Going to the Chapel: The Wedding of Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon and Countess Olympia of Arco-Zinneberg

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The Prince and Princess Napoléon

At 11:00am on Saturday, 19 October, H.I.H. The Prince Napoléon and Countess Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg were married at the Cathedrale Saint-Louis des Invalides in Paris. Jean-Christophe Napoléon Bonaparte (b.1986) and Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (b.1988) contracted their civil marriage at the city hall of Neuilly-sur-Seine on Thursday, 17 October. On Friday, 18 October, a dinner and ball in celebration of the couple's union was held in the evening at the Château de Fontainebleau.

On the day of the religious wedding, the bridegroom, Prince Jean-Christophe, arrived on the arm of his mother, H.R.H. Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. The bride entered the Cathedral on the arm of her father, Count Riprand von und zu Arco-Zinneberg. Countess Olympia wore a gown designed by Oscar de la Renta; her headpiece was a bandeau diadem that was converted from a necklace worn by her paternal aunt H.I.&R.H. Archduchess Isabella of Austria-Este upon the occasion of her wedding in 1997 to Count Andrea Czarnocki-Lucheschi. Olympia wore the same earrings that her mother, Archduchess Maria Beatrix, donned on the day of her wedding to her father, Count Riprand, in 1980.

Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies with her son Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon

Countess Olympia of Arco-Zinneberg with her father Count Riprand

The bridegroom's father, H.I.H. Prince Charles Napoléon (whose sixty-ninth birthday was the day of his son's religious wedding), escorted the bride's mother, H.I.&R.H. Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este, Countess von und zu Arco-Zinneberg, into the sanctuary. The bridegroom's grandmother H.I.H. The Dowager Princess Napoléon (née Alix de Foresta) arrived on the arm of Général Christophe de Saint Chamas, Commandant of the French Foreign Legion.

Prince Charles Napoléon and Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este, Countess of Arco-Zinneberg

The Dowager Princess Napoléon and Général Christophe de Saint Chamas

The Prince and Princess Napoléon were joined in holy matrimony by Monseigneur Antoine de Romanet, Bishop of the Diocese of the French Armed Forces. The witnesses for the couple were Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Monsieur Marc Noyer Maingard, Countess Céleste de la Rochefoucauld, and Monsieur Alexis Veljkovic. The children attendants of the new Princess Napoléon were Countess Olympia von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Countess Tatiana von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Countess Xenia von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Princess Gaia of Croÿ-Roeulx, and Archduchess Anna-Astrid of Austria-Este. The bridesmaids were Countess Anna Theresa von und zu Arco-Zinneberg, Countess Margherita von und zu Arco-Zinneberg, Countess Maximiliana von und zu Arco-Zinneberg, Countess Marie-Gabrielle von und zu Arco-Zinneberg, Countess Giorgiana von und zu Arco-Zinneberg, and Princess Maria Chiara of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

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Fabulous, cozy family wedding in Paris at the church of the Invalides, the hospital for wounded soldiers built by Louis XIV and where Napoleon is buried. One of the most magnificent examples of 17th century architecture in France. Mass followed by reception in the salons upstairs. Such fun to see so many cousins. #love #wedding #invalides #invalidesparis #glam #paris #beauty #history #photooftheday #instagood #instalike #instafollow #princenapoleon #royalty #royals #frenchroyalty

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The Guestlist of the Wedding of 

H.I.H. Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon and Countess Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg

Les Invalides, Paris

19 October 2019

Arco Count Riprand von und zu Arco-Zinneberg and H.I.&R.H. Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este, Countess von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (parents of bride) Countess Anna Theresa von und zu Arco-Zinneberg and Colin McKenzie Countess Margherita von und zu Arco-Zinneberg Countess Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (bride) Countess Maximiliana von und zu Arco-Zinneberg Countess Marie-Gabrielle von und zu Arco-Zinneberg Countess Giorgiana von und zu Arco-Zinneberg Austria H.I.&R.H. Archduchess Gabriela of Austria T.I.&R.H. Archduke Lorenz and Archduchess Astrid of Austria-Este, Prince and Princess of Belgium T.I.&.R.H. Archduke Amedeo and Archduchess Elisabetta of Austria-Este, Prince and Princess of Belgium H.I.&R.H. Archduke Joachim of Austria-Este, Prince of Belgium H.I.&R.H. Archduchess Maria Laura of Austria-Este, Princess of Belgium H.I.&R.H. Archduchess Luisa Maria of Austria-Este, Princess of Belgium H.I.&R.H. Archduchess Laetitia Maria of Austria-Este, Princess of Belgium T.I.&R.H. Archduke Martin and Archduchess Katharina of Austria-Este T.I.&R.H. Archduke Rudolph and Archduchess Marie Hélène of Austria H.I.&R.H. Archduke Michael of Austria T.I.&R.H. Archduke Carl Christian and Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria T.I.&R.H. Archduke Karl Peter and Archduchess Alexandra of Austria T.I.&R.H. Archduke Simeon and Archduchess Maria of Austria (née Bourbon-Two Sicilies)

