Births announcements 2020

[sjetajiem]

Maria Magdalena Countess d'Andlau de Cléron d'Haussonville, sister of Philomena Countess of Paris, and her husband Jean Count d'Andlau de Cléron d'Haussonville had their third son and third child Gaspard at Blois on July 4th 2020.
A brother for twins Alfonso and Drogo (* 28-9-2018)

Source: Jérome J. on Nobiliana

 

[sjetajiem]

Alessandra Princess of Hannover and her husband Christian Prince of Hannover had their first son and first child and their first daughter and second child Nicolas and Sofia at Madrid on July 7th 2020.

Source: https://cosas.pe/realeza/186735/nic...503775&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram

 

[Biri]

An update of my post concerning May Liddell-Grainger's baby:

May Alexandra Liddell-Grainger (b. 9 September 1992) [youngest of three children of Ian Richard Liddell-Grainger (b.1959) {herself daughter of Anne Abel Smith (b.1932) {{herself daughter of Princess May von Teck, who became Lady May Cambridge in 1917 (1906-1994) & her husband Sir Henry Abel Smith (1900-1993)}} & her late former husband David Liddell-Grainger (1930-2007)} & his wife Jill, nee Nesbitt (b.1956)] & her partner Christopher Burns had their first child, Leopold, on 9 June.

Although May is her parents' youngest child she is the first one to make them grandparents.

Sources: Descendants of Duke Wilhelm of Nassau
https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2020/07/leopold-burns-descendant-of-queen.html

 

[Biri]

Caroline Cecilie Grinholdt (b.1994) [daughter of Marie Louise Moes (b.1966) {herself daughter of Countess Thyra of Castell-Castell (b.1939) & husband Karl Moes (b.1937)} & her former husband Bent Laurits Grinholdt (b.1952)] & her newly wedded husband Simon Alexander Olesen had their second son, August, this year.

A brother for Frederik Willum (b.2017)

Source: Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark

French singer-songwriter Vanille Leclerc (b.20 March 1988) [daughter of Virginie Coupérie-Eiffel (b.1962) {herself daughter of Emeric Coupérie (1912-1985) {{himself son of Madeleine de Serre de Saint Roman (1883-1946) & her husband Aurélien Coupérie (1877-1914)}} & his wife Florence, nee Piccioni-Eiffel (1928-2016, great-granddaughter of Gustave Eiffel, builder of the Eiffel-tower)} & her former husband, French singer-songwriter Paul Alain Leclerc, better known by his pseudonym Julien Clerc (b.1947)] & her partner, Brazilian bassist Robson Wilson Tavares da Silva, better known by his pseudonym Robinho Tavares, had their first child this year.

Source: http://heinbruins.nl/Fouche.html
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_Clerc#Vie_privée

 

[Biri]

Amy Rose Lascelles (b.26 June 1986) [youngest of three children together of Honourable Jeremy Lascelles (b.1955) {himself youngest of three sons together of Sir George Lascelles, Earl of Harewood (1923-2011, first cousin of QEII) & his first wife Maria Donata (Marion) Stein (1926-2014)} & his first wife Julie Baylis (b.1957)] & her partner Matthew Michael Bolton (b.1990) [son of Kevin Bolton & his wife Patricia, nee Best] became parents of a son, Marlow Fox, on 20 July.

Sources: Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Lascelles#Marriage_and_issue
https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2020/07/latest-descendant-of-royal-house-of.html
https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2020/07/another-descendant-of-queen-victoria.html
https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-newest-qvd-was-born-on-monday.html

James Richard Edward Seymour (b.1985) [son of Richard Hubert Seymour (b.1947) & his wife Amanda, nee Hardie] & his wife Rebecca Claire, nee Banting (b.1986) [daughter of Fergus Banting & his wife Susan, nee Watts] had their second child, Edward James, in Winchester on 7 July.

A brother for Isabelle Grace (28-10-2017)

Sources: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2020/07/edward-james-seymour-born-2020.html
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/somerset.html

 

[sjetajiem]

Prince Wolfram von der Leyen and his wife Princess Janina, née Countess von Schönborn-Wiesentheid had their first daughter and second child: Apolline Maria Daisy Alessandra Janina Erika Ludovica at Monaco on June 6th 2020.
A sister for Roch (*10-4-2018))

https://www.allgaeuer-zeitung.de/al...ickt-in-monaco-das-licht-der-welt_arid-222267

 

[Countessmeout]

Prince Wolfram von der Leyen and his wife Princess Janina, née Countess von Schönborn-Wiesentheid had their first daughter and second child: Apolline Maria Daisy Alessandra Janina Erika Ludovica at Monaco on June 6th 2020.
A sister for Roch (*10-4-2018))

https://www.allgaeuer-zeitung.de/al...ickt-in-monaco-das-licht-der-welt_arid-222267

Janina's Aunt Gabriela (her father's older sister) is married to Prince Alexander of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn.

