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The Official Almanach De Saxe Gotha 2008
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THE ALMANACH DE SAXE GOTHA
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Welcome to the Official Website
of The Almanach de Saxe Gotha ,
A Register of The Reigning and
Formerly Reigning Imperial and
Royal Sovereign Houses and The
Non-Sovereign Princely & Ducal
Houses of Europe Together with
The Complete Listing of The Imperial
Nobility of The Holy Roman Empire .
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THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE ALMANACH DE SAXE GOTHA
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Royal News 2007:
Section I , Section II , Section III .
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Royal News 2008:
Section I , Section II , Section III .
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THE OFFICIAL ROYAL GAZETTE OF EUROPE
Royal News of 2007, Section I
Last update on 7 May 2007
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THE IMPERIAL AND ROYAL HOUSE OF AUSTRIA
Archduke Simeon of Austria (son of Archduke Rudolph) and his wife, née Princess Maria of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (daughter of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duca di Calabria) had their fifth child, Philipp, on 15 January. (added 19 Jan 2007)
The engagement was announced between Archduke Carl Christian of Austria (son of Archduke Rudolf of Austria and of his wife, née Baronesse Hélène de Villenfagne de Vogelsanck) and Estelle de Saint-Romain (daughter of Pierre de Saint-Romain and of his wife, née Nora Boucharlat). The wedding will take place on 2 June at the Church of Saint Bruno de Voiron (Isère). (added 3 Apr 2007)
The engagement was announced on 20 April 2007 between Johannes Graf von Meran (son of Franz Graf von Meran [himself a direct male descendant of Archduke Johann of Austria (1782-1859)] and of his wife, née Marie-Elisabeth Gräfin von Kageneck) and Tara G.J.M. Freeland (daughter of Anthony Freeland and of his first wife, née Astrid Sophie Maria Hedwig Antonia Deym, Gräfin von Stritez). (added 21 Apr 2007)
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF BAVARIA
Prince Manuel of Bavaria (son of Prince Leopold of Bavaria and of his wife, née Ursula Möhlenkamp) and his wife, née Princess Anna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (daughter of Prince Ludwig-Ferdinand zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and of his wife, née Countess Yvonne Wachtmeister af Johannishus) are expecting their first child later this year. (added 3 Jan 2007)
The engagement was announced between Dr. Klaus Runow and Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria (daughter of Max-Emanuel, Duke in Bavaria, and of his wife, née Elisabeth Gräfin Douglas). (added 3 Apr 2007)
THE IMPERIAL AND ROYAL HOUSE OF BRAZIL
Irène de Nicolay (daughter of Comte Robert de Nicolay [himself the son of Comte René de Nicolay and of his wife, née Princess Pia of Orleans-Braganza] and of his wife, née Princess Nathalie Murat) died on 10 April. (added 13 Apr 2007)
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF BULGARIA
Antonio Muñoz Valcárcel (known as Kitín Muñoz) and his wife, née Princess Kalina of Bulgaria (only daughter of King Simeon of Bulgaria and his wife, née Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela) had their first child, Simeon, at Sofia on 14 March. One report has the full name as Simeon III Hassan Muñoz. (updated 24 Mar 2007)
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF DENMARK
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and of her husband, Prince Henrik [born Henri de Laborde de Monpezat]) and his wife, née Mary Donaldson (daughter of Professor John Dalgleish Donaldson and his first wife Henrietta Clark) had their second child, a daughter, on 21 April. (updated 22 Apr 2007)
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF FRANCE ( BOURBON )
Luis Alfonso de Borbón y Martinez-Bordiu, Duc d'Anjou (son of Alfonso de Borbón, Duque de Cádiz, Duc d'Anjou et de Bourbon, and of his wife, née Carmen Martinez-Bordiú y Franco), and his wife, née María Margarita Vargas Santaella, had their first child, Eugenia, at Miami, Florida, on 5 March. (updated 6 Mar 2007)
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF FRANCE ( ORLÉANS )
Antoine Stevenson and his wife, née Kildine de Sambucy de Sorgue (daughter of François-Xavier de Sambucy de Sorgue and of his wife, Princess Jeanne-Chantal d'Orléans) are expecting their first child in September. (added 7 May 2007)
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Alexander Patrick Gregers Richard Windsor, Earl of Ulster (son of Prince Richard Alexander Walter George of Great-Britain and Northern-Ireland, Duke of Gloucester, and of his wife, née Birgitte Eva van Deurs) and his wife, née Claire Alexandra Booth, had their first child, Xan Richard Anders, Lord Culloden, on 12 March. (updated 6 Apr 2007) Hon. Mrs Angela Lascelles, née Dowding, died at Virginia Water, Surrey, on 28 February.
[She was born at Hanwell on 20 April 1919, daughter of Charles Stanley Dowding and of his wife, née Lilian Lawlor. From 1952 to 1978 she was married to Hon.Gerald David Lascelles (1924-1998), son of Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood, and of his wife, Mary, Princess Royal of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (herself the daughter of King George V of Greant Britain and Northern Ireland and of his wife, née princess Mary of Teck). She is sruvived by one son and one grandson.] (added 2 Mar 2007)
Lord Nicholas Windsor (son of Prince Edward of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Duke of Kent, and of his wife, née Katharine Worsley) and his wife, née Paola Doimi de Frankopan (daughter of Don Louis and Donna Ingrid Doimi de Frankopan) are expecting their first child later this year. (added 8 Mar 2007)
The engagement was announced on 6 April 2007 between Andrew Cantouris (son of Mr & Mrs John Cantouris, of Sherston, Wilts) and Charlotte Amaryllis Fitzgeorge-Balfour (b.London 29 Sep 1981, daughter of Robin Victor Fitzgeorge-Balfour [himself the son of Sir Robert George Victor Fitzgeorge-Balfour (himself the son of Robert Balfour and of his wife, née Mabel Iris Fitzgeorge [herself the daughter of George William Adolphus Fitzgeorge (himself the son of Prince George of Great Britain, Ireland, and Hannover, Duke of Cambridge, and of his wife, née Sarah Louise Fairbrother) and of his wife, née Rosa Baring]) and of his wife, née Mary Diana Christian] and of his wife, née Patricia Rountree). (added 7 Apr 2007)
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF ITALY
The engagement was announced between Prince Aimone of Savoy, Duca di Apulia (son of Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duca di Aosta, and of first his wife, née Princess Claude d'Orléans) and Princess Olga of Greece (daughter of Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark and of his wife, née Marina Karella). The wedding date had been variously reported as 1 and 8 October, 2005, and more recently had been reported to me as being set for 9 October 2005 on the Isle of Patmos, but is still unconfirmed as of October 2006. A still later report from a correspondent is to the effect that the wedding has been postponed to 2007. (updated 5 Sep 2006)
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF LUXEMBURG
Marie Adelaide Louise Therese Wilhelmine GráfinHenckel von Donnersmarck, née Princess of Luxemburg, died on 28 February. [She was born at Schloß Berg on 21 May 1924, daughter of Prince Félix of Bourbon-Parma and of his wife, Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxemburg. Since 1958 she had been married to Karl Josef Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck (b.Romolkwitz 7 Nov 1928). She is survived by him and their four children.] (added 2 Mar 2007)
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF NETHERLANDS
Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (eldest son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and of her late husband, Prince Claus) and his wife, née Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti, had their third child, Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Ines, on 10 April. (updated 11 Apr 2007)
Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (son of Pieter van Vollenhoven and of his wife, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands) and his wife, née Aimée Söhngen, are expecting their first child in October. (added 24 Mar 2007)
THE DUCAL HOUSE OF OLDENBURG
Duke Paul of Oldenburg (b.1969, son of Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg and of his first wife, Princess Marie Cecile of Prussia) and his wife, née Maria del Pilar Mendez de Vigo y Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (b.1970, daughter of Jaime Mendez de Vigo y del Arco and of his wife, Princess Monika zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg), had their fourth child, Maria Assunta, on 21 March. (added 14 Apr 2007)
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF PRUSSIA
Prince Wilhelm-Karl of Prussia died at Holzminden on 9 April. [He was born at Potsdam on 30 January 1922, son of Prince Oskar of Prussia (himself the son of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, King of Prussia, and of his first wife, née Princess Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg) and of his wife, née Ina Marie Gräfin von Bassewitz-Levetzow. Since 1952 he had been married to Armgard von Veltheim. He is survived by her, as well as two sons, a daughter, and three grandchildren.] (added 11 Apr 2007)
