Royal Deaths Announcements 2015


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How sad for the family to have 2 deaths so close to each other!
 
maria-olivia said:
I hope this time Prince Ernst August will attend her Funerals. She was his Father's second wife.
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Apparently he didn't. Other members of the House of Hannover attended (his sons Ernst August and Christian, his brother Heinrich with his wife, his sister Alexandra with her husband the Prince of Leiningen and children), and even his former wife Chantal Hochuli, but not him.
 
Ernst August announced his Stepmother's dead and will not attend !
 
HI&RH Archduchess Dorothea of Austria, Dowager Grand Duchess of Tuscany, née Princess of Bavaria, passed away on 5 July 2015, aged 95.

She was born at Schloss Leutstetten (Bavaria) on 25 May 1920, the youngest daughter of Prince Franz of Bavaria (himself a son of King Ludwig III of Bavaria) and of his wife, née Princess Isabella von Croÿ.
She married in 1938 to Archduke Gottfried of Austria, Prince of Hungary, who in 1948 became the titular Grand Duke of Tuscany, succeeding his own father.
They were parents of three daughters (Elisabeth, Alice and Maria Antoinette) and one son, Leopold Franz, who in 1984 succeeded as titular Grand Duke of Tuscany and who is the father of the current titular Grand Duke, Archduke Sigismund.

Royal Musings: Archduchess Dorothea of Austria (1920-2015)
 
Saudi Prince and former Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal bin Abdul Aziz died on Thursday in the United States after long illness.

Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud was born in 1940 as the son of the late King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia. He graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics.
Before his retirement earlier this year, Prince Saud was Saudi Arabia’s and the world’s longest serving Foreign Minister. He headed Saudi diplomacy for forty years under the reign of four Kings of the Al-Saud dynasty.
Since last April and until his death the Prince served as Advisor to and Personal Envoy of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Supervisor of Foreign Affairs.
The Saudi Royal Court mourned Prince Saud Al Faisal and announced that his funeral prayers will be performed at the Grand Mosque in Mecca this Saturday.

Source: Prince Saud Al Faisal Passes Away | The Royal Forums
 
Archduchess Jerrine of Austria, nee Soper died on 14 July.

She was born in Boston on 19 June 1931 as a daughter of Charles Soper & his wife Agnes, nee McNeil.
She married in Milton, Massachussetts, USA on 26 August 1954 Archduke Stefan of Austria (1932-1998) [son of Archduke Anton of Austria (1901-1987) & his wife Ileana, nee Princess of Romania (1909-1991) by whom she had five children: Christopher (b.1957), Ileana (b.1958), Peter (b.1959), Constanza (b.1960) & Anton (b.1964).
She is survived by her children, ten grandchildren (including three adopted ones, by Peter) and four great-grandsons.

Sources: https://sites.google.com/site/myroyalworld/2015-genealogical-information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke_Stefan_of_Austria
 
His Serene Highness Fürst Philipp Reinhard zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich passed awat in Lich on 28 July 2015, aged 80.

He was born in Lich on 27 November 1934, the eldest son and child of Hereditary Prince Hermann zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich and of his wife, née Baroness Gertrud von Werthern.
His father died when he was just 6; he therefore became the heir of his grandfather, Fürst Reinhard, and eventually succeeded him in his titles in 1951.
He was married since 1970 to Countess Marie Fouché d'Otrante, by whom he had une daughter and three sons.
He is survived by his wife, their children Caroline, Carl Christian, Louis and Sebastian with their families, as well as by his siblings Wilhelm, Eleonore and Hermann with their families.

Anzeige von Philipp Reinhard Fürst zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich | mittelhessen-gedenkt.de
Solms
 
Donata, Duchess of Oldenburg, née Countess zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, widowed Princess of Prussia, died at Traunstein on 5 September.

She was born at Rüdenhausen on 20 June 1950 as third of eight children and only daughter of Siegfried Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (1916-2007) & his wife Irene, née Countess zu Solms-Laubach (1925-2006). She married firstly, in Rudenhausen on 24 May 1975, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1944-1977), by whom she had two children, of whom the son, Prince Georg Friedrich (b.1976), is the current head of the Prussian Royal House. She married secondly, in Rudenhausen on 9 February 1991 Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg (b.1936) who was previously (from 1965 to 1989) married to Princess Marie-Cecile of Prussia (b.1942) by whom he has three children: Paul (b.1969), Rixa (b.1970) & Bibiane (b.1974).

