Noble Engagements Announcements 2013


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Welcome to the thread for Noble engagements announcements in 2013. The 2012 version of this thread can be found HERE.

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January:

15 January: Count Maximilian von Habsburg got engaged to Arabella Stafford Northcote.

18 January: Hashem Arouzi got engaged to Lady Sophia Hamilton (of the Dukes of Abercorn).

24 January: Louis Waymouth got engaged to Lady Eloise Anson (of the Earls of Lichfield).


February:


Alban Miller Mackay got engaged to Marguerite de Nicolay.

The Hon. Alexander Fellowes got engaged to Alexandra Finlay.

Count Alexis de Maigret got engaged to Allegra Arigoni.
 
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March:

05 March: Count Marc-Meriadec Ruffo de Bonneval de la Fare, of the Counts of Sinopoli de Calabria) and Countess Savina von Looz und Corswarem.


June:


11 June: Baron Guerric de Crombrugghe de Looringhe and Princess Isaline von Lobkowicz.

25 June: Count Amaury d'Ursel and Adélaïde van de Werve de Schilde.
 
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July:

23 July: Count Alexandre de Lalaing and Countess Sophie von und zu Trauttmannsdorff-Weinsberg; their marriage is scheduled to take place on 5 October 2013.


August:


06 August: Count Pierre-Alexandre de Lannoy and Lauranne de Montjoye.

09 August: Charles Edward Maybanks and the Hon. Sophia Mary Jacqueline Sidney (of the Viscounts De L'Isle).

22 August: Count Guillaume d'Ursel and Sybille Cardon de Lichtbuer.


September:


10 September: Benjamin Bertrand and Countess Catherine d'Oultremont.

10 September: Count Tadeusz Humbert Plater-Zyberk and Anne-Laurence Cock.

Count Georg von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee and Baroness Anna Gyllenkrok.
 
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October:

02 October: The Hon. Charles Douglas Douglas-Hamilton (of the Dukes of Hamilton and Earls of Selkirk) and Katherine Elizabeth Fry.


November:


26 November: Count Maximilien d'Harcourt and Countess Philippine d'Ursel.

30 November: Pierre-Luc Wolff and Roxane de La Rochefoucauld.


December:


12 December: Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry), and Elizabeth Cobbe.

23 December: Baron Axel de Sambucy de Sorgue and Charlotte Paul-Reynaud.

James Blunt and Sofia Wellesley (of the Dukes of Wellington).
 
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Antonio Carnevale and Countess Maria Eugenia Forni.

The Hon. Nicholas Knatchbull and Rahel Tedros.

Don Flavio of the Princes Borghese and Isabella Olimpia Capuano.

Prince Alessandrojacopo Boncompagni-Ludovisi and Maria Carolina of the Counts Zucchini Metelli.

Prince Scipione Borghese, Prince Borghese, and Donna Barbara Massimo of the Princes of Arsoli.

Torsten Karth and Countess Mabel von Colloredo-Mannsfeld.

Carles Andreu Alacreu and Countess Sophie von Schönburg-Glauchau.

Gustaf Heurlin and Baroness Adrienne de Geer af Finspang.

Count Joachim Douglas and Estelle Tham.

Count Roderik zu Castell-Rüdenhausen and Liesbeth Lotgering.

Christian Munte and Baroness Theresa von Loe.

Anders Ekesioo and Countess Wilhelmine Douglas.
 
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Count Maximilian von Habsburg (b.7 July 1974) [son of Archduke Geza of Austria (b.1940) by his first wife, Monica Decker (b.1939)] got engaged to Arabella Stafford Northcote (b.1975) this year.

Maximilian is the youngest of three sons of his parents and last one who marries; Franz (b.1967) has already two children and Ferdinand (b.1969) four; brothers also have half-sister Isabella (b.1996) by his father's second marriage to Elisabeth Jane Kunstadter (b.1966).

