Royal Deaths Announcements 2012

[MAfan]

Countess Elisabeth of Stolberg-Stolberg died on 29 May, eight days after her 93rd birthday.

She was born as the oldest of seven children of Archduchess Hedwig of Austria (1896-1970; granddaughter of Emperor Franz Josef I and Empress Sissi by their youngest daughter, Valerie) and her husband, Count Bernhard of Stolberg-Stolberg (1881-1952).
Athough she was the oldest one,all her youngest siblings are already dead, except the youngest one, Magdalena (b.1930). She leaves also 15 nieces and 16 nephews with their families. She lost one niece, one nephew and one great-niece.
She didn't set her own family.

Sources: Stolberg
Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

It appears that there was a mistake about the date of death of Sister Marie-Boniface aka Countess Marie Elisabeth; she didn't die on 29 May - as it was firstly reported - but on 9 June 2012 in Vanves (France).

Bénédictines de Sainte Bathilde
http://japp.tt.com/anzeigen/media/2012/2012-06-19/pdf/1093730R.pdf

 

[Biri]

Heinrich IV Fürst Reuss died on 20 June.

[He was born at Ernstbrunn on 26 October 1919, son of Prince Heinrich XXXIX Reuss and of his wife, Antonia Gräfin zu Castell-Castell. Since 1954 he had been married to Princess Marie Luise zu Salm-Horstmar. He is survived by her and their four children and their families.]

Source: Paul Theroff Royal Genealogical Site: Royal News 2012 Section I

 

[Artemisia]

Prince Mohammed Bin Saud, the son of the late King Saud of Saudi Arabia, has died today (July 8).

Prince Mohammed Bin Saud, Influential Saudi Prince, Dead
Muhammed bin Saud

 

[Biri]

Countess Carolin Leonore of Stolberg Wernigerode died on 2 January, exactly a week before her husband's 57th birthday.

She was born in Frankfurt on 29 September 1962 as the oldest of three children of Count Elger of Stolberg Wernigerode (b.1935) & his wife Maria Karin, nee Freiin von During (b.1934).
She married in Hamburg civilly on 17 June and religiously a day later Magdy Missiha (b. in Cairo on 9 January; an Egyptian Christian?)
Apart from her parents and spouse she is survived by her sister Nicola (b.1965), brother Alexander, Prince of Stolberg-Rossla (b.1967) and his family - wife Caroline, nee Jansen (b.1968) and children: Juliana (b.2002), Auguste (b.2004), Emilia (2006) and Ludwig (b.2008).

Source: Stolberg
Netty's Royalty Page Genealogical News 2012

 

[Biri]

A copy from Netty's Royalty Page Royal News July:

Maria Emanuel Margrave von Meissen, head of the Royal House of Saxony, died on 23 July at his house in La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland. He was born in Prufening on 31 January 1926 as the eldest child of Crown Prince Friedrich Christian of Saxony (1893-1968) and his wife Princess Elisabeth Helene von Thurn und Taxis (1903-1976). He married civilly in La Tour de Peilz on 22 June 1962, and religiously in Vevey on 31 January 1963 Princess Anastasia von Anhalt (b.1940). The couple didn't have children. Prince Alexander (Alexander de Afif, "Prince von Sachsen-Gesaphe", b.1954), the eldest son of the margrave's sister Princess Maria Anna (who died on 13 March this year) will be the new head of the family.

The remaining siblings are: Maria Josepha (b.1928), Albert (b.1934) and Mathilde (b.1936).


Marquis Takamasa Ikeda died on 21 July.
He was born on 21 October 1927. Eleven days before his 25th birthday he married Princess Yori (Yori no-myia Atsuko Shinno, b.1931) a sister of Akihito, present Emperor of Japan. They didn't have children.

Sources: www.nettyroyal.nl Genealogical News 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atsuko_Ikeda

 

[MAfan]

Countess Carolin Leonore of Stolberg Wernigerode died on 2 January, exactly a week before her husband's 57th birthday.

