Engagements announcements 2020

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Countess Aglaé of Oultremont (b. 1989) [youngest of three children of Count Jean-François of Oultremont (b.1951) & his wife Marie-Astrid, nee Behaghel de Bueren (b. 1955)] & Count Christophe Cornet d'Elzius du Chenoy (b.1988) [eldest of three children of Count Xavier Cornet d'Elzius du Chenoy (b.1961) {himself son of Countess Gabrielle de Limburg Stirum (b.1936) & her late husband Count Didier Cornet d'Elzius du Chenoy (1929-1999)} & his late wife Baroness Joelle de Crombrugghe de Looringhe (1962-2017)] on 31 March.

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

[Somebody]

Originally Posted by Biri

The engagement was announced between Countess Aglaé of Oultremont (b. 1989) [youngest of three children of Count Jean-François of Oultremont (b.1951) & his wife Marie-Astrid, nee Behaghel de Bueren (b. 1955)] & Count Christophe Cornet d'Elzius du Chenoy (b.1988) [eldest of three children of Count Xavier Cornet d'Elzius du Chenoy (b.1961) {himself son of Countess Gabrielle de Limburg Stirum (b.1936) & her late husband Count Didier Cornet d'Elzius du Chenoy (1929-1999)} & his late wife Baroness Joelle de Crombrugghe de Looringhe (1962-2017)] on 31 March.

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

I wonder how long they have been dating. Hopefully the future bride met her future husband's mother before she passed away in 2017.

[Ceely]

Princess Sofia of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (*1986), 6th of 7 children of Alexander, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (*1943) and Countess Gabriela of Schonborn-Wiesentheid (*1950), got engaged to Archia Oscar Akhavan-Kharazian this year.

All of Sofia's siblings have been married except her younger brother Peter.

Source: Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French

[Biri]

Archia Oscar Akhavan-Kharazian was born in 1990.

Countess Tatjana Priscilla Walburga Marie of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems, who turned 28 yesterday [eldest of four daughters of Count Franz Clemens of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems (b.1962) & his wife Stefanie, nee Countess von Blanckenstein (b.1966)] got engaged to Philipp Eisl just before Easter; they plan to marry on 5 June next year.

Sources: Royal Musings: A Countly engagement
Waldburg

[Biri]

Another update: Archia Oscar Akhavan-Kharazian is a son of Asghar Akhavan-Kharazian & his wife Eva Jimenez Ontanaya.

Source: https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot....e-of-sayn.html

[MarleneKoenig]

This is an exclusive to Royal Musings. HRH The Duke of Noto is engaged to Lady Charlotte Lindesay-Bethune, youngest child of the earl and countess of Lindsay https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blog...e-of-noto.html

[MAfan]

The discussion about the engagement of H.R.H. the Duke of Noto to Lady Charlotte Lindesay-Bethune has been moved to this thread.

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Anna Wills (b.23 May 1990) [daughter of Richard Arnold Wills (b.1962) & his wife Netta, nee Morris] & Major Rory William Horgan (b. 1987) [son of Timothy G. Horgan & his wife Gillian, nee Loane] on 2 June.

Anna Wills is a granddaughter of Captain Arnold Andrew Lyon Wills (1937-1998) & his wife, Honourable Elizabeth Anne Cecil (1939-2016) {herself daughter of the 2nd Baron Rockley (1901-1976)}.

Anna Willis is a great-granddaughter of Major John Lycett Wills (1910-1990) & his wife Honourable Jean Constance Elphinstone (1915-1999) {herself daughter of Sidney Herbert Elphinstone, 16th Baron Elphinstone (1869-1955) & his wife Lady Mary Frances Bowes Lyon (1883-1961), elder sister of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

Anna is the eldest of four children, elder daughter and first one who marries.

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

The engagement was announced between Richard Piers Boyle (b. 1988) [scion of the Earls of Cork and Orrery, only child of the Honourable Robert William Boyle (b.1948) & his wife Fiona Mary, nee St Aubyn (b.1952), herself scion of the Barons St Levan] & Ayesha Ally [daughter of Mr & Mrs Dwight Ally] on 2 June.

Richard Boyle is a grandson paternally of John William Boyle, 14th Earl of Cork & Orrery (1916-2003) and a great grandson maternally of the 3rd Baron St Levan (1895-1978), of St Michael's Mount, Penzance.

Sources: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/202...ngagement.html
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/cork.html

[MarleneKoenig]

Countess Elisabeth von Rechburg und Rothenlöwen is engaged to marry Count Benedikt von Waldburg zu Zeil


https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blog...-waldburg.html

[MarleneKoenig]

Princess Johanna of Hohenberg is engaged to Count Vincenz von Waldstein https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blog...waldstein.html

[Somebody]

While I hardly know most of the counts and countesses mentioned here, I still like it that while in most cases no longer 'required' many of them tend to marry within the nobility.

[Moonmaiden23]

I find that interesting as well. The Royals rarely make equal or even aristocratic unions...choosing ( correctly imo) to marry primarily for love.

However the nobility are also apparently making love matches....within their own ranks.

[Countessmeout]

Its a matter of marrying in your social circles which is quite common.

Its the reason I always said that if any of QEII's grandchildren married a title it would be the York girls. Unlike their cousins, Beatrice and Eugenie moved in the royal and aristocratic circles on the continent. Beatrice has proven me right on that. For the most part Harry and William socialize with the landed gentry with a rare exception like Harry's hunting buddy and William at social events.

The continental aristos and former royals move in the same circle. They often attend the same schools. They manage to marry for love as well as marry titles because its common to find your partner in your social circle.

The groom's paternal grandmother was a Princess of Croy by birth.

[Marc23]

Originally Posted by Countessmeout

Its a matter of marrying in your social circles which is quite common.

The continental aristos and former royals move in the same circle. They often attend the same schools. They manage to marry for love as well as marry titles because its common to find your partner in your social circle.

The groom's paternal grandmother was a Princess of Croy by birth.

Count Vincenz von Waldstein-Wartenberg and Princess Johanna von Hohenberg are 4th cousins once removed.

[HereditaryPrincess]

Princess Johanna of Hohenberg is engaged to Count Vincenz of Waldstein:

Fiançailles de la princesse Johanna de Hohenberg et du comte Vincenz de Waldstein – Noblesse & Royautés

[Biri]

The engagement was announced 20 June, 2020, between Abdullah Mukesh, son of the late Salah Salim Mukesh, and Habiba Yusuf, & Miss Sophie Bridget Elwes [born 1988], scion of that landed family, daughter of the late Martin Stephen Robert Elwes [1948-2014], by his wife the former Sarah Marianne Worsley [born 25 June, 1958], scion of the Worsley baronets, of Hovingham Hall.

The bride-to-be is a granddaughter maternally of Sir Marcus Worsley, 5th Baronet [1925-2012], of Hovingham Hall, near York, and she is a great-niece of HRH The Duchess of Kent, GCVO [b 1933].

Sophie Elwes was paralysed in a tragic accident at the age of 22 when she fell eight metres from a balcony and crushed her spinal chord. She has been a paraplegic since 2011.

Last year Miss Elwes became Country Life's first 'Girl in Pearls' in a wheelchair.


Source: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Prince Nayef bin Asem of Jordan (b.22 January 1998) [youngest of six children and only son of Prince Asem bin Nayef of Jordan (b.1948) & third child by his current wife Sana, nee Khalimat (b.1960)] and Sharifa Farah bint Nasser Alluhaymaq on 6 July.

Nayef is last of the siblings who marries.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CCTpnsgJ6WZ/ (Thanks, eya!)

[MarleneKoenig]

Originally Posted by Countessmeout

Its a matter of marrying in your social circles which is quite common.

Its the reason I always said that if any of QEII's grandchildren married a title it would be the York girls. Unlike their cousins, Beatrice and Eugenie moved in the royal and aristocratic circles on the continent. Beatrice has proven me right on that. For the most part Harry and William socialize with the landed gentry with a rare exception like Harry's hunting buddy and William at social events.

The continental aristos and former royals move in the same circle. They often attend the same schools. They manage to marry for love as well as marry titles because its common to find your partner in your social circle.

The groom's paternal grandmother was a Princess of Croy by birth.

Beatrice is not marrying a continental noble. She is marrying a British-born citizen, whose father was a naturalized citizen. Edo's mother is English and he was raised by Nicole and his stepfather. Edo has no title - as a British citizens cannot use foreign titles in the UK (since the early 1930s). he is Mr. Edo Mapelli Mozzi. Born and educated in the UK. Andrew and Sarah have known Nicole and her late husband Christopher Shale for decades (Edo's stepfather, who raised him). Edo and Beatrice have moved in the same UK social circles, not European ones. The countly title was created in 1913 and is not recognized in Italy since 1946

[MarleneKoenig]

Princess Gisela of Liechtenstein, younger daughter of Prince Michael (and a great-granddaughter of Emperor Karl, is engaged to marry Victor bergmann Royal Musings: A princely engagement: Gisela of Liechtenstein & Victor Bergmann

[MarleneKoenig]

Princess Xenia of Croy to marry italian Nobleman Guy delle Piane . Xenia is the daughter of the duke of Croy

https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blog...gisela-of.html