Deaths announcements 2020

[isaroyfan]

Hello, Lady Elizabeth Georgina Anson (1941) died on November 1st 2020. She was the daughter of Thomas William Arnold Anson, Viscount Anson (1913-1958) and of Lady Anne Fereleith Fenella Bowes-Lyon (1917-1980) first cousin of HM Queen Elizabeth II.

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/jLoC4IT2Zy0
Anson; Lichfield
Strathmore

Thank you in advance,
Isabelle.

[Biri]

The death has been reported of the Lady Elizabeth Anson, CVO; the party planner, socialite, first cousin once removed of the Queen. Lady Elizabeth died on 1 November.

Lady Elizabeth has been planning parties for her cousin, The Queen, since 1960. Notable events has she planned include Sting's wedding, Margaret Thatcher's 70th birthday party, Elizabeth II's 80th birthday party, the wedding of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, and Marie-Chantal Miller and a reception for foreign royals the night before the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Hotel.

As the step-daughter of a Danish prince, Lady Elizabeth has also attended many royal events in continental Europe, including the 80th birthday celebrations in Oslo of The King and Queen of Norway, and the funeral of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg. In 1966, Lady Elizabeth was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and Jonkheer Claus van Amsberg. In 2018 Lady Elizabeth attended the state banquet given by The Queen in honour of The King and Queen of the Netherlands at Buckingham Palace.

She was born at Windsor Castle, as Elizabeth Georgiana Anson on7 June, 1941, the only daughter of Lieutenantt-Colonel Thomas Arnold Anson, styled Viscount Anson (1913-1958) & his first wife the Anne Ferelith Fenella, nee Bowes Lyon (1917-1980) [daughter of Honourable John Herbert Bowes-Lyon (1886-1930) & his wife, Honourable Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (1889-1966) niece of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]

King George VI stood sponsor at her christening.

Her mother married, as her second husband, on 16 September 1950, HRH Prince Georg of Denmark (1920-1986).

Elizabeth Anson's paternal grandfather was the 4th Earl of Lichfield (1883-1960) and on his death Elizabeth's brother, Patrick, the society photographer, succeeded as 5th Earl. She was subsequently raised to the rank of an earl's daughter, by Royal Warrant, in 1961.

Lady Elizabeth married, with members of the Royal Family in attendance, on 27 July 1972, Sir Geoffrey Shakerley, 6th Baronet (1932-2012). The marriage ended in divorce.

Lady Elizabeth leaves one daughter, Fiona Elizabeth Fenella Shakerley (b.18 August, 1973), son-in-law Edward Brocas Burrows (b.1975) and two grandchildren: Noah (b.2006) & Ruby (b.2008).

Lady Elizabeth (Liza to her friends) was appointed CVO earlier this year.

Sources: Descendants of Sir Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/202...-cvo-1941.html

[Benjamin]

Duke Ferdinand Eugen of Württemberg passed away on 3 November 2020 at the age of ninety-five.

https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot....-eugen-of.html

[Benjamin]

Countess Sárolta von Habsburg, Princess of Hungary, died in Switzerland on 2 November 2020.

She was born on 3 March 1940 as the first child Archduke Albrecht of Austria (1897-1955), Duke of Teschen, and his second wife Katalin Bocskay de Felsö-Bánya (1909-2000).

https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot....rolta-von.html

[Countessmeout]

She was the granddaughter of Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen and Isabella of Croy.

She was first cousins of Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria. Alicia's mother Archduchess Maria Anna (married Prince Elias of Parma) was Albrecht's older sister.

[Marc23]

Death of Lady Moyra Campbell:

https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot....ady-moyra.html

She was one of Queen's Maids of Honor.

[Ceely]

Hubertus Schmalz, son of Princess Luise Henriette of Prussia (1912-1973) and her husband Wilhelm Schmalz (1901-1983), died this year at age 81 or 82.

He was born in 1938 as the second of four children. In 1968 he married Ulrike Feuerborn (*1945). They had three daughters: Alexandra (*1968), Franziska (*1971), and Christina (*1973). He is survived by them, his two granddaughters Isabelle and Luise, his youngest brother Friedrich, and many nieces and nephews.

Source: Descendants of King Willem I of the Netherlands

[MarleneKoenig]

Count Ferdinand Kinsky, German political scientist and brother of the Princess of Liechtenstein died November 22, 2020 https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blog...1934-2020.html

[HereditaryPrincess]

Baron Pinoteau (b. 1927) recently passed away:

Mort du Baron Pinoteau (1927-2020) – Noblesse & Royautés

[MarleneKoenig]

Two German noble deaths today (11-26-2020) Princess Ilke of Wied (mother of Duchess Marie of Württemberg and The Prince of Khvenhüller-Metsch, the latter from COVID-19 https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blog...prince-of.html

[Biri]

Jobst D. Sunkel died this year.

He was born in 1926.
He married Ruth von Campe [daughter of Edith Hoyer von Rotenheim (1896-…) & her husband Asche von Campe (1881-1953)] by whom he had a son Alexander and a daughter Katharina as well as four grandchildren - Alexandra & Constantin by Alexander & his wife Christiana and Justus & Simon by Katharina & her husband Jürgen Gather.

