GENEALOGICAL NEWS 2008

Last updated: November 16th, 2008.

Births
  • 28.01. - Ameerah, daughter of the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam and Pengiran Isteri Azrinaz Mazhar
  • 11.02. - Milena, daughter of Prince Boris Petrovitch-Njegosh of Montenegro and Véronique Canas da Silva at Les Lilas near Paris, France
  • 15.02. - Emmanuel, son of Archduke Martin and Archduchess Katharina of Austria at Pavia, Italy
  • 04.03. - Zita, daughter of Archduke Carl-Christian and Archduchess Estelle of Austria at Lyon, France
  • 12.03. - Benjamin Pieter Floris van Vollenhoven, son of Prince Bernhard and Princess Annette van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven at the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 14.03. - Son of Raja Nazrin Shah, Regent of Perak, and the Raja Puan Besar, Tuanku Zara Salim at Damansara Specialist Hospital, Perak
  • 26.03. - Samuel Max Felix, son of Count Christiaan and Countess Willemijn van Rechteren Limpurg at Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 16.04. - Eléonore Fabiola Victoria Anne Marie, daughter of Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium at the Erasmus Hospital in Anderlecht, Belgium
  • 18.05. - Benedikt Ferdinand Hubertus Maria, son of Prince Constantin and Princes Marie von und zu Liechtenstein, at Wien, Austria
  • 24.05. - Cecilia Isabella Marie Jela Eusebia, daughter of Count Frédéric and Countess Daniela zu Königsegg-Aulendorf, at Zürich, Switzerland
  • 05.06. - Elena, daughter of Count Ferdinand and Countess Marie von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg
  • 18.06. - Elisabeth, daughter of Count Ignaz and Countess Robinia zu Toerring-Jettenbach
  • 29.06. - Aristidis Stavros, son of Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie Chantal of Greece, at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 02.07. - Pedro, son of Antonio and Gabrielle Tasso de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança
  • 04.07. - Rayet Al Noor, daughter of Prince Hashem bin Al Hussein and Princess Fahdah Hashem of Jordan
  • 24.07. - Louis, son of Prince Karl and Princess Martina zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, at the Goldenes Kreuz Privatspitals in Vienna, Austria
  • 11.09. - Eleonora, daughter of Hereditary Prince Heinrich and Hereditary Princess Priscilla zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, at Milan, Italy
  • 29.09. - Emma Tallulah, daughter of Ari Behn and Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
  • 21/22.10. - Philippa, daughter of Prince Alexander and Princess Tanja zu Waldeck und Pyrmont
  • 12.11. - Sofia, daughter of Prince Don Pedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto, and his wife Sofía, at Madrid, Spain
  • ??.??. - Kiliane, daughter of Hereditary Prince Carl Friedrich and Hereditary Princess Stephanie zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg


  • Christenings
  • 19.04. - James Mountbatten-Windsor Viscount Severn (Great Britain) was christened at the private chapel at Windsor, Great Britain
  • 20.04. - Magali van Vollenhoven (The Netherlands) was christened at the chapel of Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
  • 20.04. - Count Georg von Schönborn was christened in München, Germany (Parents not known to me)
  • 14.06. - Princess Eléonore of Belgium was christened at the chapel of Ciergnon Castle, Belgium
  • 12.07. - Prince Nicolai Alexis Maria Christian Seraphim von Croy was christened at Aicha vorm Wald, Germany
  • 02.11. - Benjamin Pieter Floris van Vollenhoven was christened at the chapel of Palace Het Loo, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
  • ??.??. - Countess Carine Anna zu Castell-Rüdenhausen was christened, at Freising, Germany


  • Engagements
  • 19.01. - Viscount Auguste de Castelbajac and Countess Stefanie von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg
  • 22.01. - James T.D. Moss-Gibbons and Michelle de Bourbon (Two-Sicilies)
  • ??.01. - Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg and Ali Kay
  • 19.02. - Tjalling ten Cate and Princess Margarita de Bourbon de Parme
  • 21.06. - Count Rodolphe de Limburg Stirum and Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria (official engagement, it was already known on 15 May 2008)
  • 21.06. - Boris Kisselevsky and Countess Isabella zu Stolberg-Stolberg
  • 04.07. - Prince Hubertus von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha and Kelly Rondestvedt at Callenberg Castle, Germany
  • 23.08. - Count Dominik von Coudenhove-Kalergi and Princess Adelheid von und zu Liechtenstein
  • 21.10. - Count Alexander zu Stolberg-Stolberg and Princess Isabel de Orléans e Bragança


