GENEALOGICAL NEWS 2007

Last updated: November 16th, 2008.

Births
  • 05.01. - Carlos Alfonso Alexander Maria Hugo Albrecht Johannes, son of Hereditary Prince Carlos zu Hohenlohe-Jagstberg and Maria Dolores Lloret Fernandez
  • 10.01. - Hugo, son of Hereditary Prince Viktor and Hereditary Princess Alexandra von Ratibor und Corvey at Wien, Austria
  • 11.01. - Angelina, daughter of Count Maximilian and Countess Ursula zu Solms-Laubach at München, Germany
  • 15.01. - Philipp, son of Archduke Simeon and Archduchess Maria of Austria
  • 16.01. - Christian Kraft, son of Hereditary Prince Kraft and Hereditary Princess Carolin zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen was born at Heilbronn, Germany
  • 28.01. - Gustav Philipp Friedrich Alexander, son of Fürst Philipp and Fürstin Saskia zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg was born at Bad Mergentheim, Germany
  • 01.02. - Anna, daughter of Duke Philipp and Duchess Marie von Württemberg
  • 27.02. - Charlotte Emilia Sophie, daughter of Prince Alexander and Princess Tanja zu Waldeck und Pyrmont
  • 28.02. - Khadija, daughter of King Mohammed VI and Lalla Salma of Morocco was born at Rabat, Morocco
  • 05.03. - Eugenia, daughter of Luis Alfonso de Borbón Duke of Anjou and his wife Margarita, was born at Mount Sinai Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA
  • 12.03. - Xan Richard Anders, baron Culloden, son of the Earl and Countess of Ulster
  • 17.03. - Abdul Muntaqim, son of Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah of Brunei Darussalam and Sarah Salleh, was born at the Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
  • 19.03. - Abdullah, son of Prince Ali bin Hussein and Princess Rym Ali of Jordan
  • 21.03. - Maria Assunta, daughter of Duke Paul and Duchess Pilar von Oldenburg
  • 26.03. - Paulina Elisabeth Adelheid Tatiana Suzanne and Moritz Ludwig Georg Wolf, daughter and son of Hereditary Prince Heinrich Donatus and Hereditary Princess Floria von Hessen were born at Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • 31.03. - Lilly, daughter of Prince Karl Albrecht and Princess Martina zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, von Ratibor und Corvey was born at Vienna, Austria
  • 06.04. - Haalah, daughter of Prince Hashem bin Hussein and Princess Fahdah Hashem of Jordan
  • 10.04. - Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Ines, daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima of the Netherlands at the Bronovo Hospital in The Hague, The Netherlands
  • 17.04. - Hamzah, son of Prince Abbas bin Ali and Princess Sima Abbas of Jordan
  • 18.04. - Haya, daughter of Prince Hamzah bin Hussein and Princess Noor Hamzah of Jordan
  • 18.04. - Lerotholi David Mohato Bereng Seeiso, son of King Letsie III of Lesotho and Queen 'Masenate Mohato Bereng Seeiso
  • 21.04. - Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe, daughter of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 26.04. - Mercedes, daughter of Prince Lamoral and Princess Ruve zu Hohenlohe-Jagstberg was born in Sydney, Australia
  • 27.04. - Jaafar, son of Prince Ali bin Nayef and Princess Reema Ali of Jordan
  • 29.04. - Sofía, daughter of the Prince and Princess of Asturias at the Clínica Rúber Internacional in Madrid, Spain
  • 04.06. - Constantin, son of Archduke Maximilian and Archduchess Maya of Austria at Madrid, Spain
  • 13.06. - Leopold Maria Bengt Karl Manuel, son of Prince Manuel and Princess Anna von Bayern, at München, Germany (?)
  • 09.07. - Madison, daughter of Prince Daniel and Princess Soo Romanoff, at Chicago, USA
  • ??.07. - Nicolai, son of Prince Albrecht and Princess Yvonne von Croy, at Aicha vorm Wald, Germany (?)
