Countess Elisabeth d'Udekem d'Acoz & Marquis Alfonso Pallavicini - 20 & 22 July 2006

[Hannelore]

In Point de Vue mag at the wedding there were pix of Helene with a Prince of Liechenstein -not sure about the spelling- they said they didn t leave each others'side
Does anyone know if it is a budding romance ???

Well I don't think anything's going on between them. Hugo von Liechtenstein was one of the best men and so it's normal that he escorted Hélène, sister of the bride. You know what point de vue is like, sometimes they present things in a bit of a hazy positive way if they don't know themselves what is going on.

BTW Hugo von Liechtenstein woudn't be a bad match at all: he's the son of Prince Johann Moritz von und zu Liechtenstein and princess Clotilde von Thurn und Taxis. He's is divorced, he was married to Arabelle Ohlmeier http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/463850-post77.html, they have a daughter, Maria (8).

 

[IloveCP]

Her wedding gown was not that bad. I really did not like the high neckline.

 

[SirGyamfi1]

a few remarks:
1) I don´t see how an italian marquis is a ´better´ catch then a prince of Furstenberg.
2) I think you were the only one who missed the Prince of Orange on his weddingday, he was there, looking radiant, in love and a bit overpowered. I do not think that Maxima outshines her husband that much, both are very popular anyway.
3) I do not think Maxima is a farmer.
4) back to Belgium. I think the Belgian nobility is the only one in the world who still mostly (almost exclusively) are marrying among themselves. Thus it was only to be expected that Elisabeth would marry a noble (she dated royalty even), as will probably Helene and Charles-Henri.
5) Though Mathilde´s karma works for Belgium, I think in other countries she would have been less suited (as other crownprincesses are less-suited for Belgium). Not every country is a great admiror of the modest, silent, discrete and introverted type (sadly) and some exhuberence does not mean that a person lacks modesty (we do not know them personally, do we?). So I do not see how Norway would have a better crownprincess in Mathilde for example.

At the moment I like all crownprincesses (though some more then others) and I think all of them are doing a good job in their respective countries.

Well the Pallavicini family aren’t a family to scoff at and Alexander von Furstenberg isn’t a dynast of the Furstenberg family but a member of a junior branch.

 

[Tatiana Maria]

Well, according to Valérie d'Alkemade, who made a study about this, it's about 60% of the Belgian nobility/aristocracy who marries within the own circle (Belgian or international).

Do you have a link to this study, and does the 60% figure refer to marriages strictly between members of nobility or any marriage with an upper-class spouse?

 

[SirGyamfi1]

Do you have a link to this study, and does the 60% figure refer to marriages strictly between members of nobility or any marriage with an upper-class spouse?

I think the poster was referring to marriage strictly within the nobility not upper class in general.

 

[Blog Real]

More photos:
Queen Mathilde: Wedding: Elisabeth d'Udekem & Alfonso Pallavicini

 

[Moonmaiden23]

Both Elisabeth and Mathilde have a 13 year age gap with their respective husbands.

I liked Elisabeth's bridal gown better than Mathilde's....but Mathilde is much prettier than her sister imo.