Archduchess Catharina of Austria and Count Massimiliano Secco d'Aragona 1999

[Warren]

Originally Posted by Danielle

Thank you, Warren. And another question; since it's an heirloom, do you know any other royal brides that have worn it? It looks very familiar.

I don't know how I have become an expert on "Veils of the House of Habsburg", but following some extensive research (ie homework) here are some observations...

The veil worn by Archduchess Catherina appears to be the same as that worn by:
~ Archduchess Margherita (daughter of Archduke Joseph Arpad of the Palatine of Hungary Branch) when she married Count Benedikt Piatti in 1998;
~ Archduchess Walburga (daughter of the Archduke Otto, Head of the Imperial House) when she married Count Archibald Douglas of Sweden in 1992.

The veil worn by Baroness Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza at her 1993 wedding to the Archduke Karl, heir of the Habsburgs, was 200-years old but not the same.

There appears to be a variety of Habsburg heirloom veils as other Archduchesses have had different veils to that worn by Archduchess Catharina at their weddings. Apart from Francesca, the brides of Archdukes have tended to wear veils from their own families.

No more questions please Danielle.

:)
W
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[Danielle]

Originally Posted by Warren

I don't know how I have become an expert on "Veils of the House of Habsburg", but following some extensive research (ie homework) here are some observations...

The veil worn by Archduchess Catherina appears to be the same as that worn by:
~ Archduchess Margherita (daughter of Archduke Joseph Arpad of the Palatine of Hungary Branch) when she married Count Benedikt Piatti in 1998;
~ Archduchess Walburga (daughter of the Archduke Otto, Head of the Imperial House) when she married Count Archibald Douglas of Sweden in 1992.

The veil worn by Baroness Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza at her 1993 wedding to the Archduke Karl, heir of the Habsburgs, was 200-years old but not the same.

There appears to be a variety of Habsburg heirloom veils as other Archduchesses have had different veils to that worn by Archduchess Catharina at their weddings. Apart from Francesca, the brides of Archdukes have tended to wear veils from their own families.

No more questions please Danielle.

:)
W
.

Thank you once again for the information, Warren. You didn't have to answer and there will be no more questions.

[Warren]

Originally Posted by Danielle

Thank you once again for the information, Warren. You didn't have to answer and there will be no more questions.

Of course I have to answer! You asked, and I have a good filing system.
There's no point if all of this arcane information sits in a file unused, is there?

:) :)
W

[mtbcm]

Bride arriving with her father



Groom with his mother



Mother of the bride ariving with the father of the groom



Bride



Cerimony



Sanctuary



Rings



Bride and groom leaving the church



With ice-creams (looks like its traditions to offer when they leave the church)

[mtbcm]

Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz of Belgium



Princess Astrid of Luxembourg with Princess Maria Cristina




Queen Fabiola with Prince Felipe of Spain and Felipe of Belgium



Grand Dukes of Luxembourg



Prince Henri and Princess Maria-Teresa of Luxembourg



Prince Nicolas of Lichtenstein with Princess Margareth of Luxembourg



Princess Maria of Lichtenstein



Princess Victoria de Borbón-Dos-Sicilias

[mtbcm]

Prince Henri of Luxembourg with Prince Felipe of Spain


Adelaide (thank you Cath.) of Orléans with Princes Felipe of Belgium and Spain




During dinner, The Bride and the groom with Prince Felipe of Spain





Bride with Queen Fabiola of Belgium

[mtbcm]

Bride and Groom at the Party that took place after dinner





Dancing Flamenco





A lovely picture of the couple


(All these pictures were scaned from Hola magazine and Thanks to ImageShack for Free Image Hosting)

[Elsa M.]

A gorgeous gown indeed!
I absolutely loved the fur details on the sleeves, as well as the lace veil. Just don't think that the strapless dress down the coat was very appropriate...

Originally Posted by Cathérine Bergeyck

prince Guillaume of Luxemburg (with princess Victoria of Bourbon two Sicilies ??)
see photo

That lady is not Victoria de Borbón Dos Sicilias. On that wedding, she was dressed in orange.


A miscellaneous from Corbis, SeegerPress. Credit of the last one to NettyRoyal:

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Originally Posted by mtbcm

Alexandra of Orléans with Princes Felipe of Belgium and Spain.

It's princess Adélaïde d'Orléans.
Thank you for all the wonderfull photos!
The blue gown Catharina wore on her wedding ball was from Belgian designer Gerald Watelet.

[Reina]

What a beautiful dress. It was very well coordinated. I also love it strapless-uniform and beautiful!

[Elsa M.]

Originally Posted by Josefine

who is the bride

Here’s the information provided in
Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (ed.), Burke's Royal Families of the World, Vol. I, London, Europe & Latin America, 1977, p. 32:

Catharina-Maria Johanna Zita Sophie Caspara, Erzherzögin von Österreich, is the daughter of Archduke Rudolf Syringus Erzherzog von Österreich and his second wife, Anna Gabriele, Prinzessin von Wrede. She was born a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, on September 14th 1972, in Weissenburg (Bayern, Germany).


A larger version of the Hola's photo already posted by mtbcm:


Photo hosting: ImageShack
http://img271.imageshack.us/img271/4...tharina8ia.jpg

[Marengo]

She is such a pretty, sympathic woman, a pity that todays crownprinces let her of the hook so easily

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

I agree! I'm glad she's a close friend of Philippe & Mathilde of Belgium. She would've been a great princess for any country - and so pretty!

[Scott]

Can anyone answer this question for me please?

Is this the same Catherine who was the little flower girls at the wedding of Princess Alexandra of Kent and Angus Olylvy? She was a real scene stealer at the wedding.


Scott

[Lady Marmalade]

She is a lovely looking woman. What a beautiful wedding and I loved her hair and the tiara style together.

[Warren]

Originally Posted by Scott

Is this the same Catherine who was the little flower girls at the wedding of Princess Alexandra of Kent and Angus Olylvy? She was a real scene stealer at the wedding. Scott

Archduchess Catherina was born in 1972; Alex and Angus were married in 1963.

[Elsa M.]

Originally Posted by Marengo

She is such a pretty, sympathic woman, a pity that todays crownprinces let her of the hook so easily

The Spanish press tried to match her with Prince Felipe, when she was studying in Madrid... Many people (including me, at the time) were willing to see that happen, but they were not soul mates, after all.

Anyway, both are very happy with their respective partners and that is what counts.:)

[Marengo]

I was actually having that rumour in mind, Elsa. In fact, I was looking forward to it as well (though Maria-Carolina of Parma and Tatiana of Liechtenstein were higher on my list )

[lula]

Many princesses passed for Spain and belonged related to the Prince. The whole world wanted to marry him. The own Catharina was laughing recently at the topic, and was commenting that there was a moment in which the princesses were sharing flat and were joking with the matter.
The press that one bores very much and they have to invent news.:p :p

[Scott]

Originally Posted by Warren

Archduchess Catherina was born in 1972; Alex and Angus were married in 1963.

Thank you Warren.

I don't suppose by any chance you would know which little Archduchess was the flower girl.? She was a real cutie and I remember thinking at the time it seemed such a BIG title for such a LITTLE girl :)

Regards

Scott