Source: Descendants of Franz von Cramm

[isaroyfan]

Good Evening, François Henri , 12th Duke of Harcourt (1928-) died at Annecy on 5th November 2020. He his the eldest son of François, 11th Duke d'Harcourt (1902-1997) and of his first wife née Antoinette Gérard (1909-1958).
He leaves a widow: Isabelle Roubeau (1961).
He's succeeded by a distant cousin: Geoffroy (1952) married to Hélène de Nicolay (1962).


https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandi...decede-7063728
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/goth.../harcourt.html
The Heirs of Europe: Harcourt


Thank you in advance,
Isabelle.

[MarleneKoenig]

AnotherGerman noble death - Johannes Count of Königsegg-Aulendorf at 95
https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blog...konigsegg.html

[Biri]

Count Emmanuel de Limburg Stirum died in Ixelles on 28 November.

He was born in Huldenberg on 19 September 1940 as fourth of eight children of Count Charles de Limburg Stirum (1906-1989) & his wife Princess Maria Kunigunde of Lobkowicz (1906-2005).
He married civilly in Etterbeek on 20 April and religiously in Hingene on 4 May 1968 Countess Nadine d'Ursel (b.10 February 1945) [herself fifth of eleven children of Count Élie d'Ursel (1915-1971) & his wife Countess Monique de Lannoy (1915-2006)] by whom he had a daughter Eléonore (b.1970) and two sons Wolfgang (b.1971) & Arnaud (b.1974) as well as nine grandchildren.

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Descendants of Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum and Countess Marie Th?r?se de Thiennes, Leyenburg et de Rumbeke
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/goth...a/limburg.html
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/ursel.html

[HereditaryPrincess]

Lady Celia Vestey (b. 1949) has died at the age of 71. She married Samuel Vestey, Baron Vestey in 1981 and is survived by three children; William, George and Mary. She was godmother to Prince Harry as her parents were friends with the queen:

https://www.tatler.com/article/lady-...other-obituary

[Countessmeout]

Originally Posted by HereditaryPrincess

Lady Celia Vestey (b. 1949) has died at the age of 71. She married Samuel Vestey, Baron Vestey in 1981 and is survived by three children; William, George and Mary. She was godmother to Prince Harry as her parents were friends with the queen:

https://www.tatler.com/article/lady-...other-obituary

It wasn't simply her parents. Both her and her husband Sam moved in the royal circles because of riding. She was introduced to Sam by Diana's brother in law Robert Fellowes. Sam was the master of the queen's horses from 1999-2018.

[Ceely]

Count Ulrich Grote died on Nov 1 at the age of 80.

He was born on Jan 12, 1940. In 1971 he married Princess Marita of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1936-2000). They had one child, Ilka (*1972). In addition to his daughter, he is survived by his son-in-law Herwath von Plate (*1973) and three granddaughters Teresa (*2004), Piata (*2007), and Julika (*2009) von Plate.

Source: Descendants of Prince Christian Heinrich of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Countess Charlotte of Leiningen-Westerburg
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/sayn.html

[Marc23]

Stella Tennant, British model and fashion designer died on 22 December 2020.

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/...t-dies-aged-50

She was born on 17 December 1970 as daughter of The Hon. Tobias William Tennant, son of the 2nd Baron Glenconner, and Lady Emma Cavendish, Tennant was a grandchild of Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire and The Hon. Deborah Mitford, one of the Mitford sisters.

[Biri]

Christine-Maria Meilinger-Rehrl, former Princess Peter von Hohenberg, died sometime this year.

She was born in Bramberg-Weyerhof on 30 May 1947; she married in Salzburg civilly on 28 August and religiously on 11 October 1969 Prince Peter von Hohenberg (1936-2017) [son of
Maximilian, Duke von Hohenberg (1902-1962) {himself son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este (1863-1914) & his wife Countess Sophie Chotek von Chotkowa und Wognin, created Princess von Hohenberg in 1900, created Duchess von Hohenberg in 1909 (1868-1914)} & his wife Countess Elisabeth of Waldburg of Wolfegg and Waldsee (1904-1993)] but they divorced in 1980; they had two daughters: Marie-Christine (b.1970) & Marie-Therese (b.1972) and one grandson Maximilian Bailey (b.2010) [son of Marie-Therese & her former husband Anthony Bailey (b.1970)].

Sources: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/goth...a/austria.html

[Biri]

Marie-Agnčs, Countess d'Alcantara de Querrieu, nee Toby died this year.

She was born in 1959 and in 1983 married Frédéric, Count d'Alcantara de Querrieu (b.1958) [son of Alvar, Count d'Alcantara de Querrieu (1935-2019) {himself firstborn son of Princess Stephanie of Windisch-Graetz (1909-2005) & her first husband Pierre, Count d'Alcantara de Querrieu (1907-1944)} & his first wife Anita-Kristina Damstén (1936-1980)] by whom she had four children: Alexis (b.1985), Nicolas (b.1987), Philippine (b.1990) & Gauthier (b.1994) and four grandchildren: Emeric (b.2013), Félix (b.2016) & Romane (b.2019) [children of Alexis & his wife Christelle, nee Soetens (b.1985)] and Liam (b.2016) [son of Nicolas and Sophie Marique].

Source: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria