Noble Deaths Announcements 2015


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Charles James Fitzroy, 6th Lord Southampton, died on 10 January.

He was born 12 August, 1928, son of Charles Fitzroy, the 5th Lord Southampton (1904-89), who disclaimed his peerage of life, by his 1st wife the former Margaret Drake (who died in 1931). The Barons Southampton are a cadet of the Dukes of Grafton, descending from King Charles II. He succeeded to his father's peerage in 1989.

Lord Southampton was twice wed; firstly 29 May, 1951, to Pamela Anne Henniker (d Feb 1997), daughter of Edward Percy Henniker; married 2ndly, Oct 1997, Mrs Alma Pasquale Slater (nee Perez).


From his first marriage he had issue ~, two sons Charles & Edward and 2 daughter Isabelle & Geraldine. He was predeceased by his elder son, killed in an accident, in 1975.The only surviving son, who succeeds to the peerage, was born 8 July, 1955.

Sources: Peerage News: The 6th Baron Southampton 1928-2015
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/grafton.html
 
Prince Ludwik Rafał Józef Światopołk-Czetwertyński died in Canada on 25 February.

He was born in Lipiczno (Poland) on 14 September 1935 as second of nine children and oldest son of Prince Stanisław Tomasz Światopołk-Czetwertyński (1910-1997) & his wife Eva, nee Baroness Buxhoeveden (1911-1991).
On 28 December 1962 he married in Stockholm Katarina Klingenstierna (b.1939) by whom he had a son Wladimir Ludwig Stanislau (b.1963) and a daughter Eva Berta Margareta (b.1965) as well as four granddaughters: Marie-Christine (b.1991), Julie (b.1995), Genevieve (b.1998) [daughters of Wladimir & his wife Manon, nee Dore (b.1960) & Marina (1996) [daughter of Eva & her husband Vincenzo Santagatti (b.1965)] his youngest granddaughter Anna (Eva & Vincenzo's daughter) died soon after birth (or was stillborn) in 1999.
He left also seven siblings: Isabella (b.1934), Maria (b.1937), Albert (b.1940), Seweryn (b.1941), Jan (b.1948), Aniela (b.1950) & Dorota (b.1952) as well as numerous nephews and nieces; his other brother Andrzej died in 1976 aged 22.

Sources: Swiatopolk-Czetwertynski
http://www.sejm-wielki.pl/b/cz.I003492
 
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An unimaginable tragedy has touched Baron Thomas de Mevius (b.1978) [son of Countess Marguerite of Limburg-Stirum (b.1935) & late her husband, Baron Eric de Mevius (1925-2007)] & his wife Valentine, nee Jonkvrouw de la Court (b.1978):

Their little son, Baron Charles de Mevius, died accidentally on 17 April, four days after his fourth birthday.

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They have also a daughter Eugenie (b.2009).

Source: http://www.carnetmondain.be/

So sad and tragic! Condolences to his parents, grandparents and big sister...
RIP little angel...
 
An unimaginable tragedy has touched Baron Thomas de Mevius (b.1978) [son of Countess Marguerite of Limburg-Stirum (b.1935) & late her husband, Baron Eric de Mevius (1925-2007)] & his wife Valentine, nee Jonkvrouw de la Court (b.1978):

Their little son, Baron Charles de Mevius, died accidentally on 17 April, four days after his fourth birthday.

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They have also a daughter Eugenie (b.2009).

Source: http://www.carnetmondain.be/

So sad and tragic! Condolences to his parents, grandparents and big sister...
RIP little angel...

What a terrible tragedy. I feel so awful for his parents and sister, he was so very young. :cry: My thoughts and prayers are with his family and those who knew him.
 
Countess Natalia Sobańska, nee Princess Lubomirska died in Cracow on 18 April.

She was born in Kruszyna on 25 August 1923 as second of three daughters of Prince Władysław Lubomirski (1897-1927) & his wife Roża, nee Countess Broel-Plater (1901-1999).
on 24 August 1944 she married in Tyniec (Poland) count Michał Sobański (1919-1984) by whom she had three children: Marek (1945-2014), Henryk (b.1948) & Krystyna (b.1950).
She is survived by her two younger children, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren, as well as her older sister Elżbieta (b.1922), her five children and their families; her younger sister Róża died in 1933 three months after her 7th birthday.

