The 60th Birthday of Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern

Prince Carl Christian in the arms of his great-grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden while his mother Princess Birgitta looks on, 1962.

Today, Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern celebrates his sixtieth birthday!

Prince Johann Georg and Princess Birgitta with their three children: Prince Carl Christian, Princess Désirée, and baby Prince Hubertus, 1966.
Photo (c) Getty Images / Keystone-France.

Born on 5 April 1962 at Munich, Prince Carl Christian Friedrich Johannes Meinrad Maria Hubertus Edmund of Hohenzollern was the first child of Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern (1932-2016) and Princess Birgitta of Sweden (b.1937), who wed in 1961. Carl Christian was followed by a younger sister and a brother: Princess Désirée (b.1963) and Prince Hubertus (b.1966).

 

Prince Carl Christian and Princess Nicole on their wedding day, 1999.
Photo (c) Seeger-Presse.

Princess Nicole with Prince Nicolas, and Prince Carl Christian at the wedding of Prince Hubertus in 2000.

 

In July 1999, Prince Carl Christian married Nicole Neschitsch (b.1968). Later that year, the couple welcomed the birth of their son and only child, Prince Nicolas.

 

Our best wishes to Carl Christian on his birthday!

The 50th Birthday of Prince Christian zu Schaumburg-Lippe

Today, Prince Christian zu Schaumburg-Lippe celebrates his fiftieth birthday!

Left to right: newlyweds Princess Lena and Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe, Queen Margarethe II of Denmark, Princess Ilona and Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe, 2009. Photograph (c) dpa picture alliance archive / Alamy Stock Photo.

Born on 4 September 1971 at Munich, Prince Christian Hubertus Clemens-August Friedrich-Sigismund Louis-Ferdinand Harald zu Schaumburg-Lippe was the first child and only son of Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife Princess Ilona (née Baroness Hentschel von Gilgenheimb). Christian has one sister, Princess Désirée (b.1974; married Michael Frederik Iuel). In 2009, Prince Christian married Lena Giese (b.1979). Prince Christian and Princess Lena have one child, Prince Julian (b.2012).

Our best wishes to Prince Christian on his birthday!