Last modified: 14 March 2021
Deaths in reigning and non-reigning royal houses of the year 2016
* = New
Date | Name | Age | Place |
1 January | Princess Maria zu Salm-Salm née Freiin von Boeselager | 92 | |
7 January | Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran | 96 | Monte-Carlo, Monaco |
10 January | Melita Zogu (Albania) | 81 | |
15 January | Tunku Alif Hussein Saifuddin Al-Amin (Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia) | 31 | Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
18 January | Georges Hervet (Arenberg) | 91 | Paris, France |
21 January | Caroline van Steenderen née Countess zu Solms-Baruth | 86 | UK (?) |
22 January | Count Alexander zu Solms-Laubach | 81 | |
26 January | Fürstin Eilika zu Leiningen née Duchess von Oldenburg | 87 | Amorbach, Germany |
January | Tomás Ortiz Valero (Georgia) | ||
3 February (burial) | The wife of Prince Mamduh bin Abd al-Aziz of Saudi Arabia | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |
5 February | Princess Claudia von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha | 66 | Switzerland |
17 February | Eleonore van de Roemer (Erbach-Fürstenau) | 88 | Michelstadt, Germany |
23 February | Princess Primrose von Croÿ | 87 | UK (?) |
29 February | Princess Lulwa bint Mohammed bin Abdulla bin Isa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain | ||
2 March | Prince Johann Georg von Hohenzollern | 83 | München, Germany |
15 March | Prince Mfanasibili of Swaziland | 77 | Coates Valley, Manzini, Swaziland |
17 March | Prince Bandar bin Saud bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia | 90 | abroad |
29 March | Duchess Ameli von Oldenburg née Princess zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg | 93 | Eutin, Germany |
30 March | Countess Sophie Matuschka née Countess von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg | 77 | München, Germany |
31 March | Yvon Hans (Looz Corswarem) | 76 | |
* 31 March | Sophie Lill-Rastern von Lilienbach (Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee) | 69 | |
6 April | Klaus Wondratschek (Schönborn) | 77 | |
(10) April | Prince Falahuddin Abbasi (Bahawalpur, Pakistan) | 67 | London, UK |
10 April | Matthias Matz Count von Spiegelfeld (Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee) | 55 | Düsseldorf, Germany |
10 April | Princess Misha’il bint Faysal bin Turki of Saudi Arabia | ||
11 April | Princess Sarah bint Saud al-Kabir (Saudi Arabia) | ||
16 April | Chevalier Jack de Spirlet (Stolberg-Stolberg) | 86 | Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium |
2 May | Victoria Prinzessin zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst née Countess von Lüttichau | 89 | |
7 May | Fürstin Antonie Colloredo Mansfeld, widowed von Glasenapp, née Raumer | 93 | |
9 May | Fürst Albrecht zu Castell-Castell | 90 | |
9 May | Princess Sama bint Saud bin Faysal of Saudi Arabia | ||
11 May | Prince Luitpold von und zu Liechtenstein | 76 | Judenburg, Austria |
12 May | Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia | 91 | Paris, France |
16 May | Count George von Enzenberg zum Freyen- und Jöchlsthurn (Esterházy) | 89 | Misurina, Italy |
30 May | Count Jost Heinrich zu Solms-Rödelheim und Assenheim | 87 | Murnau, Germany |
7 June | Princess Lulua bint Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia | ||
13 June | Princess Al-Jawharah bint Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia | ||
18 June | Princess Saadia Ahmedzai of Kalat | Cardiff, UK | |
18 June | Leandro de Borbón Ruiz (Spain) | 87 | Madrid, Spain |
* 19 June | Princess Hassah bint Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia | 74 | Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France |
1 July | Prince Badr bin Muhammad bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia | ||
3 July (burial) | Prince Mansour bin Faisal bin Saud bin Abdulrahman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia | Mecca, Saudi Arabia | |
4 July | Rajmata Umadevi Raje Wadiyar of Soundekar (India) | KLES Hospital, Belagavi/Belgaum, Karnataka, India | |
9 July | Princess Simoli Khumalo (Ndebele, Zimbabwe) | 87 | Mpilo Central Hospital, Zimbabwe |
14 July | Countess Jutta von Harrach née Countess vom Hagen | 92 | |
17 July | Princess Hissa bint Mohammed bin Saud Al-Kabeer Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia | ||
18 July | Clara Nuvoletti née Agnelli (Fürstenberg) | 96 | Ospedale dell’Angelo, Mestre, Venice, Italy |
24 July | Princess Noorah bint Musaed bin Abdulrahman of Saudi Arabia | ||
28 July | Princess Karin zu Leiningen née Goß | 74 | |
28 July (burial) | Prince Abdullah bin Fahd Al-Faisal Al-Saud Al-Farhan of Saudi Arabia | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |
1 August | Queen Anne of Romania née Princess de Bourbon de Parme | 92 | Morges, Switzerland |
4 August | Sybilla Fürstin von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg | 85 | |
7 August | Sheikha Alya bint Kayed Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) | ||
10 August | Queen Nolitha Dalindyebo of AbaThembu (South Africa) | Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, South Africa | |
14 August | Charles-Louis de Cossé Brissac (Lobkowicz) | 85 | |
19 August | Prince Marco zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 19th Duke of Medinaceli | 54 | Hospital Virgen de los Reyes, Sevilla, Spain |
26 August | The mother of Prince Abdulaziz bin Nahar bin Abdallah bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia | ||
7 September | Prince Jimmy Mugenyi (Toro, Uganda) | 69 | Buziga, Kampala, Uganda |
10 September | Prince Udo zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg | 59 | Heidelberg, Germany |
20 September | Princess Nouf bint Badr bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia | ||
21 September | Hubertus Freiherr von Landenberg (Neipperg) | 94 | |
26 September | Princess Thamara Bagration de Moukhrani (Georgia) | 66 | Genève, Switzerland |
September | Princess Franziska zu Fürstenberg née Preuschl von Haldenburg, previously Meinl | 56 | |
1 October | Eliane Princess von Auersperg née du Chastel de la Howarderie | 89 | |
4 October | Prince Hso Khan Pha of Burma | 78 | Innisfail, Alberta, Canada |
13 October | King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand | 89 | Sririraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand |
14 October (suicide) | Princess Brigitta of Prussia née Dallwitz-Wegner | 77 | |
16 October | King Kigeli V Ndahindurwa of Rwanda | 80 | Oakton, Virginia, USA |
17 October (executed) | Prince Turki bin Saud bin Turki bin Saud Al-Kabeer (Saudi Arabia) | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. | |
20 October | Count Alexandre de Lalaing (Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg) | 44 | Tullnerbach, Austria |
23 October | Grandfather Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar | 84 | |
26 October | Countess Elisabeth Marguérite Carola van Rechteren Limpurg, Vrouwe van Rechteren, de Leemcule en Verborg | 78 | |
27 October | Prince Mikasa (Japan) | 100 | St Luke’s International Hospital, Chuo Ward, Tokyo, Japan |
1 November | Prince Otto-Victor zu Bentheim und Steinfurt | 76 | Münster, Germany |
3 November | Princess Antoinette zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst | 91 | |
7 November (burial) | The mother of Prince Faysal bin Talal bin Abd al-Aziz of Saudi Arabia | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |
12 November (burial) | Prince Turki bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |
12 November (burial) | Prince Salman bin Fawwaz bin Saud of Saudi Arabia | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |
14 November | Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, 13th Asantehemaa of the Ashanti Kingdom (Ghana) | 109 or 111 | |
18 November | Duke Peter von Oldenburg | 90 | Hospital, Neustadt in Holstein, Germany |
25 November | Sheikh Sabah Mubarak Al-Nasser Al-Sabah of Kuwait | 58 | |
November | Otar Bagrationi (Georgia) | 43 | |
2 December (?) | Odeefuo Boa Amponsem III, The Paramount Chief of the Denkyira Traditional Area (Ghana) | 84 or 94 | |
4 December | Prince Nicolai zu Schaumburg-Lippe | 27 | |
10 December | Thomas Beverly Birch (Anhalt) | 89 | Hoag Memorial Hospital, Newport Beach, California, USA |
10 December | Regina Abigail Mary Wahiikaahuula Keopuolani Kawnanakoa (Hawaii) | 69 | East Oahu, Hawaii, USA |
11 December | Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid bin Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi (UAE) | ||
* 12 December | Princess Emmanuela de Croÿ et de Solre | 84 | Saint-Benin-d’Azy, Nièvre, France |
14 December | Countess Eva von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg née Dolp | 75 | |
16 December | Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista, last King of Mustang (Nepal) | 85 | Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal |
24 December (?) | The mother of Princess Nuf bint Musa’id bin Saud of Saudi Arabia | ||
24 December | Prince Badr bin Salman bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia | ||
29 December | Princess Dulayil bint Abdallah bin Muhammad of Saudi Arabia | ||
31 December | Prince Dimitri Romanovich Romanoff (Russia) | 90 | Denmark |
Exact date unknown | Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa, 38th Oba of Benin | 92 | Benin |