Definitely one of those long winded German royal names. Ludovica comes from a common ancestor of both Wolfram and Janina, Ludovica Borghese who was a great-great grandmother of them both.

 

[Marc23]

Ludovica comes from a common ancestor of both Wolfram and Janina, Ludovica Borghese who was a great-great grandmother of them both.

Her parents Prince Wolfram and Countess Janina are 3rd cousins. Both descending from Prince Antonio Ruffo della Scaletta (1845-1928) and Donna Ludovica dei Principi Borghese (1859-1928).

So, they named their daughter after their most common ancestor.

 

[Biri]

Felicitas Witt von Dorring (b.1993) [daughter of Franz Witt von Dorring (b.1956) {himself son of Countess Caroline von Meran (1920-1965) & her husband Christian Witt von Dorring (1914-2001)} & his wife Birgitte, nee Kos (b.1963)] & Michael Schitzhofer (b.1986) had their first child, Paul, this year.

Source: Descendants of Archduke Johann of Austria

 

[Biri]

Isabelle Mortgat (b.1985) [younger of two daughters of Princesse Anne-Isabelle de Ligne (b.1954) {herself daughter of Princess Alix of Luxemburg (1929-2019) & her husband Antoine, Prince de Ligne (1925-2005)} & her first husband Olivier Mortgat (b.1956)] & her husband Gautier Walckiers had their first child, Gaston, this year.

Source: Descendants of Duke Wilhelm of Nassau

And two more descendants of King Charles II of England and Scotland were born:

Louisa Mary Mulraney [nee Kershaw, born 1992], wife of Edward George Mulraney [born 1991], gave birth to a daughter, Ottilie, 31 July, 2020.

Louisa Mulraney, descended from the Merrie Monarch King Charles II, is a daughter of Martin John Kershaw [born 1954], of Brokenborough, Wilts, descended from the Earls of Lindsey & Abingdon, by his wife the former Joanna Lucy FitzRoy [born 1957], scion of the Dukes of Grafton, daughter of Lord Edward Anthony Charles FitzRoy [1928-2007].

Edward Mulraney is a son of Kevin Mulraney, of Oaksey, Wilts, by his wife the former Frances J. Grange.

Rebecca Kershaw [nee Watkins], wife of Captain Simon Edward Kershaw [born 1985], a descendant of King Charles II, gave birth to a third daughter, Zara, 14 June, 2020, a sister for Olivia and Philippa.

Rebecca Kershaw is a daughter of Mr David Watkins, of Ballingham, Herefordshire, and Mrs Nicky Scudamore, of Much Marcle, Herefordshire.

Captain Kershaw, is the eldest son of Martin John Kershaw [born 1954], descended from the Bertie Earls of Lindsey & Abingdon, by his wife the former Joanna Lucy FitzRoy [born 1957], scion of the Dukes of Grafton, daughter of Lord Edward Anthony Charles FitzRoy [1928-2007], a younger son of the 10th Duke of Grafton, &c.

The 1st Duke of Grafton was an illegitimate son of King Charles II and Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland.

Source for both: Peerage News site.

 

[Biri]

Louise Caroline Castenskiold (b.1986) [only child of Helmuth Castenskiold (b.1949) {himself eldest of three children of Carl Castenskiold (1923-2003) {himself eldest of four children of Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1890-1961) & her husband Jørgen Castenskiold (1893-1978)}} & his first wife Bente Grevenkop-Castenskiold (1927-2003)} & his former wife Jocelyn Gaspar (b.1965)] & her husband Jannik Iuel Krarup had their first child this year.

Source: Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark

 

[Biri]

Countess Marie-Carolin of Kuefstein (b.14 August 1988) [second of six living children of Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria (b.1959) & her husband Count Andreas of Kuefstein (b.1954)] & her husband Matthias Lammerhuber had their first child this year.

Source: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

Prince Alexander of Prussia (b.3 October 1984) [eldest of the three sons of Prince Adalbert of Prussia (b.1948) & his wife Eva Maria, nee Kudicke (b.1951)] & his wife Jenny, nee von Rumohr (b.15 December 1985) [elder of the two daughters of Joachim von Rumohr (b.1950) & his wife Amélie, nee Baroness von Holzing-Berstett (b.1959)] had their first child, a daughter, recently.

Source: http://heinbruins.nl/Wilhelm.html

 

[Biri]

Francois-Xavier Eeckhout (b.1981) [second of three children and older son of Jonkvrouw Régine de Kerchove d'Exaerde (b.1952) & her husband Benoît Eeckhout (b.1951)] & his wife Elisabeth, nee Nieuwenhuys (b.1982) had their third daughter, Roxane, this year.