  • 27.07. - Pius Dominicus Leopold Maria Maximilian, son of Count Dominik and Countess Pia von Habsburg-Lothringen
  • 13.09. - Moritz, son of Prince Otto and Princess Carla von Hessen
  • 15.09. - Carl Dominik, son of Count Wichard and Countess Christine von Harrach at Nürnberg, Germany
  • 21.09. - Noah, son of Prince Louis of Luxemburg and Tessy Antony was born at the Maternité Grande-Duchesse Charlotte in Luxemburg-City, Luxemburg
  • 22.09. (?) - Albert Louis Philip Edward, son of Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor was born at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, Great Britain
  • 09.10. - Magali Margriet Eleonoor, daughter of Prince Floris and Princess Aimée van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven was born at Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 09.10. - Lara Sophie, daughter of Archduke Ferdinand and Archduchess Katharina of Austria was born at Berlin, Germany
  • 25.10. - Amalia Anna Elisabeth, daughter of Hereditary Prince Maximilian and Hereditary Princess Marissa zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg was born at the Evangelischen Krankenhaus in Lippstadt, Germany
  • 02.12. - Aljalila, daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emir of Dubai and Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan
  • 03.12. - Olympia, daughter of Duke and Prince Henri and Duchess and Princess Dainée d'Arenberg, was born at Brussels, Belgium
  • 04.12. - Mohammed, son of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi and his wife Sheikha Manal
  • 17.12. - James Alexander Philip Theo, Viscount Severn, son of the Earl and Countess of Wessex was born at Frimley Park NHS Hospital, Surrey, Great Britain
  • 31.12. - Caspar Robert Ludwig Leonhard, son of Count Leonhard and Countess Melissa von Harrach was born at München, Germany
  • ??.??. - Felix, son of Count Leopold and Countess Nina von Habsburg-Lothringen


  • Christenings
  • 28.01. - Amelia Princess zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg was christened at Söcking, Germany
  • 03.02. - Zaria Countess van Oranje-Nassau was christened at Palace Huis ten Bosch, The Hague, The Netherlands
  • 31.03. - Maria Assunta Duchess von Oldenburg
  • 08.04. - Hugo Prince von Ratibor und Corvey was christened at the Abbey Church of Corvey, Germany
  • 09.04. - Gustav Prince zu Hohenlohe-Langenbug was christened at Langenburg, Germany
  • 02.06. - Eugenia de Borbón Vargas was christened at the Embassy of the Holy See in Paris, France
  • 02.06. - Lerotholi David Mohato Bereng Seeiso Prince of Lesotho was christened as David at the Roman Catholic Church St Luis at Matsieng, Lesotho
  • 09.06. - Princes Luisa of Savoy was christened at the Parish Church at Lauenen, Switzerland
  • 01.07. - Princess Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe of Denmark was christened at Fredensborg Slotskirke, Denmark
  • 07.07. - Princess Charlotte Emilia Sophie zu Waldeck und Pyrmont was christened
  • 15.07. - Infanta Sofía de Todos los Santos of Spain was christened at the Zarzuela Palace, Spain
  • 21.07. - Princess Paulina and Prince Moritz von Hessen were christened at Wolfsgarten Castle, Germany
  • 25.08. - Emma van Vollenhoven was christened at the chapel of Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
  • 02.09. - Prince Leopold von Bayern was christened at the Johanneskirche in Berg am Starnberger See, Germany
  • 20.10. - Princess Ariane of the Netherlands was christened at the Kloosterkerk in The Hague, The Netherlands
  • 27.10. - Noah de Nassau was christened at the Parish church of Gilsdorf, Luxemburg
  • 27.10. - Count Karl zu Stolberg-Stolberg was christened at the St. Laurentius church in Berlin, Germany
  • ??.10/11. - Prince Gustav Elard Stanislaus zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was christened at Ratingen, Germany
  • 01.12. - Count Pius Dominicus Leopold Maria Maximilian von Habsburg-Lothringen was christened at St. Andrä im Lavanttal, Austria