THE IMPERIAL HOUSE OF RUSSIA
Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, Marchesa Farace di Villaforesta, died at Montevideo, Uruguay, on 13 March. [She was born at Pavlovsk on 25 July 1915, daughter of Prince Ivan Constantinovich of Russia (himself the son of Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia and of his wife, née Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg) and of his wife, née Princess Jelena of Serbia (herself the daughter of King Peter I of Serbia and of his wife, née Princess Zorka of Montenegro). In 1937 she married Ruggero, Marchese Farace di Villaforesta (1909-1970). They had a son and two daughters.] (added 25 Mar 2007)
Fergus Lefebvre (youngest son of Mr and Mrs Paul Lefebvre, of Coonamble, New South Wales) and his wife, née Lady Lorna Theresa Ramsay (elder daughter of James Hubert Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie [himself the son of Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie, and of his wife, née Margaret Elizabeth Mary Stirling], and of his wife, née Maralyn Butter [herself the daughter of Sir David Butter and of his wife, née Myra Wernher (herself the daughter of Sir Harold Augustus Wernher, 3rd Bt, and of his wife, née Countess Anastasia de Torby [herself the daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia])]), had their first child, Archie James, in Australia on 26 April. (added 6 May 2007)
Prince Nikita Romanov died in New York on 3 May.[He was born in London on 13 May 1923, son of Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia (himself the son of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and of his wife, née Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia) and of his wife, née Countess Maria Vorontzova-Daschkova. In 1961 he married Jane Schonwald, with whom he had one son, Theodore.] (added 7 May 2007)
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE
Alexander Fürst zu Schaumburg-Lippe is engaged to marry, as his second wife, the lawyer Nadja Anna Zsöks (b.Munich 20 Feb 1975). The wedding will be at Bückeburg on 29/30 June. (updated 15 Mar 2007)
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF SPAIN
Felipe, Prince of the Asturias (only son of King Juan Carlos of Spain and of his wife, née Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark) and his wife, née Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, had their second child, Sofia, at Madrid on 29 April. (updated 30 Apr 2007)
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF WÜRTTEMBERG
Duke Phillip of Württemberg (son of Duke Carl of Württemberg and of his wife, née Princess Diane d’Orléans) and his wife, née Princess Marie Caroline of Bavaria, had their fourth child, Anna, on 1 February. (added 15 Feb 2007)
Maria von Keudell (b.Berlin 31 August 1930, daughter of Otto Viktor von Keudell [himself the son of Robert von Keudell and of his wife, née Alexandra von Grünhof (herself the daughter of Duke Ernst of Württemberg and of his wife, née Natalie, Frau von Grünhof, née Eischborn)] and of his first wife, née Maria Momm) died on 29 March. (added 7 Apr 2007)
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THE OFFICIAL ROYAL GAZETTE OF EUROPE
Royal News of 2007, Section II
Last updated on 4 May 2007
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THE HOUSE OF CASTELL-RÜDENHAUSEN
Hubertus Graf von Faber-Castell died on 29 January.[He was born at Munich on 8 April 1934, son of Roland Graf von Faber-Castell (himself the son of Alexander Friedrich Lothar Graf von Faber-Castell, né Graf zu Castell-Rüdenhausen [himself the son of Wolfgang Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen and of his wife, née Princess Emma zu Ysenburg und Büdingen], and of his first wife, née Ottilie Freiin von Faber) and of his first wife, née Alix-May von Frankenberg und Ludwigsdorf. He was married from 1960 to 1967 to Liselotte Baecker; from 1970 to 1982 to Adelheid Freiin von dr Leyen zu Bloemersheim; and from 1984 until her death in 2006 to Dorothea Mühlbach. He is survived by a son and two daughters.] (added 10 Feb 2007)
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF CROY
Comtesse Thierry de Limburg Stirum, née Princess Marie-Immaculée de Croy, died at Huldenburg on 23 January. [She was born at Rumillies on 16 october 1905, daughter of Prince Charles de Croy and of his wife, née Comtesse Mathilde di Robiano. In 1926 she married Comte Thierry de Limburg Stirum (1904-1968), by whom she had six children and numerous grandchildren.] (added 25 Jan 2007)
Comte Nicolas du Chastel de la Howarderie (son of Comte Henri du Chastel de la Howarderie [himself the son of Comte Jacques du Chastel de la Howarderie (himself the son of Comte Adolphe du Chastel de la Howarderie and of his wife, née Princess Marie Josephe de Croy) and of his wife, née Françoise de Cossé-Brissac] and of his wife, née Victoria Elena Lopez de Carrizosa y Patino, Marchesa del Merito) and his wife, née Comtesse Soline de Looz-Corswarem (daughter of Comte Benoît de Looz-Corswarem and of his wife, née Cathérine Marie‑Ange Bernadette de Taisne de Raymonval), had their first child, Gabriela, on 30 March. (added 20 Apr 2007)
THE HOUSE OF HARRACH
Alexander Mitchell and his wife, née Philippa Gräfin Czernin v.Chudenitz (daughter of Joseph Graf Czernin v.Chudenitz and of his wife, née Hon Hazel Scott-Ellis [herself the daughter of the late John Scott-Ellis, Lord Howard de Walden, and of his wife, née Irene Gräfin von Harrach]) had a third daughter, Olivia Maria Theodora, on 23 January. (added 27 Jan 2007)
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF HOHENLOHE-JAGSTBERG
Karl Erbprinz zu Hohenlohe-Jagstberg (son of Alexander Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Jagstberg and of his former wife, née Princess Michaela von Schönburg-Waldenburg) and his wife, née Maria Dolores Lloret y Fernandez, had their first child, Carlos, on 5 January. (added 10 Feb 2007)
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF HOHENLOHE-LANGENBURG
Princess Maria Francisca “Pimpinella” zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg died on 4 January. [She was born at San Sebastián on 26 August 1922, daughter of Prince Max Egon zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897-1968) and of his wife, née Doña Maria de la Piedad Iturbe y Scholtz, Marquesa de Belvis de las Navas (1892-1990). In 1945 she married Claudio Gamazo y Arnús Marques de Soto de Aller (1916-1984). They had four children.] (added 7 Jan 2007)
Philipp Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife, née Saskia Binder, had their second child, Gustav, on 28 January. (added 29 Jan 2007)
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF HOHENLOHE-OEHRINGEN
Princess Elisabeth zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen (daughter of August Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen and of his second wife, née Valerie von Carstanjen) died at Vienna on 2 January. She had been married since 1970 to János Farkas and had one daughter. (added 9 Jan 2007)
Kraft Erbprinz zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen (son of Kraft Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen and of his wife, née Katharina von Siemens) and his wife, née Carolin von Wendorff, had their first child, Christian Kraft, at Heilbronn on 16 January. (added 29 Jan 2007)
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF LOBKOWICZ
Maria Theresia Freifrau von Kellersperg, née Princess von Lobkowicz, died on 11 February.[She was born at Vienna on 16 March 1925, daughter of Johann Fürst von Lobkowicz and of his wife, née Marie Gräfin Czernin von und zu Chudenitz. In 1957 she married Carl Freiherr von Kellersperg (1908-1973).] (added 16 Feb 2007)
The engagement was announced between Christian Schneider and Princess Lioba von Lobkowicz (b.1985, daughter of Prince Johannes von Lobkowicz and of his wife, née Johanna Gräfin zu Castell-Castell). The wedding is to take place on 30 September. (added 14 Apr 2007)
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF LÖWENSTEIN-WERTHEIM-ROSENBERG
Agnes Gräfin von Ballestrem (b.1935, daughter of Carl Wolfgang Graf von Ballestrem and of his wife, née Princess Theresia zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg) died on 14 April. (added 24 Apr 2007)
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF LOOZ AND CORSWAREM
Princess Marie-Louise von Looz und Corswarem died at Rheine on 7 March. [She was born Marie-Louise Vanloo at Anderlecht on 29 May 1921. By adoption she took the surname van den Bogaerde de Terbrugge. In 1952 she married Prince René von Looz und Corswarem (1921-1988), son of Camille, Duke von Looz und Corswarem, and of his wife, née Céline Foulon. No children were born of the marriage. They apparently had an adopted daughter.] (added 15 Mar 2007)
THE HOUSE OF OETTINGEN-WALLERSTEIN
The engagement was announced between Bastiaan Ryckaert (son of Mr. and Mrs. Luc Ryckaert) and Elisabeth Zouboff (eldest daughter of the late Nicholas Zouboff and of his wife, née Princess Elisabeth zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Wallerstein [herself the daughter of Prince Wolfgang zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Wallerstein and of his first wife, née Henriette de Longueval, Gräfin von Buquoy]).