She was born in Frankfurt on 29 September 1962 as the oldest of three children of Count Elger of Stolberg Wernigerode (b.1935) & his wife Maria Karin, nee Freiin von During (b.1934).
She married in Hamburg civilly on 17 June and religiously a day later Magdy Missiha (b. in Cairo on 9 January; an Egyptian Christian?)
Apart from her parents and spouse she is survived by her sister Nicola (b.1965), brother Alexander, Prince of Stolberg-Rossla (b.1967) and his family - wife Caroline, nee Jansen (b.1968) and children: Juliana (b.2002), Auguste (b.2004), Emilia (2006) and Ludwig (b.2008).

Source: Stolberg
Netty's Royalty Page Genealogical News 2012

The death notice of Countess Carolin published by the family on the Lauterbacher Anzeiger doesn't mention her husband. This makes me think that they were no longer married at the time of her death.

Lauterbacher Anzeiger - „Herr, du bist unsre Zuflucht für und für.“ Psalm 90, 1 Es hat Gott dem...
http://www.lauterbacher-anzeiger.de/fm/957/35323208_1.pdf

 

[Biri]

So she also bereaved two children: Carolin Clara and Leonardo.
And her sister Nicola is married to Dr.Rudolph Trabold and they have a son Leopold.

She married her husband in 1994; I forgot to mention the year.
Poor her children!

 

[Biri]

Princess Valli of Russia nee Knust died in the Old Vicarage, Leigh, Dorset, on 10 July.

She was born in London on 4 April 1930.
She married there on 8 June 1961, as his third wife, Prince Vsevelod of Russia (1914-1973) [son of Prince Ivan of Russia (1886-exuted in Alapaevsk on the night 17/18 July 1918) & his wife, Princess Helene of Serbia (1884-1962)] soon after he divorced his previous wife, Emilia de Gosztonyi (1914-1993; married 1956); his first wife was Lady Mary Lygon (1910-1982, marriage from 1939 to 1956).

Sources: Russia
Descendants of Duke Friedrich of Saxe-Altenburg

 

[MAfan]

After her morganatic marriage to Prince Vsevelod Ivanovich, she was granted by Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich the title of Princess Romanovsky-Knust with the predicate of Serene Highness.

GENEALOGY OF THE IMPERIAL HOUSE OF RUSSIA

 

[Biri]

Lalla Amina of Morocco passed away on 16 August.

She was born in on 14 April 1954 in Antsirabe, (Madagascar)as youngest child of King Mohammed V (1909-1961) and only by his third wife, Lalla Bahia (died in 2008)
She married in Dar al-Makhzin, Rabat, on 30 March 1973 Sharif Moulay Idriss al-Ouazzani (1942-1999) by whom she had her only daughter, Lalla Sumaya al-Ouazzani, who married Karim Tazi.
Apart from her daughter with her family, also two of her half-sisters survive her: Lalla Fatima az-Zahra (b.1929) and Lalla Malika (b.1933).

Sources: http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/201...amina-aunt-of-king-mohammed-vi-passes-away-3/
MOROCCO12

 

[izabela84]

sad news for Norwegian Royal Family: Princess Ragnhild of Norway has died
She died at her home in Rio de Janeiro on 16 September 2012.

official announcement:
kongehuset.no - Prinsesse Ragnhild er død

 

[Biri]

sad news for Norwegian Royal Family: Princess Ragnhild of Norway has died
She died at her home in Rio de Janeiro on 16 September 2012.

official announcement:
kongehuset.no - Prinsesse Ragnhild er død

She left her husband, Erling Lorentzen (b.1923) three children: Haakon (b.1954), Ingeborg (b.1957) and Ragnhild Alexandra (b.1968) as well as six grandchildren; she is also survived by her two siblings: King Harald V (b.1937) and Astrid (b.1932)

 

[DWC]

Death of Prince Albert of Saxony, brother of the late Margrave of Meissen

HRH Prince Albert of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen, died on Saturday night in a Munich hospital.

