspx?pid=186733550">Obituary - John Auersperg</a></div>
<p><a href="https://obgyn.ubc.ca/dr-nelly-auersperg-announcement/">The University of British Columbia - Dr. Nelly Auersperg Announcement</a></p>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-4679867914898758862023-01-26T09:00:00.019-08:002024-02-13T23:29:24.261-08:00Alice Javal Weiller, Victim of Holocaust & Great-Grandmother of Luxembourg Princess<table class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
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<td class="tr-caption">The birth record of Alice Anna Laval, 1869.</td>
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<p><strong>NOTE: My sincere gratitude to my dear friend <a href="https://twitter.com/Jakreg76">Jakob Regnér</a>, who discovered much of the information about the life story and tragic fate of Alice Javal Weiller.</strong></p>
<p>On 10 October 1869 at Paris, Alice Anna Javal was born as the eldest child of Louis <em>Émile</em> Javal (1839-1907) and Maria-Anna Ellissen (1847-1933). Alice was followed by four younger siblings, the twins Jeanne Félicie Javal (1871–1956; married Paul Louis Weiss) and Jean Félix Javal (1871-killed in action 1915), Louis <em>Adolphe</em> Javal (1873-murdered at Auschwitz 1944) and Mathilde Julie Javal (1876–murdered at Auschwitz 1944). </p>
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<p>Alice's father Émile Javal was a French doctor, ophthalmologist and politician. Alice was the paternal granddaughter of <a href="https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/8537-javal-leopold">Léopold Javal</a> (1804-1872) and Augusta de Laemel (1817-1893). Léopold Javal was the founder of an influent family of Alsatian industrialists of Jewish origin. Alice's maternal grandparents were Édouard David Ellissen (1808-1857) and Theodora Ladenburg (1819-1911).</p>
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<td class="tr-caption">The wedding banns of Alice Javal and Lazare Weiller, 1889.</td>
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<p><br />On 12 August 1889 in Paris, Alice Anna Javal married Jean <em>Lazare</em> Weiller (1858-1928), the son of an Alsatian Jewish couple Léopold Weiller and Reine Ducasse. The witnesses at the wedding were the politician and writer Eugène Spuller, the poet Sully Prudhomme, and Adolphe Carnot, brother of the President of France. In 1882, Lazare had converted to Roman Catholicism; that same year he married his cousin Marie-Marguerite Jeanne Weiller, who died in 1883 while giving birth to the couple's only child, a son named Jean, who died at the age of two. Alice and Lazare Weiller had four children: the twins Léopold <em>Jean-Pierre</em> Weiller (1890-1970) and Jeanne <em>Marie-Thérèse</em> Weiller (1890-1992; married Marcel Brulé), Georges-André Weiller (1892-1973), and Paul-Louis Weiller (1893-1993; married Alíki Diplarákou). </p>
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<td class="tr-caption">Wilbur Wright, Lazare Weiller, and Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe, 1908.<br />Source: <a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b69110206.r=%22Lazare%20Weiller%22?rk=85837;2">Gallica</a>.</td>
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<td class="tr-caption">Alice Javal Weiller, 1908.<br />Source: <a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b69110184?rk=42918;4">Gallica</a>.</td>
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<div>In 1908, Alice's husband Lazare had established an 100,000 gold franc award for whoever might complete a one-hour closed circuit flight. The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, traveled to France, where they ended up winning the prize. Like her husband, Alice Weiller had begun to take an interest in the nascent aviation sector, and she met the Wright brothers. On 9 October 1908 at Auvours, Alice Weiller made her first flight in the Wright Model A biplane, which was piloted by Wilbur Wright.
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<div>On 12 August 1928 at Vaud, Switzerland, Lazare Weiller died followed a heart attack brought on the by complications from diabetes. In 1920, Weiller had been elected as Senator from the Bas-Rhin, and he was reelected in 1927. Weiller had campaigned for the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between France and the Holy See, and he was interested in furthering France's ties with Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom.</div>
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<br />In 1932, Alice Weiller became vice-chairman of a committee of the Alsace-Lorraine Society promoting holiday camps for the working classes. Madame Weiller was appointed a chevalier of the Legion of Honour on 23 July 1932 by President Albert Lebrun.</div>
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When World War II broke out, members of the Javal family eventually became targets of Nazi officials after the German armed forces occupied France. Alice Javal Weiller, along with her brother Adolphe Javal and his family, were interred in the Drancy Interment Camp near Paris. On 2 September 1943, Alice Javal Weiller was was put Transport 59, destined for the Auschwitz Birkenau Extermination Camp in Poland. When Alice arrived at Auschwitz on 4 September, she was immediately murdered in the gas chambers. According to Yad Vashem: "<em>On September 2, 1943, a train with 1,000 Jews on board, over a half of whom were French citzens, departed from the Bobigny station to Auschwitz at 10:00. Leutnant Wannenmacher was tasked with supervising the train. Based on the schedule of a transport out of Bobigny in November 1943, the train probably took the following route: Bobigny, Noisy-le-Sec, Epernay, Chalons-sur-Marne, Revigny, Bar-le-Duc, Noveant-sur Moselle (Neuburg), Metz, Saarbruecken, Frankfurt on Main, Dresden, Goerlitz, Liegnitz (Legnica), Neisse (Nysa), Cosel, Katowice (Kattowitz), Auschwitz. Librati further describes the journey: 'On the way four prisoners attempted to escape […] The escapees were promptly captured and killed immediately. As a punishment, the SS took all the other passengers out of the car, ordered them to strip, leave their luggage behind, and board the car again, completely naked with nothing but a blanket to cover them.' When the transport reached Auschwitz on September 4, 232 men and 106 women were selected for labour; the men were tattooed with numbers ranging from 145796–146027 and the women received the numbers 58300–58405. The other 662 deportees were murdered in the gas chambers as soon as they reached the camp.</em>"</div>
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<div>Alice Javal Weiller was seventy-three years-old when she was killed in the Holocaust, solely she was Jewish. The next year, on 7 March 1944, Alice's sister Mathilde Javal, her sister-in-law Mathilde Helbronner Javal, and her niece Isabelle Javal (1919-1944), were moved from the Drancy Internment Camp via Transport 69 and taken to Auschwitz. According to Yad Vashen: "<em>The transport departed from the Paris-Bobigny station on March 7, 1944, with a total of 1,501 deportees, according to the list prepared in the Drancy internment camp.</em>" When they were taken to the concentration camp, the three women were murdered. Two months later, on 20 May 1944, Alice's brother Adolphe Javal, who had also been held at Drancy, was put on Transport 74 to Auschwitz. According to Yad Vashem: "<em>The 74th transport left Paris-Bobigny on May 20, 1944. The deportation list, compiled at Drancy, comprises 1,200 names</em>." Transport 74 arrived at the concentration camp on 23 May, and Adolphe Javal was also murdered at Auschwitz. </div>
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<div><strong><em>May the memory of Alice Anna Javal Weiller and her family be eternal.</em></strong></div>
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<div>Alice Javal Weiller is the great-grandmother of Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg.</div>
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<div>Alice Anna Javal (Paris 10 October 1869 – Auschwitz 4 September 1943); married Paris 12 August 1889 Jean Lazare Weiller (Sélestat, France 20 July 1858 – Territet, Switzerland 12 August 1928)</div>
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<div>Paul Louis Weiller (Paris 29 September 1893 – Geneva 6 December 1993); married 2ndly (divorced) 31 October 1932 Aliki Diplarakou (Athens 28 August 1912 – 30 October 2002)</div>
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<div>Paul-Annick Weiller (Paris 28 July 1933 – Geneva 2 November 1998); married Rome 26 June 1965 Donna Olimpia Emmanuela Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi (b.Lausanne 27 December 1943)</div>
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<div>Sibilla Sandra Weiller y Torlonia (b.Neuilly-sur-Seine 12 June 1968); married September 1994 Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (b.Betzdorf, Luxembourg 1 May 1963)</div>
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<div><strong>Sources: </strong></div>
<div><a href="https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=13864849&ind=1">Yad Vashem - The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names: Alice Javal Weiller</a></div>
<a href="https://deportation.yadvashem.org/index.html?language=en&itemId=5092630">Yad Vashem - Transport 59 from Drancy,Camp,France to Auschwitz Birkenau,Extermination Camp,Poland on 02/09/1943<br /></a><a href="https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=3187689&ind=1">Yad Vashem - The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names: Mathilde Javal</a>
<div><a href="https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=1856006&ind=1">Yad Vashem - The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names: Mathilde Helbronner Javal</a></div>
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<div><a href="https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=3187688&ind=1">Yad Vashem - The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names: Isabelle Javal</a></div>
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<div><a href="https://deportation.yadvashem.org/index.html?language=en&itemId=5092640">Yad Vashem - Transport 69 from Drancy,Camp,France to Auschwitz Birkenau,Extermination Camp,Poland on 07/03/1944</a></div>
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<div><a href="https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=1837505&ind=1">Yad Vashem - The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names: Adolphe Javal</a></div>
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<a href="https://deportation.yadvashem.org/index.html?language=en&itemId=5092646">Yad Vashem - Transport 74 from Drancy,Camp,France to Auschwitz Birkenau,Extermination Camp,Poland on 20/05/1944</a></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-55326312085531453442023-01-20T09:00:00.004-08:002024-02-13T23:30:02.785-08:00Fürst Ernst von Hohenberg (1944-2023), Grandson of Archduke Franz Ferdinand<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ZVNMloNp6QSMbdYBQzZkes_nbGaupaE5MIJjRDlmrvdciTJVTvQoxPawrO3q4575ImRbr3QW1_qkbUO6y55Nm-RkuKVcq1kTVb2Tov835oOIfDZ1GBwyrB-Pcmh9Mbv0ojvstqTBjHPelD2z9xWGk0QWSgmCMELgT8lj1B8mQuvmxWSOl8jRQEHe/s2048/IMG_9736.JPG" style="color: #ffcc77; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1549" data-original-width="2048" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ZVNMloNp6QSMbdYBQzZkes_nbGaupaE5MIJjRDlmrvdciTJVTvQoxPawrO3q4575ImRbr3QW1_qkbUO6y55Nm-RkuKVcq1kTVb2Tov835oOIfDZ1GBwyrB-Pcmh9Mbv0ojvstqTBjHPelD2z9xWGk0QWSgmCMELgT8lj1B8mQuvmxWSOl8jRQEHe/w640-h484/IMG_9736.JPG" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Fürst Ernst Georg von Hohenberg passed away on 12 January 2023. He was seventy-eight years-old. Ernst was the last surviving grandson of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Duchess Sophie von Hohenberg. Now, the only surviving grandchild of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie is Fürst Ernst's first cousin, Baroness Sophie von Gudenus (b.1929; née Countess von Nostitz-Rieneck)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj795KM0zVkiSy3SiQjUb3D2b8oOsPvJ4a-TRrjeTYckBHXK3P-689IfNip5g1VojP6qVB2kjZP2iupnxlcA7mmFQoN3x33njrIVes-H3547zZYjQzcjBik7_wSOQKvXUTgubwVbf-9qIxFUph5LF9DwzOr9Zx96FdqfH8bU8QhLbbRdA3_mTqPfBb4/s480/00_large.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="363" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj795KM0zVkiSy3SiQjUb3D2b8oOsPvJ4a-TRrjeTYckBHXK3P-689IfNip5g1VojP6qVB2kjZP2iupnxlcA7mmFQoN3x33njrIVes-H3547zZYjQzcjBik7_wSOQKvXUTgubwVbf-9qIxFUph5LF9DwzOr9Zx96FdqfH8bU8QhLbbRdA3_mTqPfBb4/s320/00_large.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="242" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Fürst Ernst and Fürstin Marie-Thérèse.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Born on 1 March 1944 at Vienna, Fürst <i>Ernst Georg</i> Elemer Albert Josef Antonius Peregrinus Rupertus Maria von Hohenberg was the second son and child of Fürst Ernst von Hohenberg (1904-1954) and Fürstin Marie-Thérèse (1910-1985; née Wood). Ernst joined an older brother, Fürst Franz Ferdinand (1937-1978; married Heide Zechling). </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/The_Austro_Hungarian_Empire_Before_the_First_World_War_Q81810.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="542" height="640" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/The_Austro_Hungarian_Empire_Before_the_First_World_War_Q81810.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="434" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Franz Ferdinand and Sophie with their three children: Sophie, Maximilian, and Ernst.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">The paternal grandparents of Ernst were Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914) and Duchess Sophie von Hohenberg (1868-1914; née Countess Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin). As is well known, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, then heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Sophie on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo was the catalyst that led to World War I. The maternal grandparents of Ernst were <a href="https://www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com/catalogue/the-catalogue/wood-captain-george-jervis-111034" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;">Captain George Jervis Wood</a> (1887-1958) and Baroness Rosa Lónyay de Nagy-Lónya et Vásáros-Namény (1888-1971).</p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #441500; clear: both; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0nD0wM0dTQNXnxajJFsR3bGPA_j7hyCp_76UKgswRiLgepNmcQk-TFMsIEU0yfBKs6uvdvU6kZ-F9UxWwIuirw4cbTzHvhl21f-gbYqgltu6s8n1h463Ys9bOcmRYor_-EIvCd-7dCZgH2g02x7RTCt7SF1R7SKLCwMjXEjNu6AqtBgPEKXQ9B-G/s1599/311229950_530838169048115_9033500072641305901_n.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="777" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0nD0wM0dTQNXnxajJFsR3bGPA_j7hyCp_76UKgswRiLgepNmcQk-TFMsIEU0yfBKs6uvdvU6kZ-F9UxWwIuirw4cbTzHvhl21f-gbYqgltu6s8n1h463Ys9bOcmRYor_-EIvCd-7dCZgH2g02x7RTCt7SF1R7SKLCwMjXEjNu6AqtBgPEKXQ9B-G/w310-h640/311229950_530838169048115_9033500072641305901_n.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="310" /></a></div><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">On 31 August 1973 at Radmer, Fürst Ernst von Hohenberg married Patricia Annette Caesar (b.1950), the daughter of Arthur M. Caesar and Selma Anne Maguire. Ernst and Patricia celebrated their religious marriage on 2 September 1973. The next year, the couple welcome the birth of their only child, Fürstin Eva Anne Marie von Hohenberg, on 1 December 1974 at Graz. Fürst Ernst and Fürstin Patricia divorced in 1999. Their daughter Furstin Eva married Alessandro Geromella in 2005; the pair divorced in 2008. Eva is now happily engaged to Peter Eduard Meier. In 2007, Fürst Ernst remarried to Margareta Anna Ndisi (b.1959). </p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Since 1976 until his passing, Fürst Ernst resided in the hunting castle at Radmer in Styria, Austria.</p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #441500; clear: both; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Cb-hyDWgUC3hAa68zca2UdVCV3kHQauTRWDUWhi1UUcJanYmcPbEjvOmhW4S9SjDRVfCnU5wYWAlbfw4u3ewDYar1vcRUTB5PxZLMQ_W_2j7-kmDURk-DOJlzMXB22uMNMC8a6sNb7SDv7zGu224envJyxCP2eCBs9LTK9HGWOcTUKTAZcQEbZ-3/s2048/IMG_9738.JPG" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Cb-hyDWgUC3hAa68zca2UdVCV3kHQauTRWDUWhi1UUcJanYmcPbEjvOmhW4S9SjDRVfCnU5wYWAlbfw4u3ewDYar1vcRUTB5PxZLMQ_W_2j7-kmDURk-DOJlzMXB22uMNMC8a6sNb7SDv7zGu224envJyxCP2eCBs9LTK9HGWOcTUKTAZcQEbZ-3/w640-h640/IMG_9738.JPG" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-size: 13.524px;">On 28 January 2023, a Requiem Mass for Fürst Ernst von Hohenberg will be held at the Pfarrkirche Artstetten. His burial will be in the vault of Schloss Artstetten on 28 January 2023.</span><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><b><i>May He Rest In Peace.</i></b></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-57405011969629872032023-01-19T09:00:00.004-08:002024-02-13T23:40:15.673-08:00The 90th Birthday of Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QkU2579_PKDSs1xJn_eQYVG-LOk9DaWKnrgjP5AiMSilACILR3dxw2khSbml1QLZS35D0eX4B1quJdwAc9ilFVbrhPbOGV8oC0OKS2Gm93BUDvJK05xm5F4b38YDDeqiR9JMmuyoRPM6uez5tPi-UZAJQs9h7DzZT_eX_g0ErJTe6PY7J-7dr78b/s800/IMG_0653.JPG" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QkU2579_PKDSs1xJn_eQYVG-LOk9DaWKnrgjP5AiMSilACILR3dxw2khSbml1QLZS35D0eX4B1quJdwAc9ilFVbrhPbOGV8oC0OKS2Gm93BUDvJK05xm5F4b38YDDeqiR9JMmuyoRPM6uez5tPi-UZAJQs9h7DzZT_eX_g0ErJTe6PY7J-7dr78b/w640-h426/IMG_0653.JPG" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Tsar Simeon and Princess Marie Louise.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo (c) Paraskeva Georgieva.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Last Friday, on 13 January, Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria celebrated her ninetieth birthday in the capital of her homeland, Sofia. She arrived for the event together with her sons Prince Karl-Boris and Prince Hermann zu Leiningen, her daughter Princess Alexandra von Kohary with her husband Jorge Champalimaud Raposo de Magalhães and their children, as well as her son Pawel Chrobok, Prince von Kohary. On the occasion of Princess Marie Louise’s birthday, a thanksgiving prayer service was held in the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral., which she personally attended, accompanied by King Simeon II. In addition to her children, the Royal Family included Princess Kalina, her husband Kitin-Muñoz and Prince Simeon-Hasan. Unfortunately, Queen Margarita was unable to return from Madrid, where she is recovering from hip joint surgery.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdV3v65hY9JEDYmF_bLG8rnlSjQ943z9oPM4w6InQnkcPg7aSMWvrYdQJXIttpL1YRRkp7qgpbfY6aWphWGKkzY7e26BVWCnqxBGiZM1H6-r7-nsv8jT9ptYxFXEXLGUa-EH8eB1MAq_PUGSlkcpy2lVXDKQ8udr27xIyUZRmrayE7kbC_J9DoUioY/s800/IMG_0826.JPG" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdV3v65hY9JEDYmF_bLG8rnlSjQ943z9oPM4w6InQnkcPg7aSMWvrYdQJXIttpL1YRRkp7qgpbfY6aWphWGKkzY7e26BVWCnqxBGiZM1H6-r7-nsv8jT9ptYxFXEXLGUa-EH8eB1MAq_PUGSlkcpy2lVXDKQ8udr27xIyUZRmrayE7kbC_J9DoUioY/w640-h426/IMG_0826.JPG" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;"><div>Princess Marie Louise.</div><div>Photo (c) Paraskeva Georgieva.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">During the duration of the service, Plovdiv Metropolitan Nikolai addressed the following remarks to the princess and those present in the church:</p><blockquote style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><i>Your Royal Highness,<br /><br />On the day of your birth, 21 cannon salutes were fired over the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia, and a thousand people gathered to express the joy of the entire nation that God has blessed the Royal Family, and thus our country, with a child. Two days later, you received Holy Baptism and were accepted into the fold of the Holy Orthodox Church. The blessed Metropolitan Stefan and later Bulgarian Exarch baptized you, and your Godfather is the chair of the National Assembly Alexander Malinov. Let me say one more time, in order to understand the significance of the state act – the head of the church baptized you and you were accepted from the holy font by the entire Bulgarian people in the person of the highest representative of the legislative body. From the moment of your birth and your baptism, you have been in the embrace of the Bulgarian Church and the Bulgarian people, and I assure you that this is still the case to this day.<br /><br />I will not dwell on the difficulties you have gone through in your life. The fact that you lost your father so young, together with your brother, His Majesty Simeon II, is sad and should not happen to any child. The fact that soon after you and your family were expelled from your homeland is a consequence of the historical vicissitudes to which our entire people fell victim. We regret and suffer with you, but unfortunately, history is what it is. We cannot change it, but we must remember it.<br /><br />I, for example, remember how you were welcomed in Sofia in 1991, when you, as the first member of the Royal Family, set foot on your Motherland again. In Plovdiv, they still have an unforgettable memory of your visit with your blessed mother, Her Majesty Queen Mother Giovanna. These thousands of rallies, these ovations and tears in the eyes especially of the older Bulgarians, your peers, may have redeemed even a little of the bitterness you suffered. Surely the people’s love for you and your family, which was shown then and was shown many times later, convinced you that Bulgaria considers you its daughter, flesh of the flesh and blood of the blood of the people.<br /><br />You certainly have many merits and achievements in your life, first of all your children and family. From the point of view of the Bulgarian statehood, a huge merit of yours is that during all these years, in exile and in our country, you have steadfastly stood by your brother, His Majesty the King of the Bulgarians and modestly, quietly, sometimes imperceptibly to the general public, but you firmly and steadfastly support it. We know very well what His Majesty did for the Bulgarian state and for the Bulgarian people, about the extent to which his personal authority and efforts made it possible for Bulgaria to once again be an integral part of the family of European nations. We will never forget what His Majesty did for the Bulgarian Orthodox Church by helping to overcome the unfortunate schism. Every person, and especially the statesman, when he has to make difficult and responsible decisions, needs to ask his close people, his family and his brothers or sisters, from whom he can seek support and advice. His Majesty has mentioned more than once how close you are to his heart. We are sure that just as in decisive moments he relied on the advice of his wife, Her Majesty Queen Margarita and his family, so he also turned to you for advice. Moreover, you have always given him good advice and sincere support as a loving sister. I am sure he has thanked you for your devotion not once. We also thank you, because your love and your devotion to your royal brother is an expression of your love for the Bulgarians and for Bulgaria, of which your family, in two historical periods, was the personification, and for the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, because of the Divine character of royal power, for which will always be God’s mercy and blessing.<br /><br />In conclusion, I want to share a small but very important detail of your personal history, which, when I learned it, moved me greatly. Your aunt Princess Eudoxia, sister of O’Bose, the late King Boris III, bequeathed you her personal prayer book, on the first page of which was written “To Marie-Louise, who speaks to God in Bulgarian.” You lived in a foreign language environment. You spoke to God in Bulgarian! This is not just beautiful, in these gestures lies the true dignity of people of royal blood. Those who, even in exile, far from the Motherland, if they feel the need to turn to God, turn to him only and only in their native language. Because God wanted their personal destiny to be woven into the destiny of their Motherland, which is actually the Divine meaning of history.<br /><br />My request to you is – as, of course, I wish you many more years of health and life – that you also give your children and nephews, not as a bequest, but from now on, a Bulgarian prayer book and write on it the words of Your aunt: “… talk to God in Bulgarian”. Invite them to pray together every day with one humble prayer for the Bulgarian people and for Bulgaria, as we are sure that you say it. For that Bulgaria, which has loved you since the day you were born and which is in such great need of this prayer today.<br /><br />Your Royal Highness!<br /><br />It was God’s will that you welcome and celebrate your blessed 90th anniversary in the Motherland! Allow me, on behalf of His Holiness the Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte and my Most Eminent fellow synodal metropolitans, the most consecrated bishops and clergy, to wish you many more years blessed with health, strength and spiritual joys!<br /><br />May God help you, may God protect you, Your Royal Highness, and grant you, your children and loved ones many and happy years.</i></blockquote><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXVTNeWp-SgqBuFCZ8z2hmXyY83C4dwzncTLGHSBiB-wWj_L0IsGdVvRVtaZXHUYwmeyo_mmd5vKMMei2Dstxd8yR0aYWRbvKDn5uiitAqMprwn6lSipA58O0LcYekDrVVcuUidakzbslgKcI20dVrlxxIxEmdMHU1bzSZa8ujCH8TJCUdYbeKmOr/s640/gallery-117_009.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="640" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXVTNeWp-SgqBuFCZ8z2hmXyY83C4dwzncTLGHSBiB-wWj_L0IsGdVvRVtaZXHUYwmeyo_mmd5vKMMei2Dstxd8yR0aYWRbvKDn5uiitAqMprwn6lSipA58O0LcYekDrVVcuUidakzbslgKcI20dVrlxxIxEmdMHU1bzSZa8ujCH8TJCUdYbeKmOr/w640-h476/gallery-117_009.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">King Boris with his two children, Princess Maria Luisa and Crown Prince Simeon.<br />Photo (c) Bulgarian Royal House.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Born on 13 January 1933 at Sofia, Princess Maria Luisa of Bulgaria was the first child of King Boris III of Bulgaria (1894-1943) and his wife Queen Ioanna (1907-2000; née Princess Giovanna of Savoy), who had married in 1930. The princess was joined by a brother, Crown Prince (and later King) Simeon, in 1937.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsm08m0SI0ia3qy5_9RhZDxlw4ZS7cokoT4f3dY5z6pBffgpYs8ugV_nB-DR_9KgV0vPGCGl-0Exkx67CNy-o8qs2UPh2S8y14plvfr6HvM-WKu7g_mvWTGeLkLQVWO4GzuyDE7W7rcUcVqOGIXbjT2CEHIeHDeYpyP_1IVly3d1sy728q163VkZJT/s1600/87c5d74672148c74cf588afcb749b441.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1070" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsm08m0SI0ia3qy5_9RhZDxlw4ZS7cokoT4f3dY5z6pBffgpYs8ugV_nB-DR_9KgV0vPGCGl-0Exkx67CNy-o8qs2UPh2S8y14plvfr6HvM-WKu7g_mvWTGeLkLQVWO4GzuyDE7W7rcUcVqOGIXbjT2CEHIeHDeYpyP_1IVly3d1sy728q163VkZJT/w428-h640/87c5d74672148c74cf588afcb749b441.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Prince Karl zu Leiningen and Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria, 1957.</td></tr></tbody></table><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><span style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria married Prince Karl Vladimir Ernst Heinrich zu Leiningen in a civil ceremony on 14 February 1957 in Amorbach; this was followed by a religious ceremony on 20 February 1957 at the Russian Orthodox Church in Nice. Prince Karl zu Leiningen (1928-1990) was the son of Fürst Karl zu Leiningen and Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, the daughter of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich and Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna. Karl and Marie Louise had two sons: Prince Boris (b.1960) and Prince Herman (b.1963). The couple divorced on 4 December 1968.</span><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupFVUE8SeEj9fJD5Z7VAga-NdGK5caYf4Z7Rk-6fHSt_eTyjFGVoEeyTPmNPWB4NDzjDmdrNKc7-g2O5SNPW3hW0LbrROxva7rxV0zimC-SUpJPgPlFPVqQsreSOqYVjV6l7Pbqz5hhSBa4sAdymSepIzWgE2YlW6NkL6ubLEzAvxt95zGR9tz9v3/s1248/img102.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="852" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupFVUE8SeEj9fJD5Z7VAga-NdGK5caYf4Z7Rk-6fHSt_eTyjFGVoEeyTPmNPWB4NDzjDmdrNKc7-g2O5SNPW3hW0LbrROxva7rxV0zimC-SUpJPgPlFPVqQsreSOqYVjV6l7Pbqz5hhSBa4sAdymSepIzWgE2YlW6NkL6ubLEzAvxt95zGR9tz9v3/w436-h640/img102.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="436" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria and Bronislaw Chrobok, 1969.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><span style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">On 16 November 1969 at Toronto, Canada, Princess Maria Luisa married Bronislaw Chrobok (b.1933). The son of a Polish officer, at the outset of the Second World War, his family settled in London, where Bronislaw graduated from college. The marriage ceremony was conducted by the prominent professor of Theology, Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann. The couple’s best man at the marriage was Stefan Grouef, the son of the Royal Chancellory Office head Pavel Grouev. Marie Louise and Bronislaw had two children, Alexandra (b.1970) and Pawel-Alistair (b.1972).</span><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><b><i>Our belated best wishes to the Princess on her birthday!</i></b></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-83075337317853205622023-01-18T09:00:00.004-08:002024-02-14T03:04:28.227-08:00Princess Rohays Galitzine (1952-2023), Great-Granddaughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia<table class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