Archduchess Astrid and Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este, Princess and Prince of Belgium

Archduchess Elisabetta of Austria-Este, Princess of Belgium

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Archduchesses Luisa Maria and Laetitia Maria of Austria-Este, Princesses of Belgium

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Baden H.G.D.H. Prince Leopold of Baden Bavaria T.R.H. Duke Max and Duchess Elizabeth in Bavaria H.R.H. Duchess Anna in Bavaria and Baron Andreas-Falk von Maltzahn T.R.H. Prince Manuel and Princess Anna of Bavaria T.R.H. Prince Konstantin and Princess Deniz of Bavaria

Duchess Elizabeth and Duke Max in Bavaria

Belgium H.R.H. Prince Laurent of Belgium

Prince Laurent of Belgium

Bismarck Count Konstantin von Bismarck Count Nikolai von Bismarck

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Bonaparte H.I.H. Monseigneur the Prince Napoléon (bridegroom) H.I.H. Madame the Dowager Princess Napoléon H.I.H. Prince Charles Napoléon (father of bridegroom) H.I.H. Princess Sophie Napoléon H.I.H. Princess Anh Napoléon T.I.H. Prince Jérôme and Princess Licia Napoléon Brazil H.R.H. Princess Maria da Glória of Orléans-Braganza, Duchess of Segorbe Croÿ

T.S.H. Prince Hadrien and Princess Jacqueline of Croÿ-Roeulx 

Princess Jacqueline and Prince Hadrien of Croÿ-Roeulx

Great Britain H.R.H. Princess Beatrice of York with Count Edoardo Mapelli-Mozzi

Princess Beatrice of York with Count Edoardo Mapelli-Mozzi

Greece H.R.H. Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece H.R.H. Princess Olympia of Greece H.R.H. Prince Philippos of Greece with Nina Flohr T.R.H. Prince Michael and Princess Marina of Greece

Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece and his daughter Princess Olympia  

Prince Philippos of Greece with Nina Flohr

Princess Marina and Prince Michael of Greece

Hannover T.R.H. Prince Christian and Princess Alessandra of Hannover

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Hesse H.H. Princess Mafalda of Hesse with Rolf Sachs Italy H.R.H. Princess Maria Pia of Savoy

Princess Maria Pia of Savoy and her son Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia

Jordan H.R.H. Princess Sarvath al-Hassan of Jordan

Princess Sarvath al-Hassan of Jordan

Liechtenstein T.S.H. Prince Philipp and Princess Isabelle of Liechtenstein H.S.H. Prince Nikolaos and H.R.H. Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein (née Luxembourg) H.S.H. Princess Maria Annunciata of Liechtenstein H.S.H. Princess Marie-Astrid of Liechtenstein H.S.H. Prince Josef of Liechtenstein H.S.H. Princess Nora of Liechtenstein, Dowager Marquesa de Mariño H.S.H. Princess Adelheid of Liechtenstein and Count Dominick von Coundenhove-Kalergi 

Prince Philipp and Princess Isabelle of Liechtenstein in foreground with Princess Nora of Liechtenstein in the background

Lobkowicz H.S.H. Prince Charles-Henri Lobkowicz

Prince Charles-Henri Lobkowicz and his mother Princess Françoise of Bourbon-Parma

Luxembourg H.R.H. Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg T.R.H. The Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg H.R.H. Prince Louis of Luxembourg H.R.H. Prince Félix and Princess Claire of Luxembourg H.R.H. Prince Jean of Luxembourg and Countess Diane of Nassau Princess Marie-Gabrielle of Nassau and Antonius Willms Prince Constantin of Nassau T.R.H. Prince Guillaume and Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg

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Prince Louis of Luxembourg

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Prince Guillaume and Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg

Murat Prince Joachim Murat Orléans H.R.H. Madame the Countess of Paris

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Parma H.R.H. Princess Françoise of Bourbon-Parma, Princess Lobkowicz Portugal T.R.H. The Duke and Duchess of Bragança

The Duchess and Duke of Bragança

Radziwiłł H.S.H. Princess Tatiana Radziwiłł and Dr. Jean Henri Fruchaud

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Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn 

T.S.H. Prince Casimir and Princess Alana zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn 

Serbia/Yugoslavia T.R.H. Prince Philip and Princess Danica of Serbia H.R.H. Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia

Princess Danica and Prince Philip of Serbia

Schleswig-Holstein Prince Constantin of Schleswig-Holstein Törring-Jettenbach Count Hans Caspar zu Törring-Jettenbach Two Sicilies T.R.H. The Duke and Duchess of Castro H.R.H. Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Calabria and Palermo H.R.H. Princess Maria Chiara of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Noto and Capri H.R.H. Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (mother of bridegroom) H.R.H. Princess Anne of Bourbon-Two Sicilies with Alexandre Ursulet

The Duke and Duchess of Castro with their daughters Princesses Maria Carolina and Maria Chiara

Princess Anne of Bourbon-Two Sicilies with Alexandre Ursulet

Walewski Count Nicolas Colonna-Walewski

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Württemberg H.R.H. Duchess Sophie of Württemberg

Duchess Sophie of Württemberg (left)

Others

Pieter Vincenz van der Byl (son of H.S.H. Princess Charlotte of Liechtenstein) Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre

Nicolas Cochin

Dorothée Cochin

Sabine Getty Clément Lecomte (son of H.I.H. Princess Laure Napoléon) Don Jaime de Marichalar y Sáenz de Tejada

Doña Sol de Medina y Orléans-Braganza Doña Luna de Medina y Orléans-Braganza

Count Bernard de Monseignac

Prince Constantin Swiatopolk-Czetwertyński and Princess Paola Sapieha-Rozanski (Note: This guestlist is by no means complete. There were around 600 people in attendance.)

Henryane de Chaponay (1924-2019): Death of a Descendant of the French and Belgian Royal Houses

Madame Henryane de Chaponay

Henryane de Chaponay-Morance died at Paris on 9 October 2019 at the age of ninety-five. She was the only daughter of Marquis Antoine de Chaponay (1893-1956) and Princess Geneviève d'Orléans (1901-1983), the daughter of Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme (1872-1931; son of Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, and Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria) and Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870-1948; daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern).

Antoine de Chaponay and Princess Geneviève d'Orléans were married at Neuilly-sur-Seine on 2 July 1923. The Chaponays had two children: a son, Pierre (1925-1943), and a daughter, Henryane. Henryane was the first of the Chaponay offspring; she was born at Cannes on 8 May 1924. Through her mother's father, Henryane de Chaponay was a great-great-great granddaughter of King Louis Philippe of the French and his wife Queen Marie Amélie (née Bourbon-Two Sicilies). Through her mother's mother, Henryane de Chaponay was a great-great granddaughter of King Léopold I of the Belgians and his wife Queen Louise-Marie (née Orléans; a daughter of King Louis Philippe of the French). 

Pierre and Henryane de Chaponay

During their early years, Henryane and her brother Pierre were raised in Morocco. In 1941, due to the increasing threat of the war in Europe, Henryane and her brother Pierre were sent to live with their aunt Princess Marie Louise d'Orléans (1896-1973; ex-wife of Prince Filippo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies) and her second husband Mr Walter Kingsland (1888-1961) in Reading, Pennsylvania. Pierre de Chaponay soon joined the Allied forces, and he died in the Gulf of Mexico on 2 October 1943 while serving as a member of the French Naval Reserve with the Allied Forces. 

