In The Telegraph of Monday, 27 July 2020, the engagement was announced between Frederick "Fritzi" von Preussen and Mathilda "Tilly" Johnson. The couple have been dating for several years. Fritzi von Preussen is a second cousin of Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia, Head of the Royal House.
Prince Frederick Nicholas Stormont von Preussen was born at London on 11 June 1990. He is the son of Prince Frederick Nicholas von Preussen (b.1946) and his wife Victoria (b.1952; née Mancroft). Fritzi's paternal grandparents are Prince Friedrich of Prussia (1911-1966) and Lady Brigid Guinness (1920-1995). Fritzi's maternal grandparents are Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft (1914-1987), and Diana Lloyd.
Mathilda Noel Johnson was born in 1989. She is the daughter of Mr Rupert Johnson and his wife Simonetta (née Barber).
Prince Frederick is a great-great grandson of German Emperor Wilhelm II (1859-1941). He is a great-great-great-great grandson of Queen Victoria.
Following his hospitalisation yesterday, the Danish royal court has issued a statement regarding thee health of Prince Joachim of Denmark:
His Royal Highness Prince Joachim was late last night admitted to Toulouse University Hospital in France. Immediately thereafter, the Prince underwent surgery for a blood clot in the brain. The operation was successful, and His Royal Highness’ condition is stable.
The Royal House has no further information at this point in time, but it is the wish of Her Majesty The Queen that the public respects the privacy of the family during the hospitalization. Her Royal Highness Princess Marie is with her husband.
Joachim is fifty-one years-old. He is the second son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and her late husband Prince Henrik. From his first marriage to Alexandra Manley, Joachim has two sons: Prince Nikolai (b.1999) and Prince Felix (b.2002). The prince and his second wife Princess Marie have two children: Prince Henrik (b.2009) and Princess Athena (b.2012). Earlier this week, Prince Joachim and his family celebrated the eighteenth birthday of Prince Felix.
Following his hospitalisation yesterday, the Danish royal court has issued a statement regarding thee health of Prince Joachim of Denmark:
His Royal Highness Prince Joachim was late last night admitted to Toulouse University Hospital in France. Immediately thereafter, the Prince underwent surgery for a blood clot in the brain. The operation was successful, and His Royal Highness’ condition is stable.
The Royal House has no further information at this point in time, but it is the wish of Her Majesty The Queen that the public respects the privacy of the family during the hospitalization. Her Royal Highness Princess Marie is with her husband.
Joachim is fifty-one years-old. He is the second son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and her late husband Prince Henrik. From his first marriage to Alexandra Manley, Joachim has two sons: Prince Nikolai (b.1999) and Prince Felix (b.2002). The prince and his second wife Princess Marie have two children: Prince Henrik (b.2009) and Princess Athena (b.2012). Earlier this week, Prince Joachim and his family celebrated the eighteenth birthday of Prince Felix.
As we release this news, we are looking forward to our newest book, The Grand Ducal House of Hesse, which is printing this week. We expect that The Grand Ducal House of Hesse, our 32nd book, will be available to ship to preorders in mid-August, if not a little earlier!
Now being said...we want to share with you our latest news...
Last week, Eurohistory received permission to publish a unique personal memoir written by Victoria, Marchioness of Milford Haven.
Born Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine in 1863, Victoria was the eldest child of the future Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and his wife, the former Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Ireland, Queen Victoria's extremely talented second daughter.
Princess Victoria of Hesse was very close to her English grandmother, both maintaining a voluminous multi-year correspondence. Excerpts of this correspondence were published in book form several years ago.
In 1884 at Darmstadt, the grand ducal capital, Victoria married her first cousin once-removed, Prince Louis of Battenberg. The couple had four children: Alice, Princess Andreas of Greece; Louise, Queen of Sweden); George, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven; and Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
Prince Louis of Battenberg.
Having lost her mother at an early age, Victoria of Hesse became the sail and keel of her extended family. She traveled across Europe with great frequency to visit her siblings and other relations. One month she would be at Hemmelmark visiting her sister Princess Irene of Prussia, then she would return to Darmstadt to stay with her brother Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig. When in Russia, Victoria would visit her sisters: Elisabeth Feodorovna in St Petersburg, Moscow, or Illinskoe; and Alexandra, consort of Tsar Nicholas II.
Victoria became the keeper of family secrets, solver of family drama, and advice-giver to them all.
It is amazing for us to be able to bring to our readers Victoria's RECOLLECTIONS. This remarkable first-hand recount of the lives of most in her circle of family and the "Royal Mob," as Queen Victoria called the extended family, is a fascinating read. It will become a must-have for those of us interested in royalty as well as a useful research tool.
RECOLLECTIONS will include extended annotations, an in-depth introduction, and a new chapter bringing Victoria's memoirs to a close. Her memoirs begin in the 1860s and run up to 1914, when the outbreak of war caught her while visiting Russia. Adding great value to this important royal autobiography, there will be a plethora of photos depicting the vast cast of characters who play a role in the life story of Victoria, Marchioness of Milford Haven.
