Engagements announcements 2020

[Biri]

Originally Posted by 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

Update: they plan to marry in September 2021 in Palermo.

https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot....charlotte.html

[Benjamin]

Frederick "Fritzi" von Preussen (b.1990) is engaged to Mathilda Johnson.

Fritzi is the only son of Prince Frederick of Prussia and his wife the Hon. Victoria Mancroft. Frederick is a grandson of Prince Friedrich of Prussia and Lady Brigid Guinness.

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

[Biri]

Lady Katya Amelia Spencer, who turned 28 thirteen days ago [daughter of Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (b.1964, brother of late Diana, Princess of Wales) & his first wife Catherine Victoria Lockwood] got engaged to her boyfriend Greg Mallett.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDJF0WfpJwb/ (Thanks, eya!)

[Biri]

The Engagement of Their Royal Highnesses Prince Abdulmajeed Bin Abdulillah Al Saud and Princess Lolowah Bint Faisal Bin Mishaal Al Saud was announced on 4 August.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDe6lDKJtAQ/

[Biri]

The Engagement was announced between Clementine Lucy Patricia Stopford (b.1986) [eldest of three daughters of Honourable Jeremy Neville Stopford (b.1958) & his wife Bronwen, nee Milner] & Jonathan Perlmutter (b. 1980) [son of Mr Laurence Perlmutter (b. 1953) & Mrs Perlmutter] on 5 August.

Clementine Stopford is a granddaughter paternally of the 8th Earl of Courtown (1908-1975). Her father, Jeremy, was Equerry to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, 1982-84, and was appointed LVO.

She has two sisters: Matilda Rose Philippa (b.1988) & Violet Mary Renée (b.1992).

Sources: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/202...ngagement.html
Courtown

[iceflower]

The engagement of Prince Philippos of Greece and Nina Flohr was announced by the private office of King Constantine of Greece:

Their Majesties King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie are delighted to announce the engagement of their youngest son, Prince Philippos, to Nina Nastassja Flohr, daughter of Thomas Flohr and Katharina Flohr. Nina and Philippos were engaged on the island of Ithaca, in Greece early this summer. The details of their wedding will be released in due course.

[Biri]

Don Francesco Ferdinando Ruffo di Calabria (b.14 June 1984) [son of Don Augusto Ruffo di Calabria (b.1955) nephew of Queen Paola of Belgium & his wife Irma, nee Princess of Windisch-Graetz (b.1951)] got engaged to Paola Maria Telese (b.1989) this year.

Francesco's elder sister Fabrizia Imara (b.2 June 1981) is married to Borja Benjumea y de Soto (b.1980) ince 2012: they have three children: Blanca (b.2013), Bosco (b.2015) & Baltasar (b.2018).
His twin sister Maria Scilla (b.14 June 1984) married Constantino Rivetti in December last year.

Source: Descendants of Count Felice Rignon

Carlos Fitz James Stuart y de Solis (b.30 November 1991) [younger of two sons of Carlos Martinez de Irujo y Fitzjames-Stuart, Duke of Alba (b.1949) & his former wife Matilda de Solis y Martinez de Campos (b.1963)] got engaged to Belen Corsini de Lacalle (aged 31) [daughter of Carlos Corsini & his wife Monica Lacalle Rubio] in late Spring.

The groom-to-be will become an uncle very soon; his brother Fernando Fitzjames-Stuart y de Solis, Duke of Huescar (b.14 September 1990) & his wife Sofia Palazuelo Barroso are expecting their first child, a daughter to be named Rosario, next month.

Sources: https://www.hola.com/actualidad/2020...is-compromiso/ (Thanks, iceflower!)
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/berwick.html

[Biri]

Countess Sophie von Matuschka (b.1990) [daughter of Count Philipp von Matuschka (b.1961) {himself son of Princess Amélie zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1936-1985) & her husband Count Clemens von Matuschka (1928-2011)} & his wife Jennifer, nee Leonard (b.1961)] got engaged to Simon Matthews this year.

Sophie is the second of her parents' five children and second one who marries; her elder sister Sara (b.1989) married Count Konrad von Plettenberg (b.1990) [son of Count Hubertus von Plettenberg (b.1958) & his wife Antje, nee Jüsten (b.1962)] last year.
Her other siblings are: Richard (b.1994), Philipp (b.1995) and Beatrice (b.1998).

Source: Descendants of Prince Honor? III of Monaco

[Ceely]

Prince Konrad of Liechtenstein (*1992), second of four children of Prince Stephan of Liechtenstein (*1961) and his wife Countess Florentine von Thun und Hohenstein (*1963), is engaged to Catalina de Biolley (*1996), eldest child of Viscount Luc de Biolley and his wife Cecilia-Isabel de Pierpont. The engagement was announced on September 22.

Both are the first of their siblings to marry. Konrad has an older brother, Lukas (*1990), and two younger sisters, Anna (*1994) and Rita (*1999). Catalina has four younger siblings, Antoine (*1998), Alexandre (*2000), Jean (*2003), and Emilie (*2006).

Source: http://www.carnetmondain.be/index.ph...cat=fiancaille
Liechtenstein
https://geneall.net/en/name/1110445/luc-de-biolley/

Count Michel d'Oultremont (*1992), only son of Count Francois-Xavier d'Oultremont (*1956) and his wife Baroness Ghislaine de Vinck, is engaged to Charlotte Vranckx.

Michel is the first to marry, his sister Catherine (*1988) is single.

Source: http://www.carnetmondain.be/index.ph...cat=fiancaille
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha...ultremont.html

[Blog Real]

Originally Posted by Ceely

Prince Konrad of Liechtenstein (*1992), second of four children of Prince Stephan of Liechtenstein (*1961) and his wife Countess Florentine von Thun und Hohenstein (*1963), is engaged to Catalina de Biolley (*1996), eldest child of Viscount Luc de Biolley and his wife Cecilia-Isabel de Pierpont. The engagement was announced on September 22.

Both are the first of their siblings to marry. Konrad has an older brother, Lukas (*1990), and two younger sisters, Anna (*1994) and Rita (*1999). Catalina has four younger siblings, Antoine (*1998), Alexandre (*2000), Jean (*2003), and Emilie (*2006).

Source: http://www.carnetmondain.be/index.ph...cat=fiancaille
Liechtenstein
https://geneall.net/en/name/1110445/luc-de-biolley/

Count Michel d'Oultremont (*1992), only son of Count Francois-Xavier d'Oultremont (*1956) and his wife Baroness Ghislaine de Vinck, is engaged to Charlotte Vranckx.

Michel is the first to marry, his sister Catherine (*1988) is single.

Source: http://www.carnetmondain.be/index.ph...cat=fiancaille
Oultremont

Where can I see photos and information about Prince Konrad of Liechtenstein and Catalina de Biolley?

[Ceely]

There's some (very minimal) public info on Facebook. Otherwise I don't know anything besides what's in the source links.

[Marc23]

Originally Posted by Ceely

I don't know anything besides what's in the source links.

Here is a bit of information about Catalina's paternal family:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famille_de_Biolley

And here is a bit of info on her maternal family:

https://oghb.be/recueils/la-famille-de-pierpont

Unfortunately, it is only in French, but if you are interested, you can use google translate.

[Ceely]

Count Arnoud de Nicolay (*1991), youngest child of Count Louis-Jean de Nicolay (*1949) and Countess Barbara d'Ursel de Boussies (*1958), got engaged to Countess Elena Christyn de Ribaucourt (*1990), daughter