Princess Claire of Belgium Recovers from Coronavirus

Princess Claire of Belgium

In a recent interview, Prince Laurent of Belgium gave an update about the goings-on in his family. “We do not know how, but the coronavirus has entered our household,” the prince said in an interview published on 6 May, Wednesday, in Le Soir Mag. “For weeks now, we have hardly gone out—only to shop and for recreation.” The next day it was revealed that Laurent's wife Claire was the family member who had been touched by the virus.

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Princess Claire was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus in March. For six months, the princess has been dealing with an undisclosed grave illness, which still lingers and was detected at an early stage. Princess Claire did not require hospitalisation for COVID-19 and was able to recover at home.

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Prince Laurent, Princess Claire, and their three children have been sheltering-in-place at the Villa Clementine at Tervuren. Laurent of Belgium and Claire Coombs married in 2003; the couple's children are Princess Louise (b.2004) and the twins, Prince Nicolas and Prince Aymeric (b.2005). 

Olga Kulikovskaya, Daughter-In-Law of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Dies at Ninety-Three

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Yesterday the Russian Imperial House announced the death of Olga Nikolaevna Kulikovskaya. Olga was the third wife and widow of Tikhon Nicholaievich Kulikovsky (1917 - 1993), the elder son of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882 - 1960) and her second husband Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovsky (1881 - 1958). Olga Nikolaevna Kulikovskaya was born Olga Nikolaevna Pupynina on 20 September 1926 at Valevo, Yugoslavia, to Nikolai Nikolaevich Pupynin and Nina Konradovna Kopernitskaya.

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Olga Pupynina studied at the Mariinsky Don Institute of Noble Maidens, which had been evacuated from Novocherkassk during the Russian Revolution to Bila Tserkva, Yugoslavia. During World War II, she was interned at Stuttgart, where she worked in a factory. After the war ended and she was released, Olga moved to Venezuela, before relocating to Canada, where she worked as a translator for the Canadian government. At some point, Olga Pupynina married a Mr Barton. On 8 June 1986, Olga Nikolaevna Pupynina married Tikhon Nicholaievich Kulikovsky (b.Ay-Todor, Crimea 25 August 1917) at Toronto. Olga's husband was a nephew of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia (1868-1918). After almost seven years of marriage, Tikhon passed away at Toronto on 8 April 1993. Olga Kulikovskaya was active in promoting the artistic works of the imperial mother-in-law who she never met: Grand Duchess Olga.

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Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, Head of the Imperial House, issued a statement of condolences, which also informed the public of the passing of Olga Nikolaevna Kulikovskaya on 2 May. Olga Nikolaevna Kulikovskaya died sixty years after her mother-in-law Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna. The message can be read at the link: An Announcement from the Chancellery of the Head of the Imperial House of Russia concerning the Death of Olga Nikolaevna Kulikovskaya Olga Nikolaevna Kulikovskaya died at her home at Balashikha in the Moscow District. She will be buried next to her husband Tikhon in Toronto, Canada. May She Rest In Peace.

Olga Kulikovskaya, Daughter-In-Law of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Dies at Ninety-Three

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Yesterday the Russian Imperial House announced the death of Olga Nikolaevna Kulikovskaya. Olga was the third wife and widow of Tikhon Nicholaievich Kulikovsky (1917 - 1993), the elder son of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882 - 1960) and her second husband Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovsky (1881 - 1958). Olga Nikolaevna Kulikovskaya was born Olga Nikolaevna Pupynina on 20 September 1926 at Valevo, Yugoslavia, to Nikolai Nikolaevich Pupynin and Nina Konradovna Kopernitskaya.

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Olga Pupynina studied at the Mariinsky Don Institute of Noble Maidens, which had been evacuated from Novocherkassk during the Russian Revolution to Bila Tserkva, Yugoslavia. During World War II, she was interned at Stuttgart, where she worked in a factory. After the war ended and she was released, Olga moved to Venezuela, before relocating to Canada, where she worked as a translator for the Canadian government. At some point, Olga Pupynina married a Mr Barton. On 8 June 1986, Olga Nikolaevna Pupynina married Tikhon Nicholaievich Kulikovsky (b.Ay-Todor, Crimea 25 August 1917) at Toronto. Olga's husband was a nephew of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia (1868-1918). After almost seven years of marriage, Tikhon passed away at Toronto on 8 April 1993. Olga Kulikovskaya was active in promoting the artistic works of the imperial mother-in-law who she never met: Grand Duchess Olga.

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Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, Head of the Imperial House, issued a statement of condolences, which also informed the public of the passing of Olga Nikolaevna Kulikovskaya on 2 May. Olga Nikolaevna Kulikovskaya died sixty years after her mother-in-law Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna. The message can be read at the link: An Announcement from the Chancellery of the Head of the Imperial House of Russia concerning the Death of Olga Nikolaevna Kulikovskaya Olga Nikolaevna Kulikovskaya died at her home at Balashikha in the Moscow District. She will be buried next to her husband Tikhon in Toronto, Canada. May She Rest In Peace.

A Marriage in the Imperial Family of Brazil

The newlyweds.

On Saturday, 3 July 2021, Prince D. Pedro Alberto de Orleans e Bragança (b.1988) married Alessandra Haegler Fragoso Pires (b.1994) at the Imperial Church of Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro in Rio de Janeiro. The presiding priest was Prince Alessandro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, the son of Prince Casimiro and Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. The couple's wedding had originally been scheduled for last year; however, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it had to be postponed. Sadly, at an engagement party for Pedro Alberto and Alessandra in 2020, several members of the couples' families contracted the novel coronavirus.

Prince Alberto and Princess Maritza with their children Prince Pedro Alberto and Princess Maria Beatriz in 1999.
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Prince D. Alberto and Princess D. Maritza de Orleans e Bragança.
Photograph (c) LUCIANA MONTEIRO FOTOGRAFIA.

Pedro Alberto is the son of Prince D. Alberto de Orleans e Bragança (b.1957) and Princess D. Maritza de Orleans e Bragança (b.1961; née Ribas Bokel). Pedro Alberto is a grandson of Prince D. Pedro Henrique of Brazil (1909-1981) and Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria (1914-2011).

Prince D. Pedro Alberto and Princess D. Alessandra in 2018.
Photograph (c) Denise Andrade.

Alessandra is the daughter of Rafael Fragoso Pires and Bettina Alessandra Haegler.

Our congratulations to Prince Pedro Alberto and Princess Alessandra on their marriage!

Note: Many thanks to our dear friend Hein Bruins, royal genealogist and researcher, for the information about this wedding.

News from the Princely House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn: a Birth, an Engagement, and a Wedding

Casimir and Alana. Photograph (c) Schloss Sayn 2020

Several days ago, Prince Casimir and Princess Alana zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn welcomed the birth of their first child. Prince Johann Friedrich Salentin Eduard Brady Maria Casimir was born on 27 April 2020 at Koblenz. Prince Casimir zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn and Alana Bunte married in June 2019. Prince Casimir (b.1976) is the third child and second son of Fürst Alexander zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn and Countess Gabriela von Schönborn-Wiesentheid.

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We are delighted to announce the birth of our son Johann Friedrich Salentin on April 27th at 1:05am, weighing 8lbs 4oz. The admiration we have for the doctors, midwives, and healthcare professionals that took care of us at Kemperhof Koblenz cannot be measured. 💙

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The new mother Princess Alana announced the arrival of her son on Instagram: "We are delighted to announce the birth of our son Johann Friedrich Salentin on April 27th at 1:05am, weighing 8lbs 4oz. The admiration we have for the doctors, midwives, and healthcare professionals that took care of us at Kemperhof Koblenz cannot be measured."