Sources: Natalia ks. Lubomirska z Lubomierza h. Dru¿yna (M.J. Minakowski, Genealogia potomków Sejmu Wielkiego)
Lubomirski
 
The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Leicester passed away on 24 April 2015, aged 78.

Edward Coke was born on 6 May 1936, the son of Anthony Coke (who later in 1976 became the 6th Earl of Leicester) and of his wife, née Moyra Crossley. He succeeded to the Earldom in 1994, when his father died.

He has been married twice; firstly from 1962 until 1985 to Valerie Potter, by whom he had three children (Thomas, now the 8th Earl of Leicester, Susan and Rupert); secondly he married in 1986 to Sarah Forde.

Tributes to Lord Leicester - head of the Holkham estate | Anglia - ITV News
 
Baron Thierry Raoul Alexandre Marie Joseph Ghislain de Crombrugghe de Looringhe died in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre on 25 April, exactly three weeks after his 88th birthday.

He was born in Ghent on 4 Apr 1927 and married in Marcinelle civilly on 23 April and religiously on 24 April 1958 Countess Beatrice of Oultremont (1934-1994) [daughter of Count Herve d'Oultremont (1901-1972) & his wife, Countess Charlotte of Ursel (1903-1973).Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Oultremont
 
The Dowager Marchioness of Reading, née Margot Irene Duke, passed away on 19 April 2015, aged 96.

She was the widow of Michael Rufus Isaacs, 3rd Marquess of Reading, with whom she had three sons (Simon, the current Marquess of Reading; Anthony and Alexander) and one daughter (Jacqueline).

READING - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements
 
Mauricio Lodi-Fe died sometime this year.

He was born in Salonika on 1 June 1918 and married in Glanegg on 2 April 1951 Countess Helene von Meran (b.1927) [youngest of three children of Count Johan von Meran (1896-1970) & his wife Ilona, nee Countess Almasy de Zsadany et Torokszentmiklos (1894-1966)]. They had three sons: Michele (b.1952), Alessandro (b.1953) & Nicola (b.1959) and two daughters: Caterina (b.1956) & Isabella (b.1963) as well as thirteen grandchildren.

Source: Descendants of Archduke Johann of Austria
 
Rosemarie Princess zu Erbach-Schönberg, née Moshage, died on 25 May.

She was born in Schlewecke on 22 September 1927, and married on 9 March 1946 Ludewig Prince and Count zu Erbach-Schönberg (1926-1998). She is survived by a son Dietrich (current Prince and Count zu Erbach-Schönberg (b.1954) and two daughters Uta (b.1955) & Patricia (b.1967) her firstborn son predeceased her in 1998 aged 57.

Source: Royal News of 2015, Section II


Johann Dietrich "Jan Dirk" Auffermann died this year.

He was born in 1944 and in 1981 married Elisabeth Christine von Walthausen (b.1955) [daughter of Marie Christine von Oswald (b.1921) & her husband Kurt Wilhelm von Walthausen (1915-2011). They had six children: Johanna, Johann-Christoph, Helene, Paulina, Clarissa & Julius as well as at least one grandchild Louise (Johanna's daughter).

Source: Descendants of Wilhelm von Oswald and Emmy Spaeter
 
Don Barnabò Visconti di Modrone, Duke of Grazzano Visconti, Count of Lonate Pozzolo, passed away on 12 June 2015, aged 85.

He was born on 11 march 1930, the eldest son of Don Luigi Visconti di Modrone (who in 1942 succeeded as Duke of Grazzano Visconti) and of his first wife, née Countess Maddalena Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga.
He marrie three times: firstly to Luciana (of the Marquesses) Avati; secondly to Marta Nistri Ranelletti; thirdly to Francesca Scarsini. He had a daughter and a son, Violante and Gian Galeazzo, by his first wife and two daughters, Ilaria and Valentina, by his second wife.
He is survived by his four children, their spouses and ten grandchildren.

