Deaths 2021

Last modified: 1 January 2023

Deaths in reigning and non-reigning royal houses of the year 2021.

* = New

DateNameAgePlace
1 JanuaryCount Albrecht Leopold Günther von Harrach84
3 JanuaryPrince Khalid bin Faisal bin Saad I bin Abdulrahman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
6 JanuaryAlexandra Juliane Beck née Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg88
6 January (Covid-19)Victor Thulare III, King of the BaPedi40
8 JanuaryPrincess Tarfa bint Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
12 JanuaryHans Burggraf und Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten (Castell-Castell)95Potsdam, Germany
12 JanuaryPrince Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud of Saudi Arabia83
14 JanuaryPrince Norodom Yuvaneath of Cambodia77Connecticut Hospice, Branford, Connecticut, USA
15 JanuaryCount Raphael von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg53München, Germany
16 JanuaryPrincess Phuong Mai of Vietnam83Louveciennes, Yvelines, France
18 JanuaryPrince Dündar Ali Osman Osmanoğlu, 45th Head of the House of Osman (Turkey)Damascus, Syria
20 JanuaryPrince Erik de Bourbon de Parme 67Palm Beach, Florida, USA
21 JanuaryPrince Hubert zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg(-Schillingsfürst)85Waldhof, Germany
26 January (burial)The mother of Prince Abd al-Aziz Khalid bin Sa’d of Saudi Arabia
30 JanuaryPrince Turki bin Nasser Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
4 FebruaryPrince Mashhour bin Musaed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
8 FebruaryThe mother of Prince Abdulrahman bin Faisal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
12 FebruaryMechtilde Bauscher née Princess zu Leiningen85Bamberg, Germany
12 FebruaryKarl-Heinz Kukuck (partner of Princess Ingrid zu Waldeck und Pyrmont)88Bad Arolsen, Germany
15 FebruaryCountess Beatrix zu Pappenheim, Freifrau von SüsskindDennenlohe, Germany
19 FebruaryPrincess Lalla Tej El Molk Lillia of Tunisia92Casablanca, Morocco
22 FebruaryIstván Beliczey de Baicza (Bentheim und Steinfurt)84Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
23 FebruaryCountess Wilhelmine von Degenfeld-Schonburg née Princess zu Windisch-Grätz90Eybach, Germany
26 FebruaryPrince Fahd bin Mohammad bin Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Faisal of Saudi Arabia
9 MarchErling Lorentzen (Norway)98Oslo, Norway
12 MarchGoodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, King of the Zulu Nation72Durban, South Africa
14 March (Covid-19)Prince Đorđije Radov Petrović-Njegoš (Montenegro)85
14 March (Covid-19)Prince Max Emanuel von Thurn und Taxis55
18 March Prince Bandar bin Thaar (or Dhar) bin Turki bin Abdulaziz bin Turki of Saudi Arabia
18 MarchCountess Leopoldina Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz née Princess Lobkowicz94Haliburton Hospital, Ontario, Canada
24 MarchSheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai75
24 March (burial)Prince Badr bin Fahd bin Saud Al Kabeer Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
29 March (burial)Sheikha Nouria Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Mubarak Al Sabah of Kuwait96
31 MarchPrince Hadiwinoto of Yogyakarta72/73
4 AprilPrince Reinhard Georg zu Bentheim und Steinfurt87Bad Bentheim, Germany
9 AprilThe Duke of Edinburgh (UK)99Windsor Castle, Windsor, UK
11 AprilPrince Bandar bin Faisal bin Saud bin Abdulrahman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
15 April (burial)The mother of Prince Mishari bin Mansour bin Mishal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
22 AprilMarkgräfin Helene Pallavicini née Duchess von Württemberg91Altshausen, Germany
22 AprilLeontine Henley née Princess zu Windisch-Graetz95London
* 25 AprilPrincess Claudia zu Windisch-Graetz née Hall85Weikersheim, Germany
29 AprilPrince Muhammed bin Talal of Jordan80Amman, Jordan
29 AprilQueen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu, Regent of the Zulu Nation née Princess of Swaziland68South Africa
6 May (burial)The mother of Prince Mohammed bin Abdulrahman of Saudi Arabia
12 MayOsterlind von Klitzing née Princess zu Wied82
21 MayPrince Thiza of KwaDlamahlahla (Zulu)
25 May (burial)Princess Al-Jawhara bint Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
28 May (Covid-19)Pragmulji III, The Maharaja of Kutch
1 JunePrince Amedeo, Duke of Savoy and Aosta (Italy)77Arezzo Hospital, Italy
1 JuneCountess Adelheid zu Castell-Castell née Jordis von Lohausen82Salzburg, Austria
10 JuneSheikh Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait79