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Princess Sofia zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn and Mr Archia Akhavan-Kharazian Photograph (c) Schloss Sayn 2020 

In March 2020, the engagement was announced between Princess Sophie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b.1986) and her boyfriend Archia Akhavan-Kharazian (b.1990). Sophie is the sixth child and third daughter of Fürst Alexander zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn and Countess Gabriela von Schönborn-Wiesentheid. Archia is the son of Asghar Akhavan-Kharazian and Eva Jimenez Ontanaya.

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On 1 February 2020, Furstin Caroline Eva zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (b.1998) married Ryan Wayne Ashmore (b.1992). Caroline Eva is the daughter of the Fürst George Michael zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (b.1966) and Audra Maria Blohon (b.1969). Ryan Ashmore is the son of Jeffrey Todd Ashmore (b.Dallas 25 March 1965), son of Tommy Robert Ashmore and Nancy Sue Seibert, and Amy Elizabeth Hollenbeck.

A New Baby Borghese: The Son and Heir of House Borghese Descends from Many Royal Houses

Don Scipione Borghese and Donna Barbara Massimo

After seven years of marriage and twenty-six years of partnership, Don Scipione Borghese and his wife Donna Barbara Massimo have welcomed the arrival of their first child: Don Camillo. The little boy was born at Rome on Wednesday, 22 April 2020. Camillo's father is forty-nine, and his mother is fifty-four years-old.

Don Scipione Borghese was born on 19 November 1970 at Rome as the second child and only son of Don Camillo Borghese (1927-2011) and Rosana Nucci (1933-1981), who married in 1958. Scipione has one older sister, Donna Flaminia Borghese (b.1959). In 2013, Don Scipione Borghese married Donna Barbara Massimo of the Princes Arsoli. The couple began dating in 1994, and they became engaged in 2007.

Donna Barbara Massimo was born on 4 June 1965 at Rome. Her parents are the late Don Filippo Massimo (1938-2008), Prince of Arsoli, and Maria Luigia Capparella (b.1942), who married in 1962 and separated in 1978. Barbara has one older brother, Don Fabrizio Massimo (b.1963), Prince of Arsoli.

Barbara's paternal grandmother was Princess Maria Adelaide of Savoy-Genoa (1904-1979), who in 1935 married Don Leone Massimo (1896-1979), Prince of Arsoli. Through his mother, the newborn Don Camillo Borghese is a descendant of King Carlo Alberto I of Sardinia, King Johann of Saxony, King Ludwig I of Bavaria, King Carlos IV of Spain, and King Francesco I of The Two Sicilies. Uniting two historic families, Camillo also descends from many of the ancient noble dynasties of Rome.

Source: Nobiltà, nato a Roma l'erede del principe Scipione Borghese e Barbara Massimo

For a more detailed look into the illustrious ancestry of little Don Camillo Borghese, please visit this page: The Heirs of Europe: Borghese

Fürst Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe Postpones His Marriage Amid Pandemic

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Fürst Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe has announced that he and his fiancée Mahkameh Navabi, a concert pianist of Iranian extraction, have decided to postpone their religious marriage. This was scheduled to take place in September 2020.

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In an article with Spiegel, Alexander said: "The decision to cancel our religious wedding and the associated festivities was not an easy one for us. But it goes without saying that we have to behave responsibly." Hundreds of guests had been invited to the Schaumburg-Lippe wedding.

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Alexander and Mahkameh still plan on having their civil ceremony in September. The couple's religious wedding will take place in 2021. The prince and his partner have been dating since 2016.

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This will be the third marriage of Fürst Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe. From 1993 to 2002, Alexander was married to Princess Lilly zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg; the prince and princess had one child: Hereditary Prince Heinrich-Donatus (b.1994). From 2007 to 2018, Alexander was married to Dr Nadja Anna Zsoeks; the couple had two daughters: Princess Friederike (b.2008) and Princess Philomena (b.2011). Alexander's son Donatus will act as his father's best man when the Fürst marries his intended. Source: Schaumburg-Lippe sagt Hochzeit ab