BARNABÒ VISCONTI DI MODRONE - Scheda Defunto - Necrologi Corriere della Sera
 
The Lady Sarah Clutton, née Fitzalan-Howard, died on 14 June 2015 aged 73.

Lady Sarah Margaret Fitzalan-Howard was born on 28 September 1941, the third of the four daughters of the 16th Duke and Duchess of Norfolk.
She was married since 1988 to Nigel Clutton; she didn't have issue.

She was the heiress presumptive to the title of Lady Herries of Terregles, whose currently holder is Lady Mary Mumford, older sister of the deceased; the new heiress is their younger sister Jane, Marchioness of Lothian.

COUNTY NEWS: Charitable Lady Sarah Clutton ‘dies peacefully’ - Belfast Newsletter
 
Count Gobert-Léopold d'Aspremont Lynden and of the Holy Roman Empire passed away on 16 June 2015 in Saint-Raphaël, France, aged 83.

He was born in Etterbeek (Belgium) on 5 August 1931, son of Count Gobert d'Aspremont Lynden and of his wife, née Baroness Marie Blanche d'Overshie de Neeryssche.
He was married since 9 August 1956 to Countess Marie de Limburg Stirum (herself the eldest daughter of Count Charles de Limburg Stirum and of his wife, née Princess Marie Kunigonde Lobkowicz). They became parents of seven children: Jean Charles, Elisabeth (Baroness Arnoud Papeians de Morchoven), Philippe, Geoffroy, Sophie (Mrs. Didier t'Serstevens), Clothilde (Mrs. Philippe Haegelsteen), and Christophe.
He is survived by his wife, their children and children-in-law, eleven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

http://www.algr.be/documents/necros/gobert-leopolddaspremontlyndencomtedusaintempire.pdf

One of his sisters, Isabelle, was the mother of Fürst Franz Josef von Auersperg-Trautson, the husband of Archduchess Maria Constanza of Austria.
 
His Grace the 3rd Duke of Fife died today (22 June 2015) at his home at Kinnaird Castle, Scotland. He was 85.

Born as the Honourable James Carnegie on 23 September 1929, he was the only child of the 11th Earl of Southesk and of his wife, HH Princess Maud of Fife (herself the youngest daughter of the first Duke of Fife and of his wife, Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, eldest daughter of King Edward VII of the UK).
He succeeded to his aunt Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, as the 3rd Duke in 1959; later in 1992 he also succeeded to his father as the 12th Earl of Southesk.
He has been married from 1956 to 1966 to the Hon. Caroline Dewar, daughter of the 3rd Baron Forteviot (and later remarried to Sir Richard Worsley). They became parents of two children.
He is survived by his daughter, Lady Alexandra Etherington, and by his son David, Earl of Southesk, who will succeed him as 4th Duke of Fife.

Royal Musings: Duke of Fife dead at 85
Fife
 
Prince Maximilian Heinrich Karl Maria von Croy died in Rakovnik on 17 June.


He was born in Slabetz on 9 September 1932 as oldest of five children of Prince Alexis von Croy (1910-2002) & his first wife, Countess Elisabeth of Beaufort-Spontin (1911-1995). He married in Altotting on 29 November 1958 Asja Lukić (1932-2014) but they divorced in 1973.
He is survived by his two children: Alexis (b.1959) & Anna Maria (1965) their families, as well as three younger siblings and their families (his youngest brother Johannes lived only two days).


Sources: https://sites.google.com/site/myroyalworld/2015-genealogical-information
Croy
 
His Grace the 3rd Duke of Fife died today (22 June 2015) at his home at Kinnaird Castle, Scotland. He was 85.