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<td class="tr-caption">The death notice of Rohays Galitzine.<br />From <a href="https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/261970/galitzine"><em>The Times</em> of 17 January</a>.</td>
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<p>Aged seventy, Princess Rohays Galitzine died on 7 January 2023. Rohays is survived by her husband Prince Alexander Galitzine and their two daughters, Princess Sasha and Princess Nadezhda. </p>
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<p>Born on 9 April 1952 at London, Rohays Georgina Butter was the third daughter and child of Major David Henry Butter (1920-2010) and Myra Alice Wernher (1925-2022), who wed in 1946. Rohays joined two older sisters, Sandra Butter (b.1948; married William Morrison) and Marilyn Butter (b.1950; married James Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie). She was followed by a younger sister and brother, Georgina Butter (b.1956; married Count Peter Pejačević de Veröcze), and Charles Butter (b.1960; married Agnieszka Szeluk). </p>
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<p>Rohays Butter's paternal grandparents were Colonel Charles Adrian James Butter (1876-1949) and Agnes Marguerite "<em>Madge</em>" Clark (1885-1972). Her maternal grandparents were Sir Harold Wernher, Baronet (1893-1973) and Countess Anastasia "<em>Zia</em>" de Torby (1892-1977), the daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia (1861-1929) and Countess Sophie Nikolaievna of Merenberg (1868-1927).</p>
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<p>On 18 March 1988, the engagement between Rohays Butter and Prince Alexander Galitzine was announced in <em>The Daily Telegraph</em>. On 7 May 1988, Rohays Georgina Butter married Prince Alexander Peter Galitzine at Dunkeld Cathedral. The Reverend T. Dick officiated. Rohays was walked down the aisle by her father. Her attendants were the Honourable Alice Ramsay, Alexandra Munemann, Molly Seymour, Georgia Jacob, Lady Edwina Grosvenor, Charles Morrison, Edward Phillips, Victor Burnett, Aidan Crawley, and Lord Eskdaill. Count Paul Raben was Prince Alexander's best man. The wedding reception was held at the home of the bride, and the couple honeymooned abroad. Prince Alexander and Princess Rohays had two daughters: Princess Sasha Alice Natalia Galitzine (b.1989) and Princess Nadezhda "<em>Nadia</em>" Georgina Galitzine (b.1990). </p>
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<p>Born on 6 September 1945 at Marlow, Bucks, Prince Alexander Peter Galitzine was the first son and second child of Prince George Galitzine (1916-1992) and Baroness Anne Marie von Slatin (1916-2007), who wed in 1943 and divorced in 1954. Alexander joined an older sister, Princess Caroline Galitzine (b.1944; married [and divorced] Jonathan Hazell). Caroline and Alexander were followed by a younger brother, Prince George Galitzine (b.1946; married Emma de Bendern). After his father's remarriage in 1963 to Jean Dawnay, the three older Galitzine siblings were joined by a younger sister, Princess Catherine Galitzine (b.1964; married Nicholas Laing). Alexander's mother Anne-Marie married Arthur Ponsonby in 1956; the couple divorced in 1963 and Arthur went on to become the 11th Earl of Bessborough. </p>
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<p>Prince Alexander Galitzine's paternal grandparents were Prince Vladimir Galitzine (1884-1954) and Countess Catherine von Carlow (1891-1940), the daughter of Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1859-1909) and Natalia Vanljarskaya (1858-1921). His maternal grandparents were Major-General Baron Rudolf Carl von Slatin (1857-1932) and Baroness Alice von Ramberg (1873-1921). </p>
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<p>Through their mutual descent from Emperor Paul I of Russia, Rohays Butter and Alexander Galitzine were fifth cousins. </p>
<p><strong><em>May Rohays Rest In Peace.</em></strong></p>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-84176768822765576832023-01-15T09:00:00.004-08:002024-02-14T03:00:09.647-08:00The Eulogy of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece for His Father The King<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eLmO17vT0zbAR8UqGoi6F5xPkUDe4E6yfPXlG3O3eS_cWaV5jhluTgkJsdBaB3CHx5fvDjtdytxTLzviF_C94jDenynBjoFHnwQraYW4s7BB5E1QpzDKcfiTtKtap50k_lkVR6krv8ZIUiV0ErgV_UjlBIXf7uH3WNKfHf4SkyYKUPNOPJGBoSCr/s1564/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-16%20at%206.30.25%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1564" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eLmO17vT0zbAR8UqGoi6F5xPkUDe4E6yfPXlG3O3eS_cWaV5jhluTgkJsdBaB3CHx5fvDjtdytxTLzviF_C94jDenynBjoFHnwQraYW4s7BB5E1QpzDKcfiTtKtap50k_lkVR6krv8ZIUiV0ErgV_UjlBIXf7uH3WNKfHf4SkyYKUPNOPJGBoSCr/w400-h245/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-16%20at%206.30.25%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">During today's funeral service for King Constantine II of the Hellenes, his eldest son and heir Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece delivered a very moving eulogy to his father. The crown prince spoke first in Greek and then in English for the international guests in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens. The following is a transcript of his English-language remarks:</p><blockquote style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><i>Dear Papa, Constantine, Your Majesty, Grandfather, Olympic Champion,</i><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>For your dear Queen, our Mother, for us the children, your grandchildren, and for all those come who together on this day to say farewell to you for the last time, and for all those who honor your memory, and for all those [for whom] it is not possible to be here today. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>My father, this is not the end. You shall always live in our minds and hearts, as it happens in every Greek family when they lose the dearest and most precious figure in their life. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>At a very young age, you lost your father, King Pavlos, my grandfather; however, you always remained loyal to the legacy that he conveyed to you. When at the age of eighteen, you became Crown Prince of Greece and received your commission as an officer in glorified Greek armed forces. His advice to you, and this was very dear to you, and I quote: 'Devote your life to the happiness of the Motherland for it is the most noble, remarkable mission. Always remember that it is better for the king to suffer and not for the people or the country. You are the guardian and protector of your Church.' This is the legacy my grandfather left to you. That [legacy] has now passed to myself, my brothers, your grandchildren, and we will protect it and honour it for the rest of our lives. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><i>As an Olympian, you honoured your country by winning the gold medal for the 1960 Olympic Games, you brought honour to the blue and white flag of Greece and to our homeland. Your victory was a feat of tactical and physical endurance on the sea that you navigated and your close dedicated crew towards an ultimate victory.</i><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>It was a truly challenging era when you ascended the throne, dear Father. Hard conflicts, opposite passions, and the results that no one wished for. From the very first moment, you tried to overthrow the coup, your efforts did not come to a successful result. Yet you did not wish that your presence in Greece would provoke a bloodshed. Always loyal to the legacy your father had given to you and respectfully accepted this decision of the Greek people. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Your love for youth, education, and international sport has been constant. You formed the Hellenic College of London, the international school organisation of Round Square, as well as active participation in the International Olympic Committee and the World Sailing Federation. Your relationship with the International Olympic Committee led to our 2004 Olympics held here in Greece which was one of your greatest feats.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Family was a core value to you and our mother. It has always been your strong belief that it is the foundation of society. Together, you created a large family, inseparably united by love for each other and a sense of duty for the country. By the grace of God, you drew your last breath in our country, which you always loved above all else throughout your life. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>On this day, we, your children, your grandchildren, we are the future of your family here in our land and around the world, are ready, as you have always been, to offer to Greece whatever the country asks of us.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>My strength is in the love of the people. This has always been the motto and guiding principle of our family. For us, and for all Greeks, the strength of the country lies in the love of the Greek people for their homeland. We, as you dear Papa, always love Hellas and its people.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Safe journey!</i></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #441500; clear: both; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhuQtKHmB97Y6NDYVxYpAnhO6A-RwnleGbBn20OfEz0fK7gAAwRjZfKWKegEHZUMP6Ki_YMGFQBQRFYN8qBJZSSE_r7f2zcSaASXls457OO1vj8wuhQQeBz6_4Aj6-HLAvu4oeWFtvjTj7ksapSxIEs-31ny75EpsrAqXE5sWY1RJxKDKkYEgap_d/s933/IMG_9684.JPG" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="933" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhuQtKHmB97Y6NDYVxYpAnhO6A-RwnleGbBn20OfEz0fK7gAAwRjZfKWKegEHZUMP6Ki_YMGFQBQRFYN8qBJZSSE_r7f2zcSaASXls457OO1vj8wuhQQeBz6_4Aj6-HLAvu4oeWFtvjTj7ksapSxIEs-31ny75EpsrAqXE5sWY1RJxKDKkYEgap_d/w640-h554/IMG_9684.JPG" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="355" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Princess Seble.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"></p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Princess Seble (Sybil) Desta died on 3 January 2023 in Virginia. She was ninety-one years-old.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Princess_tenagnework.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="330" height="640" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Princess_tenagnework.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="330" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Princess <span style="text-align: start;">Tenagnework.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26dSqnvKBYXL3Zbgon5GV-xKUD6i2zzQHCS9FnyLA4obN8n5CaodfncYNkFIiQLj0uLTXkmL0xPvRLXdU2-MjzqeucL6qPs84F1MpMTSyMY9EsL-doCrJxh2jcnCGCZYSiyZ2cR1BKe7YSxKgtVxZrn3UIEBMNYhklbki26ywclEnbF8SXXxBPNUt/s1204/324499215_542216004459078_2126953378233878924_n.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1204" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26dSqnvKBYXL3Zbgon5GV-xKUD6i2zzQHCS9FnyLA4obN8n5CaodfncYNkFIiQLj0uLTXkmL0xPvRLXdU2-MjzqeucL6qPs84F1MpMTSyMY9EsL-doCrJxh2jcnCGCZYSiyZ2cR1BKe7YSxKgtVxZrn3UIEBMNYhklbki26ywclEnbF8SXXxBPNUt/w640-h510/324499215_542216004459078_2126953378233878924_n.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Princess Tenagnework and Princess Seble.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">The princess was born in Addis Ababa on 1 September 1931 as the fourth child and third daughter of Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie of Ethiopia (1912-2003) and her first husband Ras Desta Damtew (~1892-1937). </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjdIKHECRZy9pbQeQNpnsbBnzLtopG4z93Ki7WBgWKzbfqO-AP3lvzDnOpghupmoqOxCC19PuSboz7oSi8YQ2RNDHewYHh6tKm0mnfqP6MmlZJnRLmTdDmcr1KW8TNAKBIYIkbqfcboV_5II9xToGjfyw2uv3U1zPgRnNhQn1I73188jSd8jN9PAE/s1054/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-14%20at%209.38.22%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1054" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjdIKHECRZy9pbQeQNpnsbBnzLtopG4z93Ki7WBgWKzbfqO-AP3lvzDnOpghupmoqOxCC19PuSboz7oSi8YQ2RNDHewYHh6tKm0mnfqP6MmlZJnRLmTdDmcr1KW8TNAKBIYIkbqfcboV_5II9xToGjfyw2uv3U1zPgRnNhQn1I73188jSd8jN9PAE/w640-h422/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-14%20at%209.38.22%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">Princess Aida Desta, Lij Amaha Desta, Princess Ruth Desta, Rear Admiral Iskinder Desta, Prince Sahle Selassie Haile Selassie and Princess Seble Desta.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><span style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Princess Seble joined three older siblings: Princess Aida Desta (1927-2013), Amha Desta (1928-1944), and Princess Hirut "Ruth" Desta (1930-2014). Princess Seble was followed by two younger siblings: Princess Sofia "Sophia" Desta (1934-2021) and Prince Iskander Desta (1934-1974). During the Italian occupation of Ethiopia from 1936 to 1941, Princess Seble lived in exile in the United Kingdom with the rest of the Imperial family. Princess Seble completed her education in Britain, initially at Clarendon School, Abergale, and attended Lady Margaret Hall College of Oxford University.</span><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP40GwbtgV51hPNgt30IE0_ywrrZOUiWndcHS60H28SoHNRDYLR0cGjtOo9qiCJ9hojqGk7xlAy-6oy6xaIev1Dt71KNvnmUtNc8UCQwN0ctVjrU4RicRXS4zTQyiZm20gK9qqpEaSgR20sT62oii0exxTwcmgcu50Fq059RyH9Xr6hvy2eM-M6Cg6/s700/217397364_3021742494781761_8258979218627580297_n.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="539" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP40GwbtgV51hPNgt30IE0_ywrrZOUiWndcHS60H28SoHNRDYLR0cGjtOo9qiCJ9hojqGk7xlAy-6oy6xaIev1Dt71KNvnmUtNc8UCQwN0ctVjrU4RicRXS4zTQyiZm20gK9qqpEaSgR20sT62oii0exxTwcmgcu50Fq059RyH9Xr6hvy2eM-M6Cg6/w492-h640/217397364_3021742494781761_8258979218627580297_n.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="492" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Empress Menen and Emperor Haile Selassie.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Princess Seble's maternal grandparents were Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (1892-1975) and Empress Menen Asfaw (1882-1962). </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWq-BWcnxU-WM0FylUXi-C7ShciEE8_EBgFtuQ_hBxmrpxhEQOx-6flDaI-8un5vp0MzWqgCWEhqasdhnVeXn7eNwDqAJsNxbnw8uUGhS-gv18Xkszp_J_tQa8CzBA5aXq3E4bQlLrZ-X3OaNpXNjs5KkSspkMbYmXAeVoBzVB9PG3D-XLdFbugqia/s748/IMG_9524.JPG" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="748" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWq-BWcnxU-WM0FylUXi-C7ShciEE8_EBgFtuQ_hBxmrpxhEQOx-6flDaI-8un5vp0MzWqgCWEhqasdhnVeXn7eNwDqAJsNxbnw8uUGhS-gv18Xkszp_J_tQa8CzBA5aXq3E4bQlLrZ-X3OaNpXNjs5KkSspkMbYmXAeVoBzVB9PG3D-XLdFbugqia/w640-h394/IMG_9524.JPG" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Princess Seble Desta and Kassa Wolde-Miriam on their wedding day.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>On 31 January 1959 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Princess Seble Desta married Kassa Wolde Mariam (1932-1979), an academic and the descendant of an Ethiopian noble family. Seble and her husband were wed in a joint ceremony with Seble's sister Sofia, who married Captain Dereje Haile Mariam. Kassa and Selbe had five children, one son and four daughters: Jote Kassa (b.1960), Yashimmabet "Yeshi" Kassa (b.1962), Debritu <i>Laly</i> Kassa (b.1963), Kokeb Kassa (b.1967), Amha Kassa (b.1973).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7vDPfMyAeOGdEbJ1H2Dl1fPAxhGoDbJQwP4PLzUMwHW29ftyOXhlMYAsEYRZHQvgJGos8XMfHqcvW2NYPhqrxIJph0KmP2dpwNP9khTCbkXo2i7Qv9jH3GrhFKSP6vtYqpPC5X18ZtgfDe2Fwx_6dKkienqvWG8OaI_-eG3Yul31rZkc9znY0RG5/s1497/Head-of-State-1954-05-26-00900-with-Ike.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1497" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7vDPfMyAeOGdEbJ1H2Dl1fPAxhGoDbJQwP4PLzUMwHW29ftyOXhlMYAsEYRZHQvgJGos8XMfHqcvW2NYPhqrxIJph0KmP2dpwNP9khTCbkXo2i7Qv9jH3GrhFKSP6vtYqpPC5X18ZtgfDe2Fwx_6dKkienqvWG8OaI_-eG3Yul31rZkc9znY0RG5/w640-h500/Head-of-State-1954-05-26-00900-with-Ike.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">The Ethiopian Royals meet President Eisenhower.<br />Left to right: President Dwight Eisenhower, First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, Princess Seble Desta, Prince Sahle, and the Emperor, 1954.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqo5GpmE271rH_iWI_X5EXi062MQ4fZckhV8jIq5dNuQvD9mCwpJNQHUO2P_Jr17eQF1SehjIPgtk-M7NL4E_suQjMF7oUelqg6rwfIThr5cE4Ppl0RX90Dhs9Lg7pRLUpDJMcXuIM76XVsDInfkJzkwUZvGvkAQK-bq9lsMW0jc506MkS2Z4amR7f/s512/ECPovD1X4AE4AaE.jpeg" style="color: #ffcc77; 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padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8BKr0eMZiDfBqM_2_mLdNmL4AdGxklAhDiLC_Ek3AK4Dc8eZamGxpGhZNYNXUHhEw2c_ESgHGhMpyPKlWca7_59b03DNSjOYMgwYl9Z7bYbydCoAwrqGBbuC2lte2nAWV0eZNykfjRkNC7aVyfS4Bo9TBu0_rrBEYMbxXEB5GGBSqEiJphZM_gRO/s1024/IMG_9571.JPG" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="793" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8BKr0eMZiDfBqM_2_mLdNmL4AdGxklAhDiLC_Ek3AK4Dc8eZamGxpGhZNYNXUHhEw2c_ESgHGhMpyPKlWca7_59b03DNSjOYMgwYl9Z7bYbydCoAwrqGBbuC2lte2nAWV0eZNykfjRkNC7aVyfS4Bo9TBu0_rrBEYMbxXEB5GGBSqEiJphZM_gRO/w496-h640/IMG_9571.JPG" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="496" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Princess Seble Desta greets King Hussein of Jordan while her imperial grandfather looks on.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTcFQNEnVN6FLljnPW4lB7FhnOolWexS4MgsHkM5D0yEkVdU_H08Cqf8L5yz2PfJn2QDn9XApkEUcUe43eZoqWqXvMnjMqtyHJlJVgpLXReFeqz4PqQQ91Qec23FdHZVvnbnklz-DPKLeH1sIzhoeddFIR-JL13dCzNqbwSdp2wfJ5q2a46DpxToJ/s720/IMG_9572.JPG" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTcFQNEnVN6FLljnPW4lB7FhnOolWexS4MgsHkM5D0yEkVdU_H08Cqf8L5yz2PfJn2QDn9XApkEUcUe43eZoqWqXvMnjMqtyHJlJVgpLXReFeqz4PqQQ91Qec23FdHZVvnbnklz-DPKLeH1sIzhoeddFIR-JL13dCzNqbwSdp2wfJ5q2a46DpxToJ/w616-h640/IMG_9572.JPG" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="616" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Emperor Haile Selassie and Princess Seble.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Princess Seble accompanied her grandfather Emperor Haile Selassie on many state visits, including to the United States, Canada, Greece, Mexico, the Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia. During these trips, the princess met with many heads of state, royalty, members of the public and celebrities. Like her mother Princess <span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: normal;">Tenagnework</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and grandmother Empress Menen, Princess Seble was the President of the Ethiopian Women's Welfare Association which, during her tenure, built a state of the art high-rise building in Addis Ababa to provide safe housing for young women and to generate income for the Association. </span>In August 1966, Princess Seble was among the members of the Imperial Family to welcome General de Gaulle and his wife during their visit to Ethiopia; she rode in a carriage alongside Madame de Gaulle when the de Gaulles arrived in Addis Ababa. In February 1973, Princess Seble was part of the delegation that met Princess Anne at the beginning of her visit to Ethiopia. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Haile_Selassie_Deposition.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="416" height="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Haile_Selassie_Deposition.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="416" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">The Emperor of Ethiopia is escorted from the Jubilee Palace to a prison.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />In September 1974, a military junta overthrew Emperor Haile Selassie and imprisoned the Imperial Family, including Princess Tenagnework and her three daughters. Princess Seble had recently given birth to her son and was allowed to remain temporarily free. Until her imprisonment, she unsuccessfully sought help for the Emperor and the imprisoned family members from various foreign embassies. Princess Seble spent fourteen years in jail, initially under house arrest in the former palace of her uncle the late Duke of Harrar, and then in fifteen-foot cell in Alem Bekagn (The End of the World) prison along with the other women of the Imperial family. The horrors that Princess Seble and her family experienced during their imprisonment were documented in a 1977 hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa of the Committee on International Relations in the US House of Representatives:<br /><blockquote>Several female relatives of former Emperior Haile Selassie and his government ministers were arrested in 1974, at first under house arrest. In September 1975, they were suddenly taken away to Akaki prison in Addis Ababa, where they have been since without trial or charge. On 1 March 1976, Dr. Meyer-Lie visited Akaki prison where the women prisoners were held. This was with the written permission of the Derg and after discussions with the Director of The Ethiopian Prisons Authority and his four branch heads, and the Minister of the Interior. His visit was sponsored by a Swedish humanitarian organization concerned about political prisoners in Ethiopia.<br /><br /><div>The women detainees were held in a former clinic, a white stone house with cement floor and bars on the windows, the total area being 5 X 10 metres. The building had two rooms, the larger 5 X 6 metres containing 30 to 35women, the other room, about 5 X 4 metres, with about 15 members of the former royal family. Neither room had beds, only mattresses spread out on the floor, and no other furniture or heating arrangements. Each room had a primitive toilet and shower. Dr. Meyer-Lie was only permitted to ask a few questions in the presence of a prison official, and could not carry out any medical examinations. One women told him that before he came people had cleaned and disinfected the room, which had taken away the terrible stench. She said the worst problem was that they were forbidden to communicate with their relatives outside the prison. (Criminal prisoners, it should be noted, are allowed a weekly visit from their relatives.) The women received food each day from their relatives outside, who were paid 120 Ethiopian dollars per month (US $60) supposedly in compensation for the confiscation of their property to provide them with food, brought once a day by a relative who was not allowed to see the prisoner. A few books, magazines, and materials for needlework and knitting were also permitted. Visits from priests were not allowed.