Noble Deaths Announcements 2012


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John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl, died on 15 May 2012 in South Africa, aged 83.

The Duke was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 19 January 1929 as the only child of Major George Murray (a descendant of the 3rd Duke of Atholl) and his wife Joan, née Eastwood.
He was married since 15 December 1956 to Margaret Yvonne Leach, with whom he had three children: Lady Jennifer, Bruce, Marquess of Tullibardine and now the 12th Duke of Atholl, and Lord Craig.
He succeeded on 27 February 1996 to his distant cousin George Murray as the 11th Duke of Atholl, hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Murray, and Colonel-in-Chief of the Atholl Highlanders.

He is survived by his wife, their three children and many grandchildren.

The Courier - John Murray, the 11th Duke of Atholl, dies in South Africa
John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl, dies in South African hospital | Scotland | News | STV
 
Countess Leopold de Lannoy, née HSH Princess Florence de Croÿ-Solre, passed away at Bruxelled on 14 May 2012, aged 84.

She was born at St.Benin d'Azy on 14 December 1927, daughter of Prince Leopold de Croÿ-Solre and of his wife, née Jacqueline de Lespinay.
She married in 1955 to Count Leopold de Lannoy (1926-2011), and they had five daughters together; the eldest died soon after the birth in 1956.
She is survived by her daughters Hermine, Claire, Rose and Jacqueline (Princess Antoine Lamoral de Ligne) and by their families.

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Count Claude de Marchant ed d'Ansembourg died on 21 May 2012 at Uccle, aged 80.


He was born at Assenois on 2 November 1931. He was married since 1959 to Countess Alix de Limburg-Stirum, with whom he had four sons and two daughters.
He is survived by his wife, their children and their families.

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Descendants of Thodore Mosselman du Chenoy
Limburg Stirum
 
Donna Cinzia dei principi Aldobrandini died in Rome on 10 May.

[She was born in 1968, daughter of Don Camillo, Principe Aldobrandini, Principe di Meldola, Duca di Carpineto, etc. (b. 1945) and of Donna Stefanina Gallarati Scotti dei principi di Molfetta (b.1946) and married in 1990 Giordano Conte Emo Capodilista (b. 1963). The marriage was annulled by the Holy See in 1995.They had no children.]

Still young a woman...so sad.
Don Gerardo Capece Minutolo dei duchi di S. Valentino, 4° Marchese di Bugnano, died in Naples on 22 May.

[He was born in 1923, son of Don Ferdinando Capece Minutolo dei duchi di S. Valentino, 3° Marchese di Bugnano (1885-1940) and of Donna Maria Agnese Colonna dei principi di Summonte. He was unmarried.]

Don Ferdinando Del Drago Marescotti, Principe di Parrano, Marchese di Riofreddo, died in Rome on 27 April.

[He was born in 1927, son of Don Mario dei principi del Drago (1899-1981) and of Donna Giacinta dei conti Martini Marescotti, Principessa di Parrano (1900-1973) and married in 1954 Rosanna Valdoni, from whom he was divorced in 1975. He married secondly in 1976 Mimosa Parodi Delfino (d. 2009) and is survived by one son and one daughter.]

Donna Beatrice dei marchesi Sacchetti died in Rome on 21 May.

[She was born in 1920, daughter of Marchese Don Giovanni Battista Sacchetti, 8° Marchese di Castelromano, Patrizio Romano coscritto, Marchese di Baldacchino (1893-1974) and of Donna Matilde dei duchi Lante Montefeltro della Rovere (1891-1954) and married in 1946 Marchese Antonio Malvezzi Campeggi (1905-1985). She is survived by three sons and two daughters.]

Donna Costanza Pignatelli dei duchi di Montecalvo died in Naples on 9 May.

[She was born in 1918, daughter of Don Paolo Pignatelli dei duchi di Montecalvo (1869-1932) and of Donna Anna dei principi Rocco di Torrepadula. She married in 1948 the late Dr. jur. Luigi Cantatore and is survived by an only son.]

Source: Royal News of 2012, Section III
 
Mrs. Raymond Guest, née Princess Caroline Murat, died in May.

[She was born in Paris on 10 December 1923, daughter of Prince Alexandre Murat, and married in 1960 Raymond Richard Guest (1907-1991), with whom she had two children who survive her.]

Source: Royal News of 2012, Section III
 
Great sadness has fallen on Count Sebastian of Platen Hallermund (b.27 March 1976) [son of Erik, Count of Platen-Hallermund (b.1939) & his wife Henriette, nee Geilhorn (b.1939)] & his wife Inken, nee Johanssen (b.13 June 1975):

Their second daughter, Elisabeth Anne Anke Barbara Henriette, left this beautiful world on 15 May, only 13 days after welcoming it.

