Prince Jean and Princess Philomena, Duke and Duchess of Vendôme, welcomed a son today. The baby’s first (and so far, the only-known) name is Gaston.

Duke and Duchess of Vendôme, courtesy of Freerepublic

The little Prince is the first child for the Duke and Duchess of Vendôme, who were married earlier this year (civilly, on March 19 and religiously, on May 2). Princess Philomena’s pregnancy was announced in July. Gaston is the 8th grandchild of the Count of Paris and will eventually assume the Headship of the House of Orléans.

Prince Jean, Dauphin de France, Duke of Vendôme is the son of Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France (the Orléanist pretender to the French throne) and Duchess Marie Therese of Württemberg, the Duchess of Montpensier. In 2006, Count of Paris created Prince Jean ‘Dauphin de France’, bypassing Jean’s mentally disabled elder brother, Prince François, Count of Clermont.

The baby’s name, Gaston, has deep roots with the House of Orléans. Distinguished members of Orléans family with the same name include Gaston, Duke of Orléans, the Fils de France and Le Grand Monsieur (the third son King Henry IV and Marie de’ Medici, the eldest surviving brother of King Louis XIII, and the last member of the elder branch of Bourbon-Orléans) and Gaston d’Orléans, Count of Eu (the son of Louis, Duke of Nemours, who himself was the son of King Louis-Philippe, and Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary).

You can view the thread dedicated to the birth of Prince Gaston here.

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Click here to read the article from Hello! Magazine

 On Tuesday September 8, Lord Nicholas Windsor and his wife Paola welcomed the arrival of their second son. The baby boy was born at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. The couple also have a two year old son, Albert Louis Phillip Edward Windsor. The baby’s names have not been released yet, and many royal watchers are currently wondering if the Lord and Lady Nicholas will select traditional names for the baby, as they have done with their first-born.

According to an article in Hello! Magazine, the baby’s birthday is a very special day for his deeply Catholic parents. The 8th of September is the feast day of the Virgin Mary. Lord and Lady Nicholas married at the Vatican in 2006. Currently, the baby is the 26th person in line for the British throne, but only until he is baptized, as the inheritance rules do not allow a Catholic to inherit the throne. Lord Nicholas gave up his succession rights upon his conversion to Catholicism. Lord Nicholas is the youngest son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent.

To read about, and to discuss Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor and their family, please visit this thread.

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 Two official photos of the Dutch Royal Family’s latest edition, three-day-old Eliane van Vollenhoven, have been released by the RVD.

Click to see the image at Koninklijk Huis

The first image captures a heart-melting moment between the newborn and her 21-month-old sister Magali, while proud father Prince Floris looks on. Looking at the image clearly shows Magali’s opinion of her new sister, tenderly kissing Eliane’s forehead. And if those feelings were not clear enough, the second image cements them once and for all. Magali holds her sister in a tight hug, with a cheeky grin on her face.

Prince Floris was out early this morning, registering the birth of his new daughter in the Oud-Zuid municipality, Amsterdam. Speaking of his new daughter, the Prince said, “Eliane is the sunshine in house.” Floris also did not give any explanation on his and wife Princess Aimée’s choice of names for his daughter, saying that would be kept for the christening ceremony. He also said that his father, Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven, was the only grandparent who had not visited the newborn yet, as the Professor is currently on a dive trip in the Maldives. “But there has been SMS contact,” Floris assured.

Floris also joked that the family home will be much more calmer than with a houseful of girls rather than boys. He said that he was “as proud as a peacock” being surrounded by his wife and daughters.

Click here to read the thread announcing Eliane’s birth.

JessRulz Dutch Royals Birth, Eliane van Vollenhoven, Magali van Vollenhoven, Prince Floris, Princess Aimée

 The Dutch Royal Family has grown today, with Princess Aimée giving birth to her second child. Aimée and husband Prince Floris welcomed their second daughter at 14:50 local time.

The newborn weighed in at a healthy 4050 grams (8.9 pounds), and was named Eliane Sophia Carolina. The birth took place at the VU Hospital in Amsterdam, the same hospital where the couple’s first child, Magali van Vollenhoven, was born in 2007.