Source: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
 
Lady Sophia Hamilton (b.8 June 1973) [second of three children and only daughter of Alexandra Anastasia Phillips (b.1946) & her husband, Sir James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn (b.1934)] got engaged to Hashem Arouzi.

She was previously married (from 2002 to 2006) to Anthony Lloyd (b.12 September 1966).

Sources: Descendants of Duke Wilhelm of Nassau
Abercorn
 
The engagement was announced 24 January between Lady Eloise Anne Elizabeth Anson (born 1981) [the youngest of three children of the late Thomas Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939-2005) of Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire & his former wife, Lady Leonora Mary Grosvenor (b.1945) daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster.] & Louis Alexander Philip Waymouth (b 1978) [son of Mr Nigel Waymouth & his late wife, Lady Victoria Mary Verenia Braganza Yorke (1947-2004)]

Louis Waymouth is a grandson maternally of Philip Grantham Yorke, 9th Earl of Hardwicke (1906-74). Paternal grandmother of the bride-to-be was Anne-Ferelith Bowes-Lyon (1917-1980, maternal first cousin of QEII).

Sources: Peerage News
Descendants of Sir Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
 
Franz Dichgans (b.1982) [son of Countess Eleonore of Waldburg of Zeil and Trauchburg (b.1957) & her husband Joseph Dichgans (b.1952)] got engaged to Maria Cristina Matarazzo this year.

Franz is second of six children and second one who marries; his older sister Maria Anna (b.1981) married Jan Schluter in 2007.

Source: Descendants of Duke Friedrich of Saxe-Altenburg
 
The engagement was announced between Erik Karl Johan Kramming (b.1982) and Catarina Cantacuzino, née Anna Catarina Helena Julie Cantacuzino Hermanson (b.1985) [daughter of late Princess Linda Cantacuzino (1954-2001) & her husband Jan Hermanson]

Source: Royal News of 2013, Section III

Marguerite de Nicolay (b.1984) [daughter of Count Jean Louis de Nicolay (b.1949) {himself son of Princess Maria Pia of Brazil (1913-2000) & her husband, Count Rene de Nicolay (1910-1954)} & his wife Barbara, nee Countess d'Ursel de Boussies (b.1958)] got engaged to Alban Miller Mackay (b.1979).

Marguerite is the second child who marries; her sister Adelaide (b.1982) married Count Charles-Antoine de Liedekerke (b.1981). Their parents have also two sons: Antoine (b.1988) and Arnoud (b.1991).

Source: http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/LFII.html
 
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Alexander Fellowes, son of lady Jane Spencer (sister of Diana), got engaged to Alexandra Finlay (Peerage News).
 
Count Alexis de Maigret (b.1976) [only child of Count Armand-Ghislain de Maigret (b.1946) {himself son of Corisande de Grammont (1920-1980) & her former husband, Count Jean-Louis de Maigret (1916-2006)} & his wife Therese, nee de Clermont-Tonnerre (b.1946)] got engaged to Allegra Arigoni this year.

Sources: Gramont
Descendants of Amschel Moses Rothschild and Schoenche Lechnich

Count Maximilian von Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems (b.14 November 1976) [youngest of seven children of Count Franz Josef von Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems (b.1927) & his wife Priscilla, nee Countess von Schonburg-Wiesentheid (b.1934)] will marry Countess Clementine von Altmann (b.1980) on 27 April.

Princess Ludmila Lobkowicz (b.4 November 1986) [oldest of four children of Prince Ladislav Lobkowicz (b.1957) & his wife Anne, nee Countess de Briey (b.1964)] and her fiance, Mathieu de Schietere de Lophem will marry on 25 May.

Source for both: www.nettyroyal.nl Upcoming Events.
 
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15 January: Count Maximilian von Habsburg got engaged to Arabella Stafford Northcote.

They will marry on 17 August.