A sister for Hortense (b.2011) & Léonore (b.2013).

Young father's elder sister Laurence (b.1978) & her husband Frédéric Goyens de Heusch (b.1977) have three sons: Adrien (b.2007), Tristan (b.2009) & Théodore (b.2011).

And his younger brother Arnaud (b.1984) & his wife Bérénice, nee Wathelet (b.1983) have two daughters: Victoire (b.2012) & Elise (b.2014).

Source: Descendants of Baron Jacques Albert d'Udekem d'Acoz

 

[MarleneKoenig]

Princess Xenia of Croy and her fiance, Guy delle Piane are the parents of a son, Laszlo

https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2020/08/its-boy-for-xenia-and-guy.html

 

[Biri]

Princess Xenia of Croy and her fiance, Guy delle Piane are the parents of a son, Laszlo

https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2020/08/its-boy-for-xenia-and-guy.html

Who was born on 28 August.

Countess Marie-Sophie von Lodron-Laterano und Castelromano (b.1988) [eldest of six children of Countess Désirée of Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (b.1962) & her husband Count Alberich zu Lodron-Laterano und Castelromano (b.1961)] & her husband Heinrich Hartl had their third child, Franziskus, sometime this year.

The newborn has a brother (name and DOB unknown) and a sister Beatrice (b.2018).

Source: Descendants of Archduke Johann of Austria

Luke Miles William Ponsonby (b.1986) [son of Air Vice-Marshal John Maurice Maynard Ponsonby (b.1955) & his wife Marie Jose Antoinette, nee Van Huizen-Husselson] & his wife Rosanna Thea Bullivant (b.1988) [eldest daughter of George A. Bullivant & his wife Sarah, nee Spooner] had their first child, Myles George John, in Norwich, on 4 August.

Sources: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2020/09/myles-george-john-ponsonby-born-2020.html
Ponsonby

 

[Biri]

Alexander von Wasielewski (b.1983) [son of Duchess Marie Katharina of Mecklenburg (b.1949) & her husband Wolfgang Thaddaus von Wasielewski (b.1951)] & his wife Johanna "Jeanny" Gerring (b.1986) had their first child, Alma, this year.

Prince Florian von Altenburg (b.1974) [son of Prince Nikolaus von Altenburg (b.1942) & his first wife Suzanne Robinow (b.1946)] became a father of a son named Valentin this year; mother is Magdalena Maria Suppan.

He has been married since 2007 to Maika Pollack (b.1976) bu I don't know if they are separated or divorced; they don't have children together.

Source for both: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

 

[Biri]

Fernando Fitz James Stuart y de Solis, Duke of Huescar (b.14 September 1990) [older of two sons of Carlos Martinez de Irujo y Fitzjames-Stuart, Duke of Alba (b.1949) & his former wife Matilda de Solis y Martinez de Campos (b.1963)] & his wife Sofia, nee Palazuelo (aged 30) [daughter of Fernando Palazuelo Baldasúa & his former wife Sofía Barroso] had their first child, Rosario, at the Hospital de Nuestra Senora del Rosario in Madrid, recently.

Paternal uncle of the little one, Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y de Solís (b.30 November 1991) has just gotten engaged.

Source: https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20200909173729/sofia-palazuelo-fernando-fitz-james-stuart-padres/ (Obrigada, Blog Real!)

 

[isaroyfan]

Hello, Camilla, Marchionnes of Blandford, nee Thorp (b.1987) and husband, George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford , eldest son and heir of Charles, 12th Duke of Marlborough (b.1992) had their first child and daughter: Lady Olympia Arabella Kitty on September 10th 2020.


https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/RNbIrkh3Htk


Isabelle.

 

[Biri]

Update: Rosario Fitzjames-Stuart y Palazuelo was born on 8 September:

https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20200913175043/sofia-palazuelo-recibe-alta-tras-ser-madre/

 

[Biri]

Princess Marie-Gabrielle de Nassau (b.8 September 1986) [eldest of four children and only daughter of Prince Jean of Luxemburg (b.1957) & his first wife Hélène Vestur (b.1958)] & her husband Antonius Wilms (b.22 December 1988) [son of Countess Maria Theresia von Goess (b.1953) & her husband Hayo Wilms (b.1947)] had their second son, Cajetan, on 2 September.

A brother for Zeno (5-6-2018).

Sources: Descendants of Duke Wilhelm of Nassau
Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFKR_QFgRey/?igshid=rk2tk2vd4238 (Thanks, Blog Real!)

Alice Charlotte Adelaide Seifert [nee Murray, born 1981], wife of Benjamin William D. Seifert [born 1978], and scion of the Dukes of Atholl, gave birth to a son, Louis Wolf Martin Stewart, 2 September, 2020.