Pope Francis with Henryane de Chaponay (2018)

Henryane de Chaponay never married. She became the founder of the Centre d’Étude du développement en Amérique latine (CEDAL). Henryane was a strong advocate of preserving the biodiversity of our planet; she was very in tune with the problems posed by climate change. In April 2018, Mme de Chaponay was received by His Holiness. The Holy Father delivered the following speech upon meeting Henryane:

Madame, dear friends, 

I am glad to welcome you this morning, to greet you and to pay homage to your effort in the service of peace, the defence of human rights, the protection of our earth and support for the growth of a more human and fraternal society. 

Madame, I appreciate your mission as the founder of the Centre d’Étude du développement en Amérique latine (CEDAL). Your tireless creativity has borne fruit through the “Dialogues en humanité”, whose meetings are intended to refocus politics on humanity, to construct a citizenship that cares for the “common home”. It is good to inspire an art of living together in simplicity, benevolence, fraternity, as well as to educate in the culture of respect and encounter, the only one capable of building a future that rises up to the ideal of man. 

With the encyclical Laudato si’, with various messages, convoking the next Synod of Bishops on Amazonia, my hope is that our human history may become a flowering of liberation, growth, salvation and love (cf. Encyclical Laudato si’, 79). As I express to you all my appreciation for your generosity and your dedication, I assure you of my prayer and I bless you from the heart.

A mass for the repose of the soul of Madame Henryane de Chaponay will be held on 28 October at the Église Saint-Merri in Paris. She donated her body to the Surgical School in Paris. In four months, her remains will be interred with those of her grandparents, the Duke and Duchess of Vendôme, at the Royal Chapel of Dreux. Sources: Audience with Mme. Henryane de Chaponay, 06.04.2018 Henryane de Chaponay, figure historique du CCFD-Terre Solidaire, nous a quitté

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Queen Mother Helen of Romania is Brought to Curtea de Argeş to be Reunited with King Michael

The remains of Queen Mother Helen of Romania (1896-1982; née Princess of Greece and Denmark) were repatriated from Switzerland to Romania on Friday, 18 October. After her death in 1982, Her Majesty was buried at the Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery in Lausanne. During his lifetime, her only child King Michael had expressed the wish that he and his mother be buried near one another; the king died in 2017, and was buried at the New Royal Mausoleum of Curtea de Argeş alongside his wife, Queen Anne. This weekend, this desire of His Majesty to be near his mother will be fulfilled.

Queen Mother Helen's coffin was transported from Switzerland to Otopeni Airport, Bucharest, aboard a plane from the fleet of the Romanian Air Force. The plane was met by three granddaughters of the Queen Mother: Crown Princess Margarita, Princess Sophie, and Princess Marie. Numerous religious and political figures were also present for the religious ceremony at the airport.

From there, Her Majesty the Queen Mother's remains were taken to Elisabeta Palace, and they were then brought to Curtea de Argeş. There an intimate family circle convened to remember the Queen Mother and to prepare for her reburial in the New Royal Mausoleum on Saturday. Those present were Crown Princess Margarita and her husband Prince Radu, Princess Sophie, Princess Marie, Prince Nicholas and his wife Princess Alina Maria.

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Princess of Baden, A Great-Niece of Duke of Edinburgh, Marries German Financier

According to the recent edition of the German magazine BUNTE, Princess Aglaë of Baden has recently married Wolf von Trotha at Amorbach.

Princess Aglaë of Baden Photo Source: Garten Design

Princess Aglaë Margarete Tatiana Mary of Baden was born at Heidelberg on 3 March 1981. She is the second daughter, and third and youngest child, of Prince Ludwig of Baden (b.1937) and Princess Marianne von Auersperg-Breunner (b.1943). Aglaë's older siblings are Princess Sophie (b.1975) and Prince Berthold of Baden (b.1976). Princess Aglaë is a granddaughter of Margrave Berthold of Baden (1906-1963) and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906-1969); Aglaë is thus a great-niece of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Princess Aglaë works as a furniture designer.

Wolf von Trotha Photo Source: Crunchbase

Wolf-Georg Heinrich von Trotha was born in 1974 as the son of Thilo Wolf-Heinrich von Trotha (b.1940) and Baroness Sophie Spies von Büllesheim (b.1940). Wolf von Trotha works as Head of Capital Market/Sales of Norddeutsche Landesbank Luxembourg S.A. He has served as a Venture Partner at Motu Ventures Management GmbH. Wolf previously worked as a consultant at Roland Berger. Congratulations to the happy couple!

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