The RVD announced the birth, along with a statement from the new parents: “We are extremely grateful and intensely happy with the arrival of our daughter and sister of Magali.”

The TRF thread announcing the birth can be found here.

JessRulz Dutch Royals Birth, Eliane van Vollenhoven, Prince Floris, Princess Aimée

Bernardo Guillermo, the 32-year-old son of Princess Christina of the Netherlands, will wed in a religious capacity this coming September in New York City. He will marry Eva Prinz-Valdes. The pair, Bernardo a furniture designer and Eva an editor, married in a civil service in March. They welcomed their first child, a daughter named Isabel Christina, on April 13th. The family currently resides in Manhattan.

Bernardo is the first child of Princess Christina, the youngest of the four daughters born to Queen Juliana, and her ex-husband Jorge Pérez y Guillermo. Bernardo moved to New York in 1996 to attend Sarah Lawrence College, where he studied philosophy and art history. He currently has a design studio in the Navy Yard area of Brooklyn.

Click here to read more about the Guillermo family.

JessRulz Dutch Royals Bernardo Guillermo, Birth, Eva Guillermo, Wedding

 It has been announced today that Princess Marie has given birth to a boy at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen.

The baby was born at 4.57 a.m. local time, weighed 3032 grams, and measured 49 cm in length.

Congratulations to Princess Marie and family! For more information, please see this thread.

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 On March 3rd a daughter was born to count Gregor von Bismarck and his wife countess Samantha. The baby, named Wilhelmina, was born in Milan and she has two older brothers named Léon and Otis.

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Count Gregor von Bismarck is the 3rd son of Fürst Ferdinand von Bismarck and his wife Fürstin Elisabeth, née countess Lippens.  He worked as a film producer and as an actor in the past and married the Italian Samantha della Schiava in 2001. Count Gregor is the great-great-grandson of the legendary Fürst Otto van Bismarck, chancellor of the German Empire in the 19th century.

Read more about the Bismarck family in this thread at TRF. Courtesy to TRF member sjetajiem.

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  Prince Umberto of Savoy-Aosta, who was born only four days ago, received the additional title of  ’Prince of Piedmont’ from his grandfather the Duke of Aosta. The baby prince was born in Paris on March 7th and is the son of prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta and princess Olga of Greece.

This title emphasizes the rivalry between the two branches of the Italian royal family, as prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, grandson of Italy’s last king Umberto II, also uses the title ‘Prince of Piedmont’.  The Aosta’s however claim that they are the heirs to king Umberto, and the rightful claimants to the Italian throne.

More information from the website of the house of Savoy Aosta  here (in Italian only).

Marengo Italian Royals Birth, Prince Aimone, Prince Umberto, Princess Olga, Titles

  Today prince Aimone of Savoy, duke of Puglie and princess Olga of Greece became the proud parents of a baby boy named Umberto.  The boy is named after Italy’s last king, Umberto II. Prince Aimone and his father the duke of Aosta are involved in a dynastic dispute with the son of Umberto, prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy about who is the rightful claimant to the Italian throne.

Click on image to see photo at www.monarchie.it

Prince Aimone and princess Olga married in a civil ceremony at the Italian embassy in Moscow on 16 September 2008. Their religious wedding was eleven days later at the Greek island of Patmos.

The announcement  Italian can be found here. And more about the birth in this TRF thread.

Marengo Italian Royals Birth, Prince Aimone, Princess Olga

 Countess Feodora of Rosenborg, the youngest daughter of Queen Margrethe’s first cousin Count Christian of Rosenborg, has introduced her three-week-old baby daughter to Danish magazine Billed Bladet. Little Caroline-Mathilde Margrethe Rønnow was born on February 1st via Caesarean section, and is Feodora’s first child with her second husband Morten Rønnow.

Caroline-Mathilde is named after Feodora’s paternal grandmother, Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark. Feodora and Morten married on September 8th last year in Copenhagen.

More information on the Rosenborg branch of the Danish Royal Family can be found here.

JessRulz Danish Royals Birth, Countess Feodora of Rosenborg