THE HOUSE OF SALM-REIFFERSCHEIDT-RAITZ
Niklas Altgraf zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz and his wife, née Nathalie Gräfin von Ballestrem, had their third child, Felicia Maria Franziska Benedikta Selina, on 4 February. (added 6 Apr 2007)
THE HOUSE OF SALM-SALM
Winfried Freiherr von Loë (son of Friedrich Freiherr von Loë [himself the son of Felix Freiherr von Loë and of his wife, née Princess Isabelle zu Salm-Salm] and of his wife, née Inez Freiin von Boeselager) and his wife, née Marie-Amélie Lamiot, had their seventh child, Marie-Aymée, on 10 February. She will be christened on 3 March. (added 24 Feb 2007)
Erika Erbprinzessin zu Salm-Salm, née von Morgen, died on 17 April. [She was born at Berlin on 19 March 1935, daughter of Ernst von Morgen and of his wife, née Margarethe Gräfin von Schlitz genannt von Görtz. From 1961 to 1979 she was married to Carl Philipp Erbprinz zu Salm-Salm, who in 1988 succeeded his father as Fürst zu Salm-Salm. She is survived by their four children.] (added 20 Apr 2007)
THE HOUSE OF SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN-BERLEBURG
Mme Birgitta Fouret, née af Klercker, died at Paris on 17 January. [She was born at Stockholm on 1 Apr 1942, daughter of Fredrik af Klercker and of his wife, née Birgitta Zätterström. From 1970 to 1979 she was married to Prince Robin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (son of Gustav Albrecht Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and of his wife, née Marguerite Fouché d’Otrante). Since 1980 she had been married to Olivier Fouret. She had a son and a daughter from her first marriage.] (added 19 Jul 2007)
THE HOUSE OF SOLMS-LAUBACH
Andrea Gräfin zu Solms-Laubach (b.1941, daughter of Georg Fraf zu Solms-Laubach and of his wife, née Princess Johanna zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich) died at Laubach on 6 January. (added 14 Jan 2007)
THE HOUSE OF STOLBERG-STOLBERG
Elisabeth Freifrau von Warsberg, née Gräfin zu Stolberg-Stolberg, died at Neckarsteinach on 26 April. [She was born at Vienna on 2 Jun 1918, daughter of Georg Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg and of his wife, née Princess Regina Reuss. In 1941 she married Walther Eisenbach, who was killed in action in 1944. In 1951 she married Alexander Freiherr von Warsberg (1910-1983). She had three sons by her first marriage, and three sons and a daughter from her second.] (added 4 May 2007)
THE HOUSE OF STOLBERG-WERNIGERODE
Antonie-Ferdinande Auguste Viktoria Freifrau von Mirbach, née Gräfin zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, died on 28 January.[She was born at Schlemmin on 26 August 1920, daughter of Reinhard Gfar zu Stolberg-Wernigerode and of his wife, née Mariagnes Gräfin zu Stolberg-Wernigerode. In 1941 she married Ulrich Freiherr von Mirbach (1914-2004), son of Friedrich Otto Günther Freiherr von Mirbach and of his wife, née Erna von Sperber. They had seven children, at least one of whom predeceased her, and many grandchildren.] (added 24 Apr 2007)
THE HOUSE OF TRAUTTMANSDORFF-WEINSBERG
Ferdinand Graf Hoyos, Freiherr zu Stichsenstein (son of Felix Dionys Graf Hoyos, Freiherr zu Stichsenstein, and of his wife, née Maria Gräfin von Oppersdorff [herself the daughter of Johannes Graf von Oppersdorff and of his wife, née Sophie Gräfin von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (herself the daughter of Ferdinand Fürst von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg and of his wife, née Princess Anna von und zu Liechtenstein)]) died on 4 January. (added 11 Jan 2007)
Johannes Ottokar Graf von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg died at Salzkotten-Thüle on 23 April. [He was born at Teplitz on 29 December 1937, son of Theobald Graf von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg (himself the son of Ottokar Clemens Graf von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg and of his wife, née Josephine Gfn von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg) and of his wife, née Josepha Gräfin von Hartig (herself the daughter of Franz Graf vonHartig and of his wife, née Johanna Gräfin von Ledebur-Wicheln). In 1967 he married Ursula Schiebel, who survives him along with three children.] (added 27 Apr 2007)
THE HOUSE OF WALDBURG-WOLFEGG-WALDSEE
Barone Giovanni Malfatti di Montetretto married Sophie Gräfin von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee (daughter of Wunibald Graf von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee and of his wife, née Michaela von Oertzen) at the St. Gallus und Ulrich Kirche in Kisslegg on 10 February. The service was led by Pater Hubertus Freyberg. There were 250 guests from all over Europe, including the Fürst and Fürstin of Liechtenstein. (added 13 Feb 2007)
Leopold Graf von Walderdorff died on 10 April.[He was born at Kürn on 7 April 1928, son of Hubertus Graf von Walderdorff and of his wife, née Anna Gräfin von Spee. Since 1955 he had been married to Maria Sidonia Gráfin von Waldburg zu Wolfegg u.Waldsee (daughter of Franz Ludwig Fürst von Waldburg zu Wolfegg u.Waldsee and of his wife, née Adelheid Gräfin von Schönburg-Glauchau). He is survived by her, their son, and five daughters.] (added 11 Apr 2007)
THE HOUSE OF WINDISCHGRÄTZ
Dominic von Riedemann (son of Karl Anton von Riedemann [himself the son of Mario von Riedemann and of his wife, née Elisabeth Gräfin von ledebur-Wicheln] and of his wife, née Princess Olga zu Windischgrätz [herself the daughter of Prince Eduard zu Windischgrätz and of his wife, née Princess Alexanda zu Isenburg]) married Sarah Ternoway at Toronto on 6 January. (added 13 Jan 2007)
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THE OFFICIAL ROYAL GAZETTE OF EUROPE
Royal News of 2007, Section III
Last updated on 27 April 2007
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THE HOUSE OF AMILAKHVARY
Princess Roussoudana Amilakhvary
(b.31 Aug /13 Sep 1906) died at
the end of January. (added 5 Feb 2007)
THE HOUSE OF AUDIFFRET-PASQUIER
The engagement was announced between Priscilla de Brouchoven de Bergeyck (daughter of Aymar de Brouchoven de Bergeyck and of his wife, née Anne de Liedekerke [herself daughter of François, comte de Liedekerke (himself the son of Charles, comte de Liedekerke and his wife, née Anne Marie d'Audiffret-Pasquier [herself granddaughter of 1er duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier and sister of the 2nd duc d'Audiffret Pasquier]) and his wife, née Nicole de Briey]) and Godefroy Ullens de Schooten. (added 22 Mar 2007)
THE HOUSE OF AUERSTAEDT
The engagement was announced between Louis Davout d’Auerstaedt (son of Baron Olivier Davout d’Auerstaedt and of his wife, née Anne Marie Cambournac) and Hortense de Kernaflen de Kergos (daughter of Yann de Kernaflen de Kergos and of his wife, née Couce de Verdun). (added 17 Jan 2007)
THE HOUSE OF BAUFFREMONT-COURTENAY
Comte Emmanuel de Pontac (son of Jean-François, Marquis de Pontac, and of his wife, Princess Eliane de Bauffremont-Courtenay) and his wife, née Alix Mirieu de Labarre, had their seventh child, Hermine, born at Bordeaux on 10 February. (added 12 Feb 2007)
THE DUCAL HOUSE OF BEDFORD
Mrs David Hastings Gerald Russell, née Hester Clere Parsons, died at Hastings on 16 March.[She was born on 22 February 1920, daughter of Rev. Richard Edward Parsons and of his wife, née Hester Katherine Drummond. In 1940 she married David Hastings Gerald Russell (1915-1999), son of Hon.Sir Odo William Theophilus Villiers Russell (of the Lortds Ampthill and Dukes of Bedford) and of his wife, née Marie Luise Gräfin Rex. She is survived by their two sons.] (added 22 Mar 2007)
Euan Rellie and his wife, née Lucy Sykes (daughter of Mark Richard Sykes [himself the son of Christopher Hugh Sykes and of his wife, née Camilla Georgiana Russell (herself the daughter of Sir Thomas Wentworth Russell, of the Dukes of Bedford)] and of his second wife, née Valerie Goad) had their second child, Titus Jasper Jake Icarus, on 21 March. (added 25 Mar 2007)
THE HOUSE OF BELMONTE
Hon Adam Robert Bruce (younger son of Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine KT, CD, JP & of the Countess of Elgin, née Victoria Mary Usher [herself the daughter of Major Dudley George Usher, MBE, TD, Scottish Horse, and of his wife née Antonia Mary Wilkinson]) and his wife, née Donna Maria-Sofia Giovanna Rose Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, (younger daughter of His Excellency Don Angelo Gennaro, The Prince of Belmonte [himself the son of Don Gioacchino, 12th Prince of Belmonte and of his wife, née Marcella Scheggi] and of his wife, Her Excellency The Princess of Belmonte, née Sarah Elizabeth Mayhew [herself the daughter of Robert Mayhew, Esq. and of his wife née Marjorie Taylor]), had their first child, Robert Frederick Angelo, at Edinburgh on 7 January. (added 11 Jan 2007)
THE HOUSE OF BÉTHUNE-HESDIGNEUL
Soeur Emmanuelle de Moreau, Dame religieuse du Sacré-Coeur de Jésus (b.Bruxelles 24 May 1906, daughter of baron Léopold de Moreau (1872-1942) and of his wife, née Isabelle de Béthune-Hesdigneul (1874-1952)) died at Schaarbeek on 30 January. (added 5 Feb 2007)
THE HOUSE OF BIRON VON KURLAND
Tassilo Freiherr von Twickel (son of Johann-Christoph Freiherr von Twickel and of his first wife, née Princess Viktoria Benigna Biron von Kurland [herself the daughter of Prince Karl Biron von Kurland and of his wife, née Princess Herzeleide-Ina-Marie of Prussia]) and his fiancée, Jeanine Schniewind, will be married on 9 June. (added 19 Jan 2007)
THE HOUSE OF BISMARCK
Gregor Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen (son of Ferdinand Fürst von Bismarck and of his wife, née Elisabeth Lippens) and his wife, née Samantha Della Schiava, had their second child, Otto Ivar, in April. (added 13 Apr 2007)
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF BORGHESE