  • ??.??. - Alexia Natalie Tatjana Maresa Princess zu Waldeck und Pyrmont was christened at Burghausen, Germany (early 2007)


  • Engagements
  • 29.03. - Klaus Runow and Maria Anna Duchess in Bavaria
  • 26.05. - Jacques Count de Lalaing and Lavinia Countess von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee
  • 07.09. - Prince Charles-Philippe d'Orléans Duc d'Anjou and Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo 11th Duchess de Cadaval
  • 03.10. - Prince Joachim of Denmark and Marie Cavallier
  • 17.11. - George Gilman and Lady Rose Windsor
  • ??.??. - Count Philipp von Neipperg and Paula Wolff (Desc. Meran)


  • Marriages
  • 10.02. - Giovanni Baron Malfatti di Montetretto married Sophie Countess von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee at Kisslegg, Germany
  • 05.05. - Count Dominik von Habsburg-Lothringen married civilly Pia Gabriella Hella Huberta Rittinghausen at Heidelberg, Germany
  • 03.03. - Martin Jørgensen married Princess Alexandra Countess of Frederiksborg (Denmark) at Øster Egede Church near Fakse, Denmark
  • 14.04. - King Mswati III of Swaziland secretly married Phindile Nkambule as his 13th wife
  • 28.04. - Hereditary Prince Vladimir Lobkowicz married Alix Paul-Cavallier at the Monastry Church of Strahov in Prague, Czechia (Photos)
  • 28.04. - Archduke Carl Christian of Austria married Estelle de Saint-Romain civilly at Montgirod (Savoie), France
  • 05.05. - Count Dominik von Habsburg-Lothringen married religiously Pia Rittinghausen at the parish church of St. Andrä im Lavanttal, Austria
  • 05.05. - Count Johannes von Schönburg-Glauchau married Ivonne von Opel civilly at Glauchau Castle, Germany
  • 12.05. - Prince Boris Petrovitch-Njegosh of Montenegro married Véronique Haillot Canas da Silva civilly at Portugal
  • 17.05. - Crown Prince Raja Muda Nazrin Shah of Perak married Zara Salim Davidson at the Istana Iskandariah palace in Kuala Kangsar (akad nikah)
  • 19.05. - Crown Prince Raja Muda Nazrin Shah of Perak married Zara Salim Davidson at the Istana Iskandariah palace in Kuala Kangsar (bersanding)
  • 19.05. - Count Johannes von Schönburg-Glauchau married Ivonne von Opel religiously
  • 02.06. - Archduke Carl Christian of Austria married Estelle de Saint-Romain religiously at the Église Saint Bruno de Voiron (Isère), France
  • 09.06. - Johann Rudnay de Rudno married Princess Caroline von Schönburg-Hartenstein at the St Marien Dom in Zwickau, Germany
  • 10.06. - Awangku Khairul Khalil Pengiran Syed Haji Jaafari married Pengiran Anak Puteri Hajah Majeedah Nuurul Bulqiah of Brunei Darussalam at the Istana Nurul Iman in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
  • 15.06. - Eduardo de Carvalho Moreira married Princess Maria Antonia de Orléans e Bragança at the Capela da Reitoria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 16.06. - Count Friedrich von Rechteren-Limpurg-Speckfeld married Cosima Jacobi
  • 28.06.- Fürst Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe married Dr. Nadja Anna Zsoeks civilly at the Townhall of Bückeburg, Germany
  • 30.06. - Fürst Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe married Dr. Nadja Anna Zsoeks religiously at the Stadtkirche at Bückeburg, Germany
  • 30.06. - Prince Maximilian von Croÿ married Countess Josefine von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg at Leobersdorf, Austria
  • 07.07. - Oliver ... married Countess Verena Schlitz gen. von Görtz religiously at the Wehrkapelle Arnum in Hemmingen-Arnum, Germany
  • 19.07. - Hereditary Prince Carl Ferdinand zu Bentheim und Steinfurt married Elna-Margret Rinn civilly at Bentheim Castle in Bad Bentheim, Germany
  • 21.07. - Hereditary Prince Carl Ferdinand zu Bentheim und Steinfurt married Elna-Margret Rinn religiously at the Grosse Evangelische Kirche in Steinfurt-Burgsteinfurt, Germany
  • 03.08. - Damien Jdanoff married Countess Juliane zu Stolberg-Wernigerode civilly in Dresden, Germany