Alice Seifert is a daughter of Peter Gerald Stewart Murray [born 1944], descended from the 3rd Duke of Atholl, by his wife the former Jane Rosetta Wood [born 1943].

Benjamin Seifert is a son of Mr Martin H. Seifert by his wife the former Jacqueline E. Morris.

Source: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2020/09/louis-wolf-martin-srewart-seifert-born.html

 

[Ceely]

Princess Tatiana of Prussia (*1980), daughter of Prince Alexander of Prussia (*1947) and Alexandra Blahova (1947-2019), and her husband Philip Womack had twin daughters, Xenia Alexandra Selena and Amalia Maria Brigid, on August 29.

Their first child, Arthur Frederick Richard, was born in 2015. The kids have the surname Womack von Preussen.

Source: Womack von Preussen - Births Announcements - Telegraph Announcements
Descendants of German Emperor Wilhelm I

 

[Countessmeout]

Princess Tatiana of Prussia (*1980), daughter of Prince Alexander of Prussia (*1947) and Alexandra Blahova (1947-2019), and her husband Philip Womack had twin daughters, Xenia Alexandra Selena and Amalia Maria Brigid, on August 29.

Their first child, Arthur Frederick Richard, was born in 2015. The kids have the surname Womack von Preussen.

Source: Womack von Preussen - Births Announcements - Telegraph Announcements
Descendants of German Emperor Wilhelm I

Second set of German twins this year (at least) with the Hannoverian twins.

Arthur's middle names are for his maternal great-grandfather (Prince Frederick of Prussia) and paternal grandfather (Richard Womack). He shares his first name (whether it was an intentional honor or not) with his mother's Uncle by marriage, the Duke of Wellington (Duchess of Wellington is her father's youngest sister).

Xenia is a family name (Tatiana's father has a cousin named Xenia). Alexandra is for her maternal grandmother. Selene who knows but Philip is a writer and seems to have an interest in Greek myth so perhaps a nod there.

Amalia a name in the family tree. Maria may be a nod to Philip's mother who is Marie. Brigid for baby's great-grandmother Lady Brigid Guiness.

 

[MarleneKoenig]

Twin daughters, Xenia and Amalia for Princess Tatiana von Preussen and Philip Womack
https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2020/09/twins-for-tatiana-and-philip-womack-two.html

 

[HereditaryPrincess]

Alejandra Romero and her husband the Duke of Suarez welcomed their first child, a girl, named Mariam, on September 15:

Naissance de Mariam, fille de la duchesse de Suarez – Noblesse & Royautés

 

[Countessmeout]

Alejandra Romero and her husband the Duke of Suarez welcomed their first child, a girl, named Mariam, on September 15:

Naissance de Mariam, fille de la duchesse de Suarez – Noblesse & Royautés

Named in honor of her late grandmother

In a week we have two little future Spanish Duchesses named for their late grandmother/great-grandmother. Rosaria (Alba) and now Mariam (Suarez).

I love that Spain has led the way (hopefully UK will one day follow) in getting rid of salic inheritance of noble titles. Two families who got to enjoy the birth of a baby without concern of 'not having a heir yet'.

 

[fabaunty]

Now if only the post had read , "The Duchess of Suarez and her husband Pedro de Armas have welcomed their first child ", we really would have been making some progress.

 

[Countessmeout]

Now if only the post had read , "The Duchess of Suarez and her husband Pedro de Armas have welcomed their first child ", we really would have been making some progress.

That is the first thing I thought as well, isn't Alejandra the Duchess and her husband just married to her. But I decided to leave it be.

At the very least the Duke and Duchess welcomed.....but that also gives the impression that he is the one with the title not his wife.

 

[HereditaryPrincess]

Now if only the post had read , "The Duchess of Suarez and her husband Pedro de Armas have welcomed their first child ", we really would have been making some progress.

No need to be snarky. I mentioned Alejandra's name first, and used her surname she used before marriage just to show her background for genealogical purposes. Nothing more to it. I wanted to change it to "nee Romero" but I'm not allowed to make any further amends to my post, it seems. Please don't make rash judgements about a poster's views based on a trivial mistake.

 

[fabaunty]

I was not meaning to be "snarky ", my apologies if you took my posting as such .

 

[Charlotte_Aster]

No need to be snarky. I mentioned Alejandra's name first, and used her surname she used before marriage just to show her background for genealogical purposes. Nothing more to it. I wanted to change it to "nee Romero" but I'm not allowed to make any further amends to my post, it seems. Please don't make rash judgements about a poster's views based on a trivial mistake.

But she is not nee Romero, she is Alejandra Romero Suárez. Women in Spain do not change their names after they are married. And the way yhe original post was worded implies heavily that she is not a Duchess in her own right, and that her husband, who is merely a Duke jure uxoris, is the actual hereditary duke.
Anyway, congratulations to the family.