Principe Don Alessandro Borghese, Nobile Romano, Nobile di Corneto, Patrizio Napoletano, Patrizio Veneto e Patrizio Genovese (son of Principe Don Giovanni Borghese and of his wife, née Adriena Colombo) married Helene Anne Marie Olivi di Briana Noale, Nobildonna di Treviso (b.16 Jan 1963) at the Campidoglio in Rome on Saturday, 10 March. (added 15 Mar 2007)
THE DUCAL HOUSE OF BROGLIE
François de Reynal de Saint-Michel (son of Maxime de Reynal de Saint-Michel and of his wife, née Jehanne Duchamp de Chastaigne) and his wife, née Princess Edwige de Broglie (daughter of Prince Dominique de Broglie and of his wife, née Laure Bellet de Tavernost de Saint Trivier), had their first child, Alban, on 25 April. (added 27 Apr 2007)
THE DUCAL HOUSE OF BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS
Hon. Mrs Walter Arnold Crispian Keppel, née Aline Lucy Harington, died on 20 April.[She was born on 27 February 1918, daughter of John Harington (himself the son of Sir Richard Harington, 11th Bt.) and of his wife, née Lady Frances Aline Temple-Gore-Langton (herself the daughter of William Stephen Temple-Gore-Langton, 4th Earl Temple of Stowe [himself the son of William Henry Powell Gore-Langton and of his wife, née Lady Anna Eliza Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos)], and of his wife, née Helen Mabel Graham-Montgomery). In 1941 she married Hon. Walter Arnold Crispian Keppel (1914-1986), son of Walter Egerton George Lucian Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle, and of his first wife, née Lady Judith Wynn-Carrington. She is survived by their three children, seven grandchildren, and at least two great-grandchildren.] (added 24 Apr 2007)
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF ARAMAN-CHIMAY
The engagement was announced between Charles-Joseph de Riquet, Prince de Caraman-Chimay (son of Philippe de Riquet, Prince de Chimay, Prince de Caraman, [himself the son of Elie de Riquet, Prince de Chimay, Prince de Caraman (himself the son of Joseph de Riquet, Prince de Chimay, Prince de Caraman, and of his wife, née Gilonne Le Veneur), and of his wife, née Elisabeth Manset (herself the daughter of Octave Manset and of his wife, née Marie Charlotte Guestier)] and of his first wife, née Noëlle Ripert [herself the daughter of Baron Ripert and of his wife, née Monique Loth (herself the daughter of Pierre Loth and of his wife, née Emilie Dunoyer de Segonzac)]) and Comtesse Amicie d’Ursel (daughter of Comte Evrard d’Ursel [himself the son of Comte Gérard d’Ursel (himself the son of Comte Wolfgang-Gabriel d’Ursel and of his wife, née Jacqueline de Néverlée) and of his wife, née Anne-Marie de Pitteurs de Budingen (herself the daughter of Herman de Pitteurs de Budingen and of his wife, née Laure Simonis)] and of his wife, née Caroline de Liedekerke de Pailhe [herself the daughter of Alain de Liedekerke de Pailhe (himself the son of Paul de Liedekerke de Pailhe and of his wife, née Anne d’Oultremont) and of his wife, née Anne de Liedekerke de Pailhe (herself the daughter of Guillaume de Liedekerke de Pailhe and of his wife, née Hélène de Fierlant Dormer)]). (added 7 Feb 2007)
THE HOUSE OF CARS
Hugues de Murard de Saint-Romain (b.1919, son of Louis de Murard de Saint-Romain (1887-1930) [himself son of Henry de Murard de Saint-Romain and of his wife, née Antoinette de Pérusse des Cars (1851-1908) (herself daughter of François de Pérusse des Cars, 3rd Duc des Cars and of his wife Elisabeth d'Andigné (1887-1967))]) died in La Roche de Bran, Montamisé (Vienne) on 20 February. He was married to Anne de Suyrot with whom he had five children. (added 23 Feb 2007)
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF CLARY AND ALDRINGEN
Marcus Fürst von Clary und Aldringen died at Bonita Springs, Florida, on 1 March. [He was born at Teplitz on 1 September 1919, son of Alfons Fürst von Clary und Aldringen (himself the son of Siegfried Fürst von Clary und Aldringen and of his wife, née Therese Gräfin Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau) and of his wife, née Lidwine Gräfin und Edle Herrin von und zu Eltz gen. Faust von Stromberg (herself the daughter of Johann Graf und Edler Herr von und zu Eltz gen. Faust von Stromberg and of his wife, née Princess Marie von Lobkowicz). From 1942 to 1964 he was married to Paula Gräfin Schaffgotsch gen. Semperfrei von und zu Kynast und Greiffenstein, Freiin zu Trachenberg (daughter of Hans Ulrich Graf Schaffgotsch gen. Semperfrei von und zu Kynast und Greiffenstein, Freiherr zu Trachenberg, and of his wife, née Sophie Gräfin Henckel von Donnersmarck). Since 1964 he had been married to Gisela von Witzleben (daughter of Erik von Witzleben and of his wife, née Stephanie Götz von Olenhusen). He had two sons and a daughter from the first marriage.] (added 15 Mar 2007)
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF CLERMONT-TONNERRE
The engagement was announced between Anne-Laure d'Ussel (daughter of Yves d'Ussel and of his wife, née Madeleine de Clermont-Tonnerre) and Gabriel d'Armand de Chateauvieux (son of Henri d'Armand de Chateauvieux and of his wife, née Anne-Aymone de Maurès de Malartic). (added 19 Feb 2007)
Colonel William James Malloy died in the USA on 23 February. In 1946, he married Renée de Clermont-Tonnerre (b.1924), eldest daughter of Jean, 10th Duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, and his wife, née Marie-Armande Séguier. He is survived by her, 5 children and numerous grandchildren. (added 5 Mar 2007)
Jean-Baptiste Valat and his wife, née Sybille de Lignaud de Lussac (daughter of Hervé de Lignaud, Marquis de Lussac, and of his wife, née Alix d'Hardivilliers [herself the daughter of Vicomte François d'Hardivilliers and of his wife, née Gabrielle de Clermont-Tonnerre (herself the daughter of Aynard, Duc de Clermont-Tonnerre)]), had their second child, Gabrielle, on 2 March. (added 15 Mar 2007)
THE HOUSE OF CORSINI
Donna Allegra dei principi Corsini died in Florence on 7 April.[She was born in 1962, daughter of the late Conte Don Cino Tommaso Corsini dei Principi Corsini, Marchese di Lajatico (1917-2001) and of Aimée Gaillard Russel (b.1921). She married in 1992 Guido dei conti Poccianti (b.1959) and is survived by him and three children.] (added 14 Apr 2007)
THE DUCAL HOUSE OF DEVONSHIRE
Robert Michael Maclay (b.1972, elder son of the Hon Angus Grenfell Maclay, yr son of the late 2nd Baron Maclay and of his first wife, the late Hon (Elizabeth) Victoria Baillie (d.1986), herself the dau of the 3rd Baron Burton [himself the son of Hon. George Evan Michael Baillie and of his wife, née Lady Maud Cavendish, daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire]) and his wife, née Flora X.H. Weaver (elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Giles Weaver) had their second child, Geordie Giles, on 16 January. (added 2 Feb 2007)
Hon. Charles Gray Compton Cavendish (son and heir apparent of Nicholas Charles Cavendish, 6th Lord Chesham [of the family of the Dukes of Devonshire] and of his second wife, née Suzanne Adrienne Byrne) and his wife, née Sarah Elizabeth Dawson, had their second child, Oliver Nicholas Bruce, on 15 February. (added 21 Feb 2007)
Mary, Lady Chesham, née Mary Edmunds Marshall, widow of John Charles Compton Cavendish, 5th Lord Chesham (of the Dukes of Devonshire), died on 5 March. (added 8 Mar 2007)
Hon. Mrs Audrey Lavinia Lindsay, née Lyttelton, died on 3 March.[She was born on 3 August 1918, daughter of John Cavendish Lyttelton, 9th Viscount Cobham (himself the son of Charles George Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham, and of his wife, née Hon.Mary Susan Caroline Cavendish [of the Lords Chesham and Dukes of Devonshire]). In 1950 she married David Edzell Thomas Lindsay (1910-1968). They had three children. Their elder son, Hugh Charles Lyttelton Lindsay, was killed in an avalanche while skiing with the prince of Wales in 1988.] (added 8 Mar 2007)
THE HOUSE OF DURFORT
Comte Hervé de Verdun died at Paris on 20 February.[He was born in 1935, son of Roland, marquis de Verdun (himself the son of René, Marquis de Verdun [himself the son of Comte Edmond Charles Henry de Verdun and of his wife, née Alice Marie Thomé de Kéridec], and of his wife, née Marguerite Maurice du Plessis [herself the daughter of Gustave Maurice du Plessis and of his wife, née Alice Lefébure de Saint-Maur]), and of his wife, née Odette de Durfort Civrac de Lorge (herself the daughter of Comte Pierre de Durfort Civrac de Lorge [himself the son of Vicomte Auguste de Durfort Civrac de Lorge and of his wife, née Eugénie de Montmorency-Luxembourg] and of his wife, née Marguerite de Montault [herself the daughter of Odet de Montault and of his wife, née Agnès de Rohan-Chabot]). He married in 1964 in Paris Dominique de La Tour du Pin Chambly de La Charce O'Connor (daughter of Comte Aymar de La Tour du Pin Chambly de La Charce O'Connor and of his wife, née Princess Maximilienne de Croy). He is surived by her and by their four children.] (added 24 Feb 2007)
THE HOUSE OF GAETANI DELL' AQUILA D' ARAGONA LOVATELLI
Conte Don Luca Gaetani dell’Aquila d’Aragona Lovatelli dei duchi di Laurenzana died in Rome in the night 1/2 April in mysterious circumstances, possibly suicide. He was born in 1955, son of the late Conte Don Loffredo Gaetani dell'Aquila d'Aragona Lovatelli dei duchi di Laurenzana and of Lorian dei baroni Franchetti. He was not married, but is survived by three sons from three different companions. (added 14 Apr 2007)
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF GALITZINE
Mrs Sydney Cohen, née Princess Varvara Galitzine, died at Portland, Oregon, on 28 January. [She was born at Elisabetgrad on 10 April 1918, daughter of Prince Dimitri Alexandrovich Galitzine and of his first wife, née Elisabeth Arcadievna Kelopovsky. In 1945 she married Sydney Cohen (1909-1964). They had a son, Donald, and a daughter, Janet.] (added 17 Mar 2007)
THE HOUSE OF GORTSCHAKOV
Paul Felix Michael Freiherr von Meyendorff died on 12 March.[He was born at Copenhagen on 10 September 1916, son of Michael Freiherr von Meyendorff (himself the son of Friedrich Adeldagus Felix Freiherr von Meyendorff and of his wife, née Princess Olga Mikhailovna Gortschakov) and of his third wife, née Alma Borgen [later surnamed Menting]. In 1946 he married Grete Holm. They had three children.] (added 15 Mar 2007)
