My wedding photos have been in a Flickr album for ages already, and I posted the link on social media, but not yet on my blog. As you might know, I nearly spent a week in and around Lisbon, Portugal, early October 2023. My 50th birthday two weeks earlier, and the royal wedding of Dona […]
New royal and noble books – July 2023
For more new books about royalty see: GENERAL Title: Dynasty in Motion: Wedding Journeys in Late Medieval and Early Modern EuropeAuthor: Patrik PastrnakPublication date: 28 July 2023Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: English GERMANY Title: Der Kronprinz und das Dritte Reich. Wilhelm von Preussen und der Aufstieg des NationalsozialismusAuthor: Jürgen LuhPublication date: 13 July 2023Publisher: C.H. BeckLanguage: German ROMAN […]
Alexander & Natacha – The wedding guests
Thanks to J. from Royalduo for the photos Archduke Alexander of Austria married his fiancée Natacha Roumiantzoff (Countess Natacha Roumiantzeff-Pachkevitch) at the église Saint-Pierre in Beloeil, Belgium, on 30 September 2023.
Alexander & Natacha – A Countess becomes an Archduchess
Thanks to J. from Royalduo for the photos Just a few weeks after the death of his grandmother, Archduchess Yolande of Austria († 13 September 2023), Archduke Alexander of Austria married his fiancée Natacha Roumiantzoff. The wedding was initially to take place in Montreux, Switzerland. The location however was changed to the église Saint-Pierre in […]
Karina and Alexis – A royal love match
Prince Alexis Andronikof has married Princess Karina Bagration-Moukhransky civilly in Vannes, France, on 7 October 2023. She has taken the name of Princess Karina Bagration-Andronikof. The religious marriage has been postponed, until the mother of Karina will be able to attend. Karina Kharysova was born in Kiev, Ukraine, on 25 January 1978 as only child […]
My Portuguese wedding article in Royalty
Back already from Portugal for a whole month. Lisbon had been on my to-do-list for much too long, so I took the opportunity to go when there was one. Unfortunately, I got somewhat ill with covid soon after arriving home (first time) and haven’t been feeling fully well since. It happily didn’t prevent me from […]
Extra: the wedding gala of Ludwig and Helene
I received a few lovely photos of guests arriving for the wedding banquet/ball of Hereditary Prince Ludwig zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and Helene von Pezold on 9 September 2023 at Kreuzwertheim, Germany.
The wedding guests of Ludwig and Helene
The guestlist for the wedding of Hereditary Prince Ludwig zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and Helene von Pezold on 9 September 2023 at (Kreuz)Wertheim, Germany, was filled with well-known noble names. Here is a selection of photos of the guests, but there were many more.
A third princely wedding in Wertheim
The last of the three children of Fürst Ludwig zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and his wife Elisabeth née Countess von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee to marry was Hereditary Prince Ludwig, who on 9 September 2023 married Helene von Pezold. Like his sisters Sophie and Amélie, Ludwig chose to get married at the Stiftskirche in Wertheim, Germany. […]
A royal guestlist for Amélie and Franz-Ferdinand
The Ducal family of Württemberg has great connections to noble and royal houses. One therefore shouldn’t be surprised to see a lot of interesting guests at the wedding of Duchess Amélie von Württemberg with Franz-Ferdinand Freiherr von Feilitzsch on 2 September 2023 at Altshausen, Germany. Below is a selection of pictures, from the parents of […]