<br /><br /></div><div>When Dr. Meyer-Lie visited visited Ethiopia again in November 1976, he was not permitted to visit the prisoners. By then prison conditions had deteriorated and during 1976 no visits from relatives were allowed, though after Dr. Meyer-Lie's first visit, the women detainees were allowed to write a short note on a tiny slip of paper to their relatives once a week . From other sources Dr. Meyer-Lie learned that the rooms in which they were held were infested with rats, lice and cockroaches, and the overcrowding in the larger room had increased with a total of almost 100 women held there. Under those conditions sanitation and hygiene also sharply deteriorated, and their personal morale too. More girls had been detained and a shed of wood with a zinc roof had been constructed to hold 25 girls aged between 12 and 19, arrested when their menfolk were not found by the soldiers searching for them. None of the women has had a full medical examination during detention, though there is a prison doctor and medical orderly. It is reported that there are delays in obtaining a doctor's visit and in getting medication prescribed. The women request drugs from their relatives outside the prison, such as tranquilizers, painkillers and sleeping tablets, which they administer without medical supervision. Their general condition of health and morale deteriorated seriously in 1976, and many suffer from nervous tension, high blood pressure and other complaints from before the time when they were detained. Yeshashe-Worg Yilma, who is 83 and a diabetic, was taken to the hospital in 1976 reportedly suffering from nervous exhaustion, and Ijegayehu Asfe-Wessen, 42 year-old grand-daughter of former Emperor Haile Selassie, died in the police hospital on 31 January 1977. She was reportedly suffering from extreme dehydration and was in a poor condition for intestinal section surgery. She died a few days later, and it appears that her poor conditions of detention contributed to her illness and subsequent death. Seble Desta, and Aida Desta were both very thin when they were seen by their children in January 1977, Yeshashe-Worq looked very feeble and had to use a stick to walk, and Tenagne Worq had developed a shaking in her hands and body. Sophia Desta and Mimi Asrate (arrested at the age of 17) both suffer severely from psychological troubles, exacerbated by their conditions of detention. In this state of physical deprivation and very low morale, it is feared that many of the older and weaker women will eventually succumb to fatal illness. It is generally thought that the Derg will not release them, that they could be executed at any time (indeed there have been several rumours that the Derg was considering executing them, e.g.,. in September 1975, February and March 1977) but that the Derg may prefer to let them die by neglect. They are in a very poor state to survive their difficult conditions of detention.</div></blockquote><div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9uzUGNRM5-KZR__krwuNjF1wUxPzbRWlz8itzdnICstC4i89Ly6frb3pdG0hBapWbR84sKzXfpEy2vYl2kVmk_vbXk_cNNyx-6ypR9jlMLVaxBMrwLTBoz4maKTss_hMvs5YuGXI0HBwmZ1e-LKwN6cW0YyWoZ-8UXrP8ednzovhttfkl3YMSpTw/s2432/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-14%20at%209.18.21%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="2432" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9uzUGNRM5-KZR__krwuNjF1wUxPzbRWlz8itzdnICstC4i89Ly6frb3pdG0hBapWbR84sKzXfpEy2vYl2kVmk_vbXk_cNNyx-6ypR9jlMLVaxBMrwLTBoz4maKTss_hMvs5YuGXI0HBwmZ1e-LKwN6cW0YyWoZ-8UXrP8ednzovhttfkl3YMSpTw/w640-h250/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-14%20at%209.18.21%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Princess Tenagnework, including her four daughters, and her sister-in-law Princess Sara, 1988.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>On 21 May 1988, Princess Seble Desta was finally released from prison. A statement from the government-owned Ethiopia News Agency announced: "<i>The State Council of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia today granted amnesty to seven members of the former royal family of the defunct feudal regime.</i>" In addition to Princess Seble, her mother Princess <span style="text-align: center;">Tenagnework and her three sisters (Princess Aida, Princess Hirut, and Princess Sofia) were freed in addition to Seble's aunt Princess Sara, Duchess of Harar. The release of the royal princesses was in part aided by lobbying on the part of British schools that Princess Seble and her sisters had attended in their younger years. </span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79m2g8ARg3ukRu8A_Pd7Dv1qw88--4_16Fu9TTGYwQMxVURxdvEM3wcvMohuBIhnyJiXSp0XK9rw_oOQBtmQkkK3QwMrn1P6HtPTXe2VNfdBrI6TPMLEiMdhUktwLz9IyWhQJ8GnajEcC7xmdsqLDd-Rs9n5Aj_BcQkkCLnIlXVtrz1HBCUkiXLfG/s1917/IMG_9523%202.JPG" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1917" data-original-width="1284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79m2g8ARg3ukRu8A_Pd7Dv1qw88--4_16Fu9TTGYwQMxVURxdvEM3wcvMohuBIhnyJiXSp0XK9rw_oOQBtmQkkK3QwMrn1P6HtPTXe2VNfdBrI6TPMLEiMdhUktwLz9IyWhQJ8GnajEcC7xmdsqLDd-Rs9n5Aj_BcQkkCLnIlXVtrz1HBCUkiXLfG/w428-h640/IMG_9523%202.JPG" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="428" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Princess Seble eventually relocated to the United States, where she was able to be </span>near to her children. Yeshi Kassa, her daughter, was recently involved in the production of a documentary entitled "Grandpa Was An Emperor," which investigates what happened to her father Kassa after the 1974 coup. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJlOuHUNaVs" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJlOuHUNaVs</a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkZEn9FJG2jjyRQJDy68k7nvV_9zIbN6Fg-IiDaZiw_8EiCwu2IgWXvlbGUrWw8FIG6WTIi3cONFgOM9QueVVleMJ4u4ylH4yODi2EjtNEVBsckRi8Fs_ckMK-ZGpWsl4Pm-Ag14HlhWO55tPND55TnLE-eJOscUbmt_1fIiBle-l-pxWB0GXLoMH/s822/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-14%20at%2010.00.16%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="682" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkZEn9FJG2jjyRQJDy68k7nvV_9zIbN6Fg-IiDaZiw_8EiCwu2IgWXvlbGUrWw8FIG6WTIi3cONFgOM9QueVVleMJ4u4ylH4yODi2EjtNEVBsckRi8Fs_ckMK-ZGpWsl4Pm-Ag14HlhWO55tPND55TnLE-eJOscUbmt_1fIiBle-l-pxWB0GXLoMH/w530-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-14%20at%2010.00.16%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="530" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Princess Seble.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">The children of the princess released an addendum to a biographical communiqué that was published after her death:</span></div><blockquote><i>The biography above tells you the facts of Princess Seble’s life. But it does not tell you who Mammy, as we knew her, or Emama Seble, as many knew her, was as a person.<br /><br />Mammy was an exemplary and devoted granddaughter, daughter, and sister, remaining exceptionally close to her mother and sisters throughout her life and always putting the needs of others before her own.<br /><br />When the murderous Derg regime imprisoned her husband and entire family but allowed her a few months of freedom with her newborn son, she spent that time, at tremendous risk to her own life, calling on embassies and human rights organizations, pleading for the release of her elderly grandfather and family.<br /><br />Mammy was a mother to not only her biological children but to countless children whom she and Dejazmatch Kassa, or Kassilu as his children knew him, raised as their own. As Kassilu was posted to different parts of Ethiopa, they brought the entire large clan along with them, much to our collective delight.<br /><br />While Princess Seble grew up in the formal atmosphere of the Imperial Palace and state visits, she had a very different side as a fun and loving mother, grandmother, and auntie who doted on children especially. The house that she and Kassilu built together is warmly remembered as a place where<br /><br />children would gather to enjoy the trampoline, swimming lessons, and festive birthday parties. She and Kassilu would lead children’s camping trips where kids were actively encouraged to make themselves seen and heard. Often, she would advocate on behalf of younger family members with their parents and grandparents, gently arguing for strict rules to be tempered with leniency and high expectations to be balanced with freedom to learn and explore.<br /><br />Over the years she kept up with a network of hundreds of relatives and friends, including Kassilu’s large family after his death, and had an extraordinary memory for the life stories, birthdays, and milestones of her loved ones. She could constantly be found on the phone, checking in on cousins, siblings, aunties, and uncles and all of those that she and Kassilu had turned into family, or at the kitchen table, writing letters and notes. Her home was always a gathering place, especially for holidays and life celebrations. Her thick address books—one for Ethiopia, one for the England, and one for America and the rest of the world—were a testament to her belief that no one should be left behind. She refused to let any member of her clan drift away, constantly reaching out and pulling them back into the family fold.<br /><br />Her love of her country and all Ethiopians was endless. Although naturally very shy, she nurtured many connections and a strong network, which she used for extensive informal social work, helping others find jobs, advance their education, and connect to community, always helping those in need and promoting Ethiopia. From the cashier at her supermarket to her fellow volunteer librarians in Annandale to the bus driver in Nazret, she took time to get to know people, identifying their joys and troubles and getting involved.<br /><br />She had a way of making anyone feel at ease. From the old to the young, from European royalty to farmers from the Ethiopian countryside, everyone responded to her kindness, respect for all regardless of station, and genuine interest in the lives of others. Even the hardened guards and fellow prisoners at Alem Bekagn spoke warmly of L’ilt Seble years later.<br /><br />To her grandchildren, she was “Nana,” who took them swimming, taught them bike riding, and chauffeured them to their various ballet, gym and football games. She was an avid “tifozo” of football and spectator. But Nana also firmly reminded her grandkids about the importance of care for family, faith in God, and kindness. It is a testament to who Nana was that every one of her grandkids adored her and found her fascinating.<br /><br />But Mammy’s unshakeable foundation, and how we will remember her most, was her deep Christian faith and profound trust in God. Her faith comforted her through unimaginable hardships, and Mammy credited God’s mercy for allowing her family and her to survive the darkest years in Alem Bekagn. During her 14 years in prison and the decades after, she faithfully thanked God for each day that she enjoyed with her loved ones. She found daily joy in God’s creation, and daily gratitude for every gift of sunshine, flowers and birds. Her life of quiet faith was a shining testament to the power of forgiveness and leaving all in God’s hands. We commend her eternal soul to her Creator, in faith that He will welcome home His faithful servant.</i></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3j5bR4C8q-tRZdq6SjZie6p_cIMs875tkF4uSF3X1rKJoTAUEfZJ5GS81dDG-p8Nv2pX2XemlC6GzV0CYxfXbCi9kHiZNK0uLBV5TKpfRoLKp8uJ1h5oqc6Jdl8I_CtU_hfe9K9SpjCo7qPMGzpkEFcd7ues68RXG5PvE3xvOQHREb55VOzghPx_/s720/322604770_8561243053948609_4457419742681031749_n.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3j5bR4C8q-tRZdq6SjZie6p_cIMs875tkF4uSF3X1rKJoTAUEfZJ5GS81dDG-p8Nv2pX2XemlC6GzV0CYxfXbCi9kHiZNK0uLBV5TKpfRoLKp8uJ1h5oqc6Jdl8I_CtU_hfe9K9SpjCo7qPMGzpkEFcd7ues68RXG5PvE3xvOQHREb55VOzghPx_/w640-h480/322604770_8561243053948609_4457419742681031749_n.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">The coffin of the princess enters the cathedral.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The funeral and burial of Princess Seble Desta took place on Thursday, 12 January, at Addis Ababa’s Holy Trinity Cathedral. Services were presided over by His Holiness Patriarch Abune Mathias I, Patriarch of Ethiopia, Archbishop of Axum and Echege of the See of St. Tekle Haimanot. Also attending were His Eminence Archbishop Abune Abraham, Administrator General of Patriarchate and Archbishop of Bahr Dar, several other Archbishops of the Orthodox Church and Church officials, as well as members of the Imperial family and their friends. The Patriarch spoke of the contributions of Princess Seble to Ethiopian society and praised her for her tireless work. Princess Seble’s remains were interred in the crypt of the Cathedral.</div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /><b><i>May the Princess Rest In Peace. </i></b></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-26961286582145915672023-01-14T09:00:00.004-08:002024-02-14T03:06:36.027-08:00From the Archives: The Passing of Princess Margarita of Baden<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3htQLMbxDUaBfCAO6KBngaRbdwSghWaUu43bV09uWFBheqhDglBmQqbetX9G3F8Vej-YiaSKtb0viJ-xW8UkNuJbeAYxdRixmy_lromIloDqaJyoWPHpLP1NxCSi2KPqlLL7_l7P3NNw/s1600/MargaritaBaden1.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #888888; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3htQLMbxDUaBfCAO6KBngaRbdwSghWaUu43bV09uWFBheqhDglBmQqbetX9G3F8Vej-YiaSKtb0viJ-xW8UkNuJbeAYxdRixmy_lromIloDqaJyoWPHpLP1NxCSi2KPqlLL7_l7P3NNw/s320/MargaritaBaden1.jpg" style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.098) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></p><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><b>[Note: This obituary was written upon the passing of Princess Margarita in 2013 by Arturo E. Beéche.]</b></div><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><span style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">HRH Princess Margarita of Baden died in Farnham in the evening of 15 January 2013. Her death brought to an end a long illness that had seriously undermined the princess' health.</span><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br />Margarita was born at Schloß Salem on July 14, 1932. She was the firstborn child of Margrave Berthold of Baden and of his wife, the former Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark. Berthold, the well-respected Head of the Grand Ducal House of Baden, was the only son of Margrave Max of Baden (Imperial Germany's last chancellor) and of his wife Princess Marie Louise of Cumberland, eldest daughter of the Duke of Cumberland, Ernst August of Hannover, and of his Danish wife, Princess Thyra. Princess Theodora was the second daughter of Prince Andreas of Greece and Denmark and of his wife, the former Princess Alice of Battenberg, the parents of three other daughters and a son, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. She was the eldest granddaughter of both sets of grandparents.<br /><br />The princess was raised at Schloß Salem, where her family sponsored a renowned educational center built along the progressive policies proposed by Kurt Hahn, a widely respected educator of Jewish extraction. Berthold and Hahn were the heart of the Salem School, both also standing as bulwarks against the National Socialist overtake of Germany. Eventually, Hahn was forced to leave Germany and seek refuge in England, where he founded Gordonstoun, the school attended by Prince Philipp and the Prince of Wales.<br /><br />After their daughter Margarita's birth, Berthold and Theodora had two more children: Maximilian (Max), born in 1933, and Ludwig, born in 1937.<br /><br />The Badens experienced increasing pressure to join the nascent Nazi Party, as some of their other cousins and friends had. Berthold, however, stood steadfast and declined all pressure to betray his conscience.<br /><br />After the end of the war, the Badens reestablished contacts with their English family. Although they were not invited to the wedding of Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth in 1947, they were part of the official coronation celebration for Queen Elizabeth in 1953.<br /><br />Wanting to study nursing, Princess Margarita relocated to London in the 1950s. It was while there that she met Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia (1928-2000), the second son of the late King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and of his wife, the former Princess Marie of Romania. Both Tomislav and Margarita were descendants of Queen Victoria. The wedding date was announced from Salem on April 8, 1957, and the wedding date set for June 6.<br /><br />The wedding festivities provided the extended Gotha with another opportunity to gather and repair links damaged by the debacle of the Second World War. Present at Schloß Baden to witness the ceremony were, among many others: the Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Marie of Yugoslavia, Queen Frederica of Greece, King Umberto II of Italy, King Simeon of Bulgaria, King Peter II of Yugoslavia, The Earl and countess Mountbatten of Burma, and even the elderly Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna Jr., who by then lived at Schloß Mainau, her son Lennart's island paradise on Lake Konstanz.<br /><br />Tomislav and Margarita settled in the UK, where he owned a fruit farm. It was there that their two children were born: Nicholas in 1958, and Katerina the following year. Margarita remained close to her English family and she was frequently a guest of The Queen and Prince Philip.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the marriage that had began with such promise of mutual happiness experienced much turmoil. Tomislav's financial situation was terribly unstable and the fruit farm a source of much worry and concern. In the end the enterprise was closed. Margarita tried as much as she could to lend a hand, but eventually the writing was on the wall. In 1982 their marriage ended in divorce and most ungraciously, Tomislav remarried his lady friend later that same year. He went on to have two sons with Ms Linda Bonney, his second wife.<br /><br />Princess Margarita remained living in London, where her two children were raised under the kind support of their royal cousins. She never remarried. Margarita's links to the English royal family were not affected by her divorce, which had not been the case with many others who had incurred in such course of action.<br /><br />In 1987 Princess Katerina married a prominent lawyer of Sri Lanka extraction, Desmond de Silva, with whom he had one daughter. Five years later Prince Nicholas married a Yugoslav-born lady by the name of Ljiljana Licánin, by whom he had a daughter, Marija, in 1993. Nicholoas is estranged from his wife. Victoria de Silva and Marija of Yugoslavia are Princess Margarita's only grandchildren. She also has a great-grandson from her granddaughter Marija.<br /><br />It was common to see Margarita attend various family gatherings in Germany, from weddings, to baptisms and even some funerals. She traveled frequently from her London residence and she was always seen sporting a nice smile and a twinkle in her eye. I met Princess Margarita a few times and she always seemed to have a good time, even when confined to a wheelchair. In fact, once at Schoß Langenburg I helped carry the princess, who was seated in her wheelchair. "Your poor man, to come from so far to help carry me," she said. "Madame," I replied, "to me, it is a pleasure to be able to help you and not a bother whatsoever."<br /><br />I last saw Princess Margarita at Schloß Salem in 2007. It was far too busy for us to sit and chat. But she nodded and smiled when I asked if I could take some pictures. Her smile, I will never forget. It beamed and made any room shine with light. that twinkle, she never lost.<br /><br />My condolences to her brothers and the entire family...May She Rest in Peace...<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQpSbFkGA-R_09EvCUa4P7yECBCiYJfqhd2Tt7am0BnhtlPPMfDcBKRTNrgg5s06IBiaUQ7dhKy3ZdNYUAHNVzqcPt-N-6y9j-w7FjNwM4-Ojm9H9FzGWydZyIvpC6nZUWXYY1VQoD-H9/s1600/MargaritaBaden3.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQpSbFkGA-R_09EvCUa4P7yECBCiYJfqhd2Tt7am0BnhtlPPMfDcBKRTNrgg5s06IBiaUQ7dhKy3ZdNYUAHNVzqcPt-N-6y9j-w7FjNwM4-Ojm9H9FzGWydZyIvpC6nZUWXYY1VQoD-H9/s320/MargaritaBaden3.jpg" style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.098) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="249" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"> Prince Tomislav, Princess Margarita and Prince Nicholas of Yugoslavia</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4g_JHxFCtmZ-QuJXiVGS1hoyN7_C9lNQLw_rPlBnEqxuF4xtZJTqIf2Y1N3s2pxHKYvuKpl6jsHGqScXxblq9LUI1eDhxcknhH1h_NrVQfOxrJNSJDUwGBWh2UJqjn-wlWbGFR4cvN3am/s1600/MargaritaBaden2.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4g_JHxFCtmZ-QuJXiVGS1hoyN7_C9lNQLw_rPlBnEqxuF4xtZJTqIf2Y1N3s2pxHKYvuKpl6jsHGqScXxblq9LUI1eDhxcknhH1h_NrVQfOxrJNSJDUwGBWh2UJqjn-wlWbGFR4cvN3am/s320/MargaritaBaden2.jpg" style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.098) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="198" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"> Wedding of Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia and</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;">Princess Margarita of Baden</div><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;" /><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQIrcXE3E7h8MYTdMeqmoMDD938kMDFYFoubra_duY_kBGOJMd74uFZtGjDROgpl4KIgBXEFZsi-Xfyc20iaFlHdw0LeRv69hnZG1RHA7HraVIN2XKSCiqVAoqn_ymsIJvgtvlx1i4lBw/s1600/MargaritaBaden6.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQIrcXE3E7h8MYTdMeqmoMDD938kMDFYFoubra_duY_kBGOJMd74uFZtGjDROgpl4KIgBXEFZsi-Xfyc20iaFlHdw0LeRv69hnZG1RHA7HraVIN2XKSCiqVAoqn_ymsIJvgtvlx1i4lBw/s320/MargaritaBaden6.jpg" style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.098) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;">The Duke of Edinburgh with Prince Tomislav and Princess Margarita</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;">of Yugoslavia. Behind Prince Philip is Margravine Theodora of Baden. </div><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;" /><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjno4GnjeCpg_zlg-WE3AkPv9Icl8d8H6XtKM3H9RNMBpgH_HaoDBNqcskT4STvj0Joy8ASYfloY8LnqD3beym2s-KrwZ-6mgr7QZnBRr7jyN9Wf0Dedibel4bbQYgx0arqPage2RNY_DF5/s1600/MargaritaBaden5.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjno4GnjeCpg_zlg-WE3AkPv9Icl8d8H6XtKM3H9RNMBpgH_HaoDBNqcskT4STvj0Joy8ASYfloY8LnqD3beym2s-KrwZ-6mgr7QZnBRr7jyN9Wf0Dedibel4bbQYgx0arqPage2RNY_DF5/s320/MargaritaBaden5.jpg" style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.098) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;">From left: Hereditary Prince Max, Prince Ludwig and Princess Margarita of Baden. </div><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;" /><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQQXa0zSI5IuGBqIFIm1CBk0Jzi_-azgIB5iFzxGoeCUODKROO0YA2mmBWrBVZSNEddI8T_6OFKMofy1KQuuUcQEHqYDa5JmwsCG3ZiBvPmH8LPGHIguPR17vFMKzgrQv8Oe1bbvGWXTL/s1600/MargaritaBaden4.jpg" style="color: #888888; 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color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;">Margrave Berthold and Margravine Theodora of Baden with their</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"> children: Margarita, Max and Ludwig.</div><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;" /><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLL5lEamP9HZcK1B6z8aVkyvjQMmi2rFyWuIe5D8QNOqsYf4K9P2RXZ2oPozUaufRxyFxYv6oUgGvJZbsKMgpPO1L44axjJ586coChso7jSo6i_rpZPDg0BVV7BwoNFavJhYP62Lpp-Ku/s1600/MargaritaBaden7.jpg" style="color: #888888; 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color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;">of Baden, Langenburg 2004. </div><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;" /><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kQC-bJS6_69MopQ0ZLJwm3nfHTGQdSkfV8oLmFU3K94I0V7ie1LLSYNRCCOMfq7vOPRol3yjGstvqkoC6Fn_jiHG3qo7FH4gQaWoIRfUIj6e1FWkgfA8RmsPaanFUlv0y1OskfuWUpcN/s1600/MB4.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kQC-bJS6_69MopQ0ZLJwm3nfHTGQdSkfV8oLmFU3K94I0V7ie1LLSYNRCCOMfq7vOPRol3yjGstvqkoC6Fn_jiHG3qo7FH4gQaWoIRfUIj6e1FWkgfA8RmsPaanFUlv0y1OskfuWUpcN/s320/MB4.jpg" style="background: white; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.098) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;">Fürstin Eilika of Leiningen and Princess Margarita of Baden,</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;">Schloß Salem 2007. </div><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;" /><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5x0v2iuiJ2rS9Muty-TwtyAEWALbXQjzHkGemnnFexgO2VHnUoB65VDtwzLubB1Prg2jo8SmzBRvVpAjv77Na_dt47eA9NEBoo4Y5ZD3OeWTUagFkP8bujd9T26Nn704fGTtcN_CuSk3/s1600/MB3.jpg" style="color: #888888; 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color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;">Princess Margarita of Baden with Prince Ernst August of Hannover,</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;">Schloß Salem 2007.</div></div></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-14591090913609927072023-01-11T09:00:00.004-08:002024-02-14T03:15:06.330-08:00Tino - The Godfather of Europe<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh240lQtcb0zPPUwbdVLuK1bKYixJC_TSG5t_E-nVutrMwvltU_VwENr-_vzua4-X356XVgNkT6Ev1sl_lDFyNA4VsC4emRVBPYOVDCD4TjNDwyxjl8EZVweHze3PmVBJqI8q16OU9C8BEbom9OoFpwX2_TnE1g5RX9W96ik6e2xKUYZYHZni-W2DK/s1024/5053326307_171b9945dd_b.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="775" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh240lQtcb0zPPUwbdVLuK1bKYixJC_TSG5t_E-nVutrMwvltU_VwENr-_vzua4-X356XVgNkT6Ev1sl_lDFyNA4VsC4emRVBPYOVDCD4TjNDwyxjl8EZVweHze3PmVBJqI8q16OU9C8BEbom9OoFpwX2_TnE1g5RX9W96ik6e2xKUYZYHZni-W2DK/s320/5053326307_171b9945dd_b.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="242" /></a></p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">The passing of King Constantine II of the Hellenes leaves a great void in his immediate family, as well as for his many relatives and friends. The late king was the godfather to many of Europe's royals, including the Prince of Wales, and the heirs to the Hanoverian, Serbian, and Russian dynasties. </p><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Prince Contanijn of the Netherlands </span></b></div></div><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEZjgoy_2u7LrgIaqoI9HcoW7PaaaBU40NpWR3ER5BYHdGeQi-ylc-ljli_53obNydcJKaHhdS_VTRWeYWqAql8AsRkHpOH4D_2UQWbR5ECHBoRtjZGcRqUqcqynHxASrDx_HcOksxWTSg16ANmSqm7IeewyTLbxnv7eZHjD1TtUq_Gu0UmCiyMFU/s2048/FmJS6p7WYAE80_k.jpeg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1876" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEZjgoy_2u7LrgIaqoI9HcoW7PaaaBU40NpWR3ER5BYHdGeQi-ylc-ljli_53obNydcJKaHhdS_VTRWeYWqAql8AsRkHpOH4D_2UQWbR5ECHBoRtjZGcRqUqcqynHxASrDx_HcOksxWTSg16ANmSqm7IeewyTLbxnv7eZHjD1TtUq_Gu0UmCiyMFU/w586-h640/FmJS6p7WYAE80_k.jpeg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="586" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">The christening of Prince Contanijn of the Netherlands, 1967.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">On 21 February 1970, Prince Constantijn "Tijn" Christof Frederik Aschwin of the Netherlands was christened at St Martin’s Cathedral in Utrecht. Born on 11 October 1969 at Utrecht University Hospital, Prince Constantijn was the third son of Crown Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and Prince Claus (né van Amsberg). The prince received as his godparents King Constantine II of the Hellenes, Prince Aschwin of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Baron Axel von dem Bussche-Streithorst, Max Kohnstamm, and Corinne de Beaufort-Sickinghe.</div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia -> Princess Alexandrine of Prussia -> Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin -> Duke Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin -> Queen Juliana of the Netherlands -> Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands -> Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands</div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><p></p><div><p></p></div><p></p><div>King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia -> German Emperor Wilhelm I -> German Emperor Friedrich III -> German Emperor Wilhelm II -> Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia -> Princess Friederike of Hannover -> King Constantine II of the Hellenes</div><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia</span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjm-bqTaf49XapcuNAL_JuWvXuz9gC4oNF98kV3NQl5XXjTIuoMj2FzVW9DfzS2VJsrENJJXC1ZkxwoxX-XqCdlhnT6G922n2WMXBiNz77AH1oNPr2VaO_OTMJUX5cu2KO9kuALeOBNhU/s2048/IMG_8706.jpg" style="color: #ff8866; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1605" data-original-width="2048" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjm-bqTaf49XapcuNAL_JuWvXuz9gC4oNF98kV3NQl5XXjTIuoMj2FzVW9DfzS2VJsrENJJXC1ZkxwoxX-XqCdlhnT6G922n2WMXBiNz77AH1oNPr2VaO_OTMJUX5cu2KO9kuALeOBNhU/w640-h502/IMG_8706.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Archbishop Anthony of Los Angeles prepares to baptise Grand Duke George, who is held by his grandfather Grand Duke Vladimir.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br />On 6 May 1981, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia was baptised in Madrid. The baby Romanov was born on 13 March 1981 in the Spanish capital. George was the first and only child of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia and Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (né Prince Franz-Wilhelm of Prussia). Archbishop Antony Sinkevitch of Los Angeles, who officiated at the wedding of Grand Duchess Maria and Grand Duke Michael, presided over the baptism of their son. Grand Duke George Mikhailovich received as his godparents King Constantine II of Greece (as the king was unable to attend, the infant's grandfather Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich acted as proxy) and Helen Louise Kirby, Countess Dvinskaya. </div><div><br /></div><div>German Emperor Wilhelm II -> Prince Joachim of Prussia -> Prince Karl Franz Josef of Prussia -> Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia -> Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia</div><div><br /></div><div>German Emperor Wilhelm II -> Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia -> Princess Friederike of Hannover -> King Constantine II of the Hellenes</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Lady Gabriella Kingston</span></b></div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0NIatJmFY9LZgFDkOUZboDwfhHTdcD0hcag-4RAOla5nups4Ky22Dai7geTA-THKHYoTd9bSm-wlPniaEHwUXmAqf6zLx4QmA3sXcyc6rI9p2r9577vfrXKwlVmr4m_b7_qMDnl0m8wFMDXGlyorYX-ccyyx1uieISO-ztEmhn6LJENCx93ituMU/s2048/gettyimages-1402594442-2048x2048.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1429" data-original-width="2048" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0NIatJmFY9LZgFDkOUZboDwfhHTdcD0hcag-4RAOla5nups4Ky22Dai7geTA-THKHYoTd9bSm-wlPniaEHwUXmAqf6zLx4QmA3sXcyc6rI9p2r9577vfrXKwlVmr4m_b7_qMDnl0m8wFMDXGlyorYX-ccyyx1uieISO-ztEmhn6LJENCx93ituMU/w640-h446/gettyimages-1402594442-2048x2048.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">The christening of Lady Gabriella Windsor, 1981.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>On 8 June 1981, Lady Gabriella "Ella" Marina Alexandra Ophelia Windsor was christened at the Chapel Royal, St James Palace. Lady Gabriella Windsor was born on 23 April 1981 at St Mary's Hospital, London, as the second child and only daughter of Prince Michael of Kent and his wife, the former Baroness Marie-Christine Miss Marina Ogilvy, the Marchioness of Douro (future Duchess of Westminster), Lady Elizabeth Shakerley (née Litchfield; formerly Litchfield), King Constantine of the Hellenes, and Prince Hugo zu Windisch-Grätz.</p><p>King George I of the Hellenes -> Prince Nicholas of Greece -> Princess Marina of Greece -> Prince Michael of Kent -> Lady Gabriella Windsor </p><p>King George I of the Hellenes -> King Constantine I of the Hellenes -> King Pavlos I of the Hellenes -> King Constantine II of the Hellenes</p><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hereditary Prince Philip and Prince Alexander of Serbia </span></b></div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3sat-KNpDnRCO_qMVL4HKeeZchNB4KCIRbasMh8WwT2_4xoC9fodM0OEaD9KFfjnXeGCC3jzKQqf1ANtcaYq5o0e2H--jPKHjBl0GDsbHit3AwRcy58GXu5A_ONCmENVODd3nfP5WCpTF9eX9v3pUPztcutTakE_1kXlv4Q66yVL7RhQOA5-dm1Op=s2817" style="color: #ffeecc; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1894" data-original-width="2817" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3sat-KNpDnRCO_qMVL4HKeeZchNB4KCIRbasMh8WwT2_4xoC9fodM0OEaD9KFfjnXeGCC3jzKQqf1ANtcaYq5o0e2H--jPKHjBl0GDsbHit3AwRcy58GXu5A_ONCmENVODd3nfP5WCpTF9eX9v3pUPztcutTakE_1kXlv4Q66yVL7RhQOA5-dm1Op=w640-h430" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria, and King Constantine II of the Hellenes with Prince Philip and Prince Alexander during their baptism. King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain as well as Queen Anne-Marie of Greece watch the ceremony.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />In July 1982, the twins Prince Philip and Prince Alexander of Serbia were baptised at Villamanrique, Spain; the boys were the second and third sons of Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and Princess Maria da Glória of Orleans-Braganza. Philip and Alexander received as their godparents King Constantine II of the Hellenes and Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria. When their mother was asked who she and her husband had chosen to be the princes' godparents, Princess Maria da Gloria responded: "<i>They are the same for the two children. Because we had only thought of one child and we asked our cousin King Constantine [of Greece] and my cousin Anita of Bourbon-Sicilies [Duchess of Calabria] to be the godfather and godmother. When the twins arrived, we did not want to ask those we had chosen to share these responsibilities, but they [the King of Greece and the Duchess of Calabria] are so wonderful that they insisted on remaining godfather and godmother of the two children. This is why Philip and Alexander have the same godfather and the same godmother.</i>"<br /><p>King George I of the Hellenes -> King Constantine I of the Hellenes -> King Alexander I of the Hellenes -> Princess Alexandra of Greece -> Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia -> Hereditary Prince Philip and Prince Alexander of Serbia</p><p>King George I of the Hellenes -> King Constantine I of the Hellenes -> King Pavlos I of the Hellenes -> King Constantine II of the Hellenes</p><p><br /></p><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Prince of Wales</b></span></div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj10DU6IxBEQJp_9E-DrSFnHDBfYvuVnit7tca2FGSGPYiHMhFbI1Pz7sTuBnddBwMHYO9ct_wLMBOX8S5qhERGJw-kh5Ik5cjR77c68dxlfgvlnRXSJodHoXNB7Sfqao1zTPn65yMVsDqZ5Vrg4iBiPbzQzPlEtS_LQWK7clg9pPyEzMC7hUdeW6Io/s2048/Prince-William-1982.jpg.webp" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="2048" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj10DU6IxBEQJp_9E-DrSFnHDBfYvuVnit7tca2FGSGPYiHMhFbI1Pz7sTuBnddBwMHYO9ct_wLMBOX8S5qhERGJw-kh5Ik5cjR77c68dxlfgvlnRXSJodHoXNB7Sfqao1zTPn65yMVsDqZ5Vrg4iBiPbzQzPlEtS_LQWK7clg9pPyEzMC7hUdeW6Io/w640-h420/Prince-William-1982.jpg.webp" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">The christening of Prince William, 1982.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #441500; clear: both; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">On 4 August 1982, Prince William Arthur Philip Louis of Wales was christened at Buckingham Palace. Born on 21 June 1982 at Paddington, London, Prince William was the first child of the Prince and Princess of Wales. The prince received as his godparents King Constantine II of the Hellenes, Princess Alexandra of Kent, the Duchess of Westminster, the Lord Romsey (now Earl Mountbatten of Burma), Lady Susan Hussey, and Sir Laurens van der Post. <br /><p>King George I of the Hellenes -> Prince Andreas of Greece -> Prince Philippos of Greece -> King Charles III of the United Kingdom -> The Prince of Wales</p><p>King George I of the Hellenes -> King Constantine I of the Hellenes -> King Pavlos I of the Hellenes -> King Constantine II of the Hellenes</p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hereditary Prince Ernst August of Hannover </span></b></div></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBu8zh53XfQ-Ouu1IZrZWkR2W8pKj9e1FYzHOf6_no0zNhg16VYJGII6LbOLrGJqvMK3qGXlGassPMphudHSqyuAQecpzn13ZnFxSRDRkSqrJFjHSOFjb37lKZvpNIh3j6Qgn3AEtXS7ffXJg8Z7WfAYU-vamKlJtx4tOnMi_O34_fCEi_DMwF2Xb/s428/GKQO7EJL2ORWGVZVLKJBZF5ONI.jpg.webp" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBu8zh53XfQ-Ouu1IZrZWkR2W8pKj9e1FYzHOf6_no0zNhg16VYJGII6LbOLrGJqvMK3qGXlGassPMphudHSqyuAQecpzn13ZnFxSRDRkSqrJFjHSOFjb37lKZvpNIh3j6Qgn3AEtXS7ffXJg8Z7WfAYU-vamKlJtx4tOnMi_O34_fCEi_DMwF2Xb/s16000/GKQO7EJL2ORWGVZVLKJBZF5ONI.jpg.webp" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">The christening of Prince Ernst August of Hannover, 1983.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>On 15 October 1983 at Schloss Marienburg, Prince <i>Ernst August</i> Andreas Philipp Constantin Maximilian Rolf Stephan Ludwig Rudolph of Hannover was christened in Germany. Born on 19 July 1983 at Hildesheim, Prince Ernst August was the first child of Prince Ernst August of Hannover and Princess Chantal (née Hochuli). The prince received as his godparents King Constantine II of the Hellenes, Princess Alexandra of Hannover (née Princess zu Ysenburg und Büdingen in Wächtersbach), the Prince of Asturias (now King Felipe VI of Spain), Fürst Philipp Ernst zu Schaumburg-Lippe, Hereditary Prince (now Fürst) Andreas zu Leiningen, Margrave Maximilian of Baden, and Prince Ludwig Rudolph of Hannover.</p>Prince Ernst August of Hannover -> Prince Ernst August of Hannover -> Prince Ernst August of Hannover -> Prince Ernst August of Hannover </div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Prince Ernst August of Hannover -> Princess Friederike of Hannover -> King Constantine II of the Hellenes</div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-53031408463636837382023-01-10T09:00:00.003-08:002024-02-14T03:14:33.965-08:00Constantine and Anne-Marie of Greece: A Love Story for the Ages<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcT1Kzacji7o_ehqH75an9RQJOGEw77-EZuaOD3NVv_HI8-nMjbRFrtX84k2RtGgtP_Jd9BgI-mJidVHaLIJ19eGLmbewa2k6axrcG-FbZmPY0pwzPIBdP6EfvQDVN3OhLrsDAvVdaMixj6PBxorrfFxSYFyNs5DMF664TO8CwoO3aLV34K85-sSTQ/s1144/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-10%20at%208.43.24%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="862" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcT1Kzacji7o_ehqH75an9RQJOGEw77-EZuaOD3NVv_HI8-nMjbRFrtX84k2RtGgtP_Jd9BgI-mJidVHaLIJ19eGLmbewa2k6axrcG-FbZmPY0pwzPIBdP6EfvQDVN3OhLrsDAvVdaMixj6PBxorrfFxSYFyNs5DMF664TO8CwoO3aLV34K85-sSTQ/w482-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-10%20at%208.43.24%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="482" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">The King and Queen.<br />Photo (c) Greek Royal Family.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Yesterday, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece lost her husband and life partner of six decades. The love story between King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie is truly one of the most beautiful in modern times.</span><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #441500; clear: both; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQspUa40khDV5SfaiQv1hXLy6bxzTc0WJEw8ytyTIuGNtEZ19ksUTmOI4e9z7qqov5tQaaUV7tSoIGFx3d217mXhxBFsWPHBCFVv0jU05pJPBtbry3tYSK0NsWA3ZaQvluaLc_aW91vMIXBCP91FT66FZ3qkjUbXDgLx-6uAXIzgfA7nhtiufm6XUS/s1674/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-10%20at%208.47.05%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1674" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQspUa40khDV5SfaiQv1hXLy6bxzTc0WJEw8ytyTIuGNtEZ19ksUTmOI4e9z7qqov5tQaaUV7tSoIGFx3d217mXhxBFsWPHBCFVv0jU05pJPBtbry3tYSK0NsWA3ZaQvluaLc_aW91vMIXBCP91FT66FZ3qkjUbXDgLx-6uAXIzgfA7nhtiufm6XUS/w640-h440/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-10%20at%208.47.05%20PM.png" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">The eventual King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece first met during a visit of the Greek royal family, including then Crown Prince Constantine, to Denmark in 1959. Anne-Marie's father King Frederick took his daughter and eventual son-in-law, as well as other royal youngsters, to see the Benneweis Circus in Jutland. Constantine was the only son of King Paul I of Greece and Queen Frederica (née Princess of Hannover). Anne-Marie was the youngest daughter of King Frederick IX of Denmark and Queen Ingrid (née Princess of Sweden).</p><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw3ylWr_1YFhtOL_36SY-Sc5sNHTxXO2bV7OJAIEm9F6N49nETTBEy9YKJd2bVwD9F2i_okLZYeDsBG7xeFjPmIn3RgglnLj_LbBe7B-UpTlVHmPqM_Z9YudxDRNJZhiqPCKT9jzsEW211x39tBR6jm9enznuOF-ylYkju7cCFK4MHYleCmtS3a8hi/s2000/81ZxHaF8OvL.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1523" data-original-width="2000" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw3ylWr_1YFhtOL_36SY-Sc5sNHTxXO2bV7OJAIEm9F6N49nETTBEy9YKJd2bVwD9F2i_okLZYeDsBG7xeFjPmIn3RgglnLj_LbBe7B-UpTlVHmPqM_Z9YudxDRNJZhiqPCKT9jzsEW211x39tBR6jm9enznuOF-ylYkju7cCFK4MHYleCmtS3a8hi/w640-h488/81ZxHaF8OvL.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Constantine and Anne-Marie met again in 1961. The following year, 1962, Anne-Marie was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Constantine's older sister Sophia to Juan Carlos of Spain. Later that same year, Anne-Marie was on holiday with her governess in Norway, where Constantine was attending a yacht racing event. He proposed and she accepted. They did not initially tell her parents. </p><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgPWBj_hdWF9_mlltW_05WwD7c0u0FbApBL2FzMBOTU1urfXYLkTE0Vfd9IOxinJx2zYHTqSf2zCzJwhgBlcV0WM10jT14UT9vHOGxHa_7tcOtThyD9dTmI5JiellF9A8ysmQKlg_BR-Zz6KOkVVJ7vsWRM9s6b0QMg4XEzqd5mSKsH6NG_WFKWdX/s3270/IMG_9545.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2528" data-original-width="3270" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgPWBj_hdWF9_mlltW_05WwD7c0u0FbApBL2FzMBOTU1urfXYLkTE0Vfd9IOxinJx2zYHTqSf2zCzJwhgBlcV0WM10jT14UT9vHOGxHa_7tcOtThyD9dTmI5JiellF9A8ysmQKlg_BR-Zz6KOkVVJ7vsWRM9s6b0QMg4XEzqd5mSKsH6NG_WFKWdX/w640-h494/IMG_9545.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">In his biography of King Constantine II, entitled <i>H.M. Konstantine XIII King of the Hellenes,</i> the author G. Nicholas Tantzos wrote: </p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"></p><blockquote style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><p>"The wedding of Sophie and Juan Carlos took place on May 14, 1962, and had even broader romantic consequences. The Crown Prince re-met his third cousin, the sixteen year-old Princess Anne-Marie. more than a hundred of Europe's royals attended the wedding, but Konstantine had eyes for no one else, and danced dance after dance with her, until his mother finally told him to give some of the other Princesses a break. Konstantine was having none of it, stating that he wanted no one else. Without telling his parents, Konstantine proposed to Anne-Marie during the summer of 1962 while they were all in Norway. She accepted, and the Prince immediately went and told his parents. </p><p>Several years before, while visiting Denmark, King Paul had also noticed the twelve-year-old Princess, and remarked to Frederika, 'She is like a butterfly. If and when he marries, I hope Konstantine marries her!' </p><p></p></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5t4QzYfFexZ6hcDezSNyFspp5GXSI5CFsfA3DJTb6YoeDejLBf6yovNywFPHEjG4htGsUquGU3Y1BXMfJcsIc4eGtb2pxYD4Y96kj53GRdAPXeUQXi1Nu0u75DS8IhvuQux-YVHwFLXLDbgIKUfCYXJuBd1Pc5uKNAOKIKmQpQITRwoADYc-ZMUbH/s3756/IMG_9544.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2835" data-original-width="3756" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5t4QzYfFexZ6hcDezSNyFspp5GXSI5CFsfA3DJTb6YoeDejLBf6yovNywFPHEjG4htGsUquGU3Y1BXMfJcsIc4eGtb2pxYD4Y96kj53GRdAPXeUQXi1Nu0u75DS8IhvuQux-YVHwFLXLDbgIKUfCYXJuBd1Pc5uKNAOKIKmQpQITRwoADYc-ZMUbH/w640-h484/IMG_9544.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">King Frederick IX, Princess Anne-Marie, Crown Prince Constantine, King Paul, Queen Frederica, and Queen Ingrid in Copenhagen.</td></tr></tbody></table><blockquote style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><p>While Frederika and Paul approved of the marriage, all was not so well in Denmark. Anne-Marie's father was delighted, but a number of legal questions were raised. Such a marriage would reunite the Danish and Greek Royal Houses. A hundred years before, the Danish Prince William, second in line to the Danish throne, had been elected King of the Hellenes as King George I. He had deferred his rights in the Danish succession to those of his younger brothers, but he, and his descendants, were still styled Princes of Denmark. Besides the close blood relationship, Danish law did not allow a girl to marry until she attained the age of eighteen. In order to marry, Anne-Marie required a letter of permission from her father, King Frederick IX, which also had to be approved by his Minister of Justice. Circumstances made this unnecessary. The death of King Paul required waiting through a period of mourning, and by the time the date was set, Anne-Marie was eighteen. </p><p>For six months the engagement had to be kept secret, much to the anguish of the Crown Prince, who lamented that it was '...unfair, since most engaged couples can see each other as often as they wish, while I have to sneak around, pretending that I am going to Denmark for the sailing.'"</p></blockquote><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDzewvkCw9q9r5ph0dAqNoz83r-WORFW9OonDdUNBKU_wYDx96WFI-0IYWOSTJuSBLhfffLhSDWaWe3HpNd1RldYZXHwD3kRHEDPGq0UgpkolwzFdVIqZgwCMR1Wyn12zJYV7xUg-9BlXb6cBBx7_2BiOuZZnbJXzfbnER-RXC5_G28rSABA43PAR/s4029/IMG_9548.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4029" data-original-width="2668" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDzewvkCw9q9r5ph0dAqNoz83r-WORFW9OonDdUNBKU_wYDx96WFI-0IYWOSTJuSBLhfffLhSDWaWe3HpNd1RldYZXHwD3kRHEDPGq0UgpkolwzFdVIqZgwCMR1Wyn12zJYV7xUg-9BlXb6cBBx7_2BiOuZZnbJXzfbnER-RXC5_G28rSABA43PAR/w424-h640/IMG_9548.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="424" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Constantine and Anne-Marie on the balcony of Amalienborg.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">The royal couple recounted their courtship in the Danish documentary <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZRlBj5ckfE&t=1786s" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;">A Royal Family</a></i>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6WoOF2_wzx7t4YBKzx_fc2fGPgHMDpUqvmFFWAAb39oa8twlWcBMrvVRNx8HQRWDYsEl4wcZ3mgZDM9HXhLrNfgElwdwfqLNnsCrH4090EuX6_UzNWev0ZZWedcMn7OzlHocMqb-0LUVj4F0D0JensfYwJ8bazTTO1uxz9dHsPD5ykxw7Umc6MLa/s3727/IMG_9542.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3727" data-original-width="2275" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6WoOF2_wzx7t4YBKzx_fc2fGPgHMDpUqvmFFWAAb39oa8twlWcBMrvVRNx8HQRWDYsEl4wcZ3mgZDM9HXhLrNfgElwdwfqLNnsCrH4090EuX6_UzNWev0ZZWedcMn7OzlHocMqb-0LUVj4F0D0JensfYwJ8bazTTO1uxz9dHsPD5ykxw7Umc6MLa/w390-h640/IMG_9542.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="390" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Crown Prince Constantine and Paul Elvstrøm.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">King Constantine: "<i>I actually saw a picture of her in a magazine. And I said: 'That's it.' And I said: 'Well, I want to go to Denmark and meet her.' And my father said: 'How are you going to do that?' And I said: 'Well, I'll write a letter to the king and say I'm going to be in Denmark for a sailing meeting with Mr. Paul Elvstrøm, which was feasible.' I don't know if I ever told Paul that I used him as an excuse to go see this girl.</i>" </p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Queen Anne-Marie: "<i>We spent, whatever it was, four or five days in Athens for the wedding [of Princess Sophia of Greece and Infante Juan Carlos of Spain], which was a wonderful occasion. And I think probably there it was that we fell in love.</i>"</p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Queen Anne-Marie on their engagement: "<i>I said: 'For goodness sake, do not not tell my parents, because they will have a fit!' Which he couldn't understand, but I persuaded him, and I think he realized that they probably would have had a fit. So it wasn't until, in fact, six months after we had got engaged unofficially that we did tell my parents.</i>"</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZ1xUD1WED1LvnNMO7XtZ6DIPm0OPRp57NV-mSjazxt9iPixGtpY1YIu3Xi4A2fTG_bA2fve1mIo3xd_QuClyhpSM6iLaaaranTsVKCbbfNoMwVLoYBaVymh5nio7iauXQst6b_UeIgbMPuW354AgcnBRVP6b8Ka4BL5iFYKZySYhIvuRmcOcfn_u/s3868/IMG_9541.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2226" data-original-width="3868" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZ1xUD1WED1LvnNMO7XtZ6DIPm0OPRp57NV-mSjazxt9iPixGtpY1YIu3Xi4A2fTG_bA2fve1mIo3xd_QuClyhpSM6iLaaaranTsVKCbbfNoMwVLoYBaVymh5nio7iauXQst6b_UeIgbMPuW354AgcnBRVP6b8Ka4BL5iFYKZySYhIvuRmcOcfn_u/w640-h368/IMG_9541.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">King Frederick IX, Queen Ingrid, Princess Anne-Marie, and Crown Prince Constantine.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">King Constantine: "<i>The biggest shock was for my father-in-law. I asked him if I could marry his daughter. And the poor man got such a shock that he got up, he never said a word to me, he just got up, took me by the hand, and put me in a room and locked me in there with no lights. So I had to sort of grope around to find a light, and then I found the light and opened it, and I found out I was in his toilet. And I couldn't understand what I was doing in there. And he had gone off to find his wife and tell her 'this fellow wants to marry our daughter - what do we do with him?</i>'"</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn__oAwhFYTmyjC4r8ckxGB4hpsAC9kQMbknqnr-CYKGT_r_qeXxCMfFOrJrZrXoycULje7nvGPBvH8TDuFOFsFCsBwidbcnsiFA3UsGAyWtSkO0f00M8RIqmAp5la0QI_060T_gAtO2sxG-3iA2FfFsoJ0ihJbi2lrgVdNufnEZcRQpT96vA3JmWG/s3796/IMG_9547.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3796" data-original-width="2205" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn__oAwhFYTmyjC4r8ckxGB4hpsAC9kQMbknqnr-CYKGT_r_qeXxCMfFOrJrZrXoycULje7nvGPBvH8TDuFOFsFCsBwidbcnsiFA3UsGAyWtSkO0f00M8RIqmAp5la0QI_060T_gAtO2sxG-3iA2FfFsoJ0ihJbi2lrgVdNufnEZcRQpT96vA3JmWG/w372-h640/IMG_9547.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="372" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Hand in hand: Anne-Marie and Constantine on Corfu.</td></tr></tbody></table><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">The engagement of Crown Prince Constantine of Greece and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark was officially announced on 23 January 1963 by the Danish and Greek courts. A friend of the princess was quoted by the press: "<i>She is the charmer and humorist of the Royal Family. Life is always fun when she is around.</i>"<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYtcVLp0Z_PTLxG6r3JItYEWFpYjlF_Gvs6KJ2kQ-p0N3EShcJloT9zjVzCNCUrpJ03drQ00YYddylrZIehMnBWQLNUnXsS-t8AfEFiE2JkteJytzCMhRRBvBQoq0FqPOgyX3HZJBKwWtHGASJ7Fw0n7QvOHY7R16A9foVfk49GudtQS_jP8fXr4q/s3719/IMG_9550.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3719" data-original-width="2684" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYtcVLp0Z_PTLxG6r3JItYEWFpYjlF_Gvs6KJ2kQ-p0N3EShcJloT9zjVzCNCUrpJ03drQ00YYddylrZIehMnBWQLNUnXsS-t8AfEFiE2JkteJytzCMhRRBvBQoq0FqPOgyX3HZJBKwWtHGASJ7Fw0n7QvOHY7R16A9foVfk49GudtQS_jP8fXr4q/w462-h640/IMG_9550.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="462" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie on their wedding day, 1964.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>King Constantine II of the Hellenes and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark were married on 18 September 1964 at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DUX0Lr7cE0QyoExqjjpampaczyBFbQg2Hp1u0AYwZbPi6CPPMZ1R-NtHzFgu6QqhGpMg1LwfXqEAerBRSN8V4-vrosBJ9i88O19L2G7fc1X-qtjKIfHFymR2-3K1lTjOwexXFKE26_LgIgGRhnK0LLPs49s9Jqb-dAupmC1syBFrXzBN2iVgr3H3/s1690/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-10%20at%209.06.42%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1690" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DUX0Lr7cE0QyoExqjjpampaczyBFbQg2Hp1u0AYwZbPi6CPPMZ1R-NtHzFgu6QqhGpMg1LwfXqEAerBRSN8V4-vrosBJ9i88O19L2G7fc1X-qtjKIfHFymR2-3K1lTjOwexXFKE26_LgIgGRhnK0LLPs49s9Jqb-dAupmC1syBFrXzBN2iVgr3H3/w640-h424/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-10%20at%209.06.42%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">The Royal Couple on the occasion of their Golden Wedding Anniversary, 2014.<br />Photo (c) Greek Royal Family / Studio Kominis.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>The King and Queen of Greece were married for fifty-nine years. On 18 September 2014, they celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary with a dinner at the Yacht Club of Greece. Following are the remarks that King Constantine gave to those gathered to join the couple in commemorating their fifty years of marriage.<br /><blockquote><i>Twenty-five years ago, most of you came to Denmark to celebrate our Silver Wedding anniversary. I cannot forget that I had then invited you to come in another 25 years. I then turned to my wife and said- let’s go for gold! Some of us have survived.<br /><br />When I plucked up the courage to ask the late King of Denmark permission to marry his daughter, little did I expect that I would end up being locked up in his toilet. He walked off with the key to find my future mother-in-law. She gently asked him- where is he? He told her that I was locked up in the toilet.. She suggested that I be released and that he should order some champagne. When they both gave me their consent, my parents were invited to Denmark and we made the official announcement.<br /><br />50 years ago, I had fallen in love with, -in my opinion-, the most beautiful girl in the world. 50 years later, I still have the same feeling.<br /><br />She was also responsible for bringing up five wonderful children, whom we both love and are very proud of. Three of them married into our Family exceptional young people.