Thursday, May 17, 2018
Death of a Romanov Prince (Status...Printing)
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Meghan Markle makes a statement about her father
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Interesting article in Vanity Fair...
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/05/meghan-markle-father-wedding-statement?mbid=nl_CH_5afdb5075b104d3e94f6169a&CNDID=48442933&spMailingID=13530641&spUserID=MTc2MjkwOTcyNjE2S0&spJobID=1401579663&spReportId=MTQwMTU3OTY2MwS2 Upcoming Royal Wedding
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Saturday, May 12, 2018
Royal Gatherings in The Hague – November 10-11, 2018
Tsar Nicholas II and Kaiser Wilhelm II
Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
The Quest for Queen Mary
King George V of Great Britain, Queen Mary's husband
Royal Death Notices
My appreciation to a dear friend, member of the German Gotha, for sending us copies of two death notices: First Franz Alexander of Isenburg and Duke Friedrich of Württemberg.
This has been a dreadful week in royal losses!
I first met Duke Friedrich many years ago while attending a royal wedding. later, I met him several other times at various royal events (funerals, exhibitions, birthdays, weddings). He was always extremely kind and approachable. Friedrich had a good sense of humor and did not take himself too seriously. His boisterous laugh was quite refreshing. I am very saddened by his untimely death and only hope that he did not suffer...
The First of Isenburg and his wife were very kind to me in 2004 when they sent me an invitation to the wedding of their daughter Katharina to Archduke Martin of Austria. I traveled to Isenburg, a quaint small town hidden in the mountains near Frankfurt. While covering the wedding for Eurohistory, the Fürstin of Isenburg sent me a message with her youngest son Prince Viktor asking that I join the private festivities after the church wedding. I was thrilled. It was a lovely wedding and I was able to spend quite a long time taking photos of the many Gotha guests who were in attendance that day. Fürst Franz Alexander thought it amazing that an American magazine was interested in covering a German aristocratic wedding. He was also amazed that I had traveled all the way to Isenburg from San francisco.."come Mr. Beéche, you have earned a beer, or more than one," he told me. Memories...
Friday, May 11, 2018
Hubertus Stephan (1970-2018)
Duke Friedrich of Württemberg (1961-2018)
Duke Friedrich of Württemberg, eldest son of Duke Carl (Head of House) and Duchess Diane (née France), died as a consequence of a terrible automobile accident. The tragedy unfolded on May 9 in a serious accident on the county road 7962 between Ebenweiler and Fronhofen on Wednesday afternoon. In addition, three other people were injured.
Friedrich's parents, Carl and Diane, married at Schloß Altshausen, the massive Württemberg home, on 21 July 1960. This had been the second alliance between both families as Carl's sister Marie-Thérèse had married Diane's brother Henri a few years earlier.
Within months of her splendid marriage, Duchess Diane found herself pregnant, giving birth to her firstborn on June 1, 1961. The baby boy was christened with the names: Friedrich Philipp Carl Franz Maria. He was born at Friedrichshafen, another large Württemberg castle near Lake Constanz.
After achieving many goals and successes concerning his education and early role in the family business, Friedrich announced his engagement to Princess Marie zu Wied. Their religious marriage, another splendid affair, the likes of which only the Württembergs know how to stage, took place at Altshausen on November 13, 1993.
Nine months to the day after their marriage, Friedrich and Marie welcomed their first child, Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Philipp Albrecht Nikolaus Eric Maria. The baby boy was born in Ravensburg, where his mother would later give birth to the family's two other children: Marie-Amélie (b. 1996) and Sophie-Dorothee (b. 1997).
A news report of the car accident that took the life of Friedrich is found here: https://www.schwaebische.de/landkreis/landkreis-ravensburg/altshausen_artikel,-trauer-nach-unfalltod-von-friedrich-herzog-von-württemberg-_arid,10866877.html
Royal friends of EUROHISTORY have communicated to us their utter shock with words like: "terrible," "How devastating," "Lovely guy, too soon departed."
We wish to express our sincerest condolences to the Royal Family of Württemberg during this sad period of mourning... May He rest in Peace!
Friedrich's parents, Carl and Diane, married at Schloß Altshausen, the massive Württemberg home, on 21 July 1960. This had been the second alliance between both families as Carl's sister Marie-Thérèse had married Diane's brother Henri a few years earlier.
Within months of her splendid marriage, Duchess Diane found herself pregnant, giving birth to her firstborn on June 1, 1961. The baby boy was christened with the names: Friedrich Philipp Carl Franz Maria. He was born at Friedrichshafen, another large Württemberg castle near Lake Constanz.
After achieving many goals and successes concerning his education and early role in the family business, Friedrich announced his engagement to Princess Marie zu Wied. Their religious marriage, another splendid affair, the likes of which only the Württembergs know how to stage, took place at Altshausen on November 13, 1993.
Nine months to the day after their marriage, Friedrich and Marie welcomed their first child, Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Philipp Albrecht Nikolaus Eric Maria. The baby boy was born in Ravensburg, where his mother would later give birth to the family's two other children: Marie-Amélie (b. 1996) and Sophie-Dorothee (b. 1997).
A news report of the car accident that took the life of Friedrich is found here: https://www.schwaebische.de/landkreis/landkreis-ravensburg/altshausen_artikel,-trauer-nach-unfalltod-von-friedrich-herzog-von-württemberg-_arid,10866877.html
Royal friends of EUROHISTORY have communicated to us their utter shock with words like: "terrible," "How devastating," "Lovely guy, too soon departed."
We wish to express our sincerest condolences to the Royal Family of Württemberg during this sad period of mourning... May He rest in Peace!
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