Longest Lived Royals


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Longest Lived European Royals
Name Born Died
Princess Christine of Bavaria, Princess of Waldeck 16 Nov 1725 11 Feb 1816
Landgrave Karl of Hesse-Cassel 19 Dec 1744 17 Aug 1836
Princess Elisabeth of Brunswick, Crown Princess of Prussia 8 Nov 1746 18 Feb 1840
Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany 22 Mar 1797 9 Mar 1888
Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel, Duchess of Cambridge 25 Jul 1797 6 Apr 1889
Princess Leonilla Bariatinskaya, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn 9 May 1816 1 Feb 1918
Prince Luitpold of Bavaria 12 Mar 1821 12 Dec 1912
Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 19 Jul 1822 5 Dec 1916
Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Duchess of Modena 19 Mar 1823 28 Oct 1914
Countess Eugenie de Montijo, Empress of the French 5 May 1826 11 Jul 1920
Prince Alphonse of the Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta 28 Mar 1841 26 May 1934
Princess Louise of Great Britain, Duchess of Argyll 18 Mar 1848 3 Dec 1939
Prince Arthur of Great Britain, Duke of Connaught 1 May 1850 16 Jan 1942
King Gustaf V of Sweden 16 Jun 1858 29 Oct 1950
Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria 22 Oct 1859 23 Nov 1949
Prince Oscar of Sweden, Count Bernadotte of Visborg 15 Nov 1859 4 Oct 1953
Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland 27 Feb 1861 25 Oct 1951
Princess Maria Antonia of Portugal, Duchess of Parma 28 Nov 1862 14 May 1959
Archduke Eugen of Austria 21 May 1863 30 Dec 1954
Infanta Eulalia of Spain, Duchess of Galliera 12 Feb 1864 8 Mar 1958
Prince Ferdinando of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria 25 Jul 1869 17 Jan 1960
Mathilde Kchessinska, Princess Romanovskaya-Krassinskaya 31 Aug 1872 8 Dec 1971
Princess Anna of Montenegro, Princess of Battenberg 18 Aug 1874 22 Apr 1971
Infanta Alicia of Spain 29 Jun 1876 20 Jan 1975
Princess Maria Pia of Two Sicilies, Princess of Orléans-Braganza 12 Aug 1878 20 Jun 1973
Archduke Heinrich Ferdinand of Austria-Tuscany 17 Aug 1878 21 May 1969
King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden 11 Nov 1882 15 Sep 1973
Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone 25 Feb 1883 13 Jan 1981
Princess Elizabeth of Isenburg 12 Nov 1883 10 Oct 1982
Princess Wiltrud of Bavaria, Duchess of Urach 10 Nov 1884 28 Mar 1975
Princess Pauline of Croÿ 11 Jan 1887 14 Apr 1987
Princess Isabelle of Croÿ, Princess of Bavaria 7 Oct 1890 30 Mar 1982
Princess Gundelinde of Bavaria, Countess of Preysing-Lichteneg-Moos 26 Aug 1891 16 Aug 1983
Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary 9 May 1892 14 Mar 1989
Princess Maria of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 31 Aug 1892 26 Nov 1990
Prince Filiberto of Savoy, Duke of Genoa 10 Mar 1895 7 Sep 1990
Princess Clara of Saxe-Meiningen 31 May 1895 10 Feb 1992
Princess Marie Adelaide of Lippe 30 Aug 1895 25 Jan 1993
Princess Margrethe of Denmark, Princess of Bourbon-Parma 17 Sep 1895 8 Sep 1992
Prince Wolfgang of Hesse-Cassel 6 Nov 1896 12 Jul 1989
Princess Francesca of Hohenlohe, Archduchess of Austria 21 Jun 1897 12 Jul 1989
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen (Mother) of Great Britain 4 Aug 1900 30 Mar 2002
Duchess Ingeborg of Oldenburg, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe 20 Jul 1901 10 Jan 1996
Princess Margarete of Isenburg 16 Oct 1901
Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Duchess of Gloucester 25 Dec 1901
Princess Mathilde of Croy 20 Jan 1902 17 Mar 1998
Princess Isabelle of Salm-Salm, Countess of Loe 13 Feb 1903
Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg, Princess of Waldeck 19 May 1903 16 June 2001
Princess Olga of Greece, Princess of Yugoslavia 11 Jun 1903 16 Oct 1997
Princess Eduarda of Liechtenstein 16 Oct 1903 13 Jul 2001
Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm, Archduchess of Austria 13 Apr 1904 3 May 2001
Princess Marie Gabrielle of Liechtenstein 2 May 1905 5 Mar 1999
Prince Albrecht of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria 3 May 1905 8 Jul 1996
Prince Eugenio of Savoy, Duke of Ancona 13 Mar 1906 8 Dec 1996
Princess Vera of Russia 24 Apr 1906 11 Jan 2001
Princess Maria Jose of Belgium, Queen of Italy 4 Aug 1906 27 Jan 2001
Prince Sigvard of Sweden, Count Bernadotte of Visborg 7 Jun 1907 4 Feb 2002
Princess Giovanna of Savoy, Queen of Bulgaria 13 Nov 1907 26 Feb 2000
Prince Henri of Orléans, Count of Paris 5 Jul 1908 19 Jun 1999
Princess Lucia of Two Sicilies, Duchess of Ancona 9 Jul 1908 3 Nov 2001
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands 30 Apr 1909
Prince Lennart of Sweden, Count Bernadotte of Visborg 8 May 1909
Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Princess Torlonia 22 Jun 1909 22 Nov 2002
Princess Ingrid of Sweden, Queen of Denmark 28 Mar 1910 7 Nov 2000
Duke Friedrich Franz of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 22 Apr 1910 31 Jul 2001
Prince Carl Bernadotte 10 Jan 1911 27 June 2003
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prince of the Netherlands 29 Jun 1911
Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Bragança, Countess of Paris 13 Aug 1911 5 July 2003

