Deaths announcements 2021

[Ceely]

Princess Osterlind of Wied died on May 12 at the age of 82.

Wilhelmine Friederike Elisabeth Henriette Anastasia Osterlind was born in Stuttgart on April 8, 1939. She was the third and youngest child of Hereditary Prince Hermann of Wied (1899-1941) and Countess Marie Antonie of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1909-2003).

In 1964, she married Werner von Klitzing (*1934). They had four children: Sophie (*1965), Franziska (*1966), Valeska (*1970), and Kaspar (*1973), and 11 grandchildren.

Source: Descendants of King Willem I of the Netherlands
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/wied.html

[rachey88]

Hello,

Prince Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta has passed away today, 1st June 2021

The Duke was born on the 27th September 1943, only son of Prince Aimone, 4th Duke of Aosta (1900-1948) and Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (1904-1974).

The Duke married Princess Claude of Orleans in 1964, and divorced in 1982. He remarried Silvia Paterno di Spedalotto in 1987.

He is survived by his second wife Princess Silvia, Duchess of Aosta, his son Prince Aimone (now Duke of Aosta), daughters Princess Bianca and Princess Mafalda, and 11 grandchildren.

Source: https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/

[Ceely]

Countess Marie Gabriele "Mariella" von Matuschka died on June 13 at the age of 62, in Germany.

She was born in Rottweil on October 4, 1958 as the second child of Princess Amelie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst (1936-1985) and Count Clemens von Matuschka (1928-2011).

In 1982, she married Baron Konstantin Teuffel von Birkensee (*1954). They had three children together: Maximilian (*1983), Fiona (*1985), and Therese (*1986).

In addition to her husband and children, she is survived by her four siblings Stephanie (*1957), Karl Joseph (*1960), Philipp (*1961), and Alice (*1972) and their families.

Source: Descendants of Prince Honor? III of Monaco
https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/wPXWr4ErnxI

[isaroyfan]

Hello, HIRH Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (b.1942) died on 23rd June 2021. He was born as the eldest son and third child of HIRH Archduke Gottfried of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (1902-1984) and of his wife HRH Princess Dorothea of Bavaria (1920-2015)
He married firstly Lætitia de Belsunce d’Arenbetg (1941) in 1965. They divorced in 1981. They had two sons: Sigismund (1966) and Guntram (1967)
He married secondly Marta Julia Fernandez Valverde (1947) in 1994. They divorced in 1998.


https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/tuscany.html
http://heirsofeurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/tuscany.html


Thank you in advance,
Isabelle.

[isaroyfan]

Hello, Hugh Clayton Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale (1949-) died on 22nd June 2021. He was the eldest son and heir of James Hugh William Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale (1922-2006) and of his first wife née Tuppina Cecily Bennet (1922-1984)h
He was married to Pamela Colleen Middleton ftom 1971 to 1986
He was married to Angela Mary Wyatt from 1986 to 1999
He married thirdly Elizabeth Margaret Arnison in 1999.

He ls succeded by his half-brother, Hon. William James Lowther (1957)

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/n3AVnGtdM_0
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/goth...a/lowther.html



Thank you in advance,
Isabelle.

[Ceely]

Count Wolfgang d'Ursel died on June 20 at the age of 85.

He was born in Belgium on March 1, 1936 as the second of five children to Count Gerard d'Ursel (1907-1945) and his wife Baroness Anne-Marie de Pitteurs de Budingen (1908-1964).

In 1968, he married Princess Isabelle of Croy (*1945). They had one child, Valerie (*1969), who is married to Count Hugues de La Rochefoucauld (*1962) and has six children: Aliaume (*1996), Ysende (*1998), Mathilde (*1999), Marguerite (*2003), and twins Alais and Maud (*2005).

In addition to his wife, daughter, and grandchildren, he is survived by two of his siblings and many nieces and nephews.

Source: http://www.carnetmondain.be/index.ph...cat=necrologie
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/ursel.html
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/goth...efoucauld.html

[Marc23]

Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria-Tuscany died in June 2021:

https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot....tria-1942.html

[Marc23]

Countess Mathilde von Nostitz-Rieneck, Mrs. Quagliotti died on 20 June 2021 at the age of 85:

https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/z...titzova-170216

She was daughter of Count Karl von Nostitz-Rieneck (1901-1961) and Countess Maria Sophia von Brühl (1909-1998).

[isaroyfan]

Hello, The Hon. Alexander Randal Mark McDonnell , 9th Earl of Antrim (1931-) died on 21st July 2021. He was the third child and only son of Randal John Somerled McDonnell, 8th Earl of Antrim (1922-1977) and of his first wife nee Sarah Anne Elizabeth Harmsworth (1941) . His son Randal Alexander St.John (1967) is now the 10th Earl of Antrim he married Aurora Gunn in 2004. They have two children: Alexander David Somerled, Viscount Dunluce (30 June 2006) and Lady Helena Maeve Aurora (19 February 2008).



https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/--xNgWHhMgc
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...-40678336.html
https://www.burkespeerage.com/featur...ies_Antrim.php
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/goth...a/lothian.html



Thank you in advance,
Isabelle.

[Ceely]

Princess Elzbieta Radziwill died in Warsaw on July 20 at the age of 103.

She was born on November 21, 1917 in London as the only child of Prince Wilhelm Radziwill (1885-1935) and his former wife Dorothy Parker-Deacon (1892-1960).