<br /><br />She turned out to be the most unselfish and patient human being and the Greek people took her to their hearts, where she remains ever since. That made me very happy and proud.<br /><br />Those days were also very difficult because of the tension between our neighbours and our country, and also the turbulent politics of those days. I would not be able to go through that period without my young wife at my side.<br /><br />After I tried to restore democracy in the country and we went to Rome on the 13th December 1967, we also suffered a very personal loss, -the loss of a baby.<br /><br />This morning the Queen and I went to the Mitropolis, just as we had done 50 years ago. We were greeted by His Eminence the Archbishop of Athens and All of Greece, Mr. Ieronimos, who prayed for the health and well-being of our Family.<br /><br />The Queen and I made a special prayer for our nation and the Greek people.<br /><br />I thank you all for being with us tonight and hope to see you here in another 25 years!</i></blockquote></div><div>Queen Anne-Marie's speech was equally poignant:</div><blockquote><i>It is astonishing to think that 50 years have gone by since that beautiful day in Athens.<br /><br />I remember so well walking into the Mitropolis on the arm of my father. I was so proud to become your wife. I was so proud to become Greek and so deliriously happy.<br /><br />We have walked a long road together since that day. We have experienced incredible happiness. We have experienced difficult times, but also good times. And always we could rely on each other!<br /><br />We found strength in each other. We encouraged and helped each other.<br /><br />We were incredibly blessed to have our five wonderful children. You in turn have given us nine grandchildren -and counting?<br /><br />The happiness you have given us is indescribable. We looked after you and worried about you when you were little.<br /><br />Now the roles are somewhat changing. You look out for Papa and me and help us. Mind you, we still worry about you!<br /><br />You have encouraged us to start our life again in this heavenly country. It really is the most beautiful country on earth.<br /><br />We did come home after all these years, as we knew we always would.<br /><br />And we are so happy.</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxnC0Qr4F1tP3As6Bb6EZhENWA0AzSV-j0m8dkWym8Mw8wnyLD-pEEngQViHZ-DOIQitBYNC0BqA2iv_I4dkY07NSmr8XMgocg01bo_Y32ZLVG-sz0E9_59GsQ_dpddUxij7qwYxqum93ZXI-Wu-B2e4VwqY1cdBMPgxoU8Tm-102LwTxtJ3OYXzS/s3625/IMG_9540.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3625" data-original-width="2256" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxnC0Qr4F1tP3As6Bb6EZhENWA0AzSV-j0m8dkWym8Mw8wnyLD-pEEngQViHZ-DOIQitBYNC0BqA2iv_I4dkY07NSmr8XMgocg01bo_Y32ZLVG-sz0E9_59GsQ_dpddUxij7qwYxqum93ZXI-Wu-B2e4VwqY1cdBMPgxoU8Tm-102LwTxtJ3OYXzS/w398-h640/IMG_9540.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="398" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Our condolences to Her Majesty Queen Anna-Maria of the Hellenes.</i></b></div></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-10806801325542958472023-01-09T09:00:00.004-08:002024-02-14T03:12:28.291-08:00King Constantine II of the Hellenes (1940-2023)<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKX6sfBXwoH5JHV3n1ZDHQmuSr9iqhlcovOkjnasQYwpN9XoN3mrL_jbkK9NvKYvjhUEa128o0Wcx4L3FbumsokbmlXIZFKcl6TLhfzd9MDtXk_k2uURlGa9FjN12Su0EHU9y9E-c7JHEDpiHzwSnJYFwXg9wYqZfM07_NYCISzOhD4QwR4kVx1cfT/s1082/IMG_9462.JPG" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKX6sfBXwoH5JHV3n1ZDHQmuSr9iqhlcovOkjnasQYwpN9XoN3mrL_jbkK9NvKYvjhUEa128o0Wcx4L3FbumsokbmlXIZFKcl6TLhfzd9MDtXk_k2uURlGa9FjN12Su0EHU9y9E-c7JHEDpiHzwSnJYFwXg9wYqZfM07_NYCISzOhD4QwR4kVx1cfT/w426-h640/IMG_9462.JPG" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie, with their grandson Constantine, at the wedding of their son Philippos. </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Today, 10 January, King Constantine II of Greece died at Hygeia Hospital in Marousi, a suburb of Athens. The king was eighty-two years-old.</div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZy9ki3coFnWjrrlhyflnbTJnNTGUYvjeiD2Lzo89ngLun0cwzf-cKo8LHpL9MyGoY_tWGaIcfGSqsFtcI7M1swDdss3NOuaIZB7xahbqY2oZvU9SLCyn1asZX6ogmQwVM8MsESZP1X4/s1600/Screen+Shot+2020-05-27+at+9.12.17+PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="501" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZy9ki3coFnWjrrlhyflnbTJnNTGUYvjeiD2Lzo89ngLun0cwzf-cKo8LHpL9MyGoY_tWGaIcfGSqsFtcI7M1swDdss3NOuaIZB7xahbqY2oZvU9SLCyn1asZX6ogmQwVM8MsESZP1X4/s640/Screen+Shot+2020-05-27+at+9.12.17+PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px;">Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Frederica with their children Princess Sophia and Prince Constantine.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66LnBWdiwvGyt_-EO9BaZiKxdGwmbCbrs7P0dhx_IWOK0j4dWpXTntc5ZnMzzRd7uxs3zr1Gz1iib_LvxHTqV-eB0CrOZWluHV8LCiOJ6uim05UrqPuz2gD7WmLSqe5ZuTU1zauxhF40/s1041/ce8b5269e61000bfe4b37d32792e7d05.jpg" style="color: #ff8866; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="627" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66LnBWdiwvGyt_-EO9BaZiKxdGwmbCbrs7P0dhx_IWOK0j4dWpXTntc5ZnMzzRd7uxs3zr1Gz1iib_LvxHTqV-eB0CrOZWluHV8LCiOJ6uim05UrqPuz2gD7WmLSqe5ZuTU1zauxhF40/w386-h640/ce8b5269e61000bfe4b37d32792e7d05.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.098) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">The King and Queen of Greece with their three children.</td></tr></tbody></table>Prince Constantine of Greece and Denmark was born at the villa of Psychiko, home of his parents, on 2 June 1940. A 101 gun salute from Mount Lycabettus at 6pm that evening announced to Athens that a new prince had arrived into the world. Crown Princess Frederica recalled: "<i>My two elder children, Sophie and Constantine, were born in my sitting-room in our small house. My parents came for Sophie's birth but, when Tino was born, the war had already started and they could not come. Palo [Paul] stayed with me all the time and held my hand. The Prime Minister sat downstairs with the King, because it was the custom that the Prime Minister should be in the house.</i>" The Acropolis was floodlighted in celebration of the prince's birth, and guns were fired in salute throughout the country. The baby boy was named after his paternal grandfather King Constantine I of Greece; Prince Constantine was christening on 20 July 1940 at the Metropolitan Cathedral. The prince was the first son and second child of Crown Prince Paul of Greece and Crown Princess Frederica (born Princess of Hannover), who wed in 1938. Constantine joined an older sister, Princess Sophia (b.1938); he was followed by a younger sister, Princess Irene (b.1942). At the time of his arrival, Constantine's uncle George II was King of Greece; the infant prince was second in the line of succession after his father Paul.</div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkmGT44XgM1vS1Glx_0L-Ml7rVb1GRG-5fiWA-e8km5tf6fJh2HIejdkrzIcTQm3w4NlaIdJ9WYWOJSaOCfP9YKZ-HH-1H4fbvBoovsOrrCg0T_e2DSBzHbraRBVyzkM7VKh59xBIEhw/s392/family1963.jpg" style="color: #ff8866; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkmGT44XgM1vS1Glx_0L-Ml7rVb1GRG-5fiWA-e8km5tf6fJh2HIejdkrzIcTQm3w4NlaIdJ9WYWOJSaOCfP9YKZ-HH-1H4fbvBoovsOrrCg0T_e2DSBzHbraRBVyzkM7VKh59xBIEhw/s16000/family1963.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.098) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">The King and Queen of Greece with their children.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">King George II of the Hellenes passed away at Athens on 1 April 1947 at the age of fifty-six. He was succeeded by his last surviving brother, who became King Paul I. At the time, the new Crown Prince Constantine of Greece was only six years-old. The crown prince accompanied his father during the funeral of his uncle. Constantine was educated at a preparatory school and later a boarding school, the Victoria College of Alexandria, Egypt, where his classmates included King Hussein of Jordan. A fellow student recalled him as "<i>a good chap, a young man with all the right instincts. He was at his best on the playing fields.</i>" Constantine was also a pupil at Anavryta, a secondary school established at Sygnros in Kifissia; the prince attended this institution for nine years. Crown Prince Constantine served in all three branches of the Hellenic Armed Forces and attended the requisite military academies. The Greek heir also attended the NATO Air Force Special Weapons School in Germany, as well as the University of Athens, where he undertook courses in the school of law.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYVnJwH3_u-7rvlPom_lO3nQP1Tnubev2ABrOmN-RKAokkws9s0D6jFflxfdGMtE30ZxThIrS2jN-dgKJ8iyztzxmJi9baBJ2nhpagZFdrbgjJN3RSOoPQN_9eIqqKDrzQzekf33DVx4/s1600/gettyimages-50572564-2048x2048.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="1600" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYVnJwH3_u-7rvlPom_lO3nQP1Tnubev2ABrOmN-RKAokkws9s0D6jFflxfdGMtE30ZxThIrS2jN-dgKJ8iyztzxmJi9baBJ2nhpagZFdrbgjJN3RSOoPQN_9eIqqKDrzQzekf33DVx4/s640/gettyimages-50572564-2048x2048.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><b>The Greek Royal Family in 1959</b><br />Left to right: Crown Prince Constantine, Princess Irene, Queen Frederica, King Paul, Princess Sophia, and Prince Michael.<br />Photograph (c) Getty Images / Dean Loomis.</td></tr></tbody></table>When Crown Prince Constantine came of age in 1958, he swore allegiance to his father and to the Greek people. On the crown prince's eighteenth birthday on 2 June 1958, King Paul delivered this address to his only son:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>Constantine,</i> </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>God has graciously destined you to reign over this glorious, gallant and noble Nation of ours.</i> </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>This sacred favour given to you, is an outstanding mark of honour and a legacy of great responsibility. </i> </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>As from this day, you shall be my partner in the endeavour to further the progress and well-being of my people.</i> </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>I am confident that your love of the Greek People, equal as it is to my own profound affection for them, will bring you as great happiness as it brings to me. In paying the price of their glorious history and enduring the consequences of their age-long struggles even to this day, in defence of mankind, the Greek People have not as yet been able to develop their capabilities to the full and achieve the standard of well-being to which they are justly entitled. For this very reason, they deserve every mark of affection and regard and every act of sacrifice on your part.</i> </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>Be a just, kind and indefatigable worker for the advance and glory of Greece.<br />Uphold steadfastly the Democratic Principles of our institutions and the Constitutional Liberties of our People.</i> </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>Devote your life to the happiness of the Country. There is no task more noble and more important than this. Always remember that it is preferable that the King should suffer than that the suffering should fall on the Nation and the Country. Endeavour to show yourself worthy of the Greek Soldier whose leader you will be in the future. When the time comes, you will take your place at the head of the Greek Armed Forces, the bearers of a heroic and glorious tradition.</i> </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>Keep them devoted to duty and battle-worthy, the guardians of our tradition, respected by our friends and feared by our foes, the priceless jewel of a proud Nation.<br />May they never be forced to strike.</i> </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>Be the protector and guardian of our Holy Church.<br />Draw your strength from the love between you and your people.<br />Redress offence by pardon,<br />Discord by unity,<br />Error by truth,<br />Doubt by faith.</i> </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>I pray that you and my People may know days of glory in the noble struggle for progress and civilisation.</i> </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>May God Almighty make you an instrument of peace and always keep guard over Greece and over your, Constantine, my son. </i></blockquote>In 1959, at the age of nineteen, Constantine met his future wife, his third cousin Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark, aged thirteen, on a visit to Denmark. Anne-Marie was the third and last daughter of King Frederik IX of Denmark and Queen Ingrid. Constantine and Anne-Marie met a second time in Denmark in 1961, when Constantine declared to her parents his intention to marry Anne-Marie; at this point King Frederik briefly locked Constantine in the toilet. They met again in Athens in May 1962 at the marriage of Constantine's sister Princess Sofia of Greece and Denmark to Prince Juan Carlos of Spain at which Anne-Marie was a bridesmaid: and again in 1963 at the centenary celebrations of the Greek monarchy.<br /><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqyrQcjg-zhEWIPLmPNM_LbL-GfsRHOIUVimnHmVvY692brbSUQASbmW1QgSHwDU09cHyvWtNGYlAF19SpXqKkfcT5F7hJDdMtRMjchvoJ-U4ZHpcJMDRI-P-3uqf0q3XPBB7gGMdJXERwrNfOeWQ46lQxhEwJyfvcZ_UZoUmkFwKexW0RBtu0Do2/s3748/IMG_9468.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3748" data-original-width="2283" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqyrQcjg-zhEWIPLmPNM_LbL-GfsRHOIUVimnHmVvY692brbSUQASbmW1QgSHwDU09cHyvWtNGYlAF19SpXqKkfcT5F7hJDdMtRMjchvoJ-U4ZHpcJMDRI-P-3uqf0q3XPBB7gGMdJXERwrNfOeWQ46lQxhEwJyfvcZ_UZoUmkFwKexW0RBtu0Do2/w390-h640/IMG_9468.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="390" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Crown Prince Constantine.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>When he was on a tour of the United States, Constantine spent time with his cousin King Simeon II of Bulgaria, who at that time was a student at the military school at Valley Forge. The two royals were pulled over by a policeman. Though neither Constantine nor Simeon had identification on them, they presented themselves as "Crown Prince of Greece" and "King of Bulgaria." Needless to say, they were briefly arrested before the Greek embassy intervened and verified their identities. In 1960, aged twenty, Crown Prince Constantine won an Olympic gold medal in sailing, which was the first Greek gold medal in sailing since the Stockholm 1912 Summer Olympics. He was also a strong swimmer and had a black belt in karate.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4-GaCbhorZWrMuxyRsZ27GyJpUWPk8NlEG-ho0t21yksL0ML4zNg5yv3jPk5qfRj9NpXw-EG1Wdn-34Z7yON_4fjXB41riM5SzoeVLo6JZFICse_kQ3vks56Rb9uUFO6Qz7lbsALbh0/s2048/gettyimages-166493975-2048x2048.jpg" style="color: #ff8866; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="2048" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4-GaCbhorZWrMuxyRsZ27GyJpUWPk8NlEG-ho0t21yksL0ML4zNg5yv3jPk5qfRj9NpXw-EG1Wdn-34Z7yON_4fjXB41riM5SzoeVLo6JZFICse_kQ3vks56Rb9uUFO6Qz7lbsALbh0/w640-h416/gettyimages-166493975-2048x2048.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.098) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">King Constantine II of Greece with Queen Mother Frederica at the funeral of King Paul.<br />Pictured behind them is Princess Irene.<br />Photograph (c) Getty Images / Jack Garofalo.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYI8ntJFMmvuwgGRK1UQ9pqjaNB7527VnNcgNNiVdbiq5o7KVSyU6_1TfH0FGkqjaibfHG5DOn3mqbuDnkUWtIz8c8NL-d_AhAI6stDD4XK5WFfNhDXfFgEQOzGJLRPwavnqjr9SoXYc/s2048/gettyimages-562649641-2048x2048.jpg" style="color: #ff8866; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1574" data-original-width="2048" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYI8ntJFMmvuwgGRK1UQ9pqjaNB7527VnNcgNNiVdbiq5o7KVSyU6_1TfH0FGkqjaibfHG5DOn3mqbuDnkUWtIz8c8NL-d_AhAI6stDD4XK5WFfNhDXfFgEQOzGJLRPwavnqjr9SoXYc/w640-h492/gettyimages-562649641-2048x2048.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.098) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">King Constantine II of Greece with his mother Queen Frederica at the funeral of King Paul.<br />Photograph (c) Getty Images / Keystone.</td></tr></tbody></table>Aged sixty-two, King Paul I of Greece died at Athens on 6 March 1964, and Constantine succeeded to the throne. In his biography of the new king, entitled <i>HM Konstantine XIII</i>, G. Nicholas Tantzos presented Constantine's daily routine once he became monarch: "<i>The King's average day commenced about 7:30 AM with a breakfast of coffee, boiled eggs and toast, after which he read the newspapers and smoked his first cigarette. Unless there were formal meetings, the King dressed casually in slacks and sweater. By 9 AM he commenced conferences with his staff, going over state papers, and holding audiences, and attending meetings. Lunch was scheduled for 1:30 PM, but the King was usually late. In the afternoon he sometimes played squash with the Assistant Military Attache from the American Embassy, then returned to his office. There were many royal duties: opening factories, trade fairs, presiding over international functions and charitable institutions, reviewing military parades and such. His day usually ended after 9:30 PM in the evening, when he returned to the Palace. Sometimes he listened to music or watched a movie in the Palace basement, or had friends around for drinks.</i>"</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxrvGFQYagLHTGCGbyZwtfk12oaFKiZbOZ9I9SM4OjCO2av-NFxw4dQy2SDwwik3lAKV5GDrA-_eYaK7qNvyO83rzliN21Hqf6fXxNmS2ofM7C4ecswVqwu6su4wUGvSJopsE5RLHerTb7nwgd1mLYOUnX_AUGSlpz4Oqa_9v0cnl-7gGnjoMzTSVD=s2048" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1412" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxrvGFQYagLHTGCGbyZwtfk12oaFKiZbOZ9I9SM4OjCO2av-NFxw4dQy2SDwwik3lAKV5GDrA-_eYaK7qNvyO83rzliN21Hqf6fXxNmS2ofM7C4ecswVqwu6su4wUGvSJopsE5RLHerTb7nwgd1mLYOUnX_AUGSlpz4Oqa_9v0cnl-7gGnjoMzTSVD=w442-h640" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="442" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece on their wedding day, 1964.<br />Photo (c) Getty Images / David Lees.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Huwelijken%2C_Bestanddeelnr_254-7177.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="800" height="789" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Huwelijken%2C_Bestanddeelnr_254-7177.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="800" /></a></div><div><br />On 18 September 1964, King Constantine II of Greece and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark were wed at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Athens. In 1967, following political instability, the King and Queen, with their two eldest children, fled from Greece to Rome, where they lived for a time. In 1974, the Greek monarchy was abolished. In 1980, Constantine and Anne-Marie established the Hellenic College of London, where their children were educated in Greek and English. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWMYUPImRl5FbCE_TFas6xN6L--jfpLhfnjFx0HcbgdHgU0LuLM6aFfJg-EAwuW7Wdm9wJuGK0D5Gr9j-DLUDAZkTJPbo_6nDBODK8hHuYydAWaouMfwAlGbgyG1BUtc5kqnv2IplxKcLO_HHVKAr2HJ01qgkPOWpFPpKrmlTUfUNgmqZm_Oai_2na=s2048" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2038" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWMYUPImRl5FbCE_TFas6xN6L--jfpLhfnjFx0HcbgdHgU0LuLM6aFfJg-EAwuW7Wdm9wJuGK0D5Gr9j-DLUDAZkTJPbo_6nDBODK8hHuYydAWaouMfwAlGbgyG1BUtc5kqnv2IplxKcLO_HHVKAr2HJ01qgkPOWpFPpKrmlTUfUNgmqZm_Oai_2na=w636-h640" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="636" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie, holding the infant Princess Alexia, are surrounded by Princess Margrethe of Denmark, King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid of Denmark, Queen Mother Frederica of Greece, and Princess Irene, 1965.<br />Photo (c) Getty Images / Keystone.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4w8gGtlK4PdwWUGrUju1lWe_pvMknCh34l-j7GUN93IE35ahouovXU0gh711MIv43x65Vnc48gdGZc1SQu4IgdfvDSMqN7jmNVdMAiu5CxXOzWRRkPpf3sdn_NqN-RY9hhcHVNmc-rBVlOXU7BVrO3SwnXvp296odZA6lgg8_eB-0TsiicMt6ASuC=s2048" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="2048" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4w8gGtlK4PdwWUGrUju1lWe_pvMknCh34l-j7GUN93IE35ahouovXU0gh711MIv43x65Vnc48gdGZc1SQu4IgdfvDSMqN7jmNVdMAiu5CxXOzWRRkPpf3sdn_NqN-RY9hhcHVNmc-rBVlOXU7BVrO3SwnXvp296odZA6lgg8_eB-0TsiicMt6ASuC=w640-h420" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">King Constantine, Queen Anne-Marie holding Crown Prince Pavlos, Queen Mother Frederica, and Princess Irene of Greece photographed in Rome, 1967.<br />Photo (c) Rolls Press / Popperfoto.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisA6KjEOJhY_reHkDlYoANceWc3y3rhXu0EyCA-UNk5h_Mf0vc7hN6_EpzC_jGg0R1O_dI0aQ2nNKpDlNtfXfylTD5H8mORyP1WXrShCPXnbVNwtJJMvW2rHHxNI-rptJT6fwl4QtvZ5MAjoBohDJIqQWTMbwQhXUXTNql2juvWKwmj9AZl_XmkOow=s2048" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1376" data-original-width="2048" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisA6KjEOJhY_reHkDlYoANceWc3y3rhXu0EyCA-UNk5h_Mf0vc7hN6_EpzC_jGg0R1O_dI0aQ2nNKpDlNtfXfylTD5H8mORyP1WXrShCPXnbVNwtJJMvW2rHHxNI-rptJT6fwl4QtvZ5MAjoBohDJIqQWTMbwQhXUXTNql2juvWKwmj9AZl_XmkOow=w640-h430" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">King Constantine holding Prince Nikolaos and Queen Anne-Marie in Rome, 1969.<br />Photo (c) Getty Images / Rolls Press / Popperfoto.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpvrjbLud7UsKoH27JmROdqOwN7DW9_BnnUZ24UUyaNHtQBBy8-QCqfW-9D8fjcGcriJp0pP-Kf4fafFRqYPTYIRUzTs5bFCBlkg2UhzOWnOec9R5VbkWI4z0xDP9Z1B9aayTm3W4LGB8jSEp3P9EbFdVF4jmnEHNjdP4OZAlB8DY20dVPH9KgetUb=s2048" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1405" data-original-width="2048" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpvrjbLud7UsKoH27JmROdqOwN7DW9_BnnUZ24UUyaNHtQBBy8-QCqfW-9D8fjcGcriJp0pP-Kf4fafFRqYPTYIRUzTs5bFCBlkg2UhzOWnOec9R5VbkWI4z0xDP9Z1B9aayTm3W4LGB8jSEp3P9EbFdVF4jmnEHNjdP4OZAlB8DY20dVPH9KgetUb=w640-h440" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie, holding Princess Theodora, on the occasion of the christening of the princess. The couple are shown with their children Crown Prince Pavlos and Princess Alexia as well as Queen Elizabeth II, 1983.<br />Photo (c) Getty Images / Hutton Archive.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimVp3nTKT6_xzy4Nx3d9o66q2c3Oq2yVacQ6wqk7OSn9g1ri_J3jLDc3QA3QVF1bdYv7I3VsP689QHaO3LyR2PPE-MuPXjmiuQ-Ba9FTUZcJ-h8spIIf-Ibx7eCV5iYEaLbHL_zrUmkDBiP4zyoFQQGAdrx0OzphIb0J0sdL3QpeXZ-_QdUF0vXQos=s2048" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1688" data-original-width="2048" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimVp3nTKT6_xzy4Nx3d9o66q2c3Oq2yVacQ6wqk7OSn9g1ri_J3jLDc3QA3QVF1bdYv7I3VsP689QHaO3LyR2PPE-MuPXjmiuQ-Ba9FTUZcJ-h8spIIf-Ibx7eCV5iYEaLbHL_zrUmkDBiP4zyoFQQGAdrx0OzphIb0J0sdL3QpeXZ-_QdUF0vXQos=w640-h528" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie, holding Prince Philippos, at the prince's christening in 1986. They are shown with Diana, Princess of Wales, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain, and the Duke of Edinburgh.<br />Photo (c) Getty Images / Tim Graham.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div>The King and Queen had five children: Princess Alexia (b.1965), Crown Prince Pavlos (b.1967), Prince Nikolaos (b.1969), Princess Theodora (b.1983), and Prince Philippos (b.1986). In 1995, Crown Prince Pavlos married Marie-Chantal Miller; the couple have five children: Princess Maria-Olympia, Prince Constantine-Alexois, Prince Achileas-Andreas, Prince Odyseus Kimon, and Prince Aristidis-Stavros. In 1999, Princess Alexia married Carlos Morales y Quintana; the couple have four children: Arrietta Morales y de Grecia, Anna Maria Morales y de Grecia, Carlos Morales y de Grecia, and Amelia Morales y de Grecia. In 2010, Prince Nikolaos married Tatiana Blatnik. In 2020/2021, Prince Philippos married Nina Flohr. Princess Theodora is engaged to Matthew Kumar.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlGMqqKDoX92aEEbRVDSVwWp4D1X97l1A75v3i7HT-nE5E1I9pfbbzkUOi70WzoOlnAa_V8SRqYHz89_6pqxR8Ru6CHe0ZEzj8GXX2vAby4Ef6CpfuwQ5yNPM_3U2ucS2JdSyw4yYuD30qPgl3HSy7UFAF47HKqqpVWDZFyHf3X_vb2_70LPCraNve=s2048" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlGMqqKDoX92aEEbRVDSVwWp4D1X97l1A75v3i7HT-nE5E1I9pfbbzkUOi70WzoOlnAa_V8SRqYHz89_6pqxR8Ru6CHe0ZEzj8GXX2vAby4Ef6CpfuwQ5yNPM_3U2ucS2JdSyw4yYuD30qPgl3HSy7UFAF47HKqqpVWDZFyHf3X_vb2_70LPCraNve=w524-h640" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="524" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary, 2014.<br />Photo (c) Getty Images / Milos Bicanski.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTI9wVCJ1TYpwelaVkvK-IttSf6eUXYm24oKu_foqZ3ushN3wW0AwAW0AiGAJNQJgkL7VgFYF9FSmzYb8uLk2QnvqWm2OzaAVem1Cb5aSQQqtnYwXfebcDakYEz_xl7U6klYovAmAAGDLUZ26LzjnZXc9n1CEzshdkxOp_1u42zH8y15_jyi0eobI/s720/IMG_9464.JPG" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTI9wVCJ1TYpwelaVkvK-IttSf6eUXYm24oKu_foqZ3ushN3wW0AwAW0AiGAJNQJgkL7VgFYF9FSmzYb8uLk2QnvqWm2OzaAVem1Cb5aSQQqtnYwXfebcDakYEz_xl7U6klYovAmAAGDLUZ26LzjnZXc9n1CEzshdkxOp_1u42zH8y15_jyi0eobI/w400-h400/IMG_9464.JPG" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>In 2013, King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie returned to live in Greece. They made their home at Porto Heli; they moved to Athens in recent years. The king suffered a stroke in 2018. In December 2021, he was admitted to an Athens hospital for treatment of pneumonia and subsequent pulmonary edema caused by aspiration. In January 2022, the king spent several days in hospital after contracting the coronavirus. </div></div><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><div class="separator" style="background-color: #441500; clear: both; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4onfxzpb1E3Ymo1C1YLcghjzK9uME5f0c4nCZlcj3CABMMonXwwjLwaYq9edQsL5hvQoK9e_7w8Z3yYJKpWN6Tz0qyIxYWO0gOzgMNNxUKF5nAaAc127595YMWuxDEd6hQWthXXSZuKFdyZqQz7WwgE48FsOTozcArHHVnVHiG0nLiIZrDfnPwiON/s800/IMG_9467.JPG" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="800" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4onfxzpb1E3Ymo1C1YLcghjzK9uME5f0c4nCZlcj3CABMMonXwwjLwaYq9edQsL5hvQoK9e_7w8Z3yYJKpWN6Tz0qyIxYWO0gOzgMNNxUKF5nAaAc127595YMWuxDEd6hQWthXXSZuKFdyZqQz7WwgE48FsOTozcArHHVnVHiG0nLiIZrDfnPwiON/w640-h462/IMG_9467.JPG" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><b><i>May His Majesty Rest in Peace.