Tag: Austria

A birth in the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg family
Births & Deaths, News

A birth in the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg family

A wonderful message reached me yesterday. Pieter Haitsma Mulier and his wife Princess Vanessa zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg with great joy and pleasure announce the birth of their first son Louis-Gaspard Otto George Haitsma Mulier on 14 August 2013. Little Louis was born at 9.43am and weighed 3440 gramms. Both mother and son are doing fine. Louis […]

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Royal Wedding Saturday
Marriages, News

Royal Wedding Saturday

Traditionally Saturday is the day to get married when you’re noble or royal. Of course it happens that weddings take place on other days, but not that often. On Saturday 13 July 2013 there were two nice weddings in royal circles. Marie-Eleonor Countess Kuefstein, born in 1990 as daughter of Andreas Count Kuefstein and Elisabeth […]

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Restoration of noble titles in Austria?
Miscellaneous, Names & Titles

Restoration of noble titles in Austria?

The year 1918 saw the end of three big empires in the world: Russia, Germany and Austria. Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany fled the country and spent the rest of his life – he died in 1941 – in the Netherlands. The fate of the Russian imperial family was worse, and several family members were […]

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