Royal, Princely and Noble Families of Germany & Austria 2

[Dulce Elena]

What does everyone know about this young, handsome, eligible royal? He is the royal of the month (at least I think I read right)! I know he spends his time between Bremen, Berlin and Hechingen. That's about it. He's involved in his late grandmother's charity work (Prinzessin Kira Stiftung), and he done some traveling, but not much else. C'mon y'all...spill

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

I found the picture of Sophie back, but I can't post it here because it's from a Yahoo group.

The group is called 'Royauté' (it's French). Mind you it's NOT 'Royauté2', in message 2006, there are photos from the funeral of Kira of Prussia, GF's aunt. Sophie is the girl on the photo on the 2nd row, 1st one from the left.

[Dulce Elena]

http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs2...enburg1978.jpg

http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs26/soph...nburg1978-2.jpg

Sorry, my computer's a little messed up right now. You might have to click and paste if it doesn't automatically link them up :( Sorry...

[Australian]

This is where Anne of Cleves came from but is it still a royal house? Anne was of German royalty is all i know- who are the descendants of the Cleves house?

[Splodger]

The Ducal family of Cleves became extinct in 1609 when the male line died out and the Duchy of Cleves was subsequently devided between Brandenburg and Wittlesbach families before becoming part of Prussia in 1815.

Reccommended Links:

Wikipedia Article

Infoplease Article

[Viola-Theresa]

www.bunte.de:
Prinz Alexander annuliert Hochzeit
Absage per SMS

Prinz Alexander von Schönburg-Hartenstein (26) und seine Verlobte Comtesse Anne-Victoire de Rougé (24) haben ihre Hochzeit sehr kurzfristig abgesagt. Wie die BUNTE berichtet, bekamen die circa 500 Gäste, die aus Europa, Kanada, Dubai und von den Philippinen zur kirchlichen Trauung in Paris angereist waren, eine SMS: "Entschuldigung, die Hochzeit ist abgesagt. Später mehr Details."
Die Nachricht habe aber nicht jeden erreicht. Zahlreiche Gäste hätten um 15.30 Uhr vor der Kirche gestanden.

Prince Alexander canceled wedding - Cancellation by SMS
Prince Alexander von Schönburg-Hartenstein (26) and his fiancée Comtesse Anne-Victoire de Rougé (24) canceled their wedding near-term. As reported by BUNTE, the 500 wedding guests arriving from Europe, Canada, Dubai and the Philippines to attend the wedding in Paris, got an SMS: "Sorry, the wedding is canceled. More details later."

But the message didn't get through to everybody. A crowd of guests was waiting in front of the church at 15:30.

[nordishbynature]

Oh, i've wanted to post that also
It's a very strange story..

[Warren]

I have no information to add apart from some biographical detail...

HSH Prince Alexander, born 1979, is the son of Prince Alfred and lives with his family in Vienna.

Prince Alfred is the brother of Hereditary Prince (Erbprinz) Johannes von Schönburg-Hartenstein; their father is Alexander, the 8th Prince (Fürst).

Whatever the reason, cancellation of the wedding at the last moment must be very embarrassing for such a noble and proud family.

The Gotha must be agog!

Originally Posted by Viola-Theresa

Prince Alexander canceled wedding
Cancellation by SMS
Prince Alexander von Schönburg-Hartenstein (26) and his fiancée Comtesse Anne-Victoire de Rougé (24) canceled their wedding near-term.

[paloma]

It's better to cancel instead of ending up divorced.

[iowabelle]

But isn't it weird to text message guests on the way to the wedding??

This sounds like a very puzzling event!

[Warren]

Still a complete mystery as to what happened to bring about the abrupt wedding cancellation, and why. The G-ARMB has no further info either.
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[Danielane]

Just a precision: Anne-Victoire de Rougé is not a countess. In France, daughters don't get the titles of their father (except if daughters of a prince or a King). So she is mademoiselle Anne-Victoire de Rougé. But her father is count de Rougé.

[bad_barbarella]

Is there a german prince called eric?

Does anyone know if there is a member of the royal family called Eric?

[Warren]

Originally Posted by bad_barbarella

Does anyone know if there is a member of the royal family called Eric?

Which Royal Family?

There is HRH Prince Eric of Bourbon-Parma (b 1953), married to Countess Lydia of Holstein-Ledreborg (her mother is Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg, a sister of Grand Duke Jean).

Archduchess Michaela of Austria (a daughter of the Archduke Otto) married Duke Eric Alba-Teran d'Antin, but they are divorced.
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[mknyazev]

I'd appreciate images of empresses of the Holy Roman Emipre and Germany - any esp. medieval. Berta of Tourin, Agnes de Poitu, Maria Anna von Bayern etc. The more, the better.

[magnik]

Louise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz wife of King Frederick Wilhelm III
http://www.batguano.com/louiseA.jpg

Victoria wife of Empperor Frederick III
http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs5...tain1840-3.jpg
http://www.kaiserinfriedrich.de/photo_vicky2.html

Auguste Viktoria wife of Emperor Wilhelm II
http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs2...leswig1858.jpg


http://www.preussen.de/en/history/gallery_of_kings.html

[carol_romanoff]

Thus the Baron and Baroness Von Smolevitz.....related to Hanna Rothschild.
The Von Smolevitz" were also my grand parents. So, i descend from Russian royalty and Deutschland. My grandfather was killed during ww2. Jewish royalty. Grandmother went to U.K. with their 3 children. My mother the midle one. she met my Father, Princess Esterina Romanov's son, married him ... and had myself the youngest and my sister.

[Warren]

Originally Posted by carol_romanoff

Thus the Baron and Baroness Von Smolevitz.....related to Hanna Rothschild.
The Von Smolevitz" were also my grand parents. So, i descend from Russian royalty and Deutschland. My grandfather was killed during ww2. Jewish royalty. Grandmother went to U.K. with their 3 children. My mother the midle one. she met my Father, Princess Esterina Romanov's son, married him ... and had myself the youngest and my sister.

None of my genealogies mention a 'Princess Esterina Romanov'. Is there an alternate spelling?

[Danielane]

There is no trace on Internet of barons Stolevitz.

[Warren]

Originally Posted by Danielane

There is no trace on Internet of barons Smolevitz.

Yes, I checked that too, same result. But we'd probably find a Rothschild or two.