  • 04.08. - Prince Emmanuel of Liechtenstein married Sonja Maria Monschein religiously at Riegersburg, Austria
  • 25.08. - Hereditary Count Leopold Fugger von Babenhausen married Annina Kammer in the Hessen area, Germany
  • 27.08. - Sheikh Sayyid bin Maktoum al-Maktoum of Dubai married Natasha Muslimorova at Minsk, Belarus
  • 01.09. - Count Frédéric zu Königsegg-Aulendorf married Countess Jela Esterházy de Galántha at Küsnacht, Switzerland
  • 08.09. - Klaus Runow married Duchess Maria Anna in Bavaria religiously at the Parish Church St. Quirinus in Tegernsee, Germany
  • 08.09. - Pieter Haitsma Mulier married Princess Vanessa zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg religiously at the ev. Stadtkirche in Bad Berleburg, Germany (WDR Video
  • 08.09. - Prince Karl-Emich of Leiningen married Countess Isabelle von und zu Egloffstein civilly at Amorbach, Germany
  • 14.09. - Damien Jdanoff married Countess Juliane zu Stolberg-Wernigerode in a Russian-Orthodox ceremony in Wiesbaden, Germany
  • 15.09. - Damien Jdanoff married Countess Juliane zu Stolberg-Wernigerode in a protestant ceremony in Ortenberg, Germany
  • 15.09. - Oktavian von Eiselsberg married Princess Isabelle von Auersperg-Trautson at Mariahilfberg, Gutenstein, Austria
  • 29.09. - Anthony Bailey married Princess Marie-Therese von Hohenberg civilly at the National Palace of Pena, Sintra, Portugal
  • 30.09. - Christian Schneider married Princess Lioba Lobkowicz at the Parish Church of St. Ignatius at Breznice, Czechia
  • 27.10. - Anthony Bailey married Princess Marie-Therese von Hohenberg religiously at the St. Peter's Church in Salzburg, Austria
  • 10.10. - Prince Soulivong Savang of Laos married Princess Chansouk Soukthala of Laos at Missisauga, Toronto, Canada
  • 03.11. - Count Jacques de Lalaing married Countess Lavinia von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee
  • 11.12. - Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nayhan of Abu Dhabi married Sheikha ... bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nayhan at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi
  • 21.12. - Count Carl Josef Henckel von Donnersmarck (Luxemburg) married Claire Regina Barclay at Heiligenkreuz, Austria (?)
  • ??.??. - Franz Graf von Seilern und Aspang married Princess Teresa zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst née Countess von Bulgarini d'Elci (weeks before her death, see below)
  • ??.??. - Vish Khanna married Princess Michelle Lobkowicz in a catholic and a traditional Hindu ceremony (most likely at Guelph, Canada, in June)


  • Divorces
  • 01.03. - Prince Ferfried von Hohenzollern and his third wife Maja Meinert were divorced in Berlin, Germany
  • 25.04. - Prince Wolfgang zu Bentheim und Steinfurt and his second wife Sissy Böhm were divorced


  • Deaths
  • 02.01. - Elisabeth Farkas née Princess zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen died at Wien, Austria, aged 71
  • 02/03.01. - Princess Seetah bint Abdul-Moshin bin Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia died aged 63
  • 04.01. - María de la Piedad Princess zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Marchioness Belvis de las Navas died aged 84
  • 06.01. - Andrea Countess zu Solms-Laubach died at Laubach, Germany, aged 65
  • 17.01. - Birgitta Fouret née af Klercker (Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg) died at Paris, France, aged 64
  • 18.01. - Don Alfonso de Borbón y Pérez del Pulgar died at Sevilla, Spain aged 69
  • 23.01. - Marie-Immaculée Countess de Limburg Stirum née Princess de Croÿ died at Huldenberg, Belgium aged 101
  • 28.01. - Antonie-Ferdinande Baroness von Mirbach née Countess zu Stolberg-Wernigerode died aged 86
  • 11.02. - Maria-Theresia Baroness von Kellersperg née Princess von Lobkowicz died aged 81
  • 28.02. - Marie-Adélaïde Countess Henckel von Donnersmarck née Princess of Luxemburg died aged 82.
