Apparently, according to unsubstantiated Swedish news reports, she is now in hospital and labor has began!
We are watching Swedish news online and photos of a royal caravan heading to hospital were already posted!
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Near Birth in House Sweden!
Swedish news organizations are all agog about the imminent birth of Crown Princess Victoria's first child.
Apparently, according to unsubstantiated Swedish news reports, she is now in hospital and labor has began!
We are watching Swedish news online and photos of a royal caravan heading to hospital were already posted!
Apparently, according to unsubstantiated Swedish news reports, she is now in hospital and labor has began!
We are watching Swedish news online and photos of a royal caravan heading to hospital were already posted!
Birth in House France!
HRH The Duchess d'Anjou, Diana (Duchess of Cadaval), gave birth the her first child earlier today.
The happy event took place in Lisbon and both baby and mother seem to be doing quite well!
The proud father, Prince Charles Philippe d'Orléans, Duc d'Anjou, is the eldest of two sons of Prince Michel of France, Count d'Evreux, and of his wife Princess Beatrice (née Pasquier de Franclieu). Anjou's paternal grandparents were the late Count and Countess of Paris, Henri and Isabelle.
Her parents gave the baby, the newest member of the French Royal House, the name Isabelle, to honor her remarkable and well-remembered great-grandmother, who died in 2003.
The happy event took place in Lisbon and both baby and mother seem to be doing quite well!
The proud father, Prince Charles Philippe d'Orléans, Duc d'Anjou, is the eldest of two sons of Prince Michel of France, Count d'Evreux, and of his wife Princess Beatrice (née Pasquier de Franclieu). Anjou's paternal grandparents were the late Count and Countess of Paris, Henri and Isabelle.
Her parents gave the baby, the newest member of the French Royal House, the name Isabelle, to honor her remarkable and well-remembered great-grandmother, who died in 2003.
Swedish Royal Baby...
Crown Princess Victoria, who is due to give birth sooner rather than later, is carrying on her last few engagements before taking time off to await the birth of her first child.
Crown Princess Victoria greeting the Finnish President. Standing behind
Victoria are her husband Prince Daniel and Queen Silvia.
Victoria are her husband Prince Daniel and Queen Silvia.
A Memorable Royal Wedding...in 1828!
Princess Feodora of Leiningen (b. 7 December 1807, d. 23 September 1872) was the only daughter of Fürst Emich Carl of Leiningen (1763–1814) and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (later Saxe-Coburg & Gotha) (1786–1861).
Feodora and her older brother Fürst Carl of Leiningen were maternal half-siblings of Queen Victoria, as well as first cousins of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, Victoria's beloved and talented husband.
On 29 May 1818 her mother remarried to Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III. The following year she, along with the rest of the household, was taken to the United Kingdom as the Duchess' pregnancy came to an end, so that the new potential heir to the British throne could be born on British soil.
By all accounts, Feodora enjoyed a very close relationship with her half-sister, Victoria, who was devoted to her elder sister. Despite this, Feodora was eager to permanently leave their residence at Kensington Palace, as her "only happy time was driving out" with Victoria and her governess Baroness Louise Lehzen because she could "speak and look as she liked."
While living in London, Feodora came to the attention of King George IV, who in 1821 had become a widower. Fearing that Feodora's hand in marriage would be asked by her brother-in-law, the widowed Duchess of Kent became rather frantic. If her daughter were to marry King George, there was a possibility that children would be born out of the ghastly alliance. These children would therefore displace the children the Duke and Duchess of Clarence could have, as well as the only child of the late Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandrina Victoria, Feodora's half-sister. On top of these threats, the Duchess of Kent despised George IV and she was not about to sacrifice her elder daughter to his machinations and desires.
Royal matrons got busy finding Feodora a potential, suitable husband. The best candidate was found by the Duchess of Clarence (Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen), who supported the cause of her first cousin, Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1794-1860), heir to considerable land holdings in Germany. On a visit to her Coburg grandmother, Feodora was introduced to Ernst; a good impression was made on the unsuspecting young princess; planning proceeded in earnest.
On 18 February 1828, she married Ernst at Kensington Palace. Soo after the wedding, Feodora and Ernst returned to Germany and settled at Schloss Langenburg, his family seat. The prince had no actual domain as the principality had been mediatised to Württemberg in 1806. Feodora maintained a lifelong correspondence with her half-sister, and was granted an allowance of £300 whenever she could visit England.
