Engagements Announcements 2019


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The engagement was announced between Henry Robert Fitzroy "Bobby" Somerset, styled Marquess of Worcester (b. 20 January 1989) [eldest of three children and elder son & heir of Henry John Fitzroy, the 12th Duke of Beaufort (b. 22 May 1952) of Badminton House & his first wife, Tracy, nee Ward (b. 22 December 1958) of Badminton, Gloucestershire] & Lucy Eleanor Yorke-Long (b.23 June 1986) [only daughter of Mr Jonathan Crispin Yorke-Long (b.October 1951) of Old Stratford, Northamptonshire, & his wife the Charlotte Rose, nee Fownes-Luttrell (b. 1954)] on 7 October.

Marquess of Worcester has a sister Isabella Elsa (b.1991) and a brother Alexander (b.1995); their father married Georgia Powell on 30 April last year.

Lucy Yorke-Long descends from the Williams & Peek baronets, the Luttrells of Dunster, and the extinct Earls of Midleton.

Sources: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2019/10/worcester-beaufortyorke-long-engagement.html
Beaufort
 
The engagement was announced between Charles David Bowes-Lyon (b. 1989) [scion of the Earls of Strathmore & Kinghorne, youngest of four children of David James Bowes-Lyon (b. 21 July 1947), of Heriot, Midlothian, & his wife Elizabeth Harriet, nee Colville, CVO (born 3 December 1952) [scion of the Viscounts Colville of Culross] & Dr Eleanor L. Harland [daughter of Mr and Mrs David Harland, of Dundrum, Dublin] on 12 October.

Charles Bowes-Lyon is descended from Claude Bowes-Lyon, the 13th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne (1824-1904), who was the paternal grandfather of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

Charles's mother, Mrs David Bowes-Lyon has been a Lady-in-waiting to HRH The Princess Royal since 1990. She is a goddaughter of HM The Queen, and daughter of the late Sir John "Jock" Colville (1915-87), Private Secretary to the then Princess Elizabeth 1947-49, and later private secretary to Sir Winston Churchill.

Sources: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2019/10/bowes-lyonharland-engagement.html
Strathmore
 
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The engagement was announced between Charles David Bowes-Lyon (b. 1989) [scion of the Earls of Strathmore & Kinghorne, youngest of four children of David James Bowes-Lyon (b. 21 July 1947), of Heriot, Midlothian, & his wife Elizabeth Harriet, nee Colville, CVO (born 3 December 1952) [scion of the Viscounts Colville of Culross] & Dr Eleanor L. Harland [daughter of Mr and Mrs David Harland, of Dundrum, Dublin] on 12 October.

Charles Bowes-Lyon is descended from Claude Bowes-Lyon, the 13th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne (1824-1904), who was the paternal grandfather of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

Charles's mother, Mrs David Bowes-Lyon has been a Lady-in-waiting to HRH The Princess Royal since 1990. She is a goddaughter of HM The Queen, and daughter of the late Sir John [Jock] Colville [1915-87], Private Secretary to the then Princess Elizabeth 1947-49, and later private secretary to Sir Winston Churchill.

Sources: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2019/10/bowes-lyonharland-engagement.html
Strathmore
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Mrs. David Bowes-Lyon's mother Lady Margaret (Egerton) Colville was a lady-in-waiting to Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth and an extra lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/lady-margaret-colville-1-530670
 
Three engagements were announced on 22 October between:

Prince Maximilian of Lobkowicz (b.24 August 1994) [youngest of four children and younger son of late Prince Ladislas Friedrich of Lobkowicz (1957-2014) & his wife Anne, nee Countess de Briey (b.1964)] & Shirin Louange [daughter of Rahim Louange and his wife]

Maximilian is third child who marries; both his sisters Ludmilla (b.4 November 1986) & Ysaline (b.26 August 1988) are married: Ludmilla to Mathieu de Schietere de Lophem since 2013, Ysaline - to Baron Guerric de Crombrugghe de Looringhe since 2014. His brother Christian (b.17 December 1991) is single.

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Lobkowicz

Countess Blanche de Lannoy (b.1994) [paternal second cousin of Hereditary Grand Duchess Stephanie of Luxemburg; second of three children and elder daughter of Count Hugues de Lannoy (b.1944) & his wife Marie, nee Countess de Liedekerke (b.1960)] & Count John-Henri von Merveldt [son of Count Ferdinand von Merveldt & his wife..., nee Baroness de Pitteurs de Budingen]

Blanche is the first child who marries; she has a brother Baudoin (b.1993) and a sister Madeleine (b.1996).