Sources: Netty's Royalty Page Genealogical News 2012
Platen Hallermund

They have a daughter, Clara (31-1-2011)

What a tragedy! :cry::cry::cry:

RIP, little angel.:angel:
 
Countess Guillebert de Lannoy, née Countess Anne de Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde, passed away on 18 June 2012, aged 74.

She was born at Eyzer on 26 May 1938 and on 14 May 1959 she married to Count Guillebert de Lannoy. They became parents of three children: Eléonore, wife of Hugues (of the Barons) van de Werve de Schilde; Amélie, Countess Jean de Renesse; and Paul.
Her husband predeceased her in 2008.
She is survived by her children and their families.

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Alexander "Alistair" Vane-Tempest-Stewart, the 9th Marquess of Londonderry, died today 20 June 2012, aged 74.

He was born on 7 September 1937, the only son (after two daughters) of the then Viscount and Viscountess Castlereagh; his father succeeded in 1949 as the 8th Marquess of Londonderry.
In 1955, Alexander, nicknamed Alistair, became the 9th Marquess, at the death of his father.
He married firstly in 1958 to Nicolette Harrison (1941-1993); they had together two daughters, Lady Sophia and Lady Cosima. Nicolette gave birth also to a son, Tristan, but it was later discovered that he wasn't fathered by the Marquess and instead was the son of singer Georgie Fame. In 1971 Alistair and Nicolette divorced.
The following year he married secondly to dancer Doreen Wells, and they became parents of two sons, Frederick (who succeeds his father as 10th Marquess of Londonderry) and Lord Reginald. Also this marriage ended in divorce in 1989.
He is survived by his four children, their families and his two sisters (Jane, Baroness Rayne, and Lady Annabel Goldsmith).

The Marquess of Londonderry - Telegraph
 
Robin Grinnell-Milne de la Lanne-Mirrlees died this year.

He was born in 1925; he had a romance with Duchess Margarete-Louise of Wurtemberg (b.25 November 1928) [second of five children and first daughter of Duke Albrecht Eugen of Wurtemberg (1895-1954) & his wife, Princess Nadejda of Bulgaria (1899-1958)] and became a father of her only child, a son named Patrick Francis (b.1962). I don't know anything about his later life.
Margarete-Louise married in 1970 Viscount Francois Luce-Bailly de Chevigny (b.15 June 1928) but she didn't have more children.

Patrick Francis Grinnell-Milne de la Lanne-Mirrlees married Irene Auer (b.1962) in 1988; they have three children: Marie Charlotte (b.1989), Berenice (b.1990) and Cyran (b.1997).

Sources: Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French (second part)
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Here is an obituary from the Telegraph about him:
Count Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees - Telegraph

The obituary mentions that in 1975 he was recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms as feudal Baron of Inchdrewer (which I think is his only official and undisputed title).
 
Count Urbano dei conti Ratazzi died this year.

He was born in 1918. In 1945 he married Susana Agnelli (1922-2009)[second daughter and third child of Edoardo Agnelli (1892-1935) {himself first son and second child of Giovanni Agnelli (1866-1945) & his wife, Clara Boselli (1869-1946)} & his wife, Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte dei principi di San Faustino (1899-1945)], but unfortunatelly their marriage ended in divorce. He had by her four daughters: Ilaria (b.1946), Samaritana (b.1947), Delfina (b.1951) and Priscilla (b.1956) and two sons: Cristiano (b.1948) and Lupo (b.1953).
He is survived by all of them, as well as fourteen grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Source: Descendants of Giovanni Agnelli and Clara Boselli
 
Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, passed away on 30 June 2012 at Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia. He was 69 year old.

He was born on 22 July 1942, the son of Captain Walter Strickland Lord and his wife Barbara Abney-Hastings, the 13th Countess of Loudoun.
He was married since 1969 to Noeline Margaret McCormick, by whom he had two sons and two daughters.
In 2002, at the death of his mother, he succeeded her as 14th Earl of Loudoun.
In 2004 Channel 4 documentary "Britain’s Real Monarch" arose the claim that King Edward IV of England was conceived illegitimately and therefore he and his descendants weren't the rightful English sovereigns; instead, the Earl of Lousoun - as the direct descendant of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence - should be the rightful King. This claim, however, is disputed among historians, and neither the 14th Earl of Loudoun took it seriously.


He is survived by his wife and their children; his eldest son, Simon Michael Abney-Hastings (Lord Mauchline), succeeds him as 15th Earl of Loudoun.

