GENEALOGICAL NEWS 2012

Last updated: May 13th, 2012.

Births
  • 07.01. - Zayed, son of the Emir of Dubai and his wife Princess Haya of Jordan
  • 24.01. - Daughter of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark at the Rigshospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 28.01. - Antoinette, daughter of the Duke and Duchess de Vendôme (France) at Vienna, Austria
  • 01.02. - Kira Sofie, daughter of Count and Countess zu Stolberg-Wernigerode at the Klinikum Lippe (parents unknown)
  • 22.02. - Isabelle, daughter of the Duke and Duchess d'Anjou (France) at Lisbon, Portugal
  • 23.02. - Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary, Duchess of Östergötland, daughter of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden at the Karolinska Hospital at Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 29.03. - Isla Elizabeth, daughter of Peter and Autumn Phillips (Great Britain) at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Britain
  • * 09.05. - Luisa Irene Constance Anna Maria, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Parma at the Bronovo Ziekenhuis, The Hague, The Netherlands


    • Christenings
  • 11.02. - Princess Antoinette Léopoldine Jeanne Marie d'Orléans was christened at the Stephansdom in Vienna, Austria
  • ??.??. - Countess Aurelia von Ortenburg was christened at München-Bogenhausen, Germany (parents unknown)


    • Engagements
  • 09.01. - Albert Brenninkmeijer and Princess Carolina de Bourbon de Parme
  • ??.01. - Constantin Maschek Freiherr von Maasburg and Princess Marie-Sophie Lobkowicz
  • 26/27.04. - Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxemburg and Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy
  • * 12.05. - Count Thibault d'Ursel and Désirée zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
  • * ??.05. - Hassan Al-Amer Daher and Princess Najla bint Asem of Jordan


    • Marriages
  • 12.01. - Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein of Jordan married Basmah Bani Ahmad in Jordan
  • 12.02. - Sheikh Nahyan bin Saif bin Mohammed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi married Sheikha Fatema bint Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi
  • 22.02. - Prince Carl-Alexander von Hohenzollern married Corinna Lello Da Costa/Nehemie at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas, USA (note: separated already after a few weeks)
  • * 02.03. - Prince Carl-Albrecht zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg married civilly Countess Camilla Schenk zu Stauffenberg at München, Germany
  • 03.03. - Duke Konstantin von Oldenburg married Esther Sánchez Calvo at the Real Monasterio de la Encarnación at Madrid, Spain
  • 21.04. - Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein married Tilsim Tanberk at the Holy Spirit Catholic Cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey
  • 21.04. - Albert Brenninkmeijer married civilly Princess Carolina de Bourbon de Parme at Wijk bij Duurstede, The Netherlands
  • * 28.04. - Prince Carl-Albrecht zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg married religiously Countess Camilla Schenk zu Stauffenberg at the St.-Vitus Church at Amerdingen, Germany
  • * 12.05.- Christian Dienst married religiously Princess Felipa of Bavaria at the Wieskirche in Steingaden, Germany


    • Divorces


    Deaths
  • 07.01. - Sheikha Amina bint Rashid bin Ahmed Al Mualla of Umm al Qaiwain died
  • 12.01. - Maharani Shiv Kumari of Kotah née Princess of Bikaner died aged 95
  • 13.01. - Countess Stefanie zu Königsegg-Aulendorf née Freiin von Waldbott und Bassenheim died aged 82
  • 20.01. - Sheikh Humaid bin Mohammad bin Saqer Al-Qasimi of Sharjah died
  • 21.01. - Marie-Elisabeth Costinescu-Tataranu née Freiin von Strachwitz (Stolberg-Stolberg) died at Absam, Austria, aged 84
  • 21.01. - Sheikh Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah of Kuwait died
  • 26.01. - Hereditary Grand Duchess Karin von Mecklenburg-Schwerin née von Schaper died at Glücksburg, Germany, aged 91
  • 13.02. - Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria (Tuscany) died aged 84
  • 16.02. - Princess Norodom Daravadey of Cambodia died aged 71
  • 24.02. - Infanta Dona Maria Adelaide de Bragança (Portugal) died at Caparica, Portugal, aged 100
  • 13.03. - Princess Maria Anna of Saxony died aged 82
  • 17/18.03. - Prince Alexander of Liechtenstein died aged 82
  • 18.03. - King George Tupou V of Tonga died at Hong Kong, aged 63
  • 24.03. - Princess Farah Kerimee of Egypt died aged 87
  • 30.03. - The Raja Kechil Sulong of Perak died at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 02.04. - Princess Fatma Neslisah Osmanoglu Sultan of Turkey died at Istanbul, Turkey, aged 91
  • * 02.05. - Doña Emanuela de Dampierre (Spain) died at Rome, Italy, aged 98
  • * 05.05. (?) - Fürstin Delia zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Wallerstein née Schenk COuntess von Stauffenberg died aged 93
  • * 10.05. - Maharaja Ranjitsinh Gaewad of Baroda died at Vadodara, India, aged 74