She is survived by her second husband, son, mentally disabled daughter Cornelie-Cecile (b.1978), daughter-in-law, three grandchildren, three stepchildren and their families, six living brothers and many nephews and nieces..

Source: Royal News of 2015, Section I
 
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Donata, Duchess of Oldenburg, née Countess zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, widowed Princess of Prussia, died at Traunstein on 5 September.

She was born at Rüdenhausen on 20 June 1950 as third of eight children and only daughter of Siegfried Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (1916-2007) & his wife Irene, née Countess zu Solms-Laubach (1925-2006). She married firstly, in Rudenhausen on 24 May 1975, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1944-1977), by whom she had two children, of whom the son, Prince Georg Friedrich (b.1976), is the current head of the Prussian Royal House. She married secondly, in Rudenhausen on 9 February 1991 Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg (b.1936) who was previously (from 1965 to 1989) married to Princess Marie-Cecile of Prussia (b.1942) by whom he has three children: Paul (b.1969), Rixa (b.1970) & Bibiane (b.1974).

She is survived by her second husband, son, mentally disabled daughter Cornelie-Cecile (b.1978), daughter-in-law, three grandchildren, three stepchildren and their families, six living brothers and many nephews and nieces..

Source: Royal News of 2015, Section I
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Good grief how sad!!So young,it is too cruel & unfair!
My thoughts are with the family.
 
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At least live to see and her little granddaughter.
 
An unimaginable tragedy has touched Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Emir of Dubai (b.1949) & his senior wife, Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma al Maktoum (b.1962):

Second of their twelve children together and oldest of five sons, Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed al-Maktoum died suddenly of heart attack on 19 September, nearly two months before turning 34.

Source: Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum dies of heart attack - Emirates 24|7

So very sad news...May God bless his soul...:cry::cry::cry::cry:
 
Panayotis Skinas, former husband of Princess Chantal of Bourbon-Parma, has died on 22 August 2015, aged 78.
He was born in Athens on 8 March 1937 and married in 1977 to Princess Chantal of Bourbon-Parma, the daughter of Prince Louis (himself one of the youngest sons of Duke Roberto I) and of his wife, née Princess Maria of Savoy (daughter of King Vittorio Emanuele III and Queen Elena of Italy). They became parents of a daughter and a son, Hélène and Alexandre, before divorcing in 1986. Later Princess Chantal remarried to François Henri des Georges.

Panayotis SKINAS avis de décès et obsèques - Paris-7eme-Arrondissement 75007 - Paris - Île-de-France
Panayotis Skinas, * 1937 | Geneall.net

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Robert Zellinger de Balkany, former husband of Princess Maria Gabriella, has died (likely on 18 or 19 September 2015).
He was born on 4 August 1931 at Iklod (Romania), son of Aladar Zellinger de Balkany and of Helene Davidovici.
He was married firstly in 1957 to Geneviève François-Poncet, the daughter of André François-Poncet (a French politician and Ambassador to Germany and Italy), by whom he had daughters Alexandra and Marina. They divorced in 1966.
In 1969 he married secondly to HRH Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, with whom he had a daughter, Marie Elisabeth; they separated in 1976 and later divorced in 1990.

ROBERT DE BALKANY - Scheda Defunto - Necrologi Corriere della Sera
 
H.S.H. The Duchess of Croÿ, née Alexandra Miloradovich, passed away after a serious illness on 23 September 2015, aged only 55.

She was born on 7 July 1960 at Schloss Sünching, the eldest of the three daughters of Count Serafim Miloradovich and of his wife, née Baroness Agnes von Hoenning O'Carroll (herself daughter of Baron Zdenko von Hoenning O'Carroll and of his first wife, Princess Margarete Lobkowicz; Baron Zdenko, after the death of Margarete in 1946, married secondly to H.R.H. Princess Aldegunde of Bavaria).
Alexandra married in 1987 to H.S.H. Hereditary Prince Rudolf von Croÿ, the eldest son of Duke Carl and Duchess Gabriele, née Princess of Bavaria. They became parents of six children, four sons (Carl-Philipp, Marc, Heinrich, Alexander) and two daughters (Xenia and Anastasia). In 2011 Rudolf succeeded to his father as the Duke von Croÿ.

Eurohistory: + Alexandra, Duchess of Croÿ (1960-2015)
Royal Musings: HSH The Duchess of Croy (1960-2015)
 
Infant Carlos of Spain, Duke of Calabria died in Madrid on 5 October.

