Engagements Announcements 2019

[Biri]

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/cepesmith/status...399306753?s=21
(Thanks, eya and Lumutqueen!)
http://heinbruins.nl/Christian.html
https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/201...ngagement.html
https://sites.google.com/site/myroya...al-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....ollern-to.html

[Countessmeout]

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]

Fransisco de Bourbon, the son of the Duke of Seville is engaged to Kasia Al-Thani, the former wife of Sheikh Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani and his wife Khalifa:



Fiançailles du fils du duc de Séville – Noblesse & Royautés

[Charlotte_Aster]

Originally Posted by HereditaryPrincess

Fransisco de Bourbon, the son of the Duke of Seville is engaged to Kasia Al-Thani, the daughter of Sheikh Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani and his wife Khalifa:

Fiançailles du fils du duc de Séville – Noblesse & Royautés

I think ypu mean the ex daughter-in-law

[Blog Real]

She is not Sheikh's daughter, but a former wife.
She currently lives in Paris and rarely visits the Middle East.
Who is her family? Anybody know?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasia_Al_Thani

[Biri]

Originally Posted by HereditaryPrincess

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

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/20190618...tar/qatar7.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasia_Al_Thani
https://es-us.noticias.yahoo.com/fra...132906803.html
https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot....f-duke-of.html

[Countessmeout]

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...ry?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-2...e-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.

Though raised in US, she is born in Krakow Poland, and worked for Morgan Stanley before her first marriage.

[Biri]

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!

[Lori138]

And the rumors of this engagement are entirely untrue according to Nobiliana and Dan Willis. Denied by the supposed groom himself.

[HereditaryPrincess]

Originally Posted by Biri

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/20190618...tar/qatar7.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasia_Al_Thani
https://es-us.noticias.yahoo.com/fra...132906803.html
https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot....f-duke-of.html

Sorry. The French translation wasn't clear!

[Biri]

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

[Biri]

Originally Posted by Biri

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/myroya...al-information

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

[Biri]

Prince Pedro Alberto of Orleans and Braganza (b.31 May 1988) [son of Prince Alberto of Brazil (b.1957) & his wife Maritza, nee Ribas Bokel (b.1961)] got engaged to Alessandra Haegler Fragoso Pires (b.1994) last year.

Pedro Alberto is the eldest of four children and first one who marries.

Sources: Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/brazil.html

[Marc23]

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]

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

[MarleneKoenig]

Benjamin Sewell, a descendant of Queen Victoria, is engaged to Alice Hobden

https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blog...ngagement.html

[MarleneKoenig]

Originally Posted by Biri

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

I broke the story of Teresa's engagement as well as another princely engagement on 1/7 https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blog...celebrate.html

[Biri]

Originally Posted by MarleneKoenig

Benjamin Sewell, a descendant of Queen Victoria, is engaged to Alice Hobden

https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blog...ngagement.html

But their engagement was announced today, so it should be noted in this thread:

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...0-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

[HereditaryPrincess]

Vera Arrivabene, the daughter of Count Giberto Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga and Princess Bianca of Savoy, is engaged to Count Bruno Martinoni Caleppio, the son of Count Paolo Martinoni Caleppio and Barbara Parodi Delfino.

Source: Fiançailles de Vera Arrivabene – Noblesse & Royautés

[Countessmeout]

Originally Posted by HereditaryPrincess

Vera Arrivabene, the daughter of Count Giberto Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga and Princess Bianca of Savoy, is engaged to Count Bruno Martinoni Caleppio, the son of Count Paolo Martinoni Caleppio and Barbara Parodi Delfino.

Source: Fiançailles de Vera Arrivabene – Noblesse & Royautés

It was posted on the 2020 thread a few days ago