More wedding dates:
Princess Alexandra Galitzine (b.7 August 1986) [daughter of Prince Peter Galitzine (b.1955) and his wife Maria-Anna, nee Archduchess of Austria (b.1954)] and Thibault Lancksweert (b.1983) will marry on 1 September:

ALEXANDRA GALITZINE and THIBAULT LANCKSWEERT - WeddingChannel Profile

Count Damian Andreas von Schonborn (b.14 July 1987) [only child of Count Alexander von Schonborn (b.1938) & his current wife Mary, nee Grote (b.1955)] will marry Julie Hoye at the James J. Hill Reference Library, Saint-Paul, Minnesota, USA, on 2 August.

Prince Hadrien du Croy du Roeulx (b.9 September 1983) [second of three children and only son of Prince Olivier du Croy du Roeulx (b.1948) & his wife Isabelle, nee Bochholtz (b.1954)] will marry Jacquelina-Ariadne Desmarais on 7 September.
Hadrien is the second child who marries; his older sister Marguerite (b.1982) married Charles Arthur de Clermont-Tonnerre (b.1983) in 2009.
He has another sister Alexandra (b.1988)

Source for all: Netty's Royalty Page Upcoming Events
 
Countess Savina de Looz Corswarem (b.1991) [older daughter of Philippe de Looz Corswarem (b.1962) & his wife Daphne, nee Binon de Peyronnet] got engaged to Count Marc-Meriadec Ruffo de Bonneval de la Fare [of Counts de Sinopoli de Calabria] [son of Count Marc-Emmanuel Ruffo de Bonneval de la Fare & his wife].

Source: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Looz u.Corswarem
 
Don Flavio dei Principi Borghese, who will turn 42 in five days [the only child of Don Marcantonio dei Principi Borghese (1928-2011) & his wife Brenda Maud, née Brown (b.1939)] will marry Isabella Olimpia Capuano on 18 May at the Borghese Chapel, Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.

Source: Royal News of 2013, Section III
 
Marguerite de Nicolay (b.1984) [daughter of Count Jean Louis de Nicolay (b.1949) {himself son of Princess Maria Pia of Brazil (1913-2000) & her husband, Count Rene de Nicolay (1910-1954)} & his wife Barbara, nee Countess d'Ursel de Boussies (b.1958)] got engaged to Alban Miller Mackay (b.1979).

Marguerite is the second child who marries; her sister Adelaide (b.1982) married Count Charles-Antoine de Liedekerke (b.1981). Their parents have also two sons: Antoine (b.1988) and Arnoud (b.1991).

Source: http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/LFII.html
Their engagement was announced on The Telegraph in February 2013.
 
Princess Ludmila Lobkowicz (b.4 November 1986) [oldest of four children of Prince Ladislav Lobkowicz (b.1957) & his wife Anne, nee Countess de Briey (b.1964)] and her fiance, Mathieu de Schietere de Lophem will marry on 25 May.

Source for both: www.nettyroyal.nl Upcoming Events.
Their engagement was announced on 22 May 2012 on Le Carnet Mondain.
 
The engagement was announced between Princess Isaline Lobkowicz (b.26 August 1988) [second of four children of Prince Ladislav Lobkowicz (b.1957) & his wife Anne, nee Countess de Briey (b.1964)] & Baron Guerric de Crombrugghe de Looringhe [son of Baron Eric de Crombrugghe de Looringhe & his wife Katheline, nee Countess van Rijckevorsel] on 11 June.


Her older sister, Princess Ludmila Lobkowicz, has just got married.

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/news/2013_2.htm

Update: Lady Melissa Percy (daughter of Duke & Duchess of Northumberland) & Thomas van Straubenzee are going to marry on 22 June.

Honourable Nicholas Knatchbull (son of Norton Knatchbull, Baron Romsey & his wife, Penelope Eastwood) & his fiancee Rahel Tedros are going to marry in August.

Source for both: Google Vertalen

Prince Alessandrojacopo Boncompagni Ludovisi (b.30 April 1972) [only child of late Prince Paolo Boncompagni Ludovisi (1947-2007) & his late wife, Donna Angela Maria Altemps (1942-1993)] got engaged to Maria Carolina [dei Conti] Zucchini Metelli.

