Maria Luisa, Duquesa de Sevilla, in 1920. Photo (c)  National Portrait Gallery . Born at 1pm on 4 April 1868 at Madrid,  María Luisa  Enriqueta Josefina de Borbón y Parade was the first of…

Hereditary Prince Alexander and Hereditary Princess Hande of Mecklenburg. Photo (c) Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg. On 17 September 2022 at 11am, Hereditary Prince Alexander of Mecklenbu…

Around thirty aristocrats will have their titles abolished by the Spanish Cortes if and when it adopts the Democratic Memory Law (Ley de Memoria Democrática). The text of the law was published in …

Fifteen years ago today, Prince Theodore Romanoff died on 25 August 2007 at Pompano Beach, Florida. The prince was thirty-two years-old. The New York  Daily News  of 12 December 1974 announ…

Archduchess Eilika and Archduke Georg of Austria, 2016. The couple are here attending the wedding in Tirana of Crown Prince Leka of Albania. Photo (c) Seth B. Leonard. Today, Archduchess E…

[This post was written by Arturo E. Béeche and originally appeared on Eurohistory's former blog in 2013.] I purchased this beautiful photo at an auction in Berlin two weeks ago. It was a hard…

Prince Wauthier. On Monday, 15 August, Prince Wauthier de Ligne died in hospital near Beloeil following a long illness. He was seventy years-old.  Prince Antoine de Ligne and Prince…

King Michael. In the Museo Pietro Canonica at the Villa Borghese in Rome, there are two sculptures of a mother and a son, a queen mother and a king. Both likenesses were created in marble by Italia…

Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark Today HRH Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark celebrates his twentieth birthday! Embed from Getty Images The prince was bor…

Soledad Martorell y Castillejo, 8th Duquesa de Almenara Alta, died on 6 August 2022 in Madrid. Sol's parents. Born on 8 July 1924 at Madrid, María Soledad " Sol " Martorel…

Xenia Trotzky and Count Frederic von Brandenstein-Zeppelin celebrated their religious marriage on 30 July 2022 at Gröbming. The couple were civilly married on 11 June at Schluechtern. Born on 23 Fe…

Princess Charles de Ligne, Madame Bertrand de la Haye Jousselin and Princess Armand d'Arenberg at a Parisian ball, 1950. Photo (c) Robert Doisneau. On 1 August, Princess Gabrielle d…

Sophie and Ludwig. The engagement of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Sophie Evekink was recently announced. Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, the eldest son and third child of Prince Luitpold (b.1951…

Sylviane in front of portraits of her sister Queen Geraldine and her brother-in-law King Zog. Today, Sylviane Girault Muselier turns ninety-five! Gladys Virginia Stewart. Born on…