THE DUCAL HOUSE OF GRAFTON
The engagement was announced 21 March 2007 between Charles J. Vaughan (son of Mr and Mrs Patrick Vaughan, of Courtfield, Herefordshire) and Lady Louise Helen Mary FitzRoy (b.1973, eldest daughter of James Oliver Charles FitzRoy, Earl of Euston [himself the son of Hugh Denis Charles FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton, and of his wife, née Ann Fortune Smith], and of his wife, née Lady Clare Amabel Margaret Kerr [herself the daughter of Peter Francis Walter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, and of his wife, née Antonella Newland]). (added 22 Mar 2007)
THE HOUSE OF HARCOURT
The engagement was announced between Ludovic de Nicolay (b.1983, son of Benoït de Nicolay [himself the son of Gilbert de Nicolay and of his wife, ne Bernadette d'Harcourt] and of his wife, ne Anne de Pierre de Bernis) and Estelle de L'Estoille (b.1985, daughter of Bruno de L'Estoille and of his wife, née Marie Solange Fresson). (added 29 Jan 2007)
Baron Amaury Louis Marie de Benoist de Gentissart (son of Baron Emmanuel de Benoist de Gentissart and of his wife, née Slanie d’Harcourt) and his wife, née Priscille Gourdault-Montagne, had their first three children, Olivia, Armand, and Blanche, at Paris on 10 February. (added 25 Feb 2007)
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF HOHENBERG
The engagement was announced on 23 January 2007 between Anthony John James Bailey (son of Mr and Mrs Colin Bailey, of Drumcannon, County Waterford, Ireland) and Princess Marie-Therese von Hohenberg (daughter of Prince Peter von Hohenberg and of his former wife, née Christine Meilinger-Rehrl). (added 23 Jan 2007)
THE HOUSE OF LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
Comtesse Aymeri de La Rochefoucauld, née Yannick du Bois-Jagu de La Villerabel (b.1940, daughter of Henri, Comte du Bois-Jagu de La Villerabel and of his wife, née Odile de Temple du Rougemont), died on 27 February. She was married to comte Aymeri de La Rochefoucauld who survived her with two children and three grandchildren. (added 1 Mar 2007)
Albert, Baron de Schonen, died on 8 March.[He was born at Paris on 27 November 1912, son of André, Baron de Schonen and of his wife, née Louise Barbier Lalobe de Felcourt. He married firstly Valdetta Grifeo Di Partana (1914-1958), with whom he had 3 daughters. He married secondly, in 1954, Yolaine de La Rochefoucauld (b.1928, daughter of Olivier, comte de la Rochefoucauld and of his wife, née Consuelo de Maillé de La Tour-Landry [herself daughter of Artus de Maillé de La Tour-Landry, second Duc de Maillé, and of his wife, née Carmen de Wendel]). They had two sons. He is survived by her, his 5 children, and numerous grandchildren.] (added 15 Mar 2007)
Comte Olivier François Edgar de La Rochefoucauld and his wife, née Cécile de Penfentenyo de Kervereguen, had their sixth child, Mériadec, in March. (added 29 Mar 2007)
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF LIGNE
The engagement was announced between Jérôme Miller Mackay (son of Brian Miller Mackay and of his wife, née Delphine de Maistre [herself the daughter of Comte Xavier-Eugène de Maistre and of his wife, née Magali d’Isoard de Chénerilles (herself the daughter of Pierre, Marquis d’Isoard de Chénerilles, and of his wife, née Phanette de Sabran-Pontevès)]) and Haude de Chabot-Traecourt (daughter of Comte Christian de Chabot-Tramecourt [himself the son of Comte Renaud de Chabot-Tramecourt (himself the son of Vicomte Robert de Chabot-Tramecourt and of his wife, née Princess Henriette de Ligne) and of his wife, née Clotilde de Chabot] and of his wife, née Florence de Couëdic de Kergolaer). (added 17 Jan 2007)
Vicomtesse Antoine de Chabot-Tramecourt, née de Camus de La Guibourgère, died on 13 April.[She was born on 7 February 1926, daughter of Gaston Camus de La Guibourgère and of his wife, née Yolande de Pins. In 1948 she married Vicomte Antoine de Chabot-Tramecourt (1922-1999), son of Vicomte Robert de Chabot-Tramecourt and of his wife, née Princess Henriette de Ligne. She is survived by their four children.] (added 20 Apr 2007)
THE HOUSE OF MAGENTA
Anne-Marie Duchemin de Chasseval, née Durieu de Lacarelle, died at Paris on 20 February.[She was born on 14 February 1912, daughter of Etienne, comte Durieu de Lacarelle, and of his wife, née Thérèse Marie de Lur-Saluces (herself daughter of Eugène, comte de Lur-Saluces and of his wife, née Anne Isabelle de Mac Mahon [herself daughter of Charles Henri, marquis de Mac Mahon [elder borther to Patrice, duc de Magenta] and of his wife, née Henriette Radegonde de Pérusse des Cars (herself daughter of Amédée de Pérusse des Cars, second Duc des Cars, and of his wife, née Augustine-Joséphine du Bouchet)]). She will inhumated in Chatel-de-Neuvre (Allier). She was married in 1937 to vicomte Gabriel Duchemin de Chasseval (1905-1964) with whom she had 5 children.] (added 23 Feb 2007)
THE HOUSE OF MAILLÉ
Charles, baron de Ladoucette, died on 5 March.[He was the eldest son of Robert, baron de Ladoucette, and his wife, née Alix de Grammont (herself daughter of Antoine, marquis de Grammont and his wife, née Elisabeth de Maillé de La Tour-Landry [herself daughter of Armand-Urbain de Maillé de La Tour-Landry (himself the son of Charles de Maillé de La Tour-Landry, second Duc de Maillé, and his second wife, Blanche-Joséphine Le Bascle d'Argenteuil) and his wife, née Jeanne Le Brun de Plaisance (herself daughter of Jules Le Brun de Plaisance, third duc de Plaisance and his wife, née Marie Berthier de Wagram)]). He married in 1946 Thérèse Gendebien. He is survived by her and their son, Philippe, new baron de Ladoucette. He was also the eldest brother of Duchesse d'Albuféra, widow of the late Napoléon, duc d'Albuféra.] (added 8 Mar 2007)
THE DUCAL HOUSE OF MANCHESTER
Delia Virginia, Countess of Kintore, née Loyd, died at Inchmarlo House on 10 January. [She was born on 12 September 1915, daughter of William Lewis Brownlow Loyd (himself the son of Edward Henry Loyd [himself the son of William Jones Loyd and of his wife, née Caroline Gertrude Vivian] and of his wife, née Hon. Clementina Georgina Brownlow [herself the daughter of Charles Brownlow, 2nd Lord Lurgan, and of his wife, née Hon. Emily Anne Browne]) and of his wife, née Hon. Bettine Henrietta Knatchbull-Hugessen (herself the daughter of Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 2nd Lord Brabourne [himself the son of Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, Lord Brabourne, and of his first wife, née Anna Maria Elizabeth Southwell], and of his wife, née Hon. Amy Virginia Beaumont [herself the daughter of Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, Lord Allendale, and of his first wife, née Lady Margaret Anne de Burgh]). In 1935 she married James Ian Keith, 12th Earl of Kintore (1908-1989), son of John Lawrence Baird, Viscount Stonehaven (himself the son of Sir Alexander Baird, Bt., and of his wife, née Hon. Annette Maria Palk), and of his wife, née Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer, 11th Countess of Kintore (herself the daughter of Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, and of his wife, née Lady Sydney Charlotte Montagu [herself the daughter of George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester, and of his second wife, née Harriet Sydney Dobbs]). They had three children, of whom the elder son, the 13th Earl of Kintore, predeceased her in 2004.] (added 13 Jan 2007)
THE DUCAL HOUSE OF MARLBOROUGH
Mrs Dorothy Louisa Freeland, née Fane, died on 14 January.[She was born on 8 February 1917, daughter of Hubert William Fane (himself the son of Henry George Fane and of his wife, née Blanche Louisa Spencer [herself the daughter of Hon.Robert Charles Henry Spencer (of the Dukes of Marlborough) and of his wife, née Lady Louisa Spencer-Churchill (of the Dukes of Marlborough)]) and of his wife, née Mathilde Emilie Aloise von Adametz. She married firstly, in 1938, Frederick James Colville, who was killed in action in June 1940. She was married from 1941 to 1962 to Clifford John Maddocks, and from 1962 to 1974 to John Anthony Russell Freeland. She is survived by a daughter from the first marriage and a daughter from the second.] (added 19 Jan 2007)
Orlando Gregory Fraser and his wife, née Clementine Silvia Hambro, had their first child, Ruby Elizabeth Mary, on 19 March. For the ancestry of this child see the article on her parents’ marriage in Royal News 2006. (added 24 Mar 2007)
Randolph Leonard Spencer-Churchill (son of Winston Spencer-Churchill [himself a grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, of the Dukes of Marlborough] and of his first wife, née Mary d’Erlanger) and his wife, née Catherine Lancaster, had their fourth child, John Winston, on 30 March. (added 6 Apr 2007)
Charles James Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford (), and his wife, née Edla Griffiths, had their first child together, his second, Araminta Clementine Megan, shortly before 8 April. (added 11 Apr 2007)
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF MASSALSKY
Prince Niclas Erik Michael Massalsky (son of Prince Michael Nikolaevich Massalsky and of his wife, née Kerstin Birgitta Ohlsson) and his wife, née Carole Anne-Marie Panichi, had their second child and second daughter, Victoria Laure Helena, at Zürich on 25 January. (added 26 Jan 2007)
THE GRAND DUCAL HOUSE OF MECKLENBURG-SCHWERIN:
Ludovic Musy (elder son of Dr. Philippe Musy and Mrs. née Le Corvec) and his wife, née Marie Elodie Vallois (youngest daughter of Mr Bertrand Vallois [himself grandson of the Count d’Autier Marquis de la Rochebriant and countess née Martha von Mecklenburg from the Grand Ducal house of Mecklenburg-Schwerin] and Mrs. née Dewulf), had their first child Joseph Bertrand Marie Philippe, in Paris on 22 August 2007.
