Royals & Celebrities

[Countessmeout]

Among the aristocracy and former royals, its not that uncommon it seems.

Actress (and first Hispanic Miss USA) Laura Harring was married once to Carl-Eduard, Count von Bismarck-Schoenhausen (great-great grandson of Otto von Bismark).

Actress AJ Langer (My so called life) is the Countess of Devon. She married her husband when he was Lord Courtney. They moved to Poderham Castle after her father in law died.

https://people.com/royals/my-so-call...ve-ever-heard/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powderham_Castle

[mdqxxx]

Interesting info re Grace Kelly in Monaco....Lee Grant on interviewing middle-aged Grace, discovered Grace felt so diminished, criticized by the females in Monaco Royal Court she had become inhibited, and fearful. A sincerely sad revelation.

[theroyalfly]

Italian Actress Isabella Orsini married a Belgian aristocratic prince, Prince Edouard Lamoral de Ligne de La Trémoïlle.

[princeofitaly]

Supermodel, actress and singer Carla Bruni married married Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France and ex-officio Co-Prince of Andorra.

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by Somebody

Her third marriage was indeed to Prince (Heinrich) Ruzzo Reuss, count of Plauen. Her husband passed away in 1999. It is through her husband who was a friend of king Carl Gustaf (they attended boarding school together) that she became friends with the queen.

Though she was a dancing queen in her day ,Frida was later Her Serene Highness Princess Anni-Frid of Reuss, Countess of Plauen,not bad at all.

[Elan]

Prince Ranier strikes me as something of a tragic figure in Grace's life..his attitude softened several years into the marriage as he observed apathy and long term low spirits. He began to imagine what might snap her out of it to feel well again, with an interest in possible projects. The fifties had come and gone, while the 60's were altogether different. Films beckoned but unless she embarked on a very different path from her prior work, the risks might not have been worth the reward. Otoh, a great director, other than Hitchcock.. it's hard to say what might have been.

There were clearly a few great films left in her, pretty much scuttled on behalf of the principality and people of Monaco, who felt at the time, that it was beneath her.

[princeofitaly]

Fashion model and actress Keisha Omilana met Omoba Adekunle Adebayo Omilana, a member of the House of Arigbabuowo and an omoba (prince) of the kingdom of Ipetu-Ijesha in Yorubaland, West Africa when she got lost on her way to a model casting. The couple married a month later in a private ceremony in New York City with twenty guests and a clergyman from Nigeria. A week-long royal wedding was celebrated later in Nigeria.

Actress Sarah Culberson is Princess Sarah Jane Culberson, Lady of Bumpe (born Princess Esther Elizabeth Kposowa in 1976). She is an American dancer, actress, philanthropist, educator, public speaker, and author. By birth she is a Mende princess of Bumpe in Sierra Leone. As a Mahaloi, or granddaughter of the Paramount Chief, she is accorded the status of princess by the Mende people.

Elisabeth Strickrodt, Countess of Askanien, formerly Elisabeth, Duchess of Anhalt, (3 September 1903 – 5 January 1971) was a German actress and the first wife of Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt.
On 3 March 1927 she married Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt at Ballenstedt Castle. Prior to the marriage she was created Countess of Askanien. Upon her marriage she became the Duchess of Anhalt.

[Mbruno]

Originally Posted by princeofitaly

Actress Anna Gaël on 9 May 1969 Gaël married Alexander Thynn, Viscount Weymouth at a London registry office. In 1992 her husband succeeded his father as the 7th Marquess of Bath.

In 2013 her son married actress and Emma McQuinston. She became the UK’s first black marchioness when she wed Ceawlin Thynne, Viscount of Weymouth, in June 2013 after an 18-month courtship. The former actress and celebrity chef has said she has faced racism and snobbery from the British upper classes unwilling to accept her.

Since her husband hasn't become the Marquess of Bath yet, I believe she is not the UK's first black marchioness as of 2019.

[royalrepublic]

Does anyone know of the link between the present Queen of England and the Russian royals -the Romanovs? I understand Prince Phillip is the son or nephew of Princess Alice, but Queen Elizabeth how is she related to Tzar Nicholas and co, as great cousins, the argyle line doesn't sufficiently explain the House of orange of William and Mary to direct lineage of the Stuart and Tudor period?

We all know Alexeii Romanov, Tzarevich couldn't walk about much in his young years, wearing calipers etc according to the Exhibition this year of the Russian Royals at the Science Museum, does this comply with modern tastes?