* 14 JuneMarcia Lowe (Russia)54Ohio, USA
20 JuneCount Wolfgang d’Ursel (Croÿ)85Château du Bercuit, Grez-Doiceau, Belgium
23 JuneArchduke Leopold of Austria (Tuscany)78Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
17 JulyPrince Albert Friedrich von Thurn und Taxis91
20 July Princess Nouf bint Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
25 July The mother of Prince Musab bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
29 JulyPrincess Marie Christine of Bourbon-Two Sicilies88Boucq, France
2 AugustPrincess Tatjana zu Schaumburg-Lippe58München, Germany
3 AugustPrince Oskar Arnold zu Bentheim und Steinfurt75Burgsteinfurt, Germany
6 AugustPrince Jan Paweł Sapieha-Różański (Brazil)84Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
18 AugustMaria Magdalena Freifrau von Holzhausen née Archduchess of Austria (Tuscany)81Salzburg, Austria
21 August (4.43pm)Fürstin Marie von und zu Liechtenstein née Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau81Hospital, Grabs, Switzerland
23 August (burial)Sheikha Badriah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah of Kuwait
24 AugustCount Riprand von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (Austria)66Hospital, Salzburg, Austria
30 AugustPrincess Jawaher Bint Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah Bin Jalawi Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
1 SeptemberPrincess Cécile de Bourbon de Parme86Hôpital Broca, Paris, France
2 SeptemberPrincess Anna Elisabeth zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen95
* 9 SeptemberThomas Mathew (Russia)76
10 SeptemberPrincess Dalal bint Saud Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
11 SeptemberCaroline Gustava Adelheid zu Waldeck Hasselmann née Princess zu Waldeck und Pyrmont61
* 18 SeptemberHoward Applegate (Castell-Castell)95Eureka, California, USA
25 SeptemberCountess Therese von Nostitz-Rieneck née Countess von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg90Schloss Hogl, Sankt Georgen im Attergau, Austria
27 SeptemberTay Phuong, Empress of Vietnam née Monique Marie Eugénie Baudot75France
28 SeptemberPrincess Lalla Malika of Morocco88Rabat, Morocco
30 SeptemberCountess Beatrix von Schönburg-Glauchau91Krankenhaus Barmherzige Brüder, Regensburg, Germany
30 September (burial)Princess Hala bint Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
10 OctoberArchduchess Marie Adelheid of Austria (Tuscany), Sister Alix88Istituto ospedaliero Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy
10 October (burial)Prince Abdullah bin Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud bin Faisal Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
17 OctoberEleonore von der Burg née Princess zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich83
28 OctoberPrince Andreas zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg82München, Germany
OctoberPrince Giorgi Bagrationi-Japaridze73
1 NovemberDuchess Marie-Alix zu Schleswig-Holstein née Princess zu Schaumburg-Lippe98Gut Bienebek, Germany
* 2 November (burial)Prince Saud bin Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
9 NovemberLudwig von Breitenbuch (Ortenburg)86Parensen, Nörten-Hardenberg, Germany
10 NovemberPrince Wossen Seged Makonnen, The Duke of Harar (Ethiopia)74
12 NovemberFra’ Matthew Festing, former 79th Grand Master of Sovereign Military Order of Malta71Malta
18 NovemberArdeshir Zahedi (Iran)93
28 November (9.40am)Prince Norodom Ranariddh of Cambodia77Paris, France
28 NovemberPrince Andrew Andreevich Romanoff98Nursing home, San Anselmo, CA, USA
* 1 DecemberPrincess Clotilde von Auersperg90Vienna, Austria
2 DecemberUlrike-Christine von Wulffen née Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg77
3 DecemberChristine Freifrau von Süsskind-Schwendi née Princes zu Schaumburg-Lippe85
12 DecemberLord Ma’ufa (Tonga)66Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
* 22 December (burial)Prince Nahar bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
25 DecemberPrincess Maryam Begum of Afghanistan85
31 DecemberPrincess Hteik Su Phaya Gyi of Burma98
Date unknown (February-April)Ida von Schoeller née Altgräfin zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz99

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  1. I have been looking for an English translation of the Bishops address at Prince Henrik of Denmark’s funeral. I have checked the Royalforums but can find nothing. Are you able to help?

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