Royal Deaths Announcements 2015

[MAfan]

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[MAfan]

January:

04 January: Anneliese Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis, née Zerbst, aged 92.

.. January: H.Ill.H. Prince Maximilian von Croÿ, aged 26.

23 January: King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, aged 90.

24 January: Johan Martin Ferner (husband of H.H. Princess Astrid of Norway), aged 87.

24 January: Tengku Intan Zaharah binti Tengku Hitam Omar, former Raja Perimasuri Agong (Queen of Malaysia) and Tengku Ampuan (Queen) of Terenggan, aged 86.

 

[MAfan]

February:

26 February: H.R.H. Countess Roger de la Rochefoucauld, née Princess Isabelle of Bourbon-Parma, aged 92.

 

[MAfan]

March:

12 March: H.S.H. Fürst Carl zu Wied, aged 53.

12 March: H.S.H. Fürstin Marie Luise Reuss, née Princess zu Salm-Horstmar, aged 96.

25 March: H. S. H. Fürstin Gunilla Fugger of Babenhausen, née Countess Bielke, aged 95.

 

[MAfan]

April:

07 April: H.R.H. Prince Kardam of Bulgaria, Prince of Turnovo, aged 52.

10 April: Prince Aisin Gioro Puren, later Jin Youzhi, aged 96.

 

[MAfan]

June:

01 June: H.R.H. Princess Alexandra of Hannover, née Princess zu Ysenburg und Büdingen in Wächtersbach, aged 77.

04 June: H.R.H. Princess Monika of Hannover, née Countess zu Solms-Laubach, aged 85.

 

[MAfan]

July:

05 July: H.I.&R.H. Archduchess Dorothea of Austria, Dowager Grand Duchess of Tuscany, née Princess of Bavaria, aged 95.

09 July: Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, aged 75.

14 July: Jerrine Habsburg-Lothringen, née Soper (widow of Archduke Stefan of Austria), aged 84.

28 July: H.S.H. Fürst Philipp Reinhard zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, aged 80.

 

[MAfan]

August:

20 August: H.S.H. Prince Armin zur Lippe, aged 91.

22 August: Panayotis Skinas (former husband of H.R.H. Princess Chantal of Bourbon-Parma), aged 78.

 

[MAfan]

September:

05 September: H.H. Duchess Donata of Oldenburg, née Countess zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, widowed Princess Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, aged 65.

19 September: H.H. Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed al-Maktoum of Dubai, aged 33.

19 September: Robert Zellinger de Balkany (former husband of H.R.H. Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy), aged 84.

23 September: H.S.H. The Duchess of Croÿ, née Alexandra Miloradovich, aged 55.

27 September: Leonid Gurievich Kulikovsky (grandson of Nikolaj Kulikovsky and of his wife Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia), aged 72.

29 September: H.R.H. Prince Nawaf bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia, aged 83.

29 September: H.R.H. Prince Friedrich-Wilhelm of Prussia, aged 76.

 

[MAfan]

October:

02 October: H.Ill.H. Count Franz zu Erbach-Erbach und von Wartenberg-Roth, aged 90.

05 October: H.R.H. Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria, Infante of Spain, aged 77.

16 October: Michael Naylor-Leyland (former husband of H.R.H. Princess Saskia of Hannover), aged 59.

27 October: Enrico Gandolfi (husband of H.R.H. Princess Claude of France), aged 74.

 

[MAfan]

November:

11 November: Princess Elvira Zogu, aged 83.

18 November: Prince Shehzade Cengiz Nazim Efendi, aged 76.

22 November: Millena Leiningen, née Manov (former wife of H.S.H. Prince Boris zu Leiningen), aged 53.

 

[MAfan]

December:

02 December: H.S.H. Fürst Georg von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg, aged 87.

08 December: Marie Anne von Simson, née Altgravine zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim und Dyck, aged 82.

13 December: H.S.H. Princess Alienor Faye von und zu Liechtenstein, aged 1.

 

[Biri]

Princess Anneliese of Thurn und Taxis, nee Zerbst died on 4 January.

She was born in Berlin on 13 October 1922. In Munich on 13 June 1969 she became the second morgamatic wife of Prince Georg Lamoral of Thurn und Taxis (1910-1986); in 1954 she divorced with his first wife Editha Scheer (b.1921) by whom he had a daughter Maria Katharina Eleonore (b.1944).
He and Anneliese didn't have children together.