Rightful king dies - Local News - News - General - The Daily Advertiser
Peerage News: 14th Earl of Loudoun (1942-2012)
 
Rosamond, Countess of Cardigan, née Winkley, passed away on 4 July 2012 aged 63. She has been suffering of pancreatic cancer for 6 months.

She was born in 1948, and married in 1980 to David Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Cardigan (son and heir of the 8th Marquess of Ailesbur). They became parents of two children; their marriage ended in divorce in 2009.
She is survived by her two children, Thomas (Viscount Savernake) and Lady Catherine (best known as Bo Bruce).

Peerage News: Rosamond Countess of Cardigan dies aged 63
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/9802578.Countess_of_Cardigan_dies__aged_63/
 
Birgitta Fouché, Comtesse d’Otrante, née Tham, died at Stockholm on 5 July.

She was born on 11 December 1915, and married in 1944 Louis Douglas Fouché, Comte d’Otrante (1917-2010). She is survived by their two daughters Madeleine (b.1946) and Marie (b.1948), sons-in-law Hans Dyhlen (b.1945, Madeleine's husband) and Phillip, Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (b.1934, Marie's husband), six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Sources: Royal News of 2012, Section III
http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/Ludwig1.html
 
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Ysabel, Marchioness de Ravenel, née Princess de Faucigny-Lucinge, died on 24 April 2012 in Paris, aged 86.

She was the eldest daughter of Prince Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge and of his first wife, née Baroness Liliane d'Erlanger.
She married in 1947 to Michel Ratisbonne, Marquis de Ravenel, with whom she had two children. Her husband predeceased her in 1998.
She is survived by her daughter Ariel Marie, her son Jean Charles, Marquis de Ravenel, her daughter-in-law Jacqueline and two grandchildren.

Faucigny-Lucinge
Descendants of Baron Raphael von Erlanger
 
Gianni Andriani, husband of Donna Flaminia Borghese dei principi di Nettuno, died in Rome on 4 July.
He was born in 1929 and married Donna Flaminia in 1958. He is survived by her,two sons and one daughter.

Donna Teresa Carignani dei duchi di Novoli, neé dei conti Galanti, died in Naples on 20 June.
She was born in 1922, daughter of Count Giuseppe Maria Galanti (1882-1965) and of Donna Anna Imperiali d'Afflitto dei principi di Francavilla (1901-1939) and married in 1947 Don Carlo Carignani dei duchi di Novoli (1891-1996). She is survived by two sons and three daughters.

Caterina Nasalli Rocca dei conti di Corneliano died in Rome on 18 May.
She was born in 1951, daughter of ConteCarlo Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano and of Donna Flavia Domitilla dei principi Chigi Albani della Rovere and married in 1974 Nobile francesco Tuccimei. She is survived by him, one son and one daughter.

Source for all: Royal News of 2012, Section III
 
Count Pier Francesco Calvi, 7th Count of Bergolo, died in Rome on 18 June.

He was born in 1933 as a youngest of five children of Princess Yolanda of Savoy (1901-1986) [herself daughter of Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1869-1947) & his wife Elena, nee Princess of Montenegro(1873-1952)] & her husband Giorgio Carlo Calvi di Bergolo, 6th Count of Bergolo (1887-1977). He married in 1958 the actress Marisa Allasio (b.1936) from whom he was later divorced. He is survived by his son Carlo Giorgio (b.1959), his daughter Anda (b.1962), his son-in-law, Nobile Alvise Cigogna (b.1958) and his grandson Giovanni (b.2000)

Sources: Royal News of 2012, Section I
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Helena Furstin Kinsky died at Buenos Aires on 17 July.

She was born Countess Hutten-Czapska in Warsaw in 1941, and in 1977 became the second wife of Fst Franz Ulrich Kinsky.

Source for all: Royal News of 2012, Section III
 
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Jumara Zeloni, née Princess Donna Jumara Boncompagni-Ludovisi, died on 20 July 2012, aged 93.

She was born in Florence on 25 May 1919, the fifth child and third daughter of Prince Don Paolo Boncompagni-Ludovisi and of his wife, née Donna Stefania Bourbon del Monte of the Marquesses del Monte Santa Maria.
She married in Florence on 22 February 1940 to Franco Zeloni, by whom she had three children. Her husband died in 1985.
She is survived by her children Luigi, Giovanna and Paolo, her children-in-law Mario (husband of Giovanna) and Alba (wife of Paolo), her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Necrologie
Boncompagni-Ludovisi
 
Viscount Raymond de Chabot-Tramecourt, chevalier de la Toison d'Or, died at Brailly on 5 August.
He was born at Tramecourt on 28 March 1924. He married firstly in 1947 Princesse Marie de Merode (1924-1994), and secondly Isabelle de Belloy de Saint-Liénard.