Infanta Maria Adelaide de Bragança 31 Jan 1912

Archduke Otto of Austria & Hungary 20 Nov 1912
Princess Katherine of Greece 14 May 1913
 
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands April 30, 1909 to March 20. 2004
 
HM Queen Mother of Great Britain 1900-2002 she died at ages 101 she still lived till 101! :cry:

Princess Margaret of Great Britain died in 2002 same as HM Queen Mother :cry:

Diana,Princess of Wales died in 1961-1997 she died at 36 year old she been crash in Paris,France with her lover Dodi Fayed :cry:

Sara Boyce
 
Originally posted by sara1981@May 6th, 2004 - 2:40 am
Diana,Princess of Wales died in 1961-1997 she died at 36 year old she been crash in Paris,France with her lover Dodi Fayed  :cry:

Sara Boyce
Sara,
As this thread is about "Longest Lived Royals" I think your listing of Diana is totally unrelated to the topic! At 36 she was hardly long lived.[/COLOR]

The oldest British royal on record is Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. She is still alive and will celebrate her 102nd birthday on Christmas Day 2004. Lets all pray that she lives to see it.
 
Queen Victoria was born in 1819 and died in 1901.

Her son Aurthur was born in 1850, danced with ladies in bustles in 1870, and died with the threat of Hitler and seeing the upstart colonies coming to his country's aid in 1942.

George III was born in 1738 and lived to 1820. That's not quite up to princess Alice or Queen Mum Elizabeth, but that's outstanding given the state of the medical art in the age before Pasteur and Koch.
 
Here are some blasts from the past who lived long despite the lack of good medicinal care:

Louis XIV of France: 1638-1715
Louis XV of France: 1710-1774
Elizabeth I of England: 1533-1603
George III of England: 1738-1820
Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Henry II of England: 1124-1204
Margaret of Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII of England: 1434?-1509
 
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen MOther:she was born in 1900 and died in 2002

HRH Princess Alice,Duchess of Gloucester:she was born in 1901 and she still living now

Her Majesty Queen Mary,Dowager of King George V:was born in 1867 and died in 1953
 
Josefine said:
who is the oldest now living royal?
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester will be 103 on Christmas Day.
 
What about Prince Rainier? isnt he like 77 or 88? lol
i cant remember but its one of those. he is apparently the longerst reigning monarch in europe, i dont know if this is true though
 
Empress Zita, wife of the Emperor (and newly beatified) Habsburg Karl, lived to be aged 97 :eek: before she died in Switzerland in 1989. Didn't see her name on the list and she may not qualify but she was very long-lived.
Edited to add: I do see her name on the list now.:eek:
 
Princess Lilian of Sweden will turn 90 next year! She is not the oldest living royal (that's Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester), but I think it definitely puts her in the "oldies" league. :)
 
one of Europe´s longest livuing royals died recently:


HRH Princess Alice,Duchess of Gloucester:
born Dec 25th,1901, died Oct 29th,2004
 
Princess Alice of Gloucester was 102 years old and 11 months.
Britain's Queen Mother was 101 year old.
 
here are a list on the oldest royals alive
have i forgotten anyone

HRH Jean I Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921)
HRH The Prince Philip Mountbatten Duke of Edinburgh (1921)
HM Elizabeth II Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1926)
HM Rama IX King of Thailand (1927)
HM Fabiola Queen-Dowager of Belgium, née de Mora y Aragón (1928)
HM Sirikit Queen of Thailand née Somdech Pharaborom Rajininath (1932)
HIM Akihito Emperor of Japan (1933)
HM Albert II King of the Belgians (1934)
HRH Henrik Prince of Denmark, Comte de Laborde de Monpézat (1934)
HIM Michiko Empress of Japan née Shôda (1934)
HM Harald V King of Norway (1937)
HM Sonja Queen of Norway, née Haraldsen (1937)
HM Paola Queen of the Belgians, née Ruffo di Calabria (1937)
HM Juan Carlos I King of Spain (1938)
HM Beatrix Queen of the Netherlands (1938)
HM Sofia Queen of Spain, née Princess of Greece and Denmark (1938)
 
Josefine said:
here are a list on the oldest royals alive
have i forgotten anyone
Yes you have. Princess Lilian, born 1915, which means she turns 90 this August.
 
You have also forgotten HH Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, born 1935. She'll turn 70 on May 8th.
 
HRH Princess Lilian of Sweden, (1915) - 90 years young this year
HRH Jean I Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921)
HRH The Prince Philip Mountbatten Duke of Edinburgh (1921)
HM Elizabeth II Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1926) - 80 years young next year
HM Rama IX King of Thailand (1927)
HM Fabiola Queen-Dowager of Belgium, (1928)
HM Sirikit Queen of Thailand (1932)
HIM Akihito Emperor of Japan (1933)
HM Albert II King of the Belgians (1934)
HRH Henrik Prince of Denmark, Comte de Laborde de Monpézat (1934)
HIM Michiko Empress of Japan (1934)
HH Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, (1935) - 70 years young this year
HM Harald V King of Norway (1937)
HM Sonja Queen of Norway, (1937)
HM Paola Queen of the Belgians, (1937)
HM Juan Carlos I King of Spain (1938)
HM Beatrix Queen of the Netherlands (1938)
HM Sofia Queen of Spain, (1938)


we can hope for some grand celebration in a few years time when many of the roylas celebrate their 70th birthday...