Sources: https://sites.google.com/site/myroyalworld/2015-genealogical-information
Thurn und Taxis

 

[Ceely]

Prince Maximilian of Croy died this month, age 26.

He was born in 1988, the second son of Prince Philipp of Croy and Duchess Margarethe of Oldenburg. He is survived by his parents and his siblings Alexander (b. 1987) and Rosalie (b. 1990).

How terribly sad...

Source: Croy

 

[Lenora]

Prince Maximilian of Croy died this month, age 26.

He was born in 1988, the second son of Prince Philipp of Croy and Duchess Margarethe of Oldenburg. He is survived by his parents and his siblings Alexander (b. 1987) and Rosalie (b. 1990).

How terribly sad...

Source: Croy

RIP, it's very sad to lose life at such an young age.

Is it known death cause?

 

[Benjamin]

RIP, it's very sad to lose life at such an young age.

Is it known death cause?

Hi Lenora,

I believe that more information was given on the Nobiliana forum, which is where the passing of the young prince was originally announced.

It is a very sad news indeed.

 

[Ceallach]

King Abdullah ibn Abdilazīz (1924) has died. He was a son of Abdulaziz/Ibn Saud (1876-1953), the first monarch of Saudi Arabia.

BBC News - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah dies

 

[Biri]

Johan Martin Ferner died in Oslo on 24 January.

He was born on 22 July in Asker (Norway) as a son of Johan Ferner was the son of tailor Ferner Jacobsen (1885–1964), who owned a department store in Oslo, and his wife, Ragnhild Olsen (1889–1966). He also owned a department store. Ferner was originally his father's given name and was adopted as a family name by Johan Martin Ferner and some of his siblings.
Firstly, on 20 January 1953, Johan Ferner married artist Ingeborg 'Bitte' Hesselberg-Meyer (later Rostad; 1931–1997). They divorced 1956. He then remarried at Asker Church outside Oslo on 12 January 1961 to Princess Astrid of Norway, the second daughter of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden
They had five children: Catherine (b.1962), Benedikte (b.1963), Alexander (b.1965), Elisabeth (b.1969) & Carl-Christian (b.1972)
and five grandchildren: Sebastian (b.1990) & Madeleine (b.1993) Johanssen [children of Catherine & her husband Arild Johanssen (b.1961)], Edward (b.1996) & Stella (b.1998) Ferner [children of Alexander & his Icelandic wife Magriet, nee Gudmansdottir (b.1966)] & Benjamin Beckman (b.1999) [son of Elisabeth & her former husband Tom Beckman (b.1963)].

Sources: kongehuset.no - Johan Martin Ferner er død
Johan Ferner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Royal News
Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark
https://sites.google.com/site/myroyalworld/2015-genealogical-information


Tengku Intan Zaharah binti Tengku Hitam Omar, former Raja Perimasuri Agong (Queen of Malaysia from 1965-1970) and Tengku Ampuan (Queen ) of Terengganu (1945-1979) died in Pantal Hospital in Kuala Lumpur on 24 January.

Tengku Intan was born in Singapore on April 13, 1928. Her father, Tengku Setia Raja Terengganu Tengku Hitam Omar, was a member of the Singapore royal family, serving in the Terengganu State Civil Service as the State Secretary of Terengganu; he was exiled since the death of the last Sultan of Singapore, Alauddin Alam Shah, in 1897. Her mother was HH Raja Zainab binti Raja Alang.Tengku Intan married Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainal Abidin III (then Tengku Paduka Raja of Terengganu 1907-1979) on April 3, 1944 as his second wife. She had no children with him.

Sources: http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1305779 (Thanks, Ephram!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengku_Intan_Zaharah

 

[MAfan]

Countess Roger de La Rochefoucauld, née HRH Princess Isabelle of Bourbon-Parma, passed away on 26 February 2015.

She was born in Paris on 14 March 1922, the only child of Prince Sixte of Bourbon-Parma and of his wife, née Hedwige de La Rochefoucauld.
Her father was one of the many children of Duke Roberto and Duchess Maria Antonia of Parma, as well as a brother of - among the others - Duke Xavier of Parma, Empress Zita of Austria and Prince Félix of Luxembourg. Her mother was the eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Doudeauville.