Source: Royal News of 2012, Section III
 
Prince Stanislaw Radziwill died at Warsaw on 12 August.
He was born on 17 December 1930 in Sichów, Poland as fourth of five children and only son of Prince Krzysztof Radziwiłł (1898-1986) & his wife Zofia, nee Chościak-Popiel (1900-1991). On 24 April 1955 he married in Warsaw Helena Jerome, [b. in Brzesc, Belarus, will turn 86 in 19 days, daughter of Jerzy Jerome & his wife Alina, nee Bocheńska].They had two sons: Jerzy Mikołaj Marcin (b.1956) & Krzysztof Mikołaj (b.1958) and three grandchildren: Joanna (b.1983), Anna (b.1988) & Michał Mikołaj (b.1990), children of Jerzy & his wife Teresa, nee Kozakiewicz.


Sources: Stanis
Radziwill
 
On 24 April 1955 he married in Warsaw Helena Jerome, [b. in Brzesc, Belarus, will turn 86 in 19 days, daughter of Jerzy Jerome & his wife Alina, nee Bocheńska].
His wife, Helena, nee Jerome, followed him on 17 August.

Source: Royal News of 2012, Section III

Jose Luis Hernandez y Eraso died this year.
He was born in 1951. In 1994 he married Alicia Moreno y de Borbon (b.1964) [daughter of Princess Teresa of Bourbon (b.1937) & her husband Inigo Moreno y de Arteaga, Marquess of Laserna (b.1934)].
Apart from his wife, he bereft two children, twins Inigo and Alejandra (b.2000).

Source: http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/AlfXII.html
 
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Jose Luis Hernandez y Eraso died this year.
He was born in 1951. In 1994 he married Alicia Moreno y de Borbon (b.1964) [daughter of Princess Teresa of Bourbon (b.1937) & her husband Inigo Moreno y de Arteaga, Marquess of Laserna (b.1934)].
Apart from his wife, he bereft two children, twins Inigo and Alejandra (b.2000).

Source: Descendants of King Alfonso XII of Spain

He died on 16 July 2012.
GeneAll.net - Jos Luis Hernandez y Eraso

However, several sources say that he was born on 1949, and not in 1951.
 
Baroness Cecile d'Anethan, nee Jonkvrouw de Potesta de Waleffe died this year.
She was born in 1934. In 1956 she married Baron Michel d'Anethan (1923-2002) [younger of two sons of Baron Felix d'Anethan (1895-1979) & his wife Henriette, nee Baroness de Woelmont (1897-1968)] They had a daughter Benedicte (b.1958) and a son Roland (b.1965).
Apart from them she is survived by her granddaughter Aurelie (b.1981) and three grandsons: Bertrand (b.1984), Guillaume (b.1985) and Tanguy (b.1989) [children of Benedicte and her husband, Jonkheer Jean-Louis de Gerlache de Gomery (b.1949)]

Source: Descendants of Thodore Mosselman du Chenoy
 
Count Didier d'Ursel passed away at Moisnil on 5 September 2012, aged 81.

He was born on 4 April 1931, the eldest son of Count Antoine d'Ursel and of his second wife, née Marguerite de La Barre d'Erquelinnes.
He was married since 1958 to Geneviève Jacottet, by whom he had two sons and three daughters.
He is survived by his wife, their children and their families, his siblings and half-sisters.

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Ursel
 
Nicole, Duchess of Bedford, née Schneider, passed away in Monte Carlo on 7 September 2012, aged 92.

She was born at Paris on 29 June 1920. Aged 18, she married to painter Henri Millinaire, by whom she had four children: Didier, Catherine, Gilles and Agnes.
Her first marriage wasn't a happy one. In 1960, she married secondly (as his third wife) to John Russel, 13th Duke of Bedford; they didn't have children together. Their marriage lasted until the Duke died in 2002.

She is survived by her two sons and one daughter (a daughter having predeceased her in 1998).

Nicole, Duchess of Bedford - Telegraph
Nicole Milinaire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
Count Guy d'Ursel died at Woluwe-Saint-Lambert on 18 September 2012, aged 83.

He was born on 1 October 1928, the eldest son of Count Bernard d'Ursel and of his wife, née Princess Thérèse de Ligne.
He was married since 1953 to Jeannine de la Croix d'Ogimont, by whom he had a son Bernard and a daughter Eliane.

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Ursel
 
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