HM Harald V King of Norway (1937)
HM Sonja Queen of Norway, (1937)
HM Paola Queen of the Belgians, (1937)
HM Juan Carlos I King of Spain (1938)
HM Beatrix Queen of the Netherlands (1938)
HM Sofia Queen of Spain, (1938)
 
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HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana of Thailand (1923)
HRH Princess Bejaratana of Thailand (1925)
 
I'm looking for a recent photo of Princess Catherine of Greece.
She just turned 93 yesterday! Does anyone recognize her in any of the wedding photos?
 
HRH Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (b. 1913)
HRH Princess Maria of Bavaria, The Princess Mother of Brazil (b. 1914)
HRH Princess Eleanore of Bavaria (b. 1918)

HSH Princess Sieglinde zur Lippe (b. 1915)
HSH Princess Elisabeth Caroline zur Lippe (b. 1916)

HH Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg, Princess Heinrich I Reuss (b. 1918)

HSH Prince Heinrich IV Reuss (b. 1919) and his wife HSH Princess Marie Louise zu Salm-Horstmar (b. 1918)

HRH Princess Leonida Bagration-Moukhransky, mother of Maria V. (b. 1914)
HH Princess Ekaterina Ioannovna Romanova (b. 1915)

HRH The Duchess de Segovia (b. 1913)

Other elderly nobles:
François, Duc de Noailles (b. 1905)
Ronald, 7th Viscount St. Vincent (b. 1905)
 
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Since Princess Isabelle of Salm-Salm also died at January 11th the curent oldest living royals are:

1) Princess Margarethe of Thurn & Taxis (8 Nov. 1909, divorced of Pricne Gaetano of Bourbon-Parma)

2) Hereditairy Grand Duchess Elsiabeth f Saxe-Wimar-Eisenach, nee Countess Wangenheim-Winterstein (16 Jan. 1912)

3) Infanta Maria Adelaida of Portugal, Mrs. van Uden (31 Jan. 1912)

4) Archduke Otto of Austria (20 Nov. 1912)

5) Count Albert von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen zu Hohenrechberg (29 Nov. 1912)

6) Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, nee Countess of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems (28 June 1913)

7) Infanta Emanuela of Spain, Dss of Segovia, nee Dampierre (8 Nov. 1913)

8) Countess Elisabeth of Castell-Rüdenhausen, Mrs. Düvelius (24 Aug. 1914)

9) Princess Maria of Brazil, nee Princess of Bavaria (9 Sept. 1914)

10) Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna of Russia, nee Princess Bagration Mouchrani (23 Sept. 1914)

11) Duke Karl of Croÿ (11 Oct. 1914)

12) Countess Marie Henriëtte von Eltz genannt Faust von Stromberg, nee Princess of Liechtenstein (6 Nov. 1914)

13) Prince Franz Jozeph of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (5 Dec. 1914)

14) Arthur Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington (2 July 1915)

15) Princess Siegerlinde of Salm-Horstmar, Mrs. Bußmann (27 Aug. 1915)

16) Princess Lilian of Sweden, nee Davies (30 Aug. 1915)

17) Princess Antoinette of Croÿ, Mrs. Auff’m-Ordt (27 Oct. 1915)

18) Princess Elisabeth Caroline van Solms-Braunfels, nee Princess of Lippe (23 Jan. 1916)

19) Archduke Felix of Austria (31 May 1916)

20) Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg, born Prince of Sweden (31 Oct. 1916)

Source: monarchen.nl (http://www.monarchen.nl/2009/01/13/de-17-oudste-nog-levende-royals/)
 
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that is a whole generation that have taken part of a other world of royalty
thibk about how much they could tell about history..
 
Princess Margarete of Bourbon-Parma, former wife of Prince Gaetano and oldest living royal and aristocrat, turns 100 years old today.
 
Nobles:
Simone Marie Mathilde Armande Princess von Croy, 6 Nov 1917
Francesco Aliiata Principe di Villafranca, Duca di Salaparuta, Principe di Buccheri, di Trecastagne, di Valguarnera Duca di Saponara, 17 Nov 1917
 
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