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Lannoy

Count Arnold de Looz und Corswarem (b.1982) [youngest of three children and only son of Count Louis de Looz und Corswarem (b.1946) & his wife Axelle, nee le Hardy de Beaulieu (b.1952)] & Segolene Neve de Mevergnies [daughter of Hubert Neve de Mevergnies & his wife..., nee Baroness Kervyn de Volkaersneke]

Arnold is reportedly second child who marries; his eldest sister Sandrine (b.1973) is married to Olivier Drion du Chapois (b.1965) since 1996. His other sister Isaline (b.1976) is reportedly single

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Looz u.Corswarem
 
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Count Arnold de Looz und Corswarem (b.1982) [youngest of three children and only son of Count Louis de Looz und Corswarem (b.1946) & his wife Axelle, nee le Hardy de Beaulieu (b.1952)] & Segolene Neve de Mevergnies [daughter of Hubert Neve de Mevergnies & his wife..., nee Baroness Kervyn de Volkaersneke]

Arnold is reportedly second child who marries; his eldest sister Sandrine (b.1973) is married to Olivier Drion du Chapois (b.1965) since 1996. His other sister Isaline (b.1976) is reportedly single

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Looz u.Corswarem
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He was previously married to Aliénor Villegas de Clercamp by whom he has at least one daughter.
 
HereditaryPrincess said:
India Oxenberg got engaged to Patrick d'Ignazio in New York. India is the daughter of Catherine Oxenberg, who herself is the daughter of Princess Elisabeth of Yugoslavia:

Fiançailles d’India, petite-fille de la princesse Elisabeth de Yougoslavie – Noblesse & Royautés[/QUOTE

Happy news. India was a victim of the NXIVM cult. Sadly Catherine got her into it but helped her daughter escape it later when she realized what it was.

Patrick is a chef at a NY restaurant Double Zero.
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The engagement was announced between Princess Rayiah bint Hussein of Jordan (b.9 February 1986) [youngest of eleven children of late King Hussein I bin Talal of Jordan (1935-1999) & fourth by his fourth and last wife, Queen Noor, nee Lisa Halaby (b.1951)] & Journalist of Daily Mail and Spectator Fares Ned Donovan (b.9 January 1994) [only child together of Chantal Sophia "Tessa" Dahl (b.1957), English author and former actress {herself daughter of British novelist Roald Dahl (1916-1990) & his first wife, American actress Patricia Neal (1920-2010)} & her husband Patrick Donovan {himself son of Australian academic, lawyer, and diplomat Francis Patrick Donovan (1922-2012) & his wife Maria, nee Kozslik}] on 26 October.

Rayiah is the youngest of eleven siblings and last one who marries.

Source: وكالة الانباء الاردنية
https://translate.google.pl/transla...ude/InnerPage.jsp?ID=117322&lang=ar&name=news

Thanks, Rossina!
 
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The engagement was announced between Charles Duff Carnegie, styled Earl of Southesk (b.1 July 1989) [eldest of three sons and heir of David Charles Carnegie, the 4th Duke of Fife (b. 1961) of Kinnaird Castle, Angus & his wife Caroline Anne, nee Bunting, (b. 1961)] & Camille Ascoli (b. 6 March 1990) [daughter of Roberto Ascoli (b. 1961) & his wife Valerie, nee Ledoux] on 8 November.

Lord Southesk, a godson of Diana, Princess of Wales is a descendant of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra [great-great-grandson of their eldest daughter Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar, Princess Royal of Great Britain (1867-1931) & her husband Alexander William George Duff, created Duke of Fife (1849-1912)].

Sources: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2019/11/southeskascoli-engagement.html
Fife
Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark
 
Also Peter Liddell-Grainger (b.1987) and Elizabeth Anne Wilks (b.1985) plan to marry next year:

Descendants of Duke Wilhelm of Nassau

The engagement was announced between Flora Alexandra Ogilvy (b.15 December 1994) [daughter of James Robert Bruce Ogilvy (b.1964) {himself son of Princess Alexandra of Kent (b.1936) {{herself daughter of Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942) & his wife, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906-1968)}} & her husband, Sir Angus Ogilvy (1928-2004)} & his wife Julia, nee Rawlinson (b.1964)] & Timothy Vesterberg (b.1 August 1993) [son of Patrik Vesterberg & his wife] on 13 November.

Her only brother Alexander Charles, who turned 23 yesterday, is single.