  • Marriages
  • 15.03. - Dom Eudes de Orleans e Bragança married Patricia Annechino Landau at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 08.04. - Prince Nawaf bin Faisal bin Fahad bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia married ... at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 24.04. - Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani of Qatar married Sheikha al-Maha bint Salem al-Ramul al-Mannai at Al Wajbah Palace, Qatar
  • 25.04. - Sheikh Jassim bin Khalifa al-Thani of Qatar married Sheikha Mariam bint Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ali al-Thani at Sheikh Kalifa Palace, Rayyan, Qatar
  • 26.04. - Count Philipp von Neipperg married Paula Wolff at Maria Plain, Austria
  • 03.05. - Tjalling ten Cate married Princess Margarita de Bourbon de Parme at Landgoed Maarsbergen in Maarsbergen, The Netherlands
  • 10.05. - Olivier de Quelen married Princess Hedwige von und zu Liechtenstein at the chapel of Waldstein Castle, Austria
  • 17.05. - Peter Phillips (Great Britain) married Autumn Kelly at St. George's Chapel, Windsor
  • 23.05. - Count Ludwig von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee married Alexandra Luise von Poser und Groß-Naedlitz
  • 23.05. - Hereditary Count Erasmus von Platen-Hallermund married religiously Bianca Hoffmann at Giekau, Germany
  • 24.05. - Prince Joachim of Denmark married Marie Cavallier at the church of Møgeltønder, Denmark
  • 24.05. - Count Maximilian von Nesselrode married Princess Katharina zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenborg at the Basilica of Kevelaer, Germany
  • 30.05. - Klaus Ita married Princess Maximiliana Reuss
  • 31.05. - Count Felix von Spiegel married Countess Antonia zu Toerring-Jettenbach at Kloster Andechs, Germany (photos)
  • 07.06. - Prince Karl-Emich of Leiningen married religiously Countess Isabelle von und zu Egloffstein at Pappenheim, Germany
  • 21.06. - Prince Charles-Philippe d'Orléans Duc d'Anjou married Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo 11th Duchess de Cadaval at Évora, Portugal
  • 26.06. - Alejandro Garrido married Princess Sarah bint Asem of Jordan
  • 05.07. - Don Eugenio Litta Modignani 11e Marchese di Menzago e vinago married Princess Natascha zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
  • 19.07. - George Gilman married Lady Rose Windsor at the Queen's Chapel, St. James's Palace, London, Great Britain
  • 19.07. - Prince Alfonso von Thurn und Taxis married Countess Anna von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg at the Stiftskirche at Altenburg, Austria
  • 25.07. - Fürst Karl zu Schwarzenberg (re)married civilly Countess Therese zu Hardegg at Murau, Austria
  • 09.08. - Prince Philippe Lobkowicz married Freiin Marie-Therese von Heine-Geldern at the Stiftskirche in Seitenstetten, Austria
  • 30.08. - Prince Friedrich zu Oettingen-Wallerstein married religiously Isabella Bonelli at the the Wallfahrtskirche and Basilika Maria Loretto in Loretto, Austria (pictures)
  • 06.09. - Count Moritz zu Solms-Laubach married Baroness Cécile von Fürstenberg
  • 06.09. - Prince Heinrich XXI Reuss married Countess Marie von Moy
  • 16.09. - Prince Aimone di Savoia-Aosta, Duke of Apulia, married civilly Princess Olga of Greece at the Italian Embassy in Moscow, Russia
  • 20.09. - Prince Waldemar zu Schaumburg-Lippe married Gertraud Antonia Wagner-Schöppl at the Schlosskapelle at Schönbrunn Castle, Vienna, Austria
  • 27.09. - Prince Aimone di Savoia-Aosta, Duke of Apulia, married religiously Princess Olga of Greece at the Church of Panagia Diasozousa at Patmos, Greece
  • 27.09. - Vicomte Auguste de Castelbajac married Countess Stefanie von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg
  • 27.09. - Alexander Heuken married Princess Michaela von und zu Liechtenstein at the St. Kathrein Kirchlein in Hafling, South Tirol. Italy (pictures)
  • 08.11. - Peter Gumprecht married Princess Marie-Therese von Croy
  • 08.11. - (or 9.11.) Prince Nils von Sachsen married Jedida Taborek at Moritzburg, Germany
  • 11.11. - Dasho Palden Yoeser Thinley married Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck (Bhutan) at the Dechencholing Palace, Bhutan


  • Divorces
  • ??.04. - Prince Faisal bin Hussein of Jordan and Alia Tabbaa
  • 22.09. - Former King Fuad II of Egypt and Dominique-France Picard (Fadila) at Switzerland


