Last modified: 30 December 2022 Births and christenings in reigning and non-reigning royal houses of the year 2015. 25 January Birth of Philippa Margarita Carolin, daughter of Hereditary Prince Kraft and Hereditary Princess Carolin zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen at the Heilbronner Gesundbrunnen Hospital in Heilbronn, Germany. Januar Birth of Alejandro, son of Peter Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein and […]
Births 2014
Last modified: 30 December 2022 Births and christenings in reigning and non-reigning royal houses of the year 2014. 17 January Birth of Mia Grace, daughter of Michael and Zara Tindall (Great Britain) at the Royal Gloucestershire Hospital, Gloucester, Great Britain. 18 January Birth of Edward Mbogo, son of Prince David Kintu Wasajji and Princess Marion […]
Births 2010
Last modified: 7 December 2019 Births and christenings in reigning and non-reigning royal houses of the year 2010. 1 January Birth of Ida Magdalena Maria, daughter of Prince Alfonso and Princess Anna von Thurn und Taxis at Vienna, Austria. 5 January Birth of Alva Manuelle Maria Petra Yvonne, daughter of Prince Manuel and Princess Anna […]
Births 2009
Last modified: 7 December 2019 Births and christenings in reigning and non-reigning royal houses of the year 2009. 9 January Birth of Franz Cosimo, son of Prince Alfred Paolo and Princess Alice von und zu Liechtenstein at the Sanatorium St. Leonhard at Graz, Austria. 12 January Birth of Lidia Walburga Maria, daughter of Count Alois […]
Births 2008
Last modified: 7 December 2019 Births and christenings in reigning and non-reigning royal houses of the year 2008. * =new Births Date Name Parents Place January 3 Carina Anna Elisabeth Count Wolfgang Manfred and Countess Bettina zu Castell- Rüdenhausen München, Germany January 8 Balthasar Marie Joseph Wunibald David Alois Philipp Count Nikolaus and Countess Maria-Theresia […]
Births 2007
Last modified: 7 December 2019 Births and christenings in reigning and non-reigning royal houses of the year 2007. Births Date Name Parents Place January 3 Pedro Duke and Duchess of Noto (Two Siclies) January 5 Carlos Alfonso Maria Alejandro Hugo Albrecht Leopoldo Hereditary Prince Carlos zu Hohenlohe- Jagstberg and Maria Dolores Lloret Fernandez Malaga, Spain […]
The birth of another Princess – Beatrix had prefered a brother
On Tuesday 18 February 1947 at 2.24am a little princess was born at the Soestdijk Palace in Baarn, The Netherlands. Later that day her father Prince Bernhard told in a radio progarmme that Princess Juliana was doing fine. Apparently both grandmothers – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and Princess Armgard zur Lippe-Biesterfeld – were present. […]
Births 2013
Last modified: 29 December 2021 Births and christenings in reigning and non-reigning royal houses of the year 2013. 5 January Christening of Prince Jaroslav Gérard Liutwin Benoît Marie Lobkowicz at the Notre-Dame d’Auteuil Church, Paris, France. 13 January Birth of Anna-Catharina Sophie, daughter of Daniel Prinz von Sachsen and Sandra Prinzessin von Sachsen, at the […]
The private christenings of the British royals
In contrast to some other monarchies the christenings of the British royals are rather private occasions. They often taken place in royal chapels or even in the palaces and are small, intimate ceremonies with few guests. When possible photographers like to take pictures of the arrival and departure of the parents with their child and […]
24 May 1819 – The birth of a future Queen
Birth We are happy in being able to state, that Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was safely delivered yesterday morning, at Kensington Palace, of a Princess, at a quarter past four o’clock. The following Privy Councillors were present on the occasion: His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, His Grace the Duke of […]