  • 07.03. - Marie-Louise Princess de Looz et Corswarem née van den Bogaerde van Terbrugge died at Rheine, Germany, aged 85
  • 07.03. (?) - Sheikha Saeeda bint Khalifa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain died
  • 10.03. - Countess Caroline von Habsburg-Lothringen died at Traunkirchen, aged 29
  • 10.03. - Prince Abdulaziz bin Ahmad bin Abdulrahman of Saudi Arabia died at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, aged 49
  • 13.03. - Ekaterina Romanov de Farace di Villaforesta née Princess of Russia died in Montevideo, Uruguay, aged 91
  • 01.04. - Princess Marie Hélène de Croy died at Charleston, South Carolina, USA, aged 95
  • 09.04. - Wilhelm Karl Prince of Prussia died at Holzminden, Germany, aged 85
  • 10.04. - Leopold Count von Walderdorff (Waldburg-Wolfegg und Waldsee) died aged 79
  • 17.04. - Erica Princess zu Salm-Salm née von Morgen died aged 72
  • 24.04. - Hans-Detlev Count von Platen-Hallermund died aged 68 at Hamburg
  • 26.04. - Elisabeth Baroness von Warsberg née Countess zu Stolberg-Stolberg died aged 88
  • 01.05. - Sheikh Saeed bin Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nayhan of the UAE died in a car crash
  • 03.05. - Prince Nikita Nikititch Romanov died aged 83 at New York, USA
  • 05.05. - Prince Abdul-Majid bin Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia died aged 65 in the USA
  • 06.05.(?) - Prince Saud bin Mishaal bin Yazid bin Saud bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia died aged 12
  • 07.05. - King Tomasi Kulimoetoke of Wallis died aged 88
  • 08.05. - Prince Abdullah Al Faisal bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia died aged 84 or 85
  • 17.05. - Princess Rima bint Hathlool bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia died aged 42
  • 17.05. - Princess Shaikhah bint Faisal bin Mohammad bin Saad of Saudi Arabia died aged 4
  • 11.05. - Malietoa Tanumafili II, head of state of Samoa died aged 94 at the Tupua Tamasese Meaole II National Hospital at Moto'otua, Samoa
  • 24.05. - Princess Jawhara bint Fahd ibn Abdullah ibn Jalawi of Saudi Arabia died aged 80
  • 13.06. - Antonia Lambrino/Hohenzollern née Colville (Romania) died aged 68
  • 07.07. - Timothy Landon (Esterházy de Galántha) died aged 62
  • 23.07. - (Former) King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan died aged 92 at Kabul, Afghanistan
  • ??.07. - Princess Kébira Bey of Tunesia died aged 80
  • 28.07. - Crown Prince Bao Long of Vietnam died aged 71
  • 06.08. - Count Alram zu Ortenburg died at Coburg aged 81
  • 08.08. - Princess Veronika zur Lippe née Holl died at Starnberg, Germany, aged 91
  • 18/19.08. - Princess Hissah bint Turki bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia died aged 91
  • 20.08. - Countess Teresa von Seilern und Aspang née Countess von Bulgarini d'Elci (Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst) died aged 43 (suicide)
  • 25.08. - Prince Theodor "Theo" Romanoff died at Pompano Beach, Florida, USA, aged 32 (suicide)
  • 31.08. - Princess Agnes von und zu Liechtenstein née Archduchess of Austria died at Vienna, Austria, aged 78
  • 12.09. - Princess Helen Shah of Nepal died at the Military Hospital of Chhauni, Kathmandu, Nepal, aged 75
  • 02.10. - Lady Katherine Brandram née Princess of Greece and Denmark died at Meadbank Nursing Centre, Battersea, London, Great Britain, aged 94
  • 05.10. - Maria-Gabriella Princess von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha née baroness von Fürstenberg died at Salzburg aged 86
  • 05.10. - Diemuth Prinzessin zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen née Janssen died aged 64
  • 08.10. - Sheikh Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah of Kuwait died aged 69
  • 13.10. - Prince Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki al-Saud of Saudi Arabia died aged 60
  • 31.10. - Count Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg died aged 86
  • 17.11. - Prince Georges de Croÿ died at Anduze (Gard), France, aged 87
  • 16.11. - Fürst Siegfried zu Castell-Rüdenhausen died at Rüdenhausen Castle, Germany, aged 91
  • 23.11. - Count Ernst Friedrich von Platen Hallermund died at Tornesch, Germany, aged 83
  • 10.12. - Sheikh Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi of Sharjah died aged 73
  • 11.12. - Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria died at Brussels, Belgium aged 88
  • 13.12. - Princess Maria Elisabeth zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg died at Berlin, Germany aged 68
  • 27.12. - Prince Dom Pedro Gastão de Orléans e Bragança died at Villamanrique de la Condesa, Spain, aged 94
  • 29.12. - Countess Marie-Cecilie von Harrach née Johannes died aged 93