Stay tuned for more exciting news regarding this unique work!
Today Prince George of Cambridge turns seven years-old. To mark his birthday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released two photographs of the prince that were taken by his mother Catherine earlier this month at Anmer Hall.
Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge was born on 22 July 2013 at St Mary's Hospital in London. He was the first child of his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who married in 2011. George has two siblings: Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (b.2015) and Prince Louis of Cambridge (b.2017).
Amy Rose Lascelles (b.26 June 1986), the partner of Matthew Michael Bolton (b.1990), gave birth to a son, Marlow Fox (Lascelles) Bolton on Monday, 20 July 2020. Marlow is the newest descendent of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
George Lascelles, Earl of Harewood
Amy Lascelles is the daughter of the Honourable (Robert) Jeremy Hugh Lascelles (b.14 February 1955) and his first wife Julie Baylis (b.19 July 1957). Amy is a granddaughter of the late 7th Earl of Harewood (1923-2011) and his first wife Marion Stein (1926-2014).
Princess Mary and the Earl of Harewood on their wedding day
Baby Marlow is a great-great-grandson of Princess Mary, the Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965). The infant is a great-great-great-grandson of King George V (1865-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953).
Today, 21 July, Duke Carl and Duchess Diane of Württemberg celebrate their Diamond wedding anniversary. The couple were religiously married sixty years ago at Altshausen. Their civil wedding had been held three days prior on 18 July 1960.
Duke Carl of Württemberg was born on 1 August 1936 at Friedrichshafen. He was the second son of Duke Philipp of Württemberg (1893-1975) and his second wife Duchess Rosa (1906-1983; née Austria). Carl has five full siblings: Duchess Helene (b.1929; married Marchese Federico Pallavicini), Duke Ludwig (1930-2019; married morganatically twice), Duchess Elisabeth (b.1933; married Prince Antonio of Bourbon-Two Sicilies), Duchess Marie-Thérèse (b.1934; married Prince Henri d'Orléans, Count of Clermont), and Duchess Antoinette (1937-2004). From his father's first marriage to Archduchess Helena of Austria (1903-1924; sister of Duke Philipp's second wife Rosa), Carl has one half-sister: Duchess Christine (b.1924; married Prince Georg of Liechtenstein).
Princess Diane d'Orléans was born on 24 March 1940 at Petrópolis. She was the fourth daughter and sixth child of Prince Henri d'Orléans, Count of Paris, and his wife Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Bragança. Diane has ten siblings: Princess Isabelle (b.1932; married Count Friedrich Karl von Schönborn-Buchheim), Prince Henri (1933-2019; eventual Count of Paris; married Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg and then Micaela Cousiño), Princess Hélène (b.1934; married Count Evrard von Limburg-Stirum), Prince François (1935-1960), Princess Anne (b.1938; married Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies), Prince Michel (b.1941; married Béatrice Pasquier de Franclieu and then Bárbara de Posch-Pastor), Prince Jacques (b.1941; married Gersende de Sabran-Pontevès), Princess Claude (b.1943; married Prince Amedeo of Savoy Aosta, then Arnaldo La Cagnina, and finally Enrico Gandolfi), Princess Chantal (b.1946; married François Xavier de Sambucy de Sorgue), and Prince Thibaut (1948-1983; married Marion Gordon-Orr).
Duke Carl and Duchess Diane have six children: Friedrich, Mathilde, Eberhard, Philipp, Michael, and Fleur. The duke and duchess have sixteen grandchildren.
Duke Friedrich of Württemberg was born in 1961. In 1993, Friedrich married Princess Marie zu Wied (b.1973). The couple have three children: Duke Wilhelm (b.1994), Duchess Marie-Amélie (b.1996), and Duchess Sophie-Dorothee (b.1997). Friedrich was tragically killed in an automobile accident in 2018, at the age of fifty-six.
Duchess Mathilde of Württemberg was born in 1962. In 1988, Mathilde married Fürst Erich von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (b.1962). The couple have five daughters: Countess Marie Therese (b.1989), Countess Elisabeth (b.1990), Countess Maria Charlotte (b.1992), Countess Maria Helene (b.1993), and Countess Maria Gabrielle (b.1996).
Duke Philipp of Württemberg was born in 1964. In 1991, Philipp married Duchess Marie Caroline in Bavaria (b.1969). The couple have four children: Duchess Sophie (b.1994; married Maximilien d’Andigné), Duchess Pauline (b.1997), Duke Carl Theodor (b.1999), and Duchess Anna (b.2007).
Duke Michael of Württemberg was born in 1965. In 2006, Michael married Julia Ricarda Storz (b.1965).
Duchess Fleur of Württemberg was born in 1977. In 2003, Fleur married Count Moritz Louis von Goëß (b.1967). The couple have three children: Count Zeno (b.2004), Countess Flaminia (b.2006), and Countess Livia (b.2010).