Prince Scipione Borghese, Prince Borghese (b.19 November 1970) [son of Camillo Borghese, Prince Borghese (1927-2011) & his wife Rossana, nee Nucci (1933-1981)] is engaged to Donna Barbara Massimo dei Principi di Arsoli [daughter of late Don Filippo Massimo, Duke of Arsoli & his former wife, Maria Capparella]

His paternal first cousin, Prince Flavio Borghese, got married a month ago.

Countess Mabel von Colloredo-Mannsfeld (b.8 October 1978) [daughter of Count Franz von Colloredo-Mannsfeld (b.1938) & his wife Maria Alexandra, nee Princess von Thurn und Taxis (b.1939) is engaged to Torsten Karth.

Mabel is the youngest of four children and last one who marries.

Source for all: as above.

Sébastien de Limon Triest [son of Donna Martina Colonna dei pincipi di Paliano (b.1953) & her husband, Bernard de Limon Triest (b.1943)] will marry Anne-Hélia Roure (daughter of Mr and Mrs Jean-Luc Roure) in a religious ceremony at Siena on 21 September.

Source: http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/news/2013_3.htm

Giving that the religious ceremony is mentioned, I suppose their civil wedding has already taken place.

The bridegroom has two sisters Georgina and Eleonora:

http://gw.geneanet.org/gounou?lang=fr;pz=auguste;nz=dumont;ocz=0;p=sebastien;n=de+limon+triest
 
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The engagement was announced between Count Amaury d'Ursel (b.24 April 1982) [second of four children and younger son of Count Antoine d'Ursel (b.1953) & his wife Anne-Victoire, nee Viscountess de La Tour Demeyne du Jonca (b.1958)] & Adelaide van de Werve de Schilde [daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Roland van de Werve de Schilde] on 25 June.

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/ursel.htmlAmaury's older brother Thibault (b.1980) got married nine months ago.
 
Countess Sophie von Schonburg-Glauchau (b.17 May 1979) [daughter of Count Rudolf von Schonburg-Glauchau (b.1932) & his wife Marie Louise, nee Princess of Prussia (b.1945)] is going to marry Carles Andreu Alacreu in Ronda, Spain, probably in September.

Source: Royal Pregnancies, Births and Weddings | NettyRoyal
 
The engagement was announced between Countess Sophie of Trauttmannsdorff-Weinsberg (b.7 April 1973) [younger of two daughters of Count Peter of Trauttmannsdorff-Weinsberg (b.1938) & his wife Jutta, nee Khaelss von Kaelsberg (b.1939] and Count Alexandre de Lalaing on 23 July.

Sophie's only sister, Blanka (b.1967) married Jose Ferrer Feliu (b.1965) in 1994.

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Trauttmansdorff
 
The engagement was announced between Countess Sophie of Trauttmannsdorff-Weinsberg (b.7 April 1973) [younger of two daughters of Count Peter of Trauttmannsdorff-Weinsberg (b.1938) & his wife Jutta, nee Khaelss von Kaelsberg (b.1939] and Count Alexandre de Lalaing on 23 July.

Sophie's only sister, Blanka (b.1967) married Jose Ferrer Feliu (b.1965) in 1994.

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Trauttmansdorff

I'd heard somewhere that one of the two sisters had once dated Prince Phillipe of Belgium. Is this true?
 
Maria-Christina Fiamma (b.1987) [second of three children and younger daughter of Princess Donna Fabrizia Pignatelli Aragona Cortes (b.1956) & her husband Stephen Fiamma (b.1953)] is engaged to Winston Smith. they are going to marry next year.

Source: Descendants of Count Felice Rignon
 
The engagement was announced between Count Pierre-Alexandre de Lannoy (b.1983) [son of Count Tierry-Maurice de Lannoy (b.1949) & his wife Gentiane, nee de Piers Raveschoot (b.1954)] & Lauranne de Montjoye [daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Michel de Montjoye] on 6 August.

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