Ernst and Feodora had six children: Fürst Carl (1829-1907), who renounced his rights and married morganatically and was created Fürst of Weickersheim; Elise (1830-1850); Fürst Hermann (1832-1913), who succeeded his brother Carl and is the direct ancestor of the present Head of House, Fürst Philipp; Viktor (1833-1891), who married morganatically and his descendants were created Counts of Gleichen; Adelheid (1835-1900), who married Duke Friedrich of Scheswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1829-1880), by whom she became the mother of Augusta Viktoria, first wife of kaiser Wilhelm II; and Feodora (1839-1872), who married Duke Georg II of Saxe-Meiningen, both being ancestors of the late Archduchess Regina, beloved wife of the late Archduke Otto of Austria.
Feodora's daughter the Duchess of of Saxe-Meiningen died in early 1872 of scarlet fever, and Feodora herself died later that year.
She remained a lifelong confidante of her half sister Queen Victoria, who felt deeply the loss of her adored sister, correspondent and friend.
Between 1881 and 1981 there have been nineteen marriages between descendants of Fürstin Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Queen Victoria. This long list of alliances between their progeny makes the core study of a book I am working on: Victorian Legacy – The Long-Standing Connections between Queen Victoria's Descendants and the Princely House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. In fact, one set of descendants, the children of Fürst Andreas and Fürstin Alexandra of Leiningen are descendants of all three children of the Duchess of Kent: Carl, Feodora and Victoria.
I am including the list of marriages between descendants of Feodora and Victoria:
Descendant of Feodora Descendant of Victoria
Feodora and her older brother Fürst Carl of Leiningen were maternal half-siblings of Queen Victoria, as well as first cousins of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, Victoria's beloved and talented husband.
On 29 May 1818 her mother remarried to Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III. The following year she, along with the rest of the household, was taken to the United Kingdom as the Duchess' pregnancy came to an end, so that the new potential heir to the British throne could be born on British soil.
By all accounts, Feodora enjoyed a very close relationship with her half-sister, Victoria, who was devoted to her elder sister. Despite this, Feodora was eager to permanently leave their residence at Kensington Palace, as her "only happy time was driving out" with Victoria and her governess Baroness Louise Lehzen because she could "speak and look as she liked."
While living in London, Feodora came to the attention of King George IV, who in 1821 had become a widower. Fearing that Feodora's hand in marriage would be asked by her brother-in-law, the widowed Duchess of Kent became rather frantic. If her daughter were to marry King George, there was a possibility that children would be born out of the ghastly alliance. These children would therefore displace the children the Duke and Duchess of Clarence could have, as well as the only child of the late Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandrina Victoria, Feodora's half-sister. On top of these threats, the Duchess of Kent despised George IV and she was not about to sacrifice her elder daughter to his machinations and desires.
Royal matrons got busy finding Feodora a potential, suitable husband. The best candidate was found by the Duchess of Clarence (Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen), who supported the cause of her first cousin, Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1794-1860), heir to considerable land holdings in Germany. On a visit to her Coburg grandmother, Feodora was introduced to Ernst; a good impression was made on the unsuspecting young princess; planning proceeded in earnest.
On 18 February 1828, she married Ernst at Kensington Palace. Soo after the wedding, Feodora and Ernst returned to Germany and settled at Schloss Langenburg, his family seat. The prince had no actual domain as the principality had been mediatised to Württemberg in 1806. Feodora maintained a lifelong correspondence with her half-sister, and was granted an allowance of £300 whenever she could visit England.
Ernst and Feodora had six children: Fürst Carl (1829-1907), who renounced his rights and married morganatically and was created Fürst of Weickersheim; Elise (1830-1850); Fürst Hermann (1832-1913), who succeeded his brother Carl and is the direct ancestor of the present Head of House, Fürst Philipp; Viktor (1833-1891), who married morganatically and his descendants were created Counts of Gleichen; Adelheid (1835-1900), who married Duke Friedrich of Scheswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1829-1880), by whom she became the mother of Augusta Viktoria, first wife of kaiser Wilhelm II; and Feodora (1839-1872), who married Duke Georg II of Saxe-Meiningen, both being ancestors of the late Archduchess Regina, beloved wife of the late Archduke Otto of Austria.
Feodora's daughter the Duchess of of Saxe-Meiningen died in early 1872 of scarlet fever, and Feodora herself died later that year.
She remained a lifelong confidante of her half sister Queen Victoria, who felt deeply the loss of her adored sister, correspondent and friend.
Between 1881 and 1981 there have been nineteen marriages between descendants of Fürstin Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Queen Victoria. This long list of alliances between their progeny makes the core study of a book I am working on: Victorian Legacy – The Long-Standing Connections between Queen Victoria's Descendants and the Princely House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. In fact, one set of descendants, the children of Fürst Andreas and Fürstin Alexandra of Leiningen are descendants of all three children of the Duchess of Kent: Carl, Feodora and Victoria.
