2019 saw a new Empress in Japan, unexpectedly a new Queen in Thailand and in the same country also for a short while a royal concubine. Who are these three women? Empress Masako of Japan Born: Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, on 9 December 1963 as the eldest daughter of Hisashi Owada and Yumiko Egashira. Siblings: […]
The top 10 of posts in 2019
2019 personally has been a much better year for me than 2018. My health is slowly getting better, although I am not there yet. I have been able to travel again, visit places, meet friends and acquaintances. Concentrating on work is getting better, I have read books again. My cat Prince Harry slowly gets used […]
Looking back at 2019 in genealogical facts
Another year has almost come to an end. Also in the reigning and non-reigning royal houses in the world there were births, engagements, weddings, divorces and deaths. We welcomed somewhat sudden a new queen in Thailand, while the crown prince of Dubai finally got married. We had to say goodbye to four former heads of […]
Deaths 2019
Last modified: 31 December 2021 Deaths in reigning and non-reigning royal houses of the year 2019. * = New Date Name Age Place 1 January Elisabeth Sandhofer née Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Tuscany 76 Salzburg, Austria 6 January Fürstin Paula zu Fürstenberg née Countess zu Königsegg-Aulendorf 93 Salzmannhaus, Donaueschingen, Germany 11 January Angela Wepper […]
Marriages 2019
Last modified: 1 January 2023 Engagements, marriages and divorces in reigning and non-reigning royal houses of the year 2019. * = New Engagements Date Groom-to-be Bride-to-be Place 3 January William Ritchie Sofia Prinzessin von Sachsen-Altenburg January Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon Bonaparte, Prince Napoléon Countess Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg 4 March Jerome D’Ambrosio Archduchess Eleonore of […]