Sources: https://www.instagram.com/p/B4zJr2WlDI6/
https://twitter.com/x/status/1194536080399306753
(Thanks, eya and Lumutqueen!)
http://heinbruins.nl/Christian.html
https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2019/11/vesterbergogilvy-engagement.html
https://sites.google.com/site/myroyalworld/2019-genealogical-information

Exact update:
Princess Flaminia of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen & Baron Karoly von Stipsicz de Ternova will marry at St. Johann Church in Sigmaringen Castle on 4 July 2020:

https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2019/11/princess-flaminia-of-hohenzollern-to.html
 
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Peter's father is Ian Liddell-Grainger, a conservative MP and holder of the hereditary barony of Ayton (though the family castle was inherited by a younger half brother and sold). Ian's paternal grandmother was the only child of the 12th earl of Lindsey. His maternal grandmother was Lady May Cambridge (Queen Mary's niece on her father's side and a granddaughter of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany on her mother's side).
 
HereditaryPrincess said:
Fransisco de Bourbon, the son of the Duke of Seville is engaged to Kasia Al-Thani, the former daughter in law of Sheikh Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani and his wife Khalifa:

Fiançailles du fils du duc de Séville – Noblesse & Royautés
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She is former wife (third) of Sheikh Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani, not daughter-in-law; they have three daughters together - twins Malak and Yasmin (b.2005) & Reem (b.2006):

https://web.archive.org/web/20190618113908/https://www.royalark.net/Qatar/qatar7.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasia_Al_Thani
https://es-us.noticias.yahoo.com/francisco-borbón-hijo-duque-sevilla-132906803.html
https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2019/11/francisco-de-borbon-heir-of-duke-of.html
 
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Francisco is a former reality star. Was on TLC 'Secret Princes' (laughable name considering his season there was only one prince out of 4). TLC version of the better known show 'Undercover Princes' and the female version.

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/secret-princes-undercover-find-love-us/story?id=17264838

Her Instagram page. There are photos of them together on it.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4LQISCo8AN/

Her daughter Yasmin seems to be quite the good rider.


Article by her

https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle-...and-director-of-www-savoir-faire-com-1-828822

So she converted to Islam for her former husband. Will she convert back to catholocism for Francisco.

6 Actions speak louder than words. I know it's a clich but for me it really resonates. When I met my husband, I converted from Catholicism to Islam so that we could be married. Changing your faith isn't as simple as just saying: "I am now a Muslim"; it's embracing it in your heart and soul and applying it to your everyday life. It goes without saying, however, that the key and most important characteristics of Islam are staples to all religions. In Islam, just as in Christianity, Hinduism and Judaism, we focus on the importance of family, love and personal destiny and I endeavour to remain true to this.
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Though raised in US, she is born in Krakow Poland, and worked for Morgan Stanley before her first marriage.
 
And her mother's name is Halina Pieczonka; she speaks Polish, according to her Instagram; I don't know if Kasia does it too.

Congratulations to the couple!
 
And the rumors of this engagement are entirely untrue according to Nobiliana and Dan Willis. Denied by the supposed groom himself.
 
Biri said:
She is former wife (third) of Sheikh Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani, not daughter-in-law; they have three daughters together - twins Malak and Yasmin (b.2005) & Reem (b.2006):

https://web.archive.org/web/20190618113908/https://www.royalark.net/Qatar/qatar7.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasia_Al_Thani
https://es-us.noticias.yahoo.com/francisco-borbón-hijo-duque-sevilla-132906803.html
https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2019/11/francisco-de-borbon-heir-of-duke-of.html
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Sorry. The French translation wasn't clear!
 
The engagement was announced between Count Théodore de Renesse (b.1988) [son of Count Jean de Renesse (b.1959) & his wife Amélie, nee Countess de Lannoy (b.1962)] & Jonkvrouw Pauline Janssen [daughter of Peblo Janssen & his wife...nee Countess Goethals de Mude de Nieuwland] on 3 December; they are going to marry next year.

Théodore is the eldest of three children and first one who marries; he has a brother Frédéric (b.1991) and a sister Clémentine (b.1995).

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Descendants of Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum and Countess Marie Th?r?se de Thiennes, Leyenburg et de Rumbeke

The engagement was announced between Countess Diane d'Aspremont Lynden (b.1990) [daughter of Count Jean-Charles d'Aspremont Lynden (b.1957) & his wife Jonkvrouw Dominique [of the ridders] Lamarche (b.1962)] & Ludolf von Maltzan, Freiherr zu Wartenberg und Penzlin [son of Bernd-Joachim, Freiherr zu Wartenberg und Penzlin & his wife Stephanie, nee Sowels] on 3 December.

Diane is third of five children and third one who marries.

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Descendants of Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum and Countess Marie Th?r?se de Thiennes, Leyenburg et de Rumbeke
 
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The engagement was announced between Princess Nadia of Leiningen (b.16 December 1991) [daughter of Prince Hermann of Leiningen (b.1963) & his wife Deborah, nee Culley (b.1961)] & Ian Baker on 24 May.

Nadia is second of three daughters and second one who marries; her older sister Tatiana (b.27 August 1989) & her husband Clayton Reynolds (b.1989) will celebrate their second Wedding Anniversary on 17 June.
Her younger sister Alexandra (b.18 December 1997) is single.

Source: https://sites.google.com/site/myroyalworld/2019-genealogical-information
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Update: they are going to marry on 18 July:

https://www.nettyroyal.nl/en/non_pro/news_future.html

Whereas Princess Theodora of Greece & Matthew Kumar - in May, in Spetses, Greece
And
Count Konrad von Orsini und Rosenberg & Sophie Freiin von Maltzahn - on 31 December (in three weeks) at Schloss Ulrichshausen, Schwinkendorf, Germany.

Source: as above.

The engagement was announced between Countess Anouchka de Marchant et d'Ansembourg (b.1993) [daughter of Count Philippe de Marchant et d'Ansembourg (b.1960) {himself eldest of six children of late Count Claude de Marchant et d'Ansembourg (1931-2012) & his wife Alix, nee Countess de Limburg-Stirum (b.1937)} & his wife Nathalie, nee Baroness de Bonhomme (b.1965)] & Count Olivier d'Yve [son of Count Jean d'Yve & his wife)] on 10 December.

The bride-to-be has a brother William (b.1998).

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
http://heinbruins.nl/Mosselman.html

Antoine Lamarche (b.1988) [son of Countess Vinciane de Marchant et d'Ansembourg (b.1964) {herseld eldest of three children of late Gaston, Count de Marchant et d'Ansembourg (1938-2007) & his wife Jonkvrouw Béatrix [of the ridders] de Brabandère (b.1942)} & her husband Gérard Lamarche (b.1961)] got engaged to Anna Zahedi this year.

Antoine is the eldest of three children and first one who marries; he has a sister Elisabeth (b.1990) and a brother Michel (b.1992).

Source: http://heinbruins.nl/Mosselman.html
 
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Count Augustinus Franziskus von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (b.1993) [son of Count Alexander von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (b.1962) {himself son Count Matthias von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (b.1937) & his wife Amelitta, nee Countess von Wallwitz (b.1934)} & his wife Maria Theresia, nee Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (b.1963) {herself daughter Count Ferdinand Eugen Franz Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (b.1934) & his wife Hedwig Agnes Franziska Maria Theresia, Countess von Ballestrem (b.1933)}] got engaged to Princess Alice zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, Ratibor und Corvey (b.1990) [daughter of Prince Karl Albrecht Hubertus Maria zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, Ratibor und Corvey (b.1933) {himself son of Prince Tassilo Erwin zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, von Ratibor und Corvey (1918-1971) and Countess Antoinette Maria Anna Johanna von Seilern und Aspang (b.1925)} and his wife Countess Maria Teresa von Bulgarini d'Elci (1964-2007) {herself daughter of Count Alceo Ferdinando Mauro Maria von Bulgarini d'Elci (b.1934) and Countess Johanna Maria Olga Therese zu Hardegg auf Glatz und im Machlande (b.1938)}] on 29th of December 2019.

The couple are 4th cousins due to their mutual descent from Count Heinrich Larisch von Moennich (1850-1918) and his wife, Countess Henriette Larisch von Moennich (1853-1916).

Royal Musings: New engagements to celebrate
 
Biri said:
Princess Teresa of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (b.1988) [older of two daughters of Prince Johannes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (b.1953) & his wife Bettina, nee von Molo (b.1959)] got engaged to Alexander Henry de Cruce Grubb Villiers-Stuart this year.

Her younger sister Helene (b.1990) is single.

Source: Descendants of Prince Christian Heinrich of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Countess Charlotte of Leiningen-Westerburg
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I broke the story of Teresa's engagement as well as another princely engagement on 1/7 https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2020/01/new-engagements-to-celebrate.html
 
MarleneKoenig said:
Benjamin Sewell, a descendant of Queen Victoria, is engaged to Alice Hobden

https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-qvd-engagement.html
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But their engagement was announced today, so it should be noted in this thread:

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/f265/engagements-announcements-2020-a-47045.html

P.S. Benjamin is a descendant not only of Queen Victoria, but also of her older half-sister, Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807-1872):

http://heinbruins.nl/Leiningen.html
 
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