I am including the list of marriages between descendants of Feodora and Victoria:
Descendant of Feodora Descendant of Victoria
Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein =1881= Kaiser Wilhelm II
Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg =1896= Alexandra of Edinburgh
Viktoria Adelheid of Schleswig-Holstein =1905= Carl Eduard of Saxe-Coburg
Alexandra Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein =1908= August Wilhelm of Prussia
Adelheid of Saxe-Meiningen =1914= Adalbert of Prussia
Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein =1916= Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Karl of Leiningen =1925= Maria of Russia
Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Langenburg =1931= Margarita of Greece
Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg =1932= Gustaf Adolf of Sweden
Frederika of Hannover =1938= Paul I of Greece
Louis Ferdinand of Prussia =1938= Kira of Russia
Viktoria Luisw of Solms-Baruth =1942= Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg
Georg Wilhelm of Hannover =1946= Sophie of Greece
Sophie of Greece =1962= Juan Carlos I of Spain
Kira Melita of Leiningen =1963= Andrei of Yugoslavia
Constantine II of Greece =1964= Anne-Marie of Denmark
Franz Wilhelm of Prussia =1976= Maria of Russia
Friedrich Ernst of Saxe-Meinnigen =1977= Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg
Andreas of Leiningen =1981= Alexandra of Hannover
Fürstin Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
HM King Harald V of Norway Turns 75!
His Norwegian Majesty was born at the royal estate at Skaugum on 21 February 1937. He has two older sisters. Princess Ragnhild, Mrs Lorentzen (b. 1930) and Princess Astrid, Mrs Ferner (b. 1932).
As Crown Prince of Norway, Harald broke with tradition by marrying his longtime girlfriend, Ms. Sonja Haralden, with whom he has two children: Märtha Louise (b. 1971) and Haakon (b. 1973). Both children are married and with children of their own. Märtha Louise and her unconventional husband, Ari Behn, have three daughters; while Crown Prince Haakon Magnus and his wife, the former Mette-Marit Tjessem Højby, have two children: Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus.
The Kents While in San Francisco
Last Friday evening Dave Higdon and I were invited by THR The Prince and Princess Michael of Kent to the opening of the exhibition "The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde 1860-1900.
We had a lovely time...
Here are some further images from the soiree!
Enjoy!
We had a lovely time...
Here are some further images from the soiree!
Enjoy!
Dutch Prince's avalanche companion to be questioned by police
The Austrian public prosecutor has confirmed they are to question the local hotel owner Florian Moosbrugger who has been a friend to the 43-year-old prince since they were children. Up until now the 42-year-old hotel owner from Lech has been in a state of shock and unable to answer questions from the police.
The two men have known each other since childhood and had skied together countless times. Moosburger was left unscathed after the avalanche, as he was wearing an avalanche airbag which keeps you on the surface of the snow in the case of such an event. The 42-year-old hotel owner called the emergency services and reportedly dug his friend out with his own hands.
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Princess Caroline of Monaco's Son in Trouble in NY
(Although the press keep referring to him as "Prince" – he is nothing of the sort...the Casiraghis are not royalty).
A vicious nightclub brawl resulted in Monaco’s Prince Pierre Casiraghi needing hospital treatment, it has emerged.
The brawl broke out at the trendy Double Seven nightclub in the Meatpacking district of Manhattan on Saturday.
It is believed the fight started following a late-night confrontation between the 24-year-old prince - who is the son of Princess Caroline and grandson of Grace Kelly - and his friends and former Manhattan club owner Adam Hock.
A vicious nightclub brawl resulted in Monaco’s Prince Pierre Casiraghi needing hospital treatment, it has emerged.
The brawl broke out at the trendy Double Seven nightclub in the Meatpacking district of Manhattan on Saturday.
It is believed the fight started following a late-night confrontation between the 24-year-old prince - who is the son of Princess Caroline and grandson of Grace Kelly - and his friends and former Manhattan club owner Adam Hock.
The Prince of Wales as an Early Artist!
Unlike Princess Anne, who liked playing with toys as she posed, the Prince was "fascinated" with the artists and their palettes – and regularly tried to produce his own work.
The insight into the royal siblings' early life has been revealed in the unpublished autobiography of the late portrait painter Margaret Lindsay Williams which has been hidden for more than half a century.
In it the artist, who died in 1960, explains how the Prince and Princess, then four and two, came to her studio a number of times for one of their first ever portraits to be painted.
She explains how they both loved fruit cake and orangeade and how they were "delightful children" who "possessed such strong and individual personalities".
A seasoned professional, she provided dolls and toys for the children to play with but said that the Prince of Wales, who is now a water colour artist, was far more interested in her tubes of paint.
Continue reading...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/9089099/Prince-Charles-loved-to-paint-even-as-a-four-year-old-uncovered-memoir-reveals.html
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