</i></b></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-67635029316161410942023-01-03T09:00:00.011-08:002024-02-14T03:09:04.512-08:00The 35th Birthday of the Princess Napoléon<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOrowmARNHHZSFOCcyzKtARdRRlooJyjtMdJMnxBjnjkV2DPsse4vNwuOTzmj4BpAqi4F8A2nr5UZ6nWVnCXWqQYPR2FPyfARpy64EnpsQ2K0eEuGPOR-9BchZAVHc-QucQj5YKkYzaZKiEdfhGAyjbkYSGkbLrKCr1MZxBFy9nEHhqWMV87ZAFsHR/s1000/IMG_101682122037-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffcc77; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOrowmARNHHZSFOCcyzKtARdRRlooJyjtMdJMnxBjnjkV2DPsse4vNwuOTzmj4BpAqi4F8A2nr5UZ6nWVnCXWqQYPR2FPyfARpy64EnpsQ2K0eEuGPOR-9BchZAVHc-QucQj5YKkYzaZKiEdfhGAyjbkYSGkbLrKCr1MZxBFy9nEHhqWMV87ZAFsHR/w640-h320/IMG_101682122037-1.jpeg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></p><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><span style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Today, Princess Olympia Napoléon celebrates her thirty-fifth birthday!</span><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(167, 167, 167); color: #a7a7a7; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/583030580" style="border: none; color: #a7a7a7; display: inline-block; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Embed from Getty Images</a></div><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(167, 167, 167); color: #a7a7a7; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; height: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 406px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 594px;"><iframe data-ruffle-polyfilled="" frameborder="0" height="406px" scrolling="no" src="https://embed.gettyimages.com/embed/583030580?et=XmXNrnj4Tut1f3zoGWCESg&tld=com&sig=w4dPyLaiXOD5SEcymYqd83UFH2GzUYaroY28_ATNGsA=&caption=true&ver=2" style="display: inline-block; height: 406px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 594px;" width="594px"></iframe></div><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><span style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Born on 4 January 1988 at Munich, Countess Olympia Elene Marie of Arco-Zinneberg was the third daughter of Count Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg (1955-2021) and Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria (b.1954). Riprand and Maria Beatrix were married in 1980 and became the parents of six daughters: Anna Theresa (b.1981), Margherita (b.1983), Olympia (b.1988), Maximiliana (b.1990), Marie-Gabrielle (b.1992), and Giorgiana (b.1997). The family lived between Germany and the United States, where Olympia's father Riprand had business interests.</span><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1Y5xq-i3n5elBHrKvWnM2PfeJ8vFSLr0AL_-IFljzNb-ARDvqT5MEjys1rtOYU8EhzHaacsQo3qm5GnzxCEJfrD03uC4QysNX4wdsWFds2oZZzKH9LATcpS1yAc_v9U-im7x7j56Nnw/s1600/13233520-0-image-a-6_1557301549083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #ff8866; font-size: 13.524px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="634" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1Y5xq-i3n5elBHrKvWnM2PfeJ8vFSLr0AL_-IFljzNb-ARDvqT5MEjys1rtOYU8EhzHaacsQo3qm5GnzxCEJfrD03uC4QysNX4wdsWFds2oZZzKH9LATcpS1yAc_v9U-im7x7j56Nnw/s400/13233520-0-image-a-6_1557301549083.jpg" style="background: white; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><br />Olympia graduated from Yale University in 2011 with a B.A. in Political Science. The countess went on to Columbia University in the City of New York, where she emerged in 2015 with a M.A. in Art History. Olympia played on the hockey teams of both Yale and Columbia. While at Yale, she was featured in a university publication wherein she elaborated on her educational experiences: "<i>I am from Austria. I’ve also lived in Germany and Connecticut. I went to boarding school in the United Kingdom and took my gap year in Shanghai, China. Since coming to Yale, I did the Yale-Peking University program during my spring semester sophomore year. Next fall I will spend the semester in Paris.</i>" It was during this Paris sejourn that the countess and the prince made one another's acquaintance.<div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4B1buArfjsUFhiFNhdQSSJXvWMUa6xPqCpz5qjDvaQO-skstV48fI5yQm1C9NSrjMlbay7394a16VE6QcorfhMKY3Q1LDelpI1epgeSXbOUE-0gt1xxCF51m-yk68Y-bkB6spkZEg9Xw/s1600/72789047_1394881754002444_3776876721207246848_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #ff8866; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4B1buArfjsUFhiFNhdQSSJXvWMUa6xPqCpz5qjDvaQO-skstV48fI5yQm1C9NSrjMlbay7394a16VE6QcorfhMKY3Q1LDelpI1epgeSXbOUE-0gt1xxCF51m-yk68Y-bkB6spkZEg9Xw/s640/72789047_1394881754002444_3776876721207246848_n.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px;">Countess Olympia of Arco-Zinneberg with her father Count Riprand</td></tr></tbody></table></div>In March 2019, it became publicly known that Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon, son of Prince Charles Napoléon and Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, had become engaged to Countess Olympia of Arco-Zinneberg, daughter of Count Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg and Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Autria. Jean-Christophe and Olympia have been in a relationship for some years. The prince had proposed to the countess in January 2019 in Switzerland. Jean-Christophe's grandmother, the Dowager Princess Napoléon, resides in Switzerland at Prangins. Jean-Christophe and Olympia married on 19 October 2019 at the Cathedrale Saint-Louis des Invalides in Paris.</div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbEV9-EQdxGtMNkhkC_Nuu3WKrorHIvCpAfF_cb2y1yXgtgkS_2aOgUdBEjtW4koEBvr9PV-HdeAWuwdZnVAXCENilpAeV7K5sotTU2lisMojrYkcjCpZ6WkTxqXpDDxKy1xL4ZOCTA8uqqzWlNhG1mdm7n3Wr3RWpBi-M-wHcUCKw7LrygGQ1weV/s351/IMG_DA4E2F0ED0BB-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbEV9-EQdxGtMNkhkC_Nuu3WKrorHIvCpAfF_cb2y1yXgtgkS_2aOgUdBEjtW4koEBvr9PV-HdeAWuwdZnVAXCENilpAeV7K5sotTU2lisMojrYkcjCpZ6WkTxqXpDDxKy1xL4ZOCTA8uqqzWlNhG1mdm7n3Wr3RWpBi-M-wHcUCKw7LrygGQ1weV/s16000/IMG_DA4E2F0ED0BB-1.jpeg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Princess Béatrice, Prince Jean-Christophe, Princess Alix, and Princess Olympia.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Princess Olympia Napoléon gave birth to a son, Prince Louis Charles Riprand Victor Jérôme Marie Napoleon, on 7 December 2022 at Paris. Prince Louis is the first child for Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon and Princess Olympia. The arrival of Prince Louis secures the continuity of the Bonaparte dynasty for another generation.</div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><b><i>Our best wishes to the Princess Napoléon on her birthday!</i></b></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-26697456465114649182023-01-03T09:00:00.004-08:002024-02-14T03:08:34.552-08:00Engagement in the Princely House of Leiningen!<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtUwhG7TJksNdmL7OXCiT80OHhgvfX4EH2KEWtDbL09vv7-TVnoEqG69h7jFq809ebGzzS1yDv5J7nYl2lykB7Q_cHBHXAuqJYBSJk4-3YvDgYDUiNEBqwU-bqnyDt4ZFNwVkBTIO_nybOZsbWfTNc0ec6pukfkDesIHw07P-A4bD_OMUyuxq8U2y/s711/IMG_9421.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #ffeecc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtUwhG7TJksNdmL7OXCiT80OHhgvfX4EH2KEWtDbL09vv7-TVnoEqG69h7jFq809ebGzzS1yDv5J7nYl2lykB7Q_cHBHXAuqJYBSJk4-3YvDgYDUiNEBqwU-bqnyDt4ZFNwVkBTIO_nybOZsbWfTNc0ec6pukfkDesIHw07P-A4bD_OMUyuxq8U2y/s320/IMG_9421.PNG" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="266" /></a></p><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"></p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Earlier this week, Prince Nicholas zu Leiningen proposed to his girlfriend Stephanie Paukner while the couple were on holiday in Puerto Rico. The proposal was met with a yes!</p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Born on 25 October 1991 at Philadelphia, Prince Nicholas "<i>Nick</i>" Alexander Karel Friedrich zu Leiningen is the only child of Prince Boris zu Leiningen (b.1960) and the late Millena Manov (1962-2015), who married in 1987. From his father's second marriage, Nicholas has two younger siblings. The paternal grandparents of Prince Nicholas are Prince Karl zu Leiningen (1928-1990) and Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria (b.1933). The maternal grandparents of Prince Nicholas are Vladimir Manov (1933-2003) and Elly Nedeva Manov (b.1932). The great-uncle of Prince Nicholas is Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria. Nicholas, who attended Sacred Heart University, works as a Logistics Manager at the Interluxe Group. </p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Born in 1992, Stephanie C. Paukner is the daughter of Richard W. Paukner (b.1956), a certified public accountant, and Catherine A. Papillo (b.1956), a home economist, who married in 1979. For several years, Stephanie has worked as an emergency room nurse. </p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><b><i>Our best wishes to the couple on their engagement!</i></b></p>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-18585508430586339522023-01-01T14:52:00.000-08:002024-02-14T03:08:08.676-08:00 Duke of Aosta Announces Return to Italy in NYE Address<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8357917370979947673" itemprop="description articleBody" style=""> <p></p><table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgERG_JYXRE-1lc8lwKKOhGA-0Ur4tG5euSRHhIJI4N0w0fu69harj2mymle2xQsK2S0NLKRZMZrVQfxF8QT1q7mRt7iGp9WItT2tlFGgbg8wEN9uSEdnvsK_CMAOGgtiCy7obeWSwFADae30FWa5jFgusCGuh2Vy7Wg88wvpZe_jRqJnvWnMeKyjQw/s1200/foto-MF-1-scaled.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgERG_JYXRE-1lc8lwKKOhGA-0Ur4tG5euSRHhIJI4N0w0fu69harj2mymle2xQsK2S0NLKRZMZrVQfxF8QT1q7mRt7iGp9WItT2tlFGgbg8wEN9uSEdnvsK_CMAOGgtiCy7obeWSwFADae30FWa5jFgusCGuh2Vy7Wg88wvpZe_jRqJnvWnMeKyjQw/w300-h400/foto-MF-1-scaled.jpeg" style="" width="300" border="0" height="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prince Aimone and Princess Olga of Savoy with the Honour Guard at the Basilica of Superga, 2022.
Photo (c) Casa Reale di Savoia.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Prince Aimone of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, will be relocating to Italy early this year. In a recorded speech to members of the Unione Monarchica Italiana (Italian Monarchist Union) on 31 December, Prince Aimone, who has lived in Russia for decades, stated that he and his wife Princess Olga, as well as their three children, will be returning to live in Italy with their home being in Milan. The Duke of Aosta noted:</p><p></p><blockquote><p><i>For me personally, next year [2023] will be a very important year because after living for almost 30 years in Russia, I will come back to Italy. My family will already be in Milan in January, so we will have more occasions to meet and organise monarchist events that you all already do, but now with my support and the support of my family. So really best wishes to you! May 2023 be a year of peace, since 2022 has been a tough year, may the international situation be more peaceful, and may Italy not suffer too many consequences because of the rising energy prices and all the problems we are facing, and that the government is trying to face. Hopefully, we will all overcome this together. I wish you and your families a Happy New Year. Thank you. Viva l'Italia!</i></p><p></p></blockquote><table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AlJoCEQ9WIGt6293aMARcbdJQrO4hLwsg-zxnuTcXNr1YCOh9IZ2zMwAJZhp19F2W4bcxdLbN-Innx00S_NJ2FXhCOdSgyR28cF9R4s5rGdYSSaY4c1HqsmVXTJobzSISGJJkvWQ4zUHL7nnNlqydkva5GkR5yNSPLBawROnGUfHWhjQ4kViGCEx/s1024/wishing-card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="715" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AlJoCEQ9WIGt6293aMARcbdJQrO4hLwsg-zxnuTcXNr1YCOh9IZ2zMwAJZhp19F2W4bcxdLbN-Innx00S_NJ2FXhCOdSgyR28cF9R4s5rGdYSSaY4c1HqsmVXTJobzSISGJJkvWQ4zUHL7nnNlqydkva5GkR5yNSPLBawROnGUfHWhjQ4kViGCEx/w640-h446/wishing-card.jpg" width="640" border="0" height="446"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 2022 Christmas Card of the Savoy children.
From left to right: Prince Amedeo, Princess Isabella, and Prince Umberto.
Photo (c) Casa Reale di Savoia.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>When Prince Aimone of Savoy and Princess Olga of Greece wed in 2008, their civil marriage was held in Moscow at the Italian embassy. Though the couple's two sons, Prince Umberto and Prince Amedeo, and their daughter, Princess Isabella, were all born in France, the family has made its home in the Russian capital up until now. Prince Aimone is the CEO of Pirelli Tyre's Nordic division, and since 2019 the prince has served as the Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to Russia. </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e97m_HStma4">Youtube - Saluto di fine anno di S.A.R. il Principe Aimone di Savoia</a></p> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-43594202746612474222022-12-31T09:00:00.005-08:002024-02-14T03:07:38.156-08:00Duke of Aosta Announces Return to Italy in NYE Address<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgERG_JYXRE-1lc8lwKKOhGA-0Ur4tG5euSRHhIJI4N0w0fu69harj2mymle2xQsK2S0NLKRZMZrVQfxF8QT1q7mRt7iGp9WItT2tlFGgbg8wEN9uSEdnvsK_CMAOGgtiCy7obeWSwFADae30FWa5jFgusCGuh2Vy7Wg88wvpZe_jRqJnvWnMeKyjQw/s1200/foto-MF-1-scaled.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgERG_JYXRE-1lc8lwKKOhGA-0Ur4tG5euSRHhIJI4N0w0fu69harj2mymle2xQsK2S0NLKRZMZrVQfxF8QT1q7mRt7iGp9WItT2tlFGgbg8wEN9uSEdnvsK_CMAOGgtiCy7obeWSwFADae30FWa5jFgusCGuh2Vy7Wg88wvpZe_jRqJnvWnMeKyjQw/w300-h400/foto-MF-1-scaled.jpeg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Prince Aimone and Princess Olga of Savoy with the Honour Guard at the Basilica of Superga, 2022.<br />Photo (c) Casa Reale di Savoia.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"></p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Prince Aimone of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, will be relocating to Italy early this year. In a recorded speech to members of the Unione Monarchica Italiana (Italian Monarchist Union) on 31 December, Prince Aimone, who has lived in Russia for decades, stated that he and his wife Princess Olga, as well as their three children, will be returning to live in Italy with their home being in Milan. The Duke of Aosta noted:</p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"></p><blockquote style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><p><i>For me personally, next year [2023] will be a very important year because after living for almost 30 years in Russia, I will come back to Italy. My family will already be in Milan in January, so we will have more occasions to meet and organise monarchist events that you all already do, but now with my support and the support of my family. So really best wishes to you! May 2023 be a year of peace, since 2022 has been a tough year, may the international situation be more peaceful, and may Italy not suffer too many consequences because of the rising energy prices and all the problems we are facing, and that the government is trying to face. Hopefully, we will all overcome this together. I wish you and your families a Happy New Year. Thank you. Viva l'Italia!</i></p><p></p></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AlJoCEQ9WIGt6293aMARcbdJQrO4hLwsg-zxnuTcXNr1YCOh9IZ2zMwAJZhp19F2W4bcxdLbN-Innx00S_NJ2FXhCOdSgyR28cF9R4s5rGdYSSaY4c1HqsmVXTJobzSISGJJkvWQ4zUHL7nnNlqydkva5GkR5yNSPLBawROnGUfHWhjQ4kViGCEx/s1024/wishing-card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="1024" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AlJoCEQ9WIGt6293aMARcbdJQrO4hLwsg-zxnuTcXNr1YCOh9IZ2zMwAJZhp19F2W4bcxdLbN-Innx00S_NJ2FXhCOdSgyR28cF9R4s5rGdYSSaY4c1HqsmVXTJobzSISGJJkvWQ4zUHL7nnNlqydkva5GkR5yNSPLBawROnGUfHWhjQ4kViGCEx/w640-h446/wishing-card.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">The 2022 Christmas Card of the Savoy children.<br />From left to right: Prince Amedeo, Princess Isabella, and Prince Umberto.<br />Photo (c) Casa Reale di Savoia.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">When Prince Aimone of Savoy and Princess Olga of Greece wed in 2008, their civil marriage was held in Moscow at the Italian embassy. Though the couple's two sons, Prince Umberto and Prince Amedeo, and their daughter, Princess Isabella, were all born in France, the family has made its home in the Russian capital up until now. Prince Aimone is the CEO of Pirelli Tyre's Nordic division, and since 2019 the prince has served as the Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to Russia. </p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Source: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e97m_HStma4" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;">Youtube - Saluto di fine anno di S.A.R. il Principe Aimone di Savoia</a></p>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-30682402337149652842022-12-29T13:35:00.000-08:002024-02-14T03:07:11.475-08:00 Margrave Max of Baden (1933-2022)<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4980553414608216" itemprop="description articleBody" style=""> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative; text-align: center;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWViP8Wvi2bCbU5uU2gCSyuNYojezxOOab6eEDc6JZSf3_XjnGGwkLZRp0-wM_p91gT58z2VaBYO7G5Ip-Hyca9351RHw_PxOffweOsVRIc0WfNJmNqeG76y5TnblUrLMVFBzw1zhWMJQ/s2048/IMG_8437+2.jpg" style="color: #ff8866; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWViP8Wvi2bCbU5uU2gCSyuNYojezxOOab6eEDc6JZSf3_XjnGGwkLZRp0-wM_p91gT58z2VaBYO7G5Ip-Hyca9351RHw_PxOffweOsVRIc0WfNJmNqeG76y5TnblUrLMVFBzw1zhWMJQ/w418-h640/IMG_8437+2.jpg" style="border: medium none; box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); padding: 0px; position: relative; " width="418" border="0" height="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.819201px;">Margrave Max of Baden at the funeral of his first cousin Fürst Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg.</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ9Ek3Le2dXwmyYwSWpbbyh044LmNyIycCm8QeO6KDDU6Zd706lMKkOZwbupZ1le3GgODQyfzqIqGhj4mH0ruhoBRv0RFF_F_PmYtj8Ony3w9_efT2PwN5cWAeZMmd9DinvLN1lzuJ_M/s2048/IMG_8899.jpg" style="color: #ff8866; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ9Ek3Le2dXwmyYwSWpbbyh044LmNyIycCm8QeO6KDDU6Zd706lMKkOZwbupZ1le3GgODQyfzqIqGhj4mH0ruhoBRv0RFF_F_PmYtj8Ony3w9_efT2PwN5cWAeZMmd9DinvLN1lzuJ_M/w430-h640/IMG_8899.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="430" border="0" height="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.819201px; text-align: center;">Max and Valerie of Baden at the memorial service of Kraft of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 2004.</td></tr></tbody></table>
Yesterday, 29 December, Margrave Max of Baden died at Schloß Salem in Germany. The margrave was eighty-nine years-old. Margrave Max of Baden was a nephew of the Duke of Edinburgh, a second cousin of King Michael of Romania, a second cousin of King Constantine II of the Hellenes, and a second cousin of Duke Amedeo of Aosta.<div>
</div><table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGHu7rAJTk8zppd2S2geWry2H1N-k2-WdoXoy7ANe2OvxCKB7NUUgMY965fZeQvmzkz3zlM0pj1Jylf4CuC75JVQjWox4NCLIoywCYhPT2KJOZ-p0_Di-8CW_ijpTjt-CP7H86HXdBeCUezovDElDFbmQZbms55jPzpQDJbja5plhG8nHGJJb3Mbe/s600/princess-theodora-greece-berthold-baden-14122884.jpg.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="418" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGHu7rAJTk8zppd2S2geWry2H1N-k2-WdoXoy7ANe2OvxCKB7NUUgMY965fZeQvmzkz3zlM0pj1Jylf4CuC75JVQjWox4NCLIoywCYhPT2KJOZ-p0_Di-8CW_ijpTjt-CP7H86HXdBeCUezovDElDFbmQZbms55jPzpQDJbja5plhG8nHGJJb3Mbe/w400-h279/princess-theodora-greece-berthold-baden-14122884.jpg.webp" width="400" border="0" height="279"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Theodora and Berthold.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><div><table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81arDWiEeAHKVIz7VGmVZCW0YbetY2zAwWxxnIfDrWOeWI5Rs2d8H0RnaTWZCewsUEvibxNOMgKyOWBU6MeR6-lTmHyw--65WRSktYO66XCzfFTNDeYIXlpFuFsyFdvcjEcLJnQIc8sYYh4PIG8opWBKgo2eVX2y7afqL3-JqA8rqmm6gHjcCYmV8/s1102/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-29%20at%209.04.29%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="724" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81arDWiEeAHKVIz7VGmVZCW0YbetY2zAwWxxnIfDrWOeWI5Rs2d8H0RnaTWZCewsUEvibxNOMgKyOWBU6MeR6-lTmHyw--65WRSktYO66XCzfFTNDeYIXlpFuFsyFdvcjEcLJnQIc8sYYh4PIG8opWBKgo2eVX2y7afqL3-JqA8rqmm6gHjcCYmV8/w420-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-29%20at%209.04.29%20PM.png" width="420" border="0" height="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Margrave Berthold and Margravine Theodora with Prince Max and Princess Margarita.</td></tr></tbody></table>
Born on 3 July 1933 at Salem, Hereditary Prince Maximilian "Max" Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard of Baden was the first son and second child of Margrave Berthold of Baden (1903-1963) and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906-1969), who wed in 1931. Max joined an older sister, Princess Margarita (1932-2013; married Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia) and he was followed by a younger brother Prince Ludwig (b.1937; married Princess Marianne von Auersperg-Breunner). After the end of the Second World War, Max attended the Gordonstoun boarding school in Scotland, under the administration of Dr. Kurt Hahn. At Gordonstoun, he was brought up according to the educational principles of the Salem school founded in 1919 by his grandfather, Prince Max of Baden. Max, his brother Ludwig, and his cousin Karl of Hesse attended the 1960 wedding of Princess Margaret to Antony Armstrong-Jones.</div><div>
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</div><div>On 23 September 1966 at Salem, Margrave Max of Baden civilly married Archduchess Valerie of Austria. The couple celebrated their religious wedding on 30 September 1966 at Schloß Salem. Valerie was the ninth child and seventh daughter of Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria (1894-1971) and his wife Princess Rosemary zu Salm-Salm (1904-2001). Margrave Max of Baden was a nephew of the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.</div><div>
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Photograph (c) Getty Images / Slim Aarons.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 238, 221); color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">
</div>Margrave Max and Margravine Valerie of Baden had four children: Princess Marie Louise (b.1969; married Richard Baker), Hereditary Prince Bernhard (b.1970; married Stephanie Anne Kaul), Prince Leopold (b.1971), and Prince Michael (b.1976; married Christina Höhne). The late Margrave of Baden is survived by his wife, his four children, and his four grandchildren.</div><div>
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Photograph (c) Seeger-Presse.</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; caret-color: rgb(255, 238, 221); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative; text-align: center;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmPg0zo15yIWhosF23XLxNXTj2PnyLGhYKJW4bziDK5tEZKDy8quAZ14hpKopdpP7hV5x5koIgVRD0QjO01898DzvLC94GmxE-CAzJW6pMBRT725Wf8Vsi5slMrG6bkmdoUDMWsiou0E/s700/00044896.jpg" style="color: #ff8866; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img data-original-height="700" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmPg0zo15yIWhosF23XLxNXTj2PnyLGhYKJW4bziDK5tEZKDy8quAZ14hpKopdpP7hV5x5koIgVRD0QjO01898DzvLC94GmxE-CAzJW6pMBRT725Wf8Vsi5slMrG6bkmdoUDMWsiou0E/w412-h640/00044896.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="412" border="0" height="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.819201px;">The Margrave and Margravine of Baden with Duchess Donata of Oldenburg at the wedding of Duke Paul of Oldenburg in 2001.
Photograph (c) Seeger-Presse.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-88808828833870347622022-12-20T00:52:00.000-08:002024-02-14T03:22:20.656-08:00 Romanov Christenings Over the Generations<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2606773824576099358" itemprop="description articleBody" style=""> <p></p><table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEeQ9tCVIlmuB2th85dneU48Iir0WSZGyStNWajlQhhr8b5OY-q8LfLEzC4fVYSvAcepALANYeyAG7eB5y4K30f7pz640XyPTRwVmKM2YiaTjz72o9Gz2M_120k6fK4jYnmVZt2D3_8fPG1weZZqpUIfKVH0uITZ1EWuixQsjdA3181gAxIjVgpYcb/s1252/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-19%20at%209.24.45%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="1090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEeQ9tCVIlmuB2th85dneU48Iir0WSZGyStNWajlQhhr8b5OY-q8LfLEzC4fVYSvAcepALANYeyAG7eB5y4K30f7pz640XyPTRwVmKM2YiaTjz72o9Gz2M_120k6fK4jYnmVZt2D3_8fPG1weZZqpUIfKVH0uITZ1EWuixQsjdA3181gAxIjVgpYcb/w558-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-19%20at%209.24.45%20PM.png" style="" width="558" border="0" height="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grand Duchess Maria holding her grandson Prince Alexander at home before his christening.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Two weeks ago, on 6 December 2022, Prince Alexander Georgievich Romanoff was christened at the Transfiguration Church within the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour complex in Moscow. He is the first of his family line to be baptized in Russia (or a territory that formerly comprised the Russian Empire) since his great-grandfather Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich in 1917. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>The Christening of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich, 1981</b></p><table class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjm-bqTaf49XapcuNAL_JuWvXuz9gC4oNF98kV3NQl5XXjTIuoMj2FzVW9DfzS2VJsrENJJXC1ZkxwoxX-XqCdlhnT6G922n2WMXBiNz77AH1oNPr2VaO_OTMJUX5cu2KO9kuALeOBNhU/s2048/IMG_8706.jpg" style="color: #ff8866; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img data-original-height="1605" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjm-bqTaf49XapcuNAL_JuWvXuz9gC4oNF98kV3NQl5XXjTIuoMj2FzVW9DfzS2VJsrENJJXC1ZkxwoxX-XqCdlhnT6G922n2WMXBiNz77AH1oNPr2VaO_OTMJUX5cu2KO9kuALeOBNhU/w400-h314/IMG_8706.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="400" border="0" height="314"></a></td></tr></tbody></table>Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia was baptised on Wednesday, 6 May 1981, at Madrid. Archbishop Antony Sinkevitch of Los Angeles officiated over the service. Grand Duke George received as his godparents King Constantine II of Greece (represented by Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich) and Helene Kirby, Countess Dvinskaya.<div>
</div><div>The baptism of the eventual heir of the Imperial House of Russia was attended by King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain, King Simeon II of Bulgaria, Princess Magdalena of Prussia (widow of Prince Hubertus), Infante Luís Alfonso of Spain, Princess Marisol of Bavaria, Prince Bagrat Bagration-Mukhransky, and Prince Georg-Dietrich von Schoenaich-Carolath.