He was born in Lausanne on 16 January 1938 as second of three children and only son of Infant Alfonso of Spain (1901-1964) & his wife, Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma (b.1917).
He married civilly in Louveciennes and religiously in Dreux on 11 May 1965 Princess Anne of Orleans (b.1938) {fifth of eleven children of Henri, Count of Paris (1908-1999) & his wife, Princess Isabelle of Orleans and Braganza (1911-2003)] by whom he had five children: Cristina (b.1966), Maria (b.1967), Pedro (b.1968), Ines (b.1971) & Victoria (b.1976).
He is survived by his mother, wife, children, twenty grandchildren, as well as both sisters Teresa (b.1937) & Ines (b.1940) and their families.

Sources: Muere el Infante Don Carlos, primo hermano del Rey Don Juan Carlos - ABC.es
Muere el infante Carlos de Borb?n-Dos Sicilias, primo y amigo de Juan Carlos I | loc | EL MUNDO
 
H.Ill.H. Count Franz zu Erbach-Erbach und von Wartenberg-Roth died on 2 October 2015 at his residence Jagdschloss Eulbach (near Michelstadt, Hessen, Germany).

He was born at Erbach on 5 February 1925, the second and last child of Count Alexander zu Erbach-Erbach and of his wife Christa, née von Zülow.
He was married firstly in 1952 to Princess Margarethe zu Waldeck und Pyrmont (1923-2003; she was the eldest daughter of Fürst Josias and of his wife, née Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg). They had two children together (Alexandra and Franz) before divorcing in 1979.
On the same year he remarried to Christa Blösinger (1947-2013), by whom he had a son named Magnus-Alexander.
He is survived by his three children and by their families.

Trauer um Graf Franz II. - Echo Online
Erbach
 
I am very sad for the Princess : 3 weddings and 2 divorces !
 
Michael Naylor-Leyland died prematurely on 16 October, three months and two days after his 59th birthday.

. He was born in London as a son of Maj David Yorke Naylor-Leylandof the Naylor-Leyland baronets(1929-1991) by his first wife Diana (afterwards Countess of Wilton).
He married firstly in 1984 Lucy Potts; this marriage was childless and ended in divorce. He married secondly in London on 6 July 1990 Princess Saskia of Hannover (b.1970) [daughter of late Prince Welf-Ernst of Hannover (1949-1981) & his wife Wibke, nee van Gusteren (b.1948)]. They had two sons Jake (b.1993) & Gabriel (b.1996) but later divorced (after their divorce Princess Saskia married Edward Hooper and had another son Louis (b.2007) by him.); he married thirdly a woman named Anna Louise (surname unknown); this marriage was childless but lasted till his death.

Sources: Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark
Hannover
http://peeragenews.blogspot.it/2015/10/michael-alexander-robert-naylor-leyland.html
 
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Leonid Gurievich Kulikovsky, elder son of Guri Nikolaievich Kulikovsky (1919-1984), who was a son of Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, and his first wife Ruth Schwartz (b. 1921), died this year, age 71 or 72.

He was unmarried and had no children. He is survived by his sister Ksenia (b. 1941) and her family, his brother Aleksandr (b. 1948), and his mother.

Source: Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark
 
Astrid Kohlhauer, former Princess of Solms-Wildenfels died this year.

She was born on 10 October 1936 and married Prince Friedrich-Ernst of Solms-Wildenfels (b.1941) [oldest of four children of Prince Bernhard of Solms-Wildenfels (1909-?) & his wife Liselotte, nee Vogl (b.1915-?)] but they later divorced; they had one son Christian.

Source: https://sites.google.com/site/myroyalworld/2015-genealogical-information
 
Marlene has announced on her blog the death of Georg Fürst von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg

Royal Musings
he would be succeeded by his only son, Erich.
Furst George was the son Of Ernst August, furst and Princess Monika of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. He married Princess Marie Gabriella of Bavaria, sister of Duke Franz. Their only son, Erich is married to Duchess Mathilde von Wurttemberg. The new firstly couple have no sons and so the heir would be Erichs cousin, Count Clemens.
He is married to a Princess of Liechtenstein.
I love these connections to other Royal houses.
 
Millena Leiningen, née Manov, died on 20 November 2015, aged 53. She was the former wife of Prince Boris zu Leiningen.

She was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 22 August 1962; she married in 1987 to Prince Boris zu Leiningen, the eldest son of Prince Karl zu Leiningen and of Princess Maria Luisa of Bulgaria. They became parents of one son, Nicholas Alexander, who was born in 1991. The marriage later ended in divorce.
She is survived by her mother and by her son.

Millena Leiningen Obituary - Westchester, NY | The Journal News
 
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