THE HOUSE OF MERODE
Antoine Berghmans (son of Vincent Berghmans [himself the son of the late Jean Berghmans and of his wife, née baroness Elisabeth Lhoist] and of his wife, née Béatrice Budes de Guébriant [herself the daughter of the late Geoffroy Budes de Guébriant and of his first wife, née Princess Pauline de Merode]) is engaged to marry Pascaline de Visscher (daughter of Fernand de Visscher and of his wife née Christine Coppée). (added 25 Jan 2007)
Comte Evrard-Guillaume de Borchgrave d’Altena died at Chilliwack, British Columbia, on 16 January.[He was born at Ixelles on 11 May 1940, son of Comte Frederique de Borchgrave d’Altena and of his wife, née Simone de Preud’homme d’Hally de Nieuport. Since 1978 he had been married to Princess Ghislaine de Merode (b.1947, daughter of Prince François de Merode and of his wife, née Alexandra Klinenberger. He is survived by her and by their daughter, Nathalie.] (added 29 Jan 2007)
THE DUCAL HOUSE OF PATERNÓ
Don Giovanni Paternò dei Duchi di Roccaromana (son of Don Antonio Paternò, Duca di Roccaromano and of his wife, née Paola Zalum) and his wife, née Joy Gardner Marzotto Caotorta, had their first child, Elisabetta Benedetta, at Florence on 16 January. (added 8 Feb 2007)
THE PRINCELY HOUSE OF RADZIWILL
The engagement was announced between Nobile Massimiliano Carabba Tettamanti (b. 1978, son of Nobile Ferdinando Carabba Tettamanti and of his wife, née Princess Diane Radziwill [herself only daughter of Prince George Radziwill and of Elaine Chalandon]) and Giovanna Bartoli (b.1980, daughter of Dr. Ruggero Bartoli and of his wife, née Silvia Serventi). (added 26 Jan 2007)
Prince Jerzy Radziwill died at Vancouver on 6 April. [He was born at Paris on 20 June 1921, son of Prince Leon Radziwill and of his wife, née Baroness Olga de Simolin-Wettberg. In 1952 he married Eliane Chalandon, from whom he was later divorced. He is survived by a daughter.] (added 27 Apr 2007)
THE HOUSE OF ROHAN-[CHABOT]
Marguerite de Rohan-Chabot (born in 1927, daughter of Comte Henri de Rohan-Chabot and of his wife, née Joséphine de Giraud d'Agay) died on 5 January. (added 15 Mar 2007)
Thibaut du Fayet de La Tour (son of Régis du Fayet de La Tour and of his wife, née Gwenola de Rohan-Chabot) and his wife, née Raphaëlle de Brondeau d'Urtières had a son, Tristan, 23 January. (added 7 Feb 2007)
The engagement was announced between Antoine d’Ornellas (son of Christian d’Ornellas and of his wife, née Marie-Odile de Montalembert [herself the daughter of Edouard de Montalembert (himself the son of Charles de Montalembert and of his wife, née Comtesse Emilie d’Ursel) and of his wife, née Geneviève de Vasselot de Régné]) and Marie Goudon de Lalande de L'Héraudière (daughter of comte Didier Goudon de Lalande de L'Héraudière and of his wife, née Pascale de Rohan-Chabot [herself daughter of comte René de Rohan-Chabot and of his wife, née Marguerite de Vogüé]). (added 15 Mar 2007)
THE HOUSE OF SABRAN
The engagement was announced between Olivier Gaillard de Champris (b.1956, son of Jean-Michel Gaillard de Champris (1909-1980) and of his wife, née Jacqueline de Loubens de Verdalle Le Groing de La Romagère) and Roselyne de Sabran Pontevès (b.19 Feb 1972, daughter of Jean Henri Comte de Sabran Pontevès and of his wife, née Marie Isabelle Decazes de Glücksbierg). (added 5 Feb 2007)
Marguerite, Baronness d’Encausse de Labatut, née de Pontac, died on 14 March.[She was born in 1914, daughter of Arnaud de Pontac (himself the son of Olivier de Pontac and his wife, née Marguerite de Sabran-Pontevès) and of his wife, née Adélaïde de Zagarriga. She married in 1951 Jean, baron d'Encausse de Labatut (1899-1997). They had no children together. He was the widower of Odette Eimar de Palaminy (1902-1948) with whom he had 3 children. She was interred in Château d'Eoux (Haute Garonne) on 17 March next to her husband.] (added 22 Mar 2007)
THE DUCAL HOUSE OF ST. ALBANS
Edmund Archibald Calvert died on 1 February.[He was born on 21 April 1909, son of Charles Archibald Calvert and of his wife, née Winifred Susan Cholmeley (herself the daughter of Sir Hugh Arthur Henry Cholmeley, 3rd Bt. [himself the son of Sir Montague John Cholmeley, 2nd Bt, and of his wife, née Lady Georgiana Beauclerk (of the Dukes of St.Albans)], and of his wife, née Edith Sophia Rowley). In 1944 he married Elizabeth Clifton Brown (1914-1995). They had one son and one daughter.] (added 7 Feb 2007)
Rafael Charles Beauclerk, Marques de Valero de Urria, died on 4 April.[He was born on 10 August 1917, son of William Topham Sidney Beauclerk (of the Dukes of St.Albans) and of his wife, née Lola de Peñalver y Zamora, Marquesa de Arcos. In 1957 he married Norina Mary Bowen (d.1997). He is survived by their two children and six grandchildren.] (added 13 Apr 2007)
THE DUCAL HOUSE OF SALVIATI
Donna Flavia Domitilla dei duchi Salviati died in Migliarino Pisano, near Pisa, on 6 April.[She was born in 1925, daughter of Don Averardo Salviati, Duca Salviati, Duca di Giuliano e Marchese di Montieri (1896-1973) and of Costanza Igiea Florio (1900-1974). She married in 1946 (as his first wife) Don Sforza Ruspoli dei principi di Cerveteri (b.1927). They divorced in 1977; later the marriage was annulled by the Holy See in 1983. She is survived by two daughters, Donna Claudia and Donna Giada dei principi Ruspoli.] (added 14 Apr 2007)
THE HOUSE OF SAPIEHA
The engagement was announced between Raphaël Delville (son of M. and Mme. Luc Delville) and Princess Maïté Sapieha (daughter of Prince Alexandre Sapieha and of his wife, née Patricia van Innis). (added 23 Jan 2007)
The engagement was announced on 16 January 2007 between Ivone William Kirkpatrick (grandson on Sir Ivone Augustine Kirkpatrick (1897-25 May 1964) a British diplomat in Churchill's governemnt) and Joanna Stella-Sawicka (daughter of Marek Stella-Sawicki and of his wife, née Teresa Witczak [herself the daughter of Antoni Witczak and of his wife, née Helena Skrzyszowska (herself the daughter of Jerzy Skrzyszowksi and of his wife, née Countess Teresa Potocka [herself the great-granddaughter of Count Stanislaw-Wojciech Potocki and of his wife, née Princess Teresa Sapieha-Kodenska)]). (added 30 Mar 2007)
THE HOUSE OF SCHOENAICH-CAROLATH
Thusnelda Gräfin von Luxburg, née Seyler, died on 5 March.[She was born at Ingolstadt on 19 May 1908, daughter of Ludwig Seyler and of his wife, née Franziska Delagera. From 1941 to 1956 she was married to Hermann Friderich Julius Marius Graf von Luxburg, son of Hermann Nikolaus Krafft Julius Graf von Luxburg (himself the son of Friedrich Karl Ludwig Reinhard Graf von Luxburg and of his wife, née Princess Luise von Schoenaich-Carolath) and of his wife, née Anna Fuchs. They had two sons.] (added 15 Mar 2007)
THE DUCAL HOUSE OF TECK
The engagement was announced between Simon Peregrine Gauvain Murray (only son of the late Ormiston Gauvain Nigel Murray and of his wife, née Shirley Arbuthnot, now Mrs Peter Rountree, of Myrtle Grove, Co. Cork, Ireland) and Amelia May Beaumont (daughter of Hon Hubert Beaumont, of Harristown House, Co. Kildare, Ireland [himself the son of Rev.Rt.Hon. Timothy Wentworth Beaumont, Lord Beaumont of Whitley, and of his wife, née Mary Rose Wauchope], and of his former wife, Mrs Kate Beaumont, of Blidworth Dale, Notts, née Katherine Emma Abel Smith [herself the daughter of Richard Francis Abel Smith (himself the son of Sir Henry Abel Smith and of his wife, Lady May Cambridge, née Princess of Teck) and of his wife, née Marcia Kendrew]). (added 3 Mar 2007)