She married in 1943 to her distant relative Count Roger de La Rochefoucauld (1915-1970), a grandson of the 3rd Duke d'Estissac. They had five sons together, the eldest of whom died as an infant. They divorced in 1966.

She is survived by her sons Sixte, Hugues, Charles and Robert and their families.

Parma
La Rochefoucauld

 

[Elektra]

Carl, Fürst zu Wied passed away on March 12.

He was born on 27 October 1961 in Neuwied, Germany.

He is survived by his mother Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont;
his wife Princess Isabelle of Isenburg (b.1973, a sister of Sophie, The Princess of Prussia and Archduchess Katharina of Austria) ;
and three children : Prince Maximilian (b. 1999) Prince Frederick William (b. 2001) and Princess Louise (b.2004).

Source : Fürst zu Wied plötzlich und unerwartet verstorben | NR-Kurier.de

 

[Biri]

Carl, Fürst zu Wied passed away on March 12.

He was born on 27 October 1961 in Neuwied, Germany.

He is survived by his mother Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont;
his wife Princess Isabelle of Isenburg (b.1973, a sister of Sophie, The Princess of Prussia and Archduchess Katharina of Austria) ;
and three children : Prince Maximilian (b. 1999) Prince Frederick William (b. 2001) and Princess Louise (b.2004).

Source : Fürst zu Wied plötzlich und unerwartet verstorben | NR-Kurier.de

God, it's so sad! He was still young, and it was a sudden and unexpected death...
How unfair the fate is...poor Princess Isabelle...Her sister is waiting for a most wonderful moment, and she loses her beloved husband...
Poor his children...
And poor his mum...She lost a granddaughter already and now her son is taken away from her...
He went to meet his daughter Marie in heaven...

 

[Stefan]

Fürstin Marie Luise Reuß, née Princess zu Salm-Horstmar died on 12.03.2015 at Ernstb runn in Austria. She was buried on 22.03.2015 at the Family burial ground at Ernstbrunn. She was the widow of the late Fürst Heinrich IV. Reuß and mother of the present Head of the Princely House, Fürst Heinrich XIV.
Letzte Fürstin Reuß ist verstorben | OTZ
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[Stefan]

Fürstin Gunilla Fugger of Babenhausen, née Countess Bielke died on 25.03.2015 at the age of 95. She was the widow of the late Fürst Firedrich Carl who died in 1979 and mother of Fürst Hubertus.
Royal Travel and Events Blog: † Fürstin Gunilla Fugger of Babenhausen

 

[MAfan]

H.R.H. Prince Kardam of Bulgaria, Prince of Turnovo, died in Madrid on 7 april 2015:

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forum...-kardam-of-bulgaria-7-april-2015-a-38421.html

 

[Ceallach]

Puren, the youngest brother of the last emperor Puyi of China has died at 96.

Brother of China's final emperor who was the last of the Qing dynasty dies in Beijing aged 96 | Daily Mail Online

 

[Stefan]

Princess Alexandra of Hannover, née Princess zu Ysenburg and Büdingen in Wächtersbach died on Monday 01.06.2015 at the age of 77 from cancer.
She was the widow of Prince Welf Heinrich of Hannover.
Journal Frankfurt Nachrichten - Frankfurt trauert um Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover - Charity Lady ist gestorben

 

[Biri]

Princess Monika of Hannover, nee Countess zu Solms-Laubach, died on 4 June.

She was born in Laubach on 8 August 1929, as a daughter of Georg, Count zu Solms-Laubach () & his wife, Princess Johanna zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich () and she married in Laubach civilly on 16 July and religiously on 17 July 1981, as his second wife, Prince Ernst August of Hannover (1914-1987), who was previously married to Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein (1925-1980) by whom he had six children. He and Monika didn't have children together.

Source: Royal News of 2015, Section I

 

[An Ard Ri]

Wasn't Princess Monika of Hannover a sister in law of Princess Alexandra who only died a few days before?

 

[Tilia C.]

Yes, they were. Monika was married to the eldest brother Ernst August IV, and Alexandra was married to the youngest brother, Welf Heinrich.

 

[maria-olivia]

I hope this time Prince Ernst August will attend her Funerals. She was his Father's second wife.