In 1937, she married Prince Witold Czartoryski (1908-1945). They had two children together, Krystyna (1938-2004) and Albrecht (*1939). She got remarried to Jan de Ornellas Tomaszewski (1903-2003) in 1947 and had two more children, Georges (1947-2015) and Nicolas (*1950).

In addition to her two living sons, she is survived by 10 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

Source: https://www.angelfire.com/realm/goth...radziwill.html
El¿bieta Maria ks. Radziwi³³ na Nie¶wie¿u h. Tr±by (M.J. Minakowski, Genealogia potomków Sejmu Wielkiego)

[Biri]

Princess Tatjana-Sybille of Schaumburg-Lippe died today, on 2 August.

She was born in Bielefeld on 13 November 1962 as second, younger child of Prince Konstantin of Schaumburg-Lippe (1930-2008) & his first wife Sigrid, nee Knape (1929-1997); she had an older brother York (b.1960).
Her parents' marriage had to collapse in some moment; her father had an out-of-wedlock child Oliver (b.1988) by Petra Maass (b.1951) - he married her a year after the death of his wife.
Tatiana-Sybille was unmarried and childless.

Prince York in 1992 lost his wife Susanne, nee Seidensticker (aged 31)...
In 2016 he lost his only child, Nicolai-York (aged 27)...
And now he loses his sister...

Sources: Descendants of Duke Friedrich of Saxe-Altenburg
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/goth...a/s-lippe.html

[isaroyfan]

Hello, HSH Prince Oskar Arnold zu Bentheim und Steinfurt died at Burgsteinfurt on 3rd August 2021.
He was born at Burgsteinfurt on 8th March 1946 as the youngest children and son of Prince Viktor Adolf zu Bentheim und Steinfurt (1882-1961) and of his second wife née Princess Rosa Helene zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1901-1963)
He married Margot Lucke (1938) in 1980.


https://www.angelfire.com/realm/goth.../bentheim.html
https://www.trauer.ms/traueranzeige/...einfurt-129740


Thank you in advance,
Isabelle.

[Marc23]

Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria-Tuscany, Baroness von Holzhauzen has passed away. She was daughter of Archduke Anton of Austria-Tuscany and Princess Ileana of Romania:

Royal Musings: HI & RH Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria (1939-2021)

[Ceely]

Furstin Marie of Liechtenstein, nee Countess Kinsky, died today at the age of 81 following a stroke earlier this week.

She was born on April 14, 1940 as the fourth of seven children of Count Ferdinand Kinsky (1908-1969) and Countess Henriette von Ledebur-Wicheln (1910-2001).

In 1967 she married Hans-Adam II, Furst of Liechtenstein (*1945). They had four children: Alois (*1968), Maximilian (*1969), Constantin (*1972), and Tatjana (*1973).

In addition to her husband and children, she is survived by her 15 grandchildren, 3 of her siblings, and many nieces and nephews.

Source: https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot....ess-marie.html
Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

[Marc23]

Prince Franz Josef von Altenburg died on 18 August 2021.

He was the son of Archduke Clemens of Austria-Tuscany (1704-1974) and Countess Elisabeth Rességuier de Miremont (1906-2000).

He was married to Baroness Christa von Härdtl (b.1945) and had four children.

https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot....burg-1941.html

[MarleneKoenig]

Count Riprand of Arzo Zinneberg died August 24 He was married to Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blog...d-zu-arco.html

[Ceely]

Prince Jan Pawel Sapieha-Rozanski died on August 6 at the age of 85 in Rio de Janeiro.

His was born in 1935 in Warsaw to Prince Jan Andrzej Sapieha-Rozanski and his wife Maria Zdziechowska. He married his first wife, Claudine Cumberledge, in 1964, and they had a son Michal (*1966) before divorcing.

In 1980, he married his second wife, Princess Cristina of Orleans-Braganza (*1950), and they had two daughters, Anna Theresa (*1981) and Paola Maria (*1983). They divorced in 1988. Anna married Benjamin Furlong in 2018 and they have a son born in 2019. Paola married Prince Konstanty Swiatopolk-Czetwertynski in 2012.

Source: Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French
Jan Pawe³ ks. Sapieha-Ro¿añski h. Lis (M.J. Minakowski, Genealogia potomków Sejmu Wielkiego)

[Tatiana Maria]

Both websites are mistaken about the daughters of his second marriage, I'm afraid. His daughters identify themselves with the family and surname of their mother, which information is found in many places, including their pages on social media.

[C-Rod]

Originally Posted by Tatiana Maria

Both websites are mistaken about the daughters of his second marriage, I'm afraid. His daughters identify themselves with the family and surname of their mother, which information is found in many places, including their pages on social media.

Paola Maria has become a Spanish citizen by naturalization. Her surname was legally listed as "Sapienha de Bourbón".

Real Decreto 1590/2005, de 23 de diciembre, por el que se concede la nacionalidad española por carta de naturaleza a doña Paola María Sapieha de Bourbón.

[C-Rod]

Originally Posted by Tatiana Maria

Both websites are mistaken about the daughters of his second marriage, I'm afraid. His daughters identify themselves with the family and surname of their mother, which information is found in many places, including their pages on social media.

Both sisters have become Spanish citizens by naturalization. Their legal surname in Boletín Oficial del Estado was "Sapieha de Bourbón" (at least, in 2005)

Real Decreto 1589/2005, de 23 de diciembre, por el que se concede la nacionalidad española por carta de naturaleza a doña Ana Teresa Sapieha de Bourbón

Real Decreto 1590/2005, de 23 de diciembre, por el que se concede la nacionalidad española por carta de naturaleza a doña Paola María Sapieha de Bourbón