David Liddell-Grainger died at Wittgensteiner Klinik, Leezen, Schwerin, Germany on 12 March. [He was born at London on 26 January 1930, son of Henry Hubert Liddell-Grainger and of his wife, née Lady Muriel Bertie. From 1957 to 1981 he was married to Anne Mary Abel Smith (daughter of Sir Henry Abel Smith and of his wife, Lady May Cambridge [née Princess of Teck, daughter of Prince Alexander of Teck, Earl of Athlone, and of his wife, née Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland]). They had four sons and a daughter. He married secondly Christine Schelin.] (added 17 Mar 2007)
THE HOUSE OF URSEL
The engagement was announced between Benjaimn Olyff (son of M. and Mme. Jacques Olyff) and Vinciane Christyn de Ribaucourt (daughter of Benoît Christyn de Ribaucourt [himself the son of Jean Christyn de Ribaucourt (himself the son of Adrien Christyn de Ribaucourt and of his wife, née Laure Stoclet) and of his wife, née Anne-Marie de Sauvage Vercour (herself the daughter of Adrien de Sauvage Vercour and of his wife, née Jeanne Ophoven)] and of his wife, née Axelle de Brouchoven de Bergeyck [herself the daughter of Michel de Brouchoven de Bergeyck (himself the son of Philippe de Brouchoven de Bergeyck and of his wife, née Comtesse Marie Thérèse d’Ursel) and of his wife, née Gaëtane d’Oultremont (herself the daughter of Comte Albert d’Oultremont and of his wife, née Marguerite van de Werve d’Immerseel)]). (added 10 Feb 2007)
Comtesse Aymard d’Ursel died at Wavre on 21 February. [She was born at Grez-Doiceau on 19 October 1922, daughter of Vicomte Thierry de Spoelberch (himself the son of Vicomte Louis Thierry Henri de Spoelberch and of his wife, née Franchette Marie Ghislaine de Woelmont) and of his wife, née Isabelle d’Oultremont (herself the daughter of Comte Adrien d’Oultremont and of his wife, née Clotilde de Woelmont). In 1949 she married Comte Aymard d’Ursel (1923-2005), son of Comte Conrad d’Ursel and of his wife, née Yvonne Snoy. She is survived by their seven children and numerous grandchildren.] (added 24 Feb 2007)
The engagement was announced between Comte Sébastien d’Ursel (son of Count Aurian d’Ursel and of his wife, née baronne Marie-Christine de Broqueville) and Heloïse Coppée (daughter of Benoit Coppée [himself the son of baron Evence Coppée and of his first wife, née comtesse Clothilde de Bousies) and of his wife née Marie-Dominique Kumps). (added 15 Mar 2007)
Fréderic de Montpellier d'Annevoie (son of Claude de Montpellier d'Annevoie [himself the son of Gérard de Montpellier d'Annevoie and of his wife, née Comtesse Jacqueline Hennequin de Villermont (herself the daughter of Comte Charles Hennequin de Villermont and of his wife, née Comtesse Marthe d'Ursel de Rouillé)] and of his wife, née Nancy Roberti de Winghe), and his wife, née Bérénice Gillès de Pelichy (daughter of Didier Gillès de Pélichy and of his wife, née Noëla de Biolley), had their third child, Sixtine, on 15 March. (added 31 Mar 2007)
Comte François d’Ursel (son of Count Yves d’Ursel and of his wife, née de Mireille de Decker) and his wife, née Comtesse Julie d’Aspremont Lynden (daughter of Count François-Maximilien d’Aspremont Lynden and of his wife, née Régine (of the barons) del Marmol) had their first child, Clémentine, on 14 March. (added 6 Apr 2007)
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THE OFFICIAL ROYAL GAZETTE OF EUROPE
Royal News of 2008, Section I ,
Last Update on 15 January 2008 .
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BELGIUM
Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium (elder son of King Albert of the Belgians and of Queen Paola) and his wife, née Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz, are expecting their fourth child in spring 2008. (added 7 Oct 2007)
DENMARK
The engagement was announced between Prince Joachim of Denmark (son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and of her husband, Prince Henrik [born Henri de Laborde de Monpezat]) and Marie Cavallier. The wedding is to take place at Møgeltønder church on 24 May 2008. (updated 23 Nov 2007)
FRANCE (ORLÉANS)
The engagement was announced between Prince Charles Philippe d’Orléans (son of Prince Michel d’Orléans, Comte d’Evreux, and of his wife, née Béatrice de Pasquier de Franclieu) and Diana Alvares Pereira de Melo, Duquesa de Cadaval (daughter of Jaime Alvares Pereira de Melo, Duque de Cadaval, and of his second wife, née Claudine Tritz). The wedding will reportedly take place at Evora on 21 June 2008. (updated 5 Jan 2008)
GREAT BRITAIN and NORTHERN IRELAND
The engagement was announced between Peter Phillips (son of Mark Phillips and of his former wife, Anne, Princess Royal of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Autumn Kelly (daughter of Brian Kelly and of Mrs Kitty Kelly). The wedding is scheduled for St.George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in May 2008. (updated 5 Jan 2008)
GREECE
Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece (eldest son of King Constantine II of the Hellenes and of his wife, née Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark) and his wife, née Marie-Chantal Miller, are expecting their fifth child in July. (added 15 Jan 2008)
LIECHTENSTEIN
Prince Vincenz von und zu Liechtenstein died on 13 January.
[He was born at Graz on 30 July 1950, son of Prince Heinrich von und zu Liechtenstein and of his wife, née Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria. From 1981 to 1991 he was married to Hélène de Cossé-Brissac. Since 1999 he had been married to Roberta Valeri Manera. He is survived by her and by two daughters.] (added 15 Jan 2008)
NETHERLANDS
Prince Bernhard van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (second son of Pieter van Vollenhoven and of his wife, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands) and his wife, née Annette Sekrève, are expecting their third child in March, 2008. (added 16 Sep 2007)
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THE OFFICIAL ROYAL GAZETTE OF EUROPE
Royal News of 2008, Section II ,
Last Updated on 20 January 2008 .
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CASTELL-CASTELL
Maximilian Ludwig Gustav Gert Hugo Kurt Dietz Eberhard Freiherr von Lerchenfeld died on 8 January.
[He was born at Bamberg on 17 January 1926, son of Rudolf Wilhelm Maria Karl August Herbert Ludwig Freiherr von Lerchenfeld and of his wife, née Hertha-Marie v.Pappus u.Trazberg, Freiin zu Leubenberg u.Rauhenzell. Since 1954 he hd been married to Christiana Gráfin zu Castell-Castell (daughter of Carl Fürst zu Castell-Castell and of his wife, née Princess Anna-Agnes zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich). He is survived by her and by their five children.] (added 12 Jan 2008)
CROY
Prince Carl-Alfred von Croy died on 15 January.
[He was born at Marienloh on 4 March 1924, son of Prince Anton Prosper Clemens von Croy and of his first wife, née Rosalie von Heyden-Linden. Since 1952 he had been married to Huberta Freiin von Wolff Metternich. They had no children, but he had adopted his nephew, Nikolaus Engelbert Albert Johannes Graf von Schmettau, who has taken the name “Prinz von Croy”.] (added 20 Jan 2008)
FÜRSTENBERG
Prince Georg zu Fürstenberg died on 7 January.