Born as the Honourable James Carnegie on 23 September 1929, he was the only child of the 11th Earl of Southesk and of his wife, HH Princess Maud of Fife (herself the youngest daughter of the first Duke of Fife and of his wife, Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, eldest daughter of King Edward VII of the UK).
He succeeded to his aunt Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, as the 3rd Duke in 1959; later in 1992 he also succeeded to his father as the 12th Earl of Southesk.
He has been married from 1956 to 1966 to the Hon. Caroline Dewar, daughter of the 3rd Baron Forteviot (and later remarried to Sir Richard Worsley). They became parents of two children.
He is survived by his daughter, Lady Alexandra Etherington, and by his son David, Earl of Southesk, who will succeed him as 4th Duke of Fife.

Royal Musings: Duke of Fife dead at 85
Fife

Another one. That's the third British Duke in less than a year.
 
Countess Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, Duchess d'Estissac, née Antoinette de Moustier, passed away on 29 June 2015, aged 91.

She was born on 27 September 1923 in Paris, daughter of Count Pierre de Moustier and of his wife, née Élisabeth de Talhouët-Roy.
She married in 12/14 October 1943 to Count Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld (1917-2008), eldest son and heir of the Duke d'Estissac. On the same days her twin sister Marie-Agnès married to Count Jean de La Rochefoucauld, brother of Alexandre.
The Duke and Duchess d'Estissac became parents of six children: Jeanne (Princess Bernard de Polignac), Nathalie (Countess Pierre de Bernis Calvière), Pierre-Louis (current Duke d'Estissac), Claude (Mrs. Antoine de Burin de Roziers), Emmanuel and Philibert.
She is survived by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Avis de décès de Antoinette de MOUSTIER paru le 30/06/2015 dans L'Est Républicain - Libra Memoria
La Rochefoucauld
 
The Lady Aline Caroline Cholmondeley passed away on 30 June 2015, aged 98.

She was born on 5 October 1916, the eldest child and only daughter of the 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley and of his wife, née Sybil Sassoon.
Lady Aline never married and didn't leave issue. She was the sister of the 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley and aunt of the current Marquess.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/peerage-news/cZsz2FIQ7iQ
 
Marchese Luigi Coda Nunziante di San Ferdinando died on July 7, aged 84. He was born in Naples, on September 20 1930, the fifth child and fourth son of Marchesa Francesca Nunziante di San Ferdinando (1892-1968) and Marchese Mario Coda (1885-1950).

Marchese Lugi is survived by his wife, Marchesa Gabriella, née Contessa Spalletti Trivelli (b. 1933), their five children and nine grandchildren.

http://www.atfp.it/novita/1092-in-memoriam-luigi-coda-nunziante.htmlhis
 
Princess Irina Bagration-Mukhransky, née Countess Irina Sergeievna Tchernysheva-Besobrasova, passed away in New York on 9 July 2015, aged 88.

She was born in Neuilly (France) on 26 September 1926, daughter of Count Sergei Tschernyschev-Bezobrazov and of his wife, née Countess Elizabeta Cheremeteva. Irina was the older sister of Countess Xenia Tchernysheva-Besobrasova (1929-1968), who was the first wife of Archduke Rudolph of Austria. Through her mother, she was also a first cousin of Prince Nicholas Romanovich and Prince Dimitri Romanovich of Russia, as well as the niece of Count Nikolai Cheremetev, husband of Princess Irina Yusupova (the daughter of Prince Felix Yusupov and of Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia).
She was married from 1949 until his death to Prince Theymuraz Bagration-Mukhranski (1912-1992), the son of Prince Konstantin Alexandrovich Bagration-Mukhranski and of his wife, née Princess Tatiana Konstantinovna of Russia. They didn't have children.
Her husband has worked for many decades for the Tolstoy Foundation in New York, eventually becoming its President in 1986.

ROYAL RUSSIA: News, Videos & Photographs About the Romanov Dynasty, Monarchy and Imperial Russia - Updated Daily
 
Count Claude Emanuel "Manu" of Oultremont died in Wluwe Saint Lambert on 7 July.

He was born in Marcinelle on 9 May 1931 as the third of six children of Count Herve of Oultremont (1901-1972) & his wife, Countess Charlotte of Ursel (1903-1971).
He married civilly in Anthee on 2 September & religiously on 10 September in Serville Countess Edith Christyn de Ribaucourt (b.1939) by whom he had four daughters: Elisabeth (b.1961), Veronique (b.1965), Astrid (b.1968) & Muriel (b.1971).
He is survied by his wife, daughters their families as well as five of his siblings.

