Royal Engagements Announcements 2013

[MAfan]

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[MAfan]

January:

Roman Goldschmit and Princess Anna of Hohenzollern.


April:

26 April: HH Prince Rahim Aga Khan and Miss Kendra Spears.

27 April: HRH Prince Mohammed of Egypt, Prince of Sa'ed and Princess Noal Zaher of Afghanistan.

[Biri]

Princess Anna of Hohenzollern (b.19 August 1983) [daughter of late Prince Godehard-Friedrich of Hohenzollern (1939-2001) & his wife Heide, nee Hansen (b.1943)] got engaged to Roman Goldschmidt (b.1973) [son of René Goldschmidt and Jana Swoboda]. They are going to marry in Burg Namedy Castle in Andermach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on 1 June.

Sources: Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French (first part)
Royal News of 2013, Section I

[Biri]

Hereditary Prince Maximilian of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein who will turn 41 in five days [oldest of five children of Prince Ferdinand of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (b.1942) & his late wife Franziska, nee Princess of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (1947-2011)] will marry soon (or has already married?) Cristina Vozzi Castriota Scanderbeg (b.1980)

Source: Descendants of Duke Carlo III of Parma

His brother Felix also married a woman named Cristina...What a coincidence!

[Biri]

I update my post:

Originally Posted by Biri

Hereditary Prince Maximilian of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein who turned 41 two days days [oldest of five children of Prince Ferdinand of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (b.1942) & his late wife Franziska, nee Princess of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (1947-2011)] will marry Cristina Vozzi Castriota Scanderbeg (b.8 April 1980) in Rome on 25 May.

Source: Royal News of 2013, Section II

[Biri]

Princess Henriette of Hohenzollern who turned 35 seventeen days ago [daughter of Prince Ferfried of Hohenzollern (b.1943) by his second wife, Eliane Etter (b.1947)] is going to marry (or has already married?) Alexander Burkardt (b.1976) this year.

Source: Descendants of Duke Maximilian in Bavaria

Henriette is fourth paternal cousin of Princess Anna of Hohenzollern, who is getting married in seven weeks.

[Artemisia]

Their marriage will take place in summer.

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Prince Rahim Aga Khan (b.12 October 1971) [eldest son of His Highness the Aga Khan IV (b.1936) & his first wife, Begum Salimah Aga Khan, nee Sarah Croker-Poloe (b.1940)] and Miss Kendra Spears (b.5 August 1988), a fashion model from Seattle Washington.

Source: <a href="http://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/his-highness-the-aga-khan-announces-engagement-of-his-eldest-son-prince-rahim-to-ms-kendra-spears/" target="_blank">His Highness the Aga Kha

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Prince Mohammed Fakr-ad-Din of Egypt, Prince of Sa'ed (b.5 February 1979) [son of King Fouad II of Egipt (b.1952) & his former wife, Dominique-France "Fadila" Picard (b.1948)] and Princess Noal Zaher of Afganistan (b.1980) [daughter of Prince Muhammad Daud Pashtunyar Khan (b.1949) {himself son of King Muhammad Zahir Shah of Afganistan (1914-2007) & his wife, Queen Humaira Begum (1918-2002)} & his wife Fatima Aref Zaher)] on 27 April in Istambul.

Sources: Noblesse & Royautés » Fiançailles officielles du prince Mohammed Ali d&rsquo;Egypte et de la princesse Noal Zaher
Barak15
Egypt