<div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>The Christening of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, 1954</b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQ9el3vQrBZw51yZDScyAOi-QVlu1I9MPZfjXbvLF7RHWFB6Q10eSylWXJf1SFbf-eNZyOscJLSPBVgSCr5d8u9_IjEw7Gjq16nrrdv0sJSekewb4dk7uBifsLby-r8htRS-kDveC-5g/s2048/IMG_2027+2.jpg" style="color: #ff8866; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;"><img data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQ9el3vQrBZw51yZDScyAOi-QVlu1I9MPZfjXbvLF7RHWFB6Q10eSylWXJf1SFbf-eNZyOscJLSPBVgSCr5d8u9_IjEw7Gjq16nrrdv0sJSekewb4dk7uBifsLby-r8htRS-kDveC-5g/w400-h253/IMG_2027+2.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: white; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" border="0" height="253"></a></div><p>Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna was baptised on Wednesday, 3 February 1954, at Madrid, Spain. The Confessor of Grand Duke Vladimir and Grand Duchess Leonida, Father Hegumen Panteleimon, officiated over the service. Grand Duchess Maria received as her godparents Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia (represented by Prince Nicholas of Romania) and Queen Ioanna of Bulgaria (née Princess Giovanna of Savoy). </p><p>Among the family members who were present for the christening of the grand duchess were the following: Helene Kirby, Prince Louis Ferdinand and Princess Kira of Prussia, Prince George and Princess Elena Bagration, Prince Irakly Bagration, Infante Fernando of Spain, Infante Luis of Spain, Infante Jose Eugenio of Spain and his wife (née Marisol Mesia y de Lesseps), the Dowager Duchess of Montpensier (née Maria Isabel González de Olañeta y Ibarreta Marquesa de Valdeterrazo), Princess Nicholas of Romania (née Dumitrescu-Doletti), Archduchess Ileana of Austria, and Princess Maria Luisa of Bulgaria. </p><p>Several representatives of the Spanish government were also in attendance: don Fernando Suárez de Tangil y Angulo, Conde de Vallellano, Minister of Public Works; Señora de Martín-Artajo, wife of Foreign Minister don Alberto Martín-Artajo Álvarez; and doña Maria del Carmen Casanueva Navarro, wife of don Raimundo Fernández-Cuesta y Merelo, Secretary General of Movimiento Nacional. </p><p>The diplomatic corps were also well represented: the Prince de Ligne, Belgian Ambassador to Spain, and the Princess de Ligne (née Philippine de Noailles); Mr Rubens Ferreira de Mello, Brazilian Ambassador to Spain, with Senhora Ferreira de Mello; Georgi Kyosievanov, former Bulgarian Prime Minister, and Madame Kyosievanov; Mr Collin, Danish Ambassador to Spain; Graaf Willem van Rechteren-Limpurg, Dutch Ambassador to Spain, with Gravin Fay Esmé van Rechteren-Limpurg (née Baroness van Heemstra); Jacques Meyrier, French Ambassador to Spain, with Madame Meyrier; Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, German Ambassador to Spain, with Princess Adalbert of Bavaria (née Gräfin Augusta von Seefried auf Buttenheim); Mr Kimon Diamantopoulos, Greek Ambassador to Spain, with Mrs Diamantopoulos (née Alberta Kirchhof); Ferenc Marosi, Representative of the Hungarian Government-in-Exile, with Mrs Marosi; don Francesco Maria Marchese Taliani de Marchio, Italian Ambassador to Spain, with the Marchesa Taliani di Marchio (née Archduchess Maria Margarethe of Austria); Mr Winter, Swedish Ambassador to Spain, with Mrs Winter; and Mr Lucovic, Representative of King Peter of Yugoslavia.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>The Christening of Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich, 1917</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJ_YfRtAuo8x3fIQg1v7K7yQPJvCpviOJehcAR671TcJigiQzUinrVEKja4AGKKH0G1KGkupmz_JxbMmtovq38c9jiQwnSQxQDjKIUYoe63CPjXn9CgGmCKsI8f3sOgvetcC3yDDmlhGl_1F6ibPfAJcmnKjlDKay8yZc2ZnUihIzQZJU-PGGI6Yb/s1360/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-19%20at%209.25.08%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJ_YfRtAuo8x3fIQg1v7K7yQPJvCpviOJehcAR671TcJigiQzUinrVEKja4AGKKH0G1KGkupmz_JxbMmtovq38c9jiQwnSQxQDjKIUYoe63CPjXn9CgGmCKsI8f3sOgvetcC3yDDmlhGl_1F6ibPfAJcmnKjlDKay8yZc2ZnUihIzQZJU-PGGI6Yb/w640-h460/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-19%20at%209.25.08%20PM.png" width="640" border="0" height="460"></a></div><p>Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich was christened on Tuesday, 18 September 1917, at Haikko near Borgo, Finland. Protopresbyter Alexander Dernoff, Head of the Court Clergy and Dean of the Cathedrals of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg and of the Annunciation in the Kremlin of Moscow, officiated over the service. Grand Duke Vladimir received as his godparents Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia (his paternal uncle) and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (née Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; his paternal grandmother). </p><p>In his memoirs, <i>In the Service of the Imperial House of Russia 1917-1941</i>, Commander H.G. Graf, a loyal aide to Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich and Grand Duchess Victoria Feodovorna, recalled the events surrounding their only son's christening: </p><p>"<i>The baptism of Prince Vladimir Kirillovich took place on September 18, 1917, at Haiko. The parents wanted all the customary christening formalities of the Imperial family to be observed. They considered this precaution to be important so as to avoid future complications relative to the rights of Vladimir Kirillovich to the throne. With great difficulties, the Archpresbyter Father Alexander Dernov, head of the Court's clergy, was invited from Petrograd. He was also the father superior of the cathedral of the Winter Palace in Petrograd and the further superior of the 'Blagovestshenskii' (Annunciation) Cathedral in the Kremlin. He arrived with the cantor of the Peter and Paul Cathedral in Petrograd. They brought everything that was needed for the christening ceremony. The christening was recorded in the Book of Births of Members of the Imperial House which Archpresbyter Dernov had also brought with him.</i>"</p></div></div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-27122218668621997652022-12-19T14:33:00.002-08:002024-02-14T03:22:02.228-08:00Godmother of Prince Alexander Romanoff Shares Her Memories of His Christening<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqkZxzsTHXjiCShDUJHWIJzXQMGJHevkVbJ5o6mQDFw4UcRWR8SgauP1VSnvdxkmhNy_Zql8CGLP-QvQ3K_nC9ktr0mVrDl72sFnt4QaTorwpAxO8BJxoOjxgPfzIs-ZcU8t5qqUT2f7WF0fbhu2TZIS99CoCnwsggsW1vEHAi1E3TTPHAwfAnT7N/s1036/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-19%20at%208.19.10%20PM.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqkZxzsTHXjiCShDUJHWIJzXQMGJHevkVbJ5o6mQDFw4UcRWR8SgauP1VSnvdxkmhNy_Zql8CGLP-QvQ3K_nC9ktr0mVrDl72sFnt4QaTorwpAxO8BJxoOjxgPfzIs-ZcU8t5qqUT2f7WF0fbhu2TZIS99CoCnwsggsW1vEHAi1E3TTPHAwfAnT7N/w400-h300/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-19%20at%208.19.10%20PM.png" alt="" width="400" height="300" border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1036" /></a></div>
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<p>Two weeks ago today on 6 October, HSH Prince Alexander Georgievich Romanoff was christened at the Transfiguration Church within the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour complex in Moscow. Prince Alexander is the first child of HIH Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and HSH Princess Victoria Romanovna Romanoff. Madame Oxana Girko, one of the godmothers of Prince Alexander, was kind enough to share with me her recollections of her godson's christening, as well as what the Romanoff dynasty means to her on a personal level.</p>
<blockquote>I feel very honoured and blessed to have been chosen as a godmother of HSH Prince Alexander Romanoff. The Imperial Family of Russia has been always an example of dignity, and the highest personal qualities are exhibited by each member of the family. I hope that the imperial family will continue to carry out charitable works and good deeds within the former Empire, which included Russia, Ukraine, and many other nowadays independent countries, bringing peace, prosperity, stability, spirituality, and positive values for the people, regardless of whether the imperial family is on the throne or not. </blockquote>
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<blockquote>The imperial family has steadfastly been an example of important family values for the nation. And this is what I feel is truly vital, especially in our modern times. My ancestors were very close to the Romanoff dynasty during the time of the Russian Empire. And I believe that it is very significant that after the 1917 Revolution, after a few generations, our life paths have come together again. It is a sign of a healing and reconciliation for our world in many ways. I am very grateful to HIH Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, who decided to return with her family to Russia, in spite of the political difficulties of the 1990s. She is a strong, wise person who exhibits the best qualities of the Romanoff dynasty's DNA.</blockquote>
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<blockquote>I personally admire HIH Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna as a person who finds a kind word for every human being that she meets, who connects with and brings together amazing people around her, and who is beautiful and sage. I believe that even her name is a sign from God: the same name as the Holy Mother... The Romanoff dynasty made the Russian Empire one of strongest countries in the world in many aspects: science, culture, etc.
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<td class="tr-caption">Grand Duke George of Russia and Princess Victoria Romanoff together with Oxana Girko and her husband Oleg Novachuk attend a soirée for the Assembly of the Russian Nobility in France (ANFR), Paris, 10 December 2021.<br />Photo (c) Alamy / David Nivière.</td>
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<blockquote>Today, the Romanoff dynasty helps to foster the traditions of the Orthodox religious institutions of the countries comprising the former Russian Empire, giving aid at different levels. HIH Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna raised her son, the HIH Grand Duke George Michailovich, in the same traditions in which she herself was raised: with love for the Russian Empire and all those peoples who comprised it, with a dedication of following historic traditions, and with a strong desire to care for and assist its peoples. HIH Grand Duke George Mikhailovich has been blessed by God: he met his love match in HSH Princess Victoria Romanovna, who is not only a beautiful and intelligent woman, but Princess Victoria has also been interested in Russian history and culture from her early childhood.</blockquote>
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<td class="tr-caption">Princess Olga of Savoy, Duchess of Aosta, and Oxana Girko share an amusing moment during the christening of their godson, Prince Alexander.</td>
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<blockquote>Now the imperial family helps people through their charitable foundations. The Romanoff dynasty's goals are to help the sick and those suffering from food shortages, to encourage the endeavors of the creative intelligentsia, and to support many other projects of a spiritual and creative nature. I am blessed by God to have His Serene Highness Prince Alexander Georgievich as my godson. All my prayers are directed to the blessings of God on our planet, to all the peoples of the world, and, in particular, the peoples of the former Russian Empire, for the healing of all historical painful periods, for the restoration of peace and health, the well-being of people and creative processes in the entire global society.</blockquote>
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<blockquote>By becoming parents to our own children, God helps us understand the importance of building a healthy and sustainable future for our descendants, and by allowing us to be godparents, God blesses us with an even higher level of love and responsibility to the generation of our relatives and godchildren. At his christening ceremony, HSH Prince Alexander was very calm: all the godmothers and godfathers emphasized and noted this quality of the newborn Prince Alexander.</blockquote>
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<blockquote>All of us, Prince Alexander's godparents and his family, rejoiced in the health and peace of mind that manifested itself through this calm behavior of the Prince, despite his baptism into holy water on a cold Winter day. Little Prince Alexander has been blessed by God, and all believers could see and rejoice at this miracle. As Father Michael from Australia, who led the baptism ceremony in English for foreign guests attending the ceremony, said: "<em>Baptism is an opportunity for a person to become a Saint. Prince Alexander Georgievich has been blessed by God with this great opportunity. Let us rejoice and always help to do the will of God on our Planet through our earthly deeds and thoughts.</em>"</blockquote>
<div>My upmost thanks to Oxana Girko for her generosity in giving her remembrances about this special and happy event in the life of her godson Prince Alexander Romanoff.</div>
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<div><strong><em>May God Bless Prince Alexander and the Imperial House of Russia!</em></strong></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-16388770139100399142022-12-15T13:11:00.003-08:002024-02-14T03:21:43.719-08:00A Marriage in the Royal Family of Georgia<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIFzlbD4WHsAm4pqS0VdVKzElT2NBBww7eCrTAczG8TS2W6U-yUY9mOBpSdtYThJkkq-9J-CoEq72qGwblpgzwqhvAmQ0l3JJdrGIyECy4Izc35JOLw73BezDws4TeI1HLM5gRpDSt9463gVuGQ20aWY3XoJYQkza6-YvmhnWAIY9J6jpTrwFtd7FL/s2000/315529720_10225551356703498_1865309981574550664_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIFzlbD4WHsAm4pqS0VdVKzElT2NBBww7eCrTAczG8TS2W6U-yUY9mOBpSdtYThJkkq-9J-CoEq72qGwblpgzwqhvAmQ0l3JJdrGIyECy4Izc35JOLw73BezDws4TeI1HLM5gRpDSt9463gVuGQ20aWY3XoJYQkza6-YvmhnWAIY9J6jpTrwFtd7FL/w300-h400/315529720_10225551356703498_1865309981574550664_n.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" /></a></div>
<p>On 19 November 2022, at Benahavís, Málaga, Spain, Prince Ugo Bagration-Mukhransky civilly married Niki "Nekia" Lane.</p>
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<p>Born on 14 February 1985 at Madrid, Prince Gourami "Ugo" Bagration-Mukhransky is the only child of Prince George "Jorge" Bagration-Mukhransky (1944-2008) and his second wife Princess Nuria (b.1953; née Llopis Oliart), who wed in 1982. Prince Ugo is a Sales Associate and Luxury Property Specialist with Berkshire Hathaway. </p>
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<p><strong><em>Our best wishes to the couple!</em></strong></p>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-69600478937611927392022-12-15T00:21:00.000-08:002024-02-14T03:21:25.312-08:00 Engagement of Infanta Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra!<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1123283675043689953" itemprop="description articleBody" style=""> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGoILpACiLGlPzAWUrctvY5v6BJ9RC9iMfCY1eMV8cTIsjzIqchGgwUr0TV_HsUlXV3fts_F7Fi7OvRCUNtUkvnwzAPjrdP4H1cgUEz_4EYrJFL9t3DTbHzjw-eWljC1O9HrtESls_j5ZDjwFBiiIAMQkwClhbckoc24C1gYNo-3dZ2zg3-k4vYrF/s768/CB84B454-CD79-4B6C-AF91-88E9C49501CF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="768" data-original-width="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGoILpACiLGlPzAWUrctvY5v6BJ9RC9iMfCY1eMV8cTIsjzIqchGgwUr0TV_HsUlXV3fts_F7Fi7OvRCUNtUkvnwzAPjrdP4H1cgUEz_4EYrJFL9t3DTbHzjw-eWljC1O9HrtESls_j5ZDjwFBiiIAMQkwClhbckoc24C1gYNo-3dZ2zg3-k4vYrF/w300-h400/CB84B454-CD79-4B6C-AF91-88E9C49501CF.jpeg" style="" width="300" border="0" height="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Duarte and Maria Francisca.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>Duarte and Isabel, the Duke and Duchess of Braganza, have announced the engagement of their only daughter a Infanta Maria Francisca to Duarte de Sousa Araújo Martins in a communiqué this morning:
<blockquote><i>Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Bragança are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Her Highness Infanta Maria Francisca of Bragança, Duchess of Coimbra, and Mr Duarte de Sousa Araújo Martins.
Her Highness and Mr Duarte de Sousa Araújo Martins became engaged in Timor, earlier this month. Infanta Maria Francisca informed Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Bragança and other close members of her family.
More details regarding the wedding day will be announced in due course.
Sintra 15 December 2022</i></blockquote>
Our congratulations to Maria Francisca and Duarte! <div style="clear: both;"></div> </div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-37152205794015615082022-12-13T09:00:00.004-08:002024-02-14T03:21:06.380-08:00Princess Abigail Kawānanakoa (1926-2022): The Last of the Aliʻi and Descendant of Hawaiian Kings<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJAi7LVxhGfd08wpwFDpNAp1pB1cmBGWn26V-NIBAKeza57qTh9VFeojXl-s3C6MDudgprR1dRay5g68NTHJeYQ3bzh9v8CVwn7DfbsJGcxGNOAPx-sXUPFOWrDcAZ6mGGhuXFOGK3M4cK1K6SiooUjwvK7lLof-qsBO_TJo8bJh67kdAv8asCGEi/s600/SP_44747_600ppi.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="600" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJAi7LVxhGfd08wpwFDpNAp1pB1cmBGWn26V-NIBAKeza57qTh9VFeojXl-s3C6MDudgprR1dRay5g68NTHJeYQ3bzh9v8CVwn7DfbsJGcxGNOAPx-sXUPFOWrDcAZ6mGGhuXFOGK3M4cK1K6SiooUjwvK7lLof-qsBO_TJo8bJh67kdAv8asCGEi/w640-h508/SP_44747_600ppi.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Princess Abigail in front of a portrait of Princess Victoria Kaʻiulani.</td></tr></tbody></table><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><span style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">On Monday morning, the death of Princess Abigail Kawānanakoa on Sunday, 11 December, was announced in the Hawaiian language in front of the Iolani Palace in Honolulu:</span><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><blockquote>With profound sadness, the Kawananakoa Family, the Hale O Na Alii O Hawaii and Iolani Palace announces the passing of Her Royal Highness, Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa at 6:45 p.m.<br /><br />We join each other in a period of mourning. Please allow the Kawananakoa Family this time.<br /><br />Services for the Princess are being coordinated; when plans are finalized, they will be shared. We place before you this manao with mournful aloha.</blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Liliuokalani_Kawananakoa_as_a_p%C4%81%CA%BB%C5%AB_rider_(PP-34-4-029).jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Liliuokalani_Kawananakoa_as_a_p%C4%81%CA%BB%C5%AB_rider_(PP-34-4-029).jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Abigail's mother: Princess Lydia<span style="text-align: start;"> Kawānanakoa.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Born on 23 April 1926 in Honolulu, Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike (known as Kekaulike or "Kekau" in her youth and Abigail as an adult) was the only child of Princess Helen <i>Lydia</i> Kamakaʻeha Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa (1905-1969), named after the last Queen of Hawaii, and her first husband William Jeremiah Ellerbrock (1902-1953). Princess Lydia Kawānanakoa and William J. Ellerbrock were married on 17 January 1925, the thirty-second anniversary of the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the dethronement of Queen Liliʻuokalani, at the Catholic Mission in Honolulu. It was reported at the time of their marriage by <i>The Honolulu Star-Bulletin</i> that the Lydia and William, then a salesman at the Royal Hawaiian Sales Company, had been privately engaged for about a month prior to their union. The arrival of their daughter Abigail was published in The Honolulu Advertiser on 26 April 1926: "<i>Mr. and Mrs. William J. Ellerbrock of Kahala announce the birth of their first child, a daughter, at Kauikeolani Children's hospital, on Friday of last week, the baby being named Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike. Mrs. Ellerbrock was Miss Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa, daughter of Princess Kawānanakoa and of the late Prince David Kawānanakoa.</i>" </div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZSSKXr0ieze4hY50TVYfIHTJgZLwMZXnUrbrcV-mA0QS9WaQMRp4juyC0DcTwSQHpSca99qvLC3FOXQQHp4kRmfa51LUyWtRi5xP1_3_tpuiBxZm_HozMMjBRctJ7UzYl4Vr6S2njF1PBQx2-Ro6b7zIhUNLiv55aGRy5u0mW6umA455SCt-jouG/s628/Liliuokalani_Kawananakoa_(Toledo_Weekly_Blade,_1922).jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="411" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZSSKXr0ieze4hY50TVYfIHTJgZLwMZXnUrbrcV-mA0QS9WaQMRp4juyC0DcTwSQHpSca99qvLC3FOXQQHp4kRmfa51LUyWtRi5xP1_3_tpuiBxZm_HozMMjBRctJ7UzYl4Vr6S2njF1PBQx2-Ro6b7zIhUNLiv55aGRy5u0mW6umA455SCt-jouG/w418-h640/Liliuokalani_Kawananakoa_(Toledo_Weekly_Blade,_1922).jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="418" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Princess <span style="text-align: start;">Lydia.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">In June 1927, when Abigail was one, her mother Lydia filed for divorce from her father William. <i>The Honolulu Advertiser</i> managed to locate the legal filings in July, and the story was rather sensational due to the heritage of the bride and the briefness of the marriage. The newspaper reported on 3 July 1927: "<i>Miss Lydia Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa Ellerbrock, daughter of Princess Kawānanakoa, has instituted in the local circuit courts proceedings for divorce from her husband, William Jerry Ellerbrock, alleging non-support. The divorce papers, it is understood, were forwarded immediately after filing to the mainland for service on Ellerbrock, who left Honolulu for San Francisco several weeks ago, the day after Mrs. Ellerbrock returned from the coast city. Ellerbrock is still on the mainland, it was learned yesterday.... The divorce suit was filed in the office of the chief clerk of the local circuit court on June 10, last, and up to yesterday it was surrounded by the utmost secrecy. The law firm of Thompson, Cathcart & Beebe appears on record as counsel of Mrs. Ellerbrock. Entry of the suit appears on page 169, Vol. 18, Case No. 11,499, in the following manner - 'Lydia Kamakaena vs. John. Non-support. June 10 - Filed and issued for service libel, motion, affidavit, order and divorce summons.' In this manner the names of the parties in the suit were withheld from the public until the true facts were unearthed yesterday morning by The Advertiser.</i>" The marriage of Princess Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa and William J. Ellerbrock was dissolved by a decree of absolute divorce on 19 July 1927 at Honolulu, granted by Judge John R. Desha in the court of domestic relations. Liliʻuokalani received custody of their daughter Abigail.</div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Abigail_Campbell_Kawananakoa_(PP-97-16-009).jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="618" height="640" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Abigail_Campbell_Kawananakoa_(PP-97-16-009).jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="494" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Abigail's grandmother and adoptive mother, Princess Abigail Campbell <span style="text-align: start;">Kawānanakoa.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">On 23 November 1931, Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa was legally adopted by her maternal grandmother Princess Abigail Kawānanakoa. <i>The Honolulu Advertiser</i> noted: "<i>By decree of the governor of Hawaii, the child's family name was changed some time ago from Ellerbrock to Kawānanakoa.</i>" The young Abigail had been raised by her grandmother since her infancy. Abigail's mother Princess Liliʻuokalani consented to her daughter being adopted by her mother; Abigail's father, William Ellerbrock, was reported to have voluntarily surrendered Abigail to her mother Lydia on 15 May 1927, and he had not been in any way a part of his daughter's life since then. Both Princess Lydia and Princess Abigail, the young Abigail's mother and adoptive mother/grandmother stated that they were "wholly unaware of the present residence" of Mr. Ellerbrock. </div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkF9YpdnYWou-aUjyGAz6Ky1o0HEMCUDGODBamgjTg6yBQu-2dp_dskpeHp85O6web4m_8geH-kQqN4vUn9BLGz57YjL-GbT2er2cp75Q8U_Uel7KPIDLF0_U9GJpl3shM1wPO4swwMwRPmkMdBQ_MWu1QmuuRRpfeqa4y1ZtZcZ5ctef8SchksizU/s1168/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-13%20at%206.42.14%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="520" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkF9YpdnYWou-aUjyGAz6Ky1o0HEMCUDGODBamgjTg6yBQu-2dp_dskpeHp85O6web4m_8geH-kQqN4vUn9BLGz57YjL-GbT2er2cp75Q8U_Uel7KPIDLF0_U9GJpl3shM1wPO4swwMwRPmkMdBQ_MWu1QmuuRRpfeqa4y1ZtZcZ5ctef8SchksizU/w284-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-13%20at%206.42.14%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="284" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Abigail during her time as a pupil at Punahou Academy, October 1939.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdSA9V9vSYbvf8haZ8njUh8phGYEG98FZp19_u1eOWGhy0mxyQZf3D6-ARK0XF6jrlZX9TlDWS5O-qZtmg3GjYA247RyHHltnXxq8IBvzH3M5XXmlHS3Ad42VTLb08TYrlr87RfhiZ0BoTmu4ZsVVoNqWQIQt2f3EhOQjx1SaJgDfgc60armnYXukW/s1160/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-13%20at%206.51.25%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="1160" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdSA9V9vSYbvf8haZ8njUh8phGYEG98FZp19_u1eOWGhy0mxyQZf3D6-ARK0XF6jrlZX9TlDWS5O-qZtmg3GjYA247RyHHltnXxq8IBvzH3M5XXmlHS3Ad42VTLb08TYrlr87RfhiZ0BoTmu4ZsVVoNqWQIQt2f3EhOQjx1SaJgDfgc60armnYXukW/w640-h570/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-13%20at%206.51.25%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Princess <span style="text-align: start;">Lydia (Mrs. Clark Lee) and her daughter Abigail leave for Shanghai, June 1940.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">From 1938 until 1940, Abigail attended the <span style="text-align: center;">Punahou Academy in Honolulu, where she excelled as a member of the swim team and broke several records. In July 1940, Abigail went to live with her mother </span>Lydia and her (second) stepfather Clark Lee in Shanghai, China, where Mr. Lee was a correspondent for the Associated Press. While there, Abigail attended the Shanghai American School, which she was forced to leave in December 1940 owing to the United States evacuating its citizens from the country. Abigail then returned to <span style="text-align: center;">Punahou Academy, from which she graduated in 1943. Abigail then went on to attend a Roman Catholic college in </span>California. She returned to Hawaii in the waning days of World War II. On 12 April 1945 at 1:55pm, Abigail's adoptive mother and maternal grandmother Princess Abigail Wahiʻikaʻahuʻula Campbell Kawānanakoa died at the Queen's Hospital in Honolulu, aged sixty-three. </div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4CW-x4U78JW56X1MPDFFtQdTXtw8LPUWAjWdp5sxd6McGdqaOpwK0CF1Gi1FGG8mmYfUN56dPJPbv2snWQtVL5xvdl_4TlkOKOPxb83zmdKk9XspK-eElK1nTCNk-YdtdQUfRnYPEnicsaBEeC0usS_jBMqoVvCQYjAGIiD-7VZULLgyXj6kojhM/s1142/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-13%20at%207.42.23%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4CW-x4U78JW56X1MPDFFtQdTXtw8LPUWAjWdp5sxd6McGdqaOpwK0CF1Gi1FGG8mmYfUN56dPJPbv2snWQtVL5xvdl_4TlkOKOPxb83zmdKk9XspK-eElK1nTCNk-YdtdQUfRnYPEnicsaBEeC0usS_jBMqoVvCQYjAGIiD-7VZULLgyXj6kojhM/w364-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-13%20at%207.42.23%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="364" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Princess <span style="text-align: start;">Lydia.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Abigail's mother Princess Lydia Kawānanakoa died on 19 May 1969 at her home in the Waiʻalae-Kahala neighborhood of Honolulu. Liliʻuokalani was sixty-three. <i>The Honolulu Star-Bulletin</i> of 20 May 1969 described the princess as such: "<i>She was the daughter of Prince David Kawānanakoa and Abigail Wahiʻikaʻahuʻula Campbell, and might have been queen of the islands had Hawaii remained a monarchy. She was held in great respect and affection by her people. With her regal bearing, soft voice, and innate grace and charm, she carried out the traditions of her royal family.