Albert Prinz von Sachsen: Enkel des letzten Sachsen-Königs gestorben - Leipzig - Bild.de

translation:
Dresden - Albert Prince of Saxony Duke of Saxony is dead

The grandson of the last king of Saxony Friedrich August III (1865-1932) died on Saturday night at the age of 77 years in a Munich hospital. The news was announced by the royal family on Sunday.

The prince leaves his wife Elmira Princess of Saxony, Duchess of Saxe.
Prince Albert was born in 1934 in the Bavarian town of Bamberg. He studied history, economics, and folklore and last lived in Dresden and Munich.

He remained close to his native Saxony all his life, as shown by the many publications of his relating to the Free State.
A date for the funeral has not yet been announced.

ETA.. Prince Albert and his wife had no children.

 

[Ceallach]

Cambodia's former King Norodom Sihanouk dies at 89


Cambodia's former King Norodom Sihanouk dies at 89 - World - CBC News

 

[Biri]

Sophie de Figueroa, née Princess zur Lippe, died in October.
According to the notices in El Mercurio, a newspaper in Santiago, Chile, on 28 Oct 2012, the funeral was to be held at Neidling, Schloß Goldegg, Austria, on 31 October. She was born at Alt-Wartenburg on 29 June 1922, daughter of Alfred Rudolf Maria Egmont Pr zur Lippe (1881-1960) and his wife, Anna Gfn von Goëß (1895-1972). In 1950 she married Sergio de Figueroa Tagle and is survived by him and their family.

Source: Paul Theroff Files - Royal News Section I

 

[Biri]

Princess Maria-Christina of Altenburg died in Żywiec (Poland) on2 October.

She was born there on 8 December 1923 as second of four children and older daughter of Archduke Karl-Albrecht of Austria (1888-1951) & his wife Alice Anacrona, created Princess of Altenburg (1889-1985).
She leaves her brother Karl (b.1921), sister Renata (b.1931), brother-in-law Eduardo de Zulueta y Dato (b.1923) and nephews and nieces: Christina (b.1955, only daughter of Karl), Carlos (b.1958), Ernesto (b.1961) and Isabella (b.1965; children of Renata) as well as four grandnephews and three grandnieces (grandchildren of Renata); her other brother Karl-Albrecht predeceased her in 1928, aged 2. Her sister-in-law, Marie-Luise af Petersen predeceased her in 1998, aged 88. In 1957 she lost her two nephews: one-year old Karl-Albrecht (son of Karl) in 1957 and 17-year old Jaime (son of Renata) in 1988.
She was unmarried and childless.

Sources: Theroff Files - an Online Gotha - Austria
Hein Bruins Page - Descendants of the Duke of Teschen

 

[Biri]

Princess Susanne of Salm-Horstmar, Wild- u.Rheingräfin, previously Oetker, née Jantsch, died at Angermund on 24 November.

She was born in 1922, and married in 1952 Prince Karl of Salm-Horstmar, Wild- u.Rheingraf (1911-1991). She is survived by children from her first marriage; her only child with Prince Karl, princess Alexandra of Salm-Horstmar, predeceased her in 2008, aged 55, bereaving two children: Johanna (b.1980) & Richard (b.1982) from her marriage with Baron Richard von Hermann (b.1947).

Sources: Descendants of Count Karl of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Royal News of 2012, Section II

 

[Biri]

Princess Marie Claire of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, nee Buet de Villars died on 9 December 2012.

She was born in Aubenas, Rhone-Alpes, France, on 2 August 1916.
She married civilly in Lindau on 19 January 1959 and religiously in Birnau next day Prince Friedrich of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1910-1985); they had a daughter Helena (b.1960).
She is survived by her daughter, her son-in-law and three grandchildren: Sofia (b.1988), Anna (b.1989) and Felix (b.2001)

Sources: Hohenlohe
Descendants of Duke Carlo III of Parma