  • Deaths
  • 02.01. - Princess Galyani Vadhana of Thailand died at the Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, aged 84
  • 07.01. - Prince Georg zu Fürstenberg died aged 84
  • 14.01. - Prince Vincenz von und zu Liechtenstein died at Schloss Waldstein, Austria, aged 57
  • 15.01. - Prince Alfred von Croÿ died aged 82
  • 16.01. - Prince George Bagration-Mukhrani died at Tbilisi, Georgia, aged 63
  • 21.01. - Countess Rose-Marie von Strasoldo-Graffemberg née Princess zu Oettingen-Wallerstein died at Bonn, Germany, aged 84
  • 26.01. - Prince Franz Karl von Auersperg died aged 72
  • 27.01. - Prince Botho zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein died at Bad Reichenhall, Germany, aged 80
  • 11.02. - Freiherr Peter von Kap-Herr (Hohenlohe-Jagstberg) died aged 73
  • 18.02. - Princess Neopila von Auersperg died aged 56
  • 23.02. - Countess Alice Ricciardi-von Platen née Countess von Platen Hallermund died at Cortona, Tuscany, Italy, aged 97
  • 08.03. - Princess Al-Bandari bint Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia died at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, aged 80
  • 20.03. - Prince Ferdinando of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro died in France aged 81
  • 01.04. - Paul Druker (Belgium) died aged 70
  • 16.04. - Prince Konstantin zu Schaumburg-Lippe died aged 77
  • 16.04. - Count Carl Josef Henckel von Donnersmarck (Luxemburg) died at Sliema, Malta, aged 79
  • 24.04. - Archduke Ramón of Austria died aged 50
  • 13.05. - Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah, 14th Emir of Kuwait died aged 78
  • 20.05. - Princess Marie Julie von Thurn und Taxis died aged 89
  • 30.05. - Princess Eleonore von und zu Liechtenstein died at Graz, Austria, aged 88
  • 31.05. - John Ambler (Sweden) died at Banbury, Oxfordshire, Great Britain, aged 83
  • 02/03.06. - Sheikh Nasser bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi died in a helicopter crash above the Arabian Gulf
  • 16.06. - Countess Anna-Elisabeth von Harrach née Massa died at Düsseldorf (?), aged 71
  • 21.06. - Princess Sibongile Promise Magongo of Swaziland was shot at Louisville, South Africa, aged 38
  • 29.06. - Count Johannes Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (Reuss) died at Prague, Czechia, aged 43
  • 30.06. - Alexander Erba Odescalchi, Principe di Monteleone (Austria) died at Stockholm, Sweden, aged 94
  • 07.07. - Countess Maria Josepha von Hardenberg née Princess von Fürstenberg died at Baden-Baden, Germany, aged 86
  • ??.07. - Countess Karin von Pappenheim née von Veltheim-Harbke died aged 94 (announced 8 July)
  • 08.07. - Count Josef Ferdinand von Oppersdorff (Schönburg-Glauchau) died aged 86
  • 08.07. - Princess Fiona von Isenburg née Davidson died at Langenselbold, Germany, aged 91
  • 15.07. - Princess Teresa zu Fürstenberg née Princess zur Lippe died at Werenwag Castle, Beuron, Germany, aged 82
  • 20.07. - Prince Ferdinand-Johannes de Lobkowicz died at Brussels, Belgium, aged 52
  • 23.07. - Elisabeth Bubert née Countess zu Stolberg-Stolberg died at Köln, Germany, aged 87
  • 01.08. - Prince Michel Bagration de Moukhrani died at France, aged 80
  • 06.08. - Crown Princess Francine of Montenegro née Navarro died at Paris, France, aged 58
  • 03.09. - Lalla Bahia of Morocco died
  • 17.09. - Fürstin Iniga von Urach née Princess von Thurn und Taxis died at Aufhausen am Starnberger See, Germany, aged 83
  • 17.09. - Princess Luluwah bint Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia died aged 80
  • 22.09. - Prince Michael Andreevich Romanoff died at Sydney, Australia, aged 88
  • 22.09. - Prince Michel Feodorovitch Romanoff died at Paris, France, aged 84
  • 22.09. - Count Petrus von Schaesberg died (suicide) at New York, USA, aged 40
  • 15.10. - Princess Maria Luisa "Marilis" zu Windisch-Grätz née Serra di Carafa died at Rome, Italy, aged 87
  • 16.10. - Countess Elisabeth zu Pappenheim née Blankenburg died aged 84
  • 17.10. - Prince Ludwig von Bayern died aged 95
  • 30.10. - Abinesh Shah (Nepal) died at the Norvic Hospital at Kathmandu, Nepal aged 32 or 35
  • 31.10. - Prince Burhaneddin Cem Efendi of Turkey died at New York, USA
  • 05.11. - Princess Alexandra zu Salm-Horstmar died aged 55