</i>" Princess Liliʻuokalani was often asked by Governor John A. Burns of Hawaii to represent the native Hawaiian people at state functions. Indeed, at the urging of Governor Burns, Princess Lydia founded the Friends of Iolani Palace charitable organisation in 1966; she remained the president of the Friends of Iolani Palace until her passing. The ashes of the princess were buried in the Oahu Cemetery on 22 May 1969 in a private service conducted by Bishop E. Lani Hanchett of the Episcopal Diocese of Honolulu. In his eulogy of Lydia to her family and friends present, these including her only child Abigail, the bishop said of the departed: "<i>Help us to think of her as no further from us than Thy Presence with us, and while our minds follow her to Thy Presence, let a portion of her loving spirit rest upon us. We gratefully recall all that she was and all that she stood for - this child of Hawaii and daughter of royalty, her love for her land and her concern for her people. We give thanks for all that she has done to preserve the culture and traditions of Old Hawaii, and for her efforts in behalf of people with Hawaiian ancestry.</i>" </div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiO48REuk3bbL-iuwrJPlRAQ66GM_eFJqLVTyk-jHxsQDPKV4bR_Kn6QFmvmPzmIFhkMBdwL8sjiEXygJym0T89DzIyIsVqrZNN_5T_NRt98-W17Z4cqC64Y39bnsOJkIX3j5k6_ys7m9IIVG3ZepEuO5sc47XQMn7mUZKainlMIUTpPQlsXJ3NLKl/s956/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-13%20at%208.37.19%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="486" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiO48REuk3bbL-iuwrJPlRAQ66GM_eFJqLVTyk-jHxsQDPKV4bR_Kn6QFmvmPzmIFhkMBdwL8sjiEXygJym0T89DzIyIsVqrZNN_5T_NRt98-W17Z4cqC64Y39bnsOJkIX3j5k6_ys7m9IIVG3ZepEuO5sc47XQMn7mUZKainlMIUTpPQlsXJ3NLKl/w326-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-13%20at%208.37.19%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="326" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Abigail unveils a portrait of her grandmother Princess Abigail at the Iolani Palace, 1949.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Abigail Kawānanakoa, who lived a largely private life, gave an insightful interview with journalist Pierre Bowman of the<i> Honolulu Star-Bulletin</i>, published on 23 July 1985. When asked about her adoption by her grandmother, Abigail stated: "<i>It was a strictly Hawaiian arrangement. The eldest child always went to grandmother.</i>" She further gave insight into the comfortable life she had been able to lead as a result of being an heir to the Campbell Estate: <i>"I've had the good fortune of not ever wanting for anything. I've been exposed to the finest. And somewhere I developed a discerning attitude and I appreciate beauty, generosity and sincerity.</i>" Abigail grew up in her grandmother's home with three first cousins, the children of Abigail's aunt Princess Kapiʻolani: Edward A. Kawānanakoa (1924-1997), Virginia Poʻomaikelani Kawānanakoa (1926-1998), Esther Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa (b.1928). In the interview, Abigail recalled the children's upbringing by their grandmother Princess Abigail: "<i>We had a pretty strict household. Grandmother never let us forget our heritage. She tried to expose us to everything. Was it special? Oh, yes, yes, yes. Grandmother carried the title princess, the last with the title that was official. Americans cannot carry titles, you know. We were just of the royal family, which had become very Anglicized. As all kids, we just wanted to be like everybody else. But we arrived at school every morning with a chauffeur in livery, and with a governess. And they picked us up. Once a week we were given some money to stop at Kress store - with a maid or the governess. Grandmother had to give in to Japanese maids. The fancy English nannies she imported only lasted three weeks.</i>" Abigail was then asked if this implied that she and her cousins were rather rambunctious. "<i>Collectively, we could be very naughty. We were raised more as siblings than as cousins. We'd try to run away from our governess. And the Pensacola place [Princess Abigail's residence] had about six acres - so it was a possibility.</i>" She remembered that watching her grandmother in action was her earliest education. "<i>We used to watch her directing things. Like setting up a luau table. In those days you sat, as if in a dining room. And you were served on china. There were no straddling a wooden sawhorse and tucking in your elbows. And there was the finest entertainment. Iolani Luahine. Flora Hayes. The Beamer children. Lena Machado.</i>" </div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCovNVOm9Hhs1Z3hVNTSG2fU0tbF5Lau0uEaLM4VfRh9WUV-8Tm5Gk50F5fV0TRAmiP8UmGDnemsOljaY5EizeBWpfgkPv1moOlpLJcbQxNFSBodlZ9MkKdemBEtu6-DjJTGQ30pE_KuRsaHVOw3obnR4J55v0dgsW0PJiAz90exxoQci9-Yq0LP6c/s1198/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-13%20at%208.39.22%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="716" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCovNVOm9Hhs1Z3hVNTSG2fU0tbF5Lau0uEaLM4VfRh9WUV-8Tm5Gk50F5fV0TRAmiP8UmGDnemsOljaY5EizeBWpfgkPv1moOlpLJcbQxNFSBodlZ9MkKdemBEtu6-DjJTGQ30pE_KuRsaHVOw3obnR4J55v0dgsW0PJiAz90exxoQci9-Yq0LP6c/w382-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-13%20at%208.39.22%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="382" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px;">Abigail Kawānanakoa on the grounds of Iolani Palace, 1985.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">It was her family's dedication to the native Hawaiian people and the preservation of their culture and history that eventually drew Abigail into what became her life's mission. She became the President of the Friends of Iolani Palace organisation. Abigail recalled in the 1985 interview: "<i>My mother started it. John Burns gave her the authority to handle it. It was a rather accepted fact that I'd pick up what our heritage demanded. This is my obligation. I must do this. It is with pleasure that I do it. It was my turn when my mother died.</i>" Abigail went on to address how she felt that native Hawaiins needed to be given more independence and chances to thrive within the state that had replaced their country: "<i>We need some land - and not Hawaiian Homes. We need an area of our lives that's controlled and governed by Hawaiians. That is where we should be considered different from ordinary citizens... I have a lot of faith in OHA (Office of Hawaiian Affairs). I was advised it would take OHA maybe eight or 10 years before it's a viable force. They are going about it in a correct way. But Hawaiians hands are still tied. They're beholden to the state government for everything. Eventually, they should be autonomous. They should not have to beg for money. Land should be given us, to be administered by a body such as OHA. It should never be at the whim of a government or legislature. Then it's a political situation - as it always has been... I have thought about it for years, trying to find a solution for the important aspects of integration and separation. This is why I said I can relate to the Hawaiian. Many Hawaiians do not talk directly. It's not because they're circuitous. It's the only way they know how. The Hawaiian language - in hula and male - is innuendo and subtlety. Ask a Hawaiian what's wrong and he'll never tell you what exactly. That's why we haven't been more militant. But where are they going to put us? And that includes me. I am a part of this. They are my people - and I am their's. Many people do not realize who I am. They're not educated to it. I don't resent that. I hope I'll be able to see what I can do to benefit the plight of Hawaiians. I don't want to do more than I can, and I do not want to make a stand as the last of a royal one and not have clout. I am so sorry Hawaiians had to become militant to be heard. I am so sorry that George Helm had to lose his life to be heard. I am so sorry Hawaiians have had to resort to militancy to make a point. But all they're saying is give us the justice we deserve.</i>" </div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kugqPRhSKldR7iD9pbbczkKnTNtFwVluRz7UALayD4Etnvp6pJb6Zrb8OyF_9WU6RpmXKgJ3ALRZ22F4q8AZOewGNXT3vacyTRlb-X2sJuPp77Vj7xITlq0dpBEMjJbaA-vyugEzMI7FdnBGr5xP7Ua87PrhDfQfsooJDbZtqxjNmosnqTH_i2jx/s1376/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-13%20at%208.52.05%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="1376" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kugqPRhSKldR7iD9pbbczkKnTNtFwVluRz7UALayD4Etnvp6pJb6Zrb8OyF_9WU6RpmXKgJ3ALRZ22F4q8AZOewGNXT3vacyTRlb-X2sJuPp77Vj7xITlq0dpBEMjJbaA-vyugEzMI7FdnBGr5xP7Ua87PrhDfQfsooJDbZtqxjNmosnqTH_i2jx/w640-h468/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-13%20at%208.52.05%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Abigail in front of Iolani Palace, 1990.</td></tr></tbody></table><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Princess Abigail Kawānanakoa, who eventually began using the title of princess, devoted her philanthropic work to supporting Hawaiian history, culture, and autonomy. </div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlzt_pS71gS70YyTwGh2P0BYQX0-vEGOhPlThtB4HZkYsBYRGPhtfUPFe2BnrXehZTvkg0bhpUCBznblLn2_t7pSUx5xRkDaY_Gk9l9QgEwJ8inAyi44OBJ6uKl47XOvY9cCNjpjfAzbz9KSJCGzgXSHxeHh_CT0-JFSCjvg91CM4SR8j8s5NirOc/s1200/YLFXI22HOBC3NE6IWJMUWU3VN4.jpg.webp" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlzt_pS71gS70YyTwGh2P0BYQX0-vEGOhPlThtB4HZkYsBYRGPhtfUPFe2BnrXehZTvkg0bhpUCBznblLn2_t7pSUx5xRkDaY_Gk9l9QgEwJ8inAyi44OBJ6uKl47XOvY9cCNjpjfAzbz9KSJCGzgXSHxeHh_CT0-JFSCjvg91CM4SR8j8s5NirOc/w640-h480/YLFXI22HOBC3NE6IWJMUWU3VN4.jpg.webp" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Abigail and Veronica.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">On 1 October 2017, Princess Abigail married her partner of twenty years, Veronica Gail Worth, in Honolulu. The last years of the princess's life were marred by a legal controversy over control of her fortune. She is survived by her wife, Veronica, and by many cousins.</div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #441500; clear: both; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Abigail_Kinoiki_Kekaulike_Kaw%C4%81nanakoa_a0006586.jpg" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="530" height="640" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Abigail_Kinoiki_Kekaulike_Kaw%C4%81nanakoa_a0006586.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="424" /></a></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><b><i>May the Princess Rest In Peace.</i></b></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;">+++++++</div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><b>The Ancestry of Abigail Kawānanakoa</b></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">1. Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Ellerbrock, surname changed to Kawānanakoa (Honolulu 23 April 1926-Honolulu 11 December 2022)</div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">m. Honolulu 1 October 2017 to Veronica Gail Worth (b.September 1953)</div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /><div><b>Parents</b></div><div><br /></div><div>2. William Jeremiah Ellerbrock (Honolulu 30 January 1902-Contra Costa, California 27 December 1953)</div><div>m. Honolulu 17 January 1925 (divorced Honolulu 19 July 1927)</div><div>3. Princess Helen <i>Lydia</i> Kamakaʻeha Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa (Honolulu 22 July 1905-Honolulu 19 May 1969)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Grandparents</b></div><div><br /></div><div>4. Wilhelm "William" Theodor Heinrich Ellerbrock (Bremen 30 January 1862-San Francisco 30 June 1952)</div><div>m. Honolulu 30 May 1891</div>5. Emma Luise Minna Wieber (Germany 31 July 1875-Alameda, California 17 December 1948)<br /><br /><div>6. Prince David Laʻamea Kahalepouli Kinoiki Kawānanakoa (Honolulu 19 February 1868-San Francisco, California 2 June 1908)</div><div>m. San Francisco, California 6 January 1902</div><div>7. Abigail Wahiʻikaʻahuʻula Campbell (Honolulu 1 January 1882-Honolulu 12 April 1945)</div></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-40050738142179546512022-12-11T09:00:00.008-08:002024-02-14T03:20:47.301-08:00The French Imperial Family Welcomes Birth of a Prince!<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzPQxV9WtsuyDThL3Sy7wBnFZB98xI7U1qel7loU5nVnG5CKHwu1qNuU9eLYQrBDQZyGEBkCt-elNPZIdcIdXF3h9xufA_k6DcnhAel4lV3sLzc6u_WsCYgU4ArNUO98-2s66Z-oWKh8/s1600/73504631_1394882950668991_9024411632532455424_n.jpg" style="color: #ff8866; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzPQxV9WtsuyDThL3Sy7wBnFZB98xI7U1qel7loU5nVnG5CKHwu1qNuU9eLYQrBDQZyGEBkCt-elNPZIdcIdXF3h9xufA_k6DcnhAel4lV3sLzc6u_WsCYgU4ArNUO98-2s66Z-oWKh8/s640/73504631_1394882950668991_9024411632532455424_n.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px;">The Prince and Princess Napoléon</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">According to Frédéric de Natal, Princess Olympia Napoléon (b.1988; née Countess von Arco-Zinneberg) gave birth to a son, Prince Louis Charles Riprand Victor Jérôme Marie Napoleon, on 7 December in Paris. Prince Louis is the first child for Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon (b.1986) and Princess Olympia, who married in 2019. The arrival of Prince Louis secures the continuity of the Bonaparte dynasty for another generation. Below you can see the prince's ancestry back to his great-grandparents, as this family tree created by my friend (and royal genealogist and historian) <a href="http://www.royaltymonarchy.com/" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;">Theodore Harvey</a> shows:</p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #441500; clear: both; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8SJe-Qu8v7ebBnqoob973C3AJbpVg2uG0BbIEN4ZbzD4rYDHTZpNumliFdfUFGyhkBRJGMMJET5QuiM9VUvctAlQgxck3AmbfxYubWc-u4juqBlCW2z9UNGdzLTCFG1Bfrh_6VN2HU_INodTlz0y5AaNYgEU_ImE10UunovNvwTwOnVY-fo-FGp-/s892/IMG_8844.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="892" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8SJe-Qu8v7ebBnqoob973C3AJbpVg2uG0BbIEN4ZbzD4rYDHTZpNumliFdfUFGyhkBRJGMMJET5QuiM9VUvctAlQgxck3AmbfxYubWc-u4juqBlCW2z9UNGdzLTCFG1Bfrh_6VN2HU_INodTlz0y5AaNYgEU_ImE10UunovNvwTwOnVY-fo-FGp-/w640-h498/IMG_8844.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-73039534129332814052022-12-08T09:00:00.005-08:002024-02-14T03:18:15.642-08:00The 98th Birthday of Maria von Hanau: A Hungarian Refugee to the US Who Became A Princess<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAoCBFdrPcIfW3Ldv-_Gz23wdWeUVyxeTr5CsBg-2spuC1918-jx3DoOh8loBaN3VZQkEFBAQ50XSEFXJuwMfa4b5jfp8GKJy9eRVrGYZ55-ZfgQMo5afs6IgihzYzNQBLaMvGHeNI8uWMAfUgOjEozz5UpzMbyB8o47XEO6EqBlETFg-GK1vFD7q/s1206/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-08%20at%207.31.41%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="676" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAoCBFdrPcIfW3Ldv-_Gz23wdWeUVyxeTr5CsBg-2spuC1918-jx3DoOh8loBaN3VZQkEFBAQ50XSEFXJuwMfa4b5jfp8GKJy9eRVrGYZ55-ZfgQMo5afs6IgihzYzNQBLaMvGHeNI8uWMAfUgOjEozz5UpzMbyB8o47XEO6EqBlETFg-GK1vFD7q/w224-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-08%20at%207.31.41%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="224" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Princess Maria.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Maria Madelaine (de) Kossaczky was born on 9 December 1924 at Budapest, Hungary, as the only child of Major General Árpád Vitéz Kossaczky (Szeleste, Austria-Hungary 9 April 1886-Miami, Florida 24 June 1967) and Ilona Wallner (Nagyszombat, Austria-Hungary 16 November 1891-Greenwich, Connecticut 3 December 1983). Árpád and Ilona were married on 10 November 1919 at Trnava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia). Their daughter Maria arrived five years later.</p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Major General Árpád Kossaczky fought in the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I. In the 1950s, he recalled his time in the military on the Russian front, with regards to the conditions of the Russian soldiers: "<i>Some of them cannot read or write</i>." Kossaczky was firmly anti-Communist, and he founded a publishing and printing house in Budapest, which he ran until 1941. </p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">In Budapest, Maria attended Pázmány Péter Catholic University, and she then continued her studies at the University of Innsbruck (Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck), where she focused on art history. In November 1949, Maria came to the United States as a displaced person in thanks to sponsorship from the Pi Beta Phi sorority. After arriving in the States, Maria enrolled at the University of Texas (UT), where she studied languages - her original intention had been to study interior design. While at UT, Maria worked as a teaching fellow in the German language department. Maria received a master's degree in German from the University of Texas. She went on to teach French, German, and European history at San Antonio College. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SSPOJmYyT3vEv69rBXWBSRFCEmPCBW80XwupnX6Fb4kzIWFc6oWHpx9C5uuGX2jwW5FgQqHPgAc8sY1yqPPgZEOu05-SUciwaUP6acb0pxX6T5frg4E1B0Ixg_PLENfWNrsqufo2dXqzSc6tJulewEma1uYFEvVuaW3kGvw7nMDaaCh1eegGWv1x/s1060/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-08%20at%207.44.39%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1060" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SSPOJmYyT3vEv69rBXWBSRFCEmPCBW80XwupnX6Fb4kzIWFc6oWHpx9C5uuGX2jwW5FgQqHPgAc8sY1yqPPgZEOu05-SUciwaUP6acb0pxX6T5frg4E1B0Ixg_PLENfWNrsqufo2dXqzSc6tJulewEma1uYFEvVuaW3kGvw7nMDaaCh1eegGWv1x/w640-h584/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-08%20at%207.44.39%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Reunited: Maria with her mother and father in 1951.<br />Photo (c) Neal Douglass Photos.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Through the sponsorship of friends, Maria's parents were able to immigrate to the United States in 1951. They had previously fled Hungary for Germany in 1945, and then relocated from Germany to Austria, where they lived in the French Zone. The Texan press covered the reunion of Maria and her parents when they arrived in April 1951. Maria's mother Ilona remarked after seeing her daughter, who had adapted to being a college student, "poised and self-assured," in Texas: "<i>In disposition, she is the same, but when I look at her and hear her talk I must tell myself she is Maria</i>." </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJavBac72DtXRFmRo89Rt4I0_qol6GoenU2PNbJlYtrZ2CF9d2K4Qz6oZCk3uXRriKGoDI9lOIpc4GTxQTYJKS8JxaKC_Zt-V_W7ZZKkzpoA-ZnkvEhOhWDkuqBDBWQwkRwl-SUSsG79jjuZIht2_kXsyI1ozEBDJzyhV0QjEw-irJ6vzp9VHNXuEl/s1162/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-08%20at%208.02.04%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="1016" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJavBac72DtXRFmRo89Rt4I0_qol6GoenU2PNbJlYtrZ2CF9d2K4Qz6oZCk3uXRriKGoDI9lOIpc4GTxQTYJKS8JxaKC_Zt-V_W7ZZKkzpoA-ZnkvEhOhWDkuqBDBWQwkRwl-SUSsG79jjuZIht2_kXsyI1ozEBDJzyhV0QjEw-irJ6vzp9VHNXuEl/w560-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-08%20at%208.02.04%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Maria walks down the aisle with her father Major General <span style="text-align: left;">Kossaczky.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGYsvvH8wH_1ZNywjz8fm-XrPbt9jHHzBe1RHsG-eRnw7VhQUZp199XvBDEYOHtoLNBfFj59zrDjtbsTC6srufY6PJEH4J7BE_Mt_OARsmkNsosag-CJUeEGzieo_7UnE_3D_P8HWaWie3tiOATv1NM_geNm32oJZdOmuy5mNWLusO7SyzT3Sw7t_/s1054/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-08%20at%208.58.06%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="766" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGYsvvH8wH_1ZNywjz8fm-XrPbt9jHHzBe1RHsG-eRnw7VhQUZp199XvBDEYOHtoLNBfFj59zrDjtbsTC6srufY6PJEH4J7BE_Mt_OARsmkNsosag-CJUeEGzieo_7UnE_3D_P8HWaWie3tiOATv1NM_geNm32oJZdOmuy5mNWLusO7SyzT3Sw7t_/w466-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-08%20at%208.58.06%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="466" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Friedrich Wilhelm and Maria exchange wedding bands.</td></tr></tbody></table><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTngfG5mhVux2QvvPIl5nkK1mE18DnXnGZIH7AqFzYCw1mPoAstFZVs59UxdD_E6rvczYgTbr2EVyCxcZGyD-30vXsnKjTbmiRpug4GetmVnz2OTH3yEdD2bMs1Sg68hLXsbRWKBP-7rNew9D_t9F7z7RPKceCbQM7NxkzLZjlEbMqDfZmX0lzPjM/s1304/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-08%20at%208.01.40%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1304" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTngfG5mhVux2QvvPIl5nkK1mE18DnXnGZIH7AqFzYCw1mPoAstFZVs59UxdD_E6rvczYgTbr2EVyCxcZGyD-30vXsnKjTbmiRpug4GetmVnz2OTH3yEdD2bMs1Sg68hLXsbRWKBP-7rNew9D_t9F7z7RPKceCbQM7NxkzLZjlEbMqDfZmX0lzPjM/w640-h514/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-08%20at%208.01.40%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Princess Maria, pictured after throwing her bouquet, with Countess Rose <span style="text-align: left;">Fugger von Babenhausen, a first cousin of Maria's husband.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSHLlRSUQ_VLRngzj50W6TwTEtIb9_ghOPY8Y_dHrwnZHpjiWaHG_S4WkMCl0NdhZea-KA5JRJ3Cu2mLjOtr8s1tO9YlYN9RstBOEY6A2Nc0-vnf20Hkf70-Y_uYHYJIFYeKP6X6WI6ka3scz0boM6rtYjS_b9m1oQoKj0QEguInWYTHU_OVSgU6c/s854/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-08%20at%208.02.15%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="664" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSHLlRSUQ_VLRngzj50W6TwTEtIb9_ghOPY8Y_dHrwnZHpjiWaHG_S4WkMCl0NdhZea-KA5JRJ3Cu2mLjOtr8s1tO9YlYN9RstBOEY6A2Nc0-vnf20Hkf70-Y_uYHYJIFYeKP6X6WI6ka3scz0boM6rtYjS_b9m1oQoKj0QEguInWYTHU_OVSgU6c/w498-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-08%20at%208.02.15%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="498" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Maria and Friedrich Wilhelm drink from the Kossaczsky silver wine goblet and its smaller cup. </td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">On 5 June 1954, Maria Madelaine de Kossaczky married Prince Friedrich Wilhelm von Hanau, Count von Schaumburg, at 11:00am during a nuptial mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Austin, Texas. Princess Maria's wedding outfit was thusly described by <i>The Austin American</i> of 8 June 1954: "<i>She was attired in a gown of off-white peau de soie, designed with scooped neckline, Venetian point lace inlay, long pointed sleeves, Empire waistline, a bell-skirt with a long train... Her only jewelry was a pair of diamond earrings given her by her mother, which once were worn by her grandmother in Hungary.</i>" The maid of honour was Countess Andrea Széchényi von Sárvár-Felsövidék; the bridesmaids were Miss Jane Markman Wray, Miss Eugenia Hill, Miss Jo Jo Oefinger, Miss Emily Ann Finch, and Countess <span style="text-align: center;">Rose </span>Fugger von Babenhausen. The bestman was Mayor Andrew Wessling of Alamo City; the groomsmen were Dr Rudoph Winkelbauer, Lieutenant George Price, Mr August Clemens, Mr Jack Hebdon, and Mr Robert Schupbach. The Reverend Andrew J. Mulreany officiated over the wedding, which was followed by a reception at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert B. Thrasher of Grove House. During the reception, which was attended by 150 guests, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm and Princess Maria von Hanau shared a toast from a silver goblet brought over by her parents. Her mother Ilona, who wore a mauve dress and a diamond pendant, explained, "<i>My husband and I drank from it at our wedding also.</i>" The couple then departed for a week's honeymoon, after which they settled in an apartment in San Antonio.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 8px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVv1jF4rWjxy5OgxVVuRlK5r-izw57OVqUr_NzAkwMwxRvqEkSAWHLI0sH2xDZuyhCmd2t_M0SMSHjY0URY_AcaX1dQ8ryij3n6ypIJtMIa6nuSuMCTMYlkhgNFBfAivu_-aIwyNvpEl1nQ_lsTq2fPhd_ARod-eZyqu5zXljoiaUyDqhmqsz6Nlg3/s920/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-08%20at%208.30.45%20PM.png" style="color: #ffcc77; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVv1jF4rWjxy5OgxVVuRlK5r-izw57OVqUr_NzAkwMwxRvqEkSAWHLI0sH2xDZuyhCmd2t_M0SMSHjY0URY_AcaX1dQ8ryij3n6ypIJtMIa6nuSuMCTMYlkhgNFBfAivu_-aIwyNvpEl1nQ_lsTq2fPhd_ARod-eZyqu5zXljoiaUyDqhmqsz6Nlg3/w366-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-08%20at%208.30.45%20PM.png" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="366" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.8192px; text-align: center;">Friedrich Wilhelm in 1953.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Born on 3 December 1927 at Horowitz, Czechoslovakia, Prince <i>Friedrich Wilhelm</i> Heinrich von Hanau was the fourth children and third son of Fürst Heinrich von Hanau (1900-1971) and Countess Maria Theresia Fugger von Babenhausen (1899-1994). In 1952, Friedrich Wilhelm came to the USA and settled in Texas. The prince took a job with the Southern Steel Company, and he was taking night classes at San Antonio College in geology. Friedrich Wilhelm went on to become the senior vice president of BMW North America. </p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">On 5 June 1956 (their second anniversary) at San Antonio, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm and Princess Maria welcomed the arrival of their only child, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich <i>Christoph</i> von Hanau, Count of Schaumburg. Prince Christoph married Candace McDowell on 13 June 1987 at the Roman Catholic Church of St. Catherine of Siena in Riverside, Connecticut. Over time, Friedrich Wilhelm and Maria were blessed with two grandchildren, Princess Victoria (b.1990) and Prince Maximilian (b.1993).</p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Prince Friedrich Wilhelm von Hanau died on 4 June 2016 at his home in San Antonio. His wife Princess Maria and his son Prince Christoph were by his bedside. Princess Maria was left a widow after almost precisely sixty-two years of marriage.</p><p style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><b><i>Our best wishes to Princess Maria on her birthday!</i></b></p>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375779848022236583.post-24034367654999287742022-12-06T09:00:00.006-08:002024-02-14T03:17:49.812-08:00Not Coup! Prince Reuß Arrested for Plotting to Overthrow German Government<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT09kBV4dNjOXOWaQ15un2vs1VAkpTVyN0C5HnkxlzZbsZop4wgxUpj_LDpePW6Z9zREzp_Tw7RsXKXzwReXnYMVHaKTrRWyFp_je4Bsk6o4jgRB0RZdJRTJ75kV_zboKrY08554wYClRzKxkWQ5YtZMU60iojNk854jtIsEZpGirdp8R5M0waC26V/s1920/gqxsow2uhfcv9h9l04o230se4nx9q85ibq3hahn.webp" imageanchor="1" style="color: #ffcc77; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT09kBV4dNjOXOWaQ15un2vs1VAkpTVyN0C5HnkxlzZbsZop4wgxUpj_LDpePW6Z9zREzp_Tw7RsXKXzwReXnYMVHaKTrRWyFp_je4Bsk6o4jgRB0RZdJRTJ75kV_zboKrY08554wYClRzKxkWQ5YtZMU60iojNk854jtIsEZpGirdp8R5M0waC26V/w640-h360/gqxsow2uhfcv9h9l04o230se4nx9q85ibq3hahn.webp" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #441500; clear: both; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">This morning, along with around twenty-five other individuals, Prince Heinrich XIII Reuß zu Köstritz was arrested in Germany. The group, labeled as a terrorist organisation, was planning to overthrow the current German government, and install Prince Heinrich XIII as monarch. Former members of the military were involved, as well as several individuals with close associations to the far-right wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) political party.</span><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;">Born on 4 December 1951 at Büdingen, Prince Heinrich XIII is the fifth child and fourth son of Prince Heinrich I Reuß zu Köstritz (1910-1982) and Duchess Woizlawa-Feodora of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1918-2019). The prince is divorced with two children. Heinrich XIII is a second cousin of Princess (former Queen) Beatrix of the Netherlands.</div><div style="background-color: #441500; color: #ffeedd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.524px;"><div><br /></div><div>More from the BBC: </div><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63885028" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;">Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup</a></div>Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213322063616554119noreply@blogger.com0