[He was born at Strobl on 3 August 1923, son of Prince Karl zu Fürstenberg and of his wife, née Maria Gräfin Festetics von Tolna. From 1960 to 1965 he had been married to Christina Gráfin von Colloredo-Mannsfeld; from 1978 to 1997 he had been married to Victoria Taves Pullen. He had two children from the first marriage, who predeceased him.] (added 20 Jan 2008)
TRAUTTMANSDORFF-WEINSBERG
The engagement was announced between Vicomte Auguste de Castelbajac (son of Vicomte Hubert de Castelbajac and of Madame Christine de Castelbajac née Turnauer) and Stefanie Gräfin von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (daughter of Georg Graf von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg and of his wife, née Denyse Lippitt). (added 20 Jan 2008)
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THE OFFICIAL ROYAL GAZETTE OF EUROPE
Royal News of 2008, Section III ,
Last Update on 19 January 2008 .
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AUERSTAEDT
The engagement was announced between Axel d'Avout d’Auerstaedt (son of Baron Olivier d’Avout d’Auerstaedt and of his wife, née Anne-Marie Cambournac) and Chloé Jobard (daughter of François Jobard and of his wife, née Aysseline du Moulin de Labarthète). (added 13 Jan 2008)
BAGRATION
Prince George Bagration-Moukhransky died at Tbilisi on 16 January.[He was born at Rome on 22 February 1944, son of Prince Irakly Bagration-Moukhransky and of his first wife, née Countess Maria Antonietta Pasquini. He was twice married: firstly to Maria de las Mercedes Zornoza y Ponce de Léon, and secondly to Nuria Llopis Oliart. He is survived by four children.] (added 17 Jan 2008)
BEDFORD
The engagement was announced 17 Jan 2008 between Thomas E.S. Gibbs (son of Mr and Mrs Anthony Gibbs) and Pauline Alexandra Daisy Russell (daughter of Hon David Whitney Erskine Russell [of the lords Ampthill and Dukes of Bedford] and of his first wife, née April Mackenzie Arbon, Lady Thomson). (added 19 Jan 2008)
BUCCLEUCH and QUEENSBERRY
Anthony David Brand, 6th Viscount Hampden, died on 4 January.[He was born on 7 May 1937, son of David Francis Brand, 5th Viscount Hampden (himself the son of Thomas Walter Brand, 3d Viscount Hampden, and of his wife, née Lady Katherine Montagu-Douglas-Scott [of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry]), and of his wife, née Hon.Imogen Alice Rhys. From 1969 to 1988 he was maried to Caroline Fiona Proby. Since 1993 he had been married to Sally Hambro. He is survived by her, and by his three children.] (added 13 Jan 2008)
CARAMAN-CHIMAY
The engagement was announced between Charles-Joseph de Riquet, Prince de Caraman-Chimay (son of Philippe de Riquet, Prince de Chimay, Prince de Caraman, [himself the son of Elie de Riquet, Prince de Chimay, Prince de Caraman (himself the son of Joseph de Riquet, Prince de Chimay, Prince de Caraman, and of his wife, née Gilonne Le Veneur), and of his wife, née Elisabeth Manset (herself the daughter of Octave Manset and of his wife, née Marie Charlotte Guestier)] and of his first wife, née Noëlle Ripert [herself the daughter of Baron Ripert and of his wife, née Monique Loth (herself the daughter of Pierre Loth and of his wife, née Emilie Dunoyer de Segonzac)]) and Comtesse Amicie d’Ursel (daughter of Comte Evrard d’Ursel [himself the son of Comte Gérard d’Ursel (himself the son of Comte Wolfgang-Gabriel d’Ursel and of his wife, née Jacqueline de Néverlée) and of his wife, née Anne-Marie de Pitteurs de Budingen (herself the daughter of Herman de Pitteurs de Budingen and of his wife, née Laure Simonis)] and of his wife, née Caroline de Liedekerke de Pailhe [herself the daughter of Alain de Liedekerke de Pailhe (himself the son of Paul de Liedekerke de Pailhe and of his wife, née Anne d’Oultremont) and of his wife, née Anne de Liedekerke de Pailhe (herself the daughter of Guillaume de Liedekerke de Pailhe and of his wife, née Hélène de Fierlant Dormer)]). They are to be married at Chimay on 12 July 2008. (updated 9 Dec 2007)
KINSKY
Carlos Graf Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (son of Franz Ulrich Fürst Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau and of his first wife, née Roberta Kavanagh) and his wife, née Maria de los Dolores Beccar Varela, are expecting their third child in January 2008. Their second child, Maximilian Benedikt Bonaventura Maria, was born at London on 24 March 2006. (added 13 Oct 2007)
La ROCHEFOUCAULD
Comtesse Jean de La Rochefoucauld, née Marie-Agnes de Moustier, died on 11 January.[She was born at Paris on 27 September 1923, daughter of Comte Pierre de Moustier and of his wife, née Elisabeth de Talhouët-Roy. In 1943 she married Comte Jean de La Rochefoucauld (1921-1989). She is survived by six children and numerous grandchildren.] (added 15 Jan 2008)
LIGNE
The engagement was announced between Guillaume de Gayardon de Fenoyl (son of Baron Olivier de Gayardon de Fenoyl and of his wife, née Véronique de Maistre) and Blanche Leclerc de Hauteclocque (daughter of Comte Henri Leclerc de Hauteclocque [himself the son of Comte Charles Leclerc de Hauteclocque and of his wife, née Géneviève de Chabot-Tramecourt (herself the daughter ov Vicomte Robert de Chabot-Tramecourt and of his wife, née Princess Henriette de Ligne)] and of his wife, née Hélène Rouxelin de Formigny de La Londe). (added 13 Jan 2008)
MERODE
Baron Amaury de Cressac de Soleuvre died on 10 January.
[He was born at La Touche on 5 December 1935, son of Vicomte Gérard de Cressac de Soleuvre and of his wife, née Princess Ghislaine de Merode (herself the daughter of Prince Jean de Merode and of his wife, née Princess Marie Louise de Bauffremont-Courtenay). Since 1957 he had been married to Marie-Joëlle Piers de Raveschoot. He is survived by her and by their children and grandchildren.] (added 13 Jan 2008)
MONCADA
Don Francesco Moncada dei Principi di Paternò (b.1967, son of Don Giovanni Moncada dei principi di Paternò and of Joan Whelan) and his wife, née Marina Caprotti, are expecting their second child for January/February 2008. (added 6 Dec 2007)
PORTLAND
John David James Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair (b.4 Sep 1961, son of John Aymer Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair, and of his wife, née Davina Katharine Bowes Lyon [herself the daughter of Hon. David Bowes-Lyon (himself the son of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and of his wife, née Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck [of the Dukes of Portland]) and of his wife, née Rachel Pauline Clay]) and his wife, née Hon. Emily Mary Julia Stonor (b.1969, daughter of Ralph Thomas Campion George Sherman Stonor, 7th Lord Camoys, and of his wife, née Elizabeth Mary Hyde Parker) had their first child, John James Thomas, Viscount Dalrymple, on 3 January. (added 11 Jan 2008)
RICHMOND, LENNOX & GORDON
The engagement was announced 12 January 2008 between Hugo Charles Gordon-Lennox (son of Andrew Charles Gordon-Lennox [of the Dukes of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon] and of his wife, née Julia Morrison) and Miranda Poppy Leather (daughter of Mr Tony Leather and of Mrs Penelope Leather). (added 17 Jan 2008)
RUTLAND
The engagement was announced between Bruce Roe and Phoebe Constance Adeliza Manners (daughter of Lord Roger Manners [himself the son of John Henry Montagu Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland, and of his wife, née Kathleen Tennant] and of his wife, née Finola St.Lawrence Daubeney). (added 19 Jan 2008)
SOMERSET
The engagement was announced 11 January 2008 between William J. Fraser (son of Mr and Mrs Alan Fraser) and Zoe Virginia Bonham (daughter of Simon Philip Bonham [himself the son of .Sir Antony Lionel Thomas Bonham, 4th Bt. (himself the son of Sir Eric Henry Bonham, 3rd Bt., and of his wife, née Ethel Seymour [of the Marquesses of Hertford and Dukes of Somerset]), and of his wife, née Felicity Pardoe] and of his wife, née Elizabeth Ann Ducas). (added 12 Jan 2008)
URACH
Joseph Graf von Thun und Hohenstein died at Tutzing on 6 January. [He was born at Innsbruck on 25 October 1917, son of Constantin Theodor Franz Graf von Thun und Hohenstein (himself the son of Franz Graf von Thun und Hohenstein and of his wife, née Princess Auguste-Eugenie von Urach) and of his wife, née Therese Freiin von Stotzingen. Since 1943 he had been married to Oda Freiin von Fürstenberg. He is survived by her and by six of their children. One son died in 2007.] (added 11 Jan 2008)
WASSILTCHIKOV
Prince George Wassiltchikov died at Rolle, Switzerland, on 4 January.[He was born at Beaulieu-sur-Mer on 22 November 1919, son of Prince Hilarion Sergeivich Wassiltchikov and of his wife, née Princess Lydia Wiazemsky. In 1964 he married Barbarina de Keller. He is survived by her, their two children, and grandchildren.] (added 15 Jan 2008)
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