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Oultremont
 
Countess Anna Alexandra of Solms-Wildenfels died in Augsburg on 7 July 2015.

She was born in Wildenfels on 1 January 1926 as the oldest of five children of Friedrich Magnus 5th Count of Solms-Wildenfels (1886-1945) * his wife, Princess Marie Antoinette von Schwarzburg (1898-1984).
She is survived by three of her siblings and their families; she didn't set her own one.

Sources: Solms
https://sites.google.com/site/myroyalworld/2015-genealogical-information

Cecilie Falck, nee Countess von Collato and San Salvatore died this year.

She was born in 1941 as the youngest of three children of Princess Marie of Windisch Graetz (1907-1990) & her husband Ottaviano, Prince von Collato and San Salvatore (1806-1973).
She married in 1969 Alberto Falck (1938-2003) by whom she had three children: Elisabetta (b.1972), Enrico (b.1975) & Alessandro (b.1976).

Source: http://heinbruins.nl/Baden.html
 
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Rosemary Alice Collins, nee Montagu-Douglas-Scott died 10 July, 2015.

She was born Rosemary Alice in Eildon Hall on 3 Aug 1940, twin with her sister Frances (later Baroness Cranworth), third daughter of Lord William Walter Montagu Douglas Scott MC (1896-1958) &his wife Lady Rachel Douglas-Home (1910-1996) daugter of the 13th Earl of Home and sister of the Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home

She was also a granddaughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch, and niece of Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott (1901-2004), who, in 1935, married King George V's third son, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-74).

Rosemary Montagu Douglas Scott married in London on 22 February 1978 Samuel Alexander Mark Collins (b.1935) son of publisher Sir William Collins, by whom she had two sons: Sampson William Francis (b 1982), and Benjamin Mark Timothy (b 1984).

Source: Peerage News: Rosemary Alice Collins 1940-2015
 
The Dowager Duchess of Newcastle, née Sally Ann Wemyss Anstice, passed away on 9 July 2015, aged 87.

She was the third wife and widow of Henry Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 9th Duke of Newcastle (1907-1988), whom she married on 23 October 1959. They didn't have issue together.

NEWCASTLE - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements
 
Prince Bernard de Polignac died on 24 July 2015, aged 70.

He was born on 6 September 1944, the second son of Prince Hubert de Polignac and of his wife, née Radégonde Moulart de Vilmarest.
He was married since 30 June 1967 to Jeanne de La Rochefoucauld, the eldest daughter of the late Duke and (the recently deceased) Duchess d'Estissac and sister of the current Duke. They were parents of two sons, Prince Guillaume and Prince François de Polignac.
He is survived by his wife, their children, their daughter-in-law (née Constance Mysyrowicz, wife of François) and four grandchildren.

Avis de décès - Prince Bernard DE POLIGNAC - Avis obsèques - La Jumellière (49) - Dans nos coeurs
Polignac
 
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Elisabeth Alyette Gabrielle Ghislaine de Potter d'Indoye, nee Princess de Merode, died in Melle on 28 July.

She was born in Everberg on 9 April 1934 as the youngest of three children of Prince Amaury de Merode (1902-1980) & his wife Marie-Claire, nee Princess of Croy (1907-2000). She married in Vatican on 7 July 1955 Henri de Potter d'Indoye (1903-1994).

Source: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
 
Countess Maria Christina Johanna Theresia von Meran has died sometime this year.

She was the second of six children of Count Philipp von Meran (1894-1950) and his wife Countess Marie-Anna von und zu Eltz gennant Faust von Stromberg (1900-1994). In 1954 she married Friedrich Rothenbühler (1914-1984), with whom she had one child, Friedrich Stephan, in 1958. She is survived by her son and his three children Yannick (b. 1994), Natacha (b. 1997), and Danielle (b. 2001).

Source: Descendants of Archduke Johann of Austria
 
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