Tag: Prussia

New Royal and Noble Books – March 2018
Books & Magazines, Media & Co

New Royal and Noble Books – March 2018

For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online   FRANCE Author: James Naus. Title: Constructing Kingship. The Capetian monarchs of France and the early Crusades. Published: March 2018 by Manchester University Press. Language: English. FRANCE Author: Françoise Surcouf. Title: Histoire secrète des […]

Read More
New Royal and Noble Books – January 2018
Books & Magazines, Media & Co

New Royal and Noble Books – January 2018

For more new books about royalty see: History of Royal Women Royal Book News The World of Royalty Van Hoogstraten Online   AUSTRIA Author: Jean-Paul Bled. Title: Sophie de Habsbourg. L’impératrice de l’ombre (Sophie of Habsburg. The Empress in the Shadow). Published: 25 January 2018 by Perrin. Language: French. BAVARIA (GENEALOGY) Author: Elli and Edwin […]

Read More
The Summer Residence of Queen Consort Sophie Charlotte of Prussia
Castles, Travel

The Summer Residence of Queen Consort Sophie Charlotte of Prussia

When visiting Berlin and surroundings you easily miss something, as there is so much to visit. Potsdam (two parks with palaces), Rheinsberg, Schönhausen, but also Berlin itself has its palaces. The most known is probably the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin-Charlottenburg, the biggest and most important palace in the city. It was one of the most […]

Read More
Viktoria Luise got married to her Ferdinand in Amorbach (2) Among others Prince Georg Friedrich and Princess Sophie of Prussia. Copyright: Gabi P.
Marriages, News

Viktoria Luise got married to her Ferdinand in Amorbach (2)

Many royals and nobles came to Amorbach, Germany, for the wedding of Hereditary Prince Ferdinand zu Leiningen and Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia on 16 September 2017. Outside the church were tens of onlookers, including several of my royalty friends. There were also several representatives of the media. Fences and security people were used to […]

Read More
Flower Decoration for a Royal Wedding Carlos & Annemarie, Brussels, Belgium, November 2010.
Marriages, News

Flower Decoration for a Royal Wedding

Nobles and royals who are getting married do have the same problem as any other couple that gets married. The wedding venue is often the easiest part, at least if the family still occupies a family castle. But otherwise also they have to find themselves one. And of course there is the flower decoration. How […]

Read More
Another Civil Leiningen Wedding I’ve published this rather exclusive picture with permission of Ulrike. Please do not copy or post it elsewhere.
Marriages, News

Another Civil Leiningen Wedding

Only weeks after his younger brother Prince Hermann married civilly Isabelle Heubach it was the turn of Hereditary Prince Ferdinand zu Leiningen to tie the knot. He and his bride, Viktoria Luise Prinzessin von Preussen (Princess of Prussia) choose to get married at the Refectory of the family castle in Amorbach, Germany on 29 April […]

Read More
Sunny Spring Wedding at Amorbach
Marriages, News

Sunny Spring Wedding at Amorbach

I’ve published this rather exclusive picture with permission of Ulrike. Please do not copy or post it elsewhere It will be a busy year for the Princely Family zu Leiningen, as the two sons of Fürst Andreas and Fürstin Alexandra are getting married. The youngest of the two, Prince Hermann (* 1987) kicked off the […]

Read More
Which Royals died in 2016?
Births & Deaths, News

Which Royals died in 2016?

In Showbizz-land 2016 was quite a bad year, but how bad was it for the royal houses? Here is the complete list for 2016 thus far. It isn’t unusual only to hear about genealogical facts weeks, months or even years later. Good to see that many died at a rather old age, people in their […]

Read More
Music and Royals
Bits & Pieces, Miscellaneous

Music and Royals

Can you name an artist (singer, musician, group) you discovered via your love for royals? If there is one I should name it is the Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø. The first time I heard her music it was during the wedding ceremony of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Ari Behn. A sad song actually, […]

Read More