[Denville]

Originally Posted by royalrepublic

Does

We all know Alexeii Romanov, Tzarevich couldn't walk about much in his young years, wearing calipers etc according to the Exhibition this year of the Russian Royals at the Science Museum, does this comply with modern tastes?

How do you mean Comply with modern tastes?

[tdarlene]

Originally Posted by royalrepublic

Does anyone know of the link between the present Queen of England and the Russian royals -the Romanovs? I understand Prince Phillip is the son or nephew of Princess Alice, but Queen Elizabeth how is she related to Tzar Nicholas and co, as great cousins, the argyle line doesn't sufficiently explain the House of orange of William and Mary to direct lineage of the Stuart and Tudor period?

We all know Alexeii Romanov, Tzarevich couldn't walk about much in his young years, wearing calipers etc according to the Exhibition this year of the Russian Royals at the Science Museum, does this comply with modern tastes?

Queen Elizabeth is not directly related to tsar Nicholas, however her husband Prince Phillip throught Queen Victoria is related to the romanovs, not to tsar Nicholas but to Tsarina Alexandra, he is her a great-nephew, and is DNA was used to macht the remains found of the imperial family. So yes they are both related to the Romanovs directly or indirectly through family relations.

[Gawin]

Nicholas II, Queen Elizabeth II's grandfather George V, and Prince Philip's father Prince Andrew of Greece were all first cousins (grandchildren of Christian IX of Denmark). Empress Alexandra and Philip's maternal grandmother Victoria Milford Haven were sisters. And his paternal grandmother Queen Olga of Greece was a Romanov and a first cousin of Nicholas II's father.

[iceflower]

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Please refrain from copying and pasting wikipedia entries to this thread, a number of posts have been deleted. Thank you for your understanding!

[princeofitaly]

* The Real Housewives of New York City star Luann de Lesseps was married to Count Alexandre de Lesseps.

* Hollywood actress Jeanne Stuart married Baron Eugène Daniel von Rothschild and became Baroness.

* French actress Nadine Tallier became Baroness after she married Baron Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild.

* Baronne Philippine de Rothschild was an actress under the name Philippine Pascale.

* Baroness Nicole de Rothschild was an actress using the name Nicole Stéphane.

* Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg was an actress in one music video and she make cameo appearances in two movies and in a short movie.

* Princess Mafalda Saxe Cobourg of Bulgaria is a singer.

* Indian actress Sharmila Tagore became Begum Ayesha Sultana Khan after her marriage with Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the Nawab of Pataudi.

* Actress Kareena Kapoor married Saif Ali Khan who became the Nawab of Pataudi.

* Actor Kunal Khemu married Soha Ali Khan, a Bollywood actress and sister of Nawab of Pataudi Saif Ali Khan.

Josephine Baker secretely married Giuseppe Pepito Abatino, who claimed to be Count of Calatafimi in Sicily.

Italian actress Olga Villi married in 1953 nobleman Raimondo Lanza di Trabia. The couple had two daughters.

[Countessmeout]

Originally Posted by princeofitaly

* The Real Housewives of New York City star Luann de Lesseps was married to Count Alexandre de Lesseps.

* Hollywood actress Jeanne Stuart married Baron Eugène Daniel von Rothschild and became Baroness.

* French actress Nadine Tallier became Baroness after she married Baron Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild.

* Baronne Philippine de Rothschild was an actress under the name Philippine Pascale.

* Baroness Nicole de Rothschild was an actress using the name Nicole Stéphane.

* Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg was an actress in one music video and she make cameo appearances in two movies and in a short movie.

* Princess Mafalda Saxe Cobourg of Bulgaria is a singer.

If we want to go real Housewives of NY, Carol Radziwill is the widow of Prince Anthony Radziwill. Anthony's mother was Lee Bouvier, the sister of Jackie O, and his father Prince Stanislav Radziwill.

[princeofitaly]

Spanish model and actress Mar Flores married Count Carlo Costanzia di Costigliole in 1992. They have one son, Carlo Costanzia Flores. They divorced in 1996.

French Actress Suzy Carrier married Count Alexandre Borgia, a descendant of the popular Borgia's family. They married in 1958 and they divorced in 1975.

In 1955 actor and director Orson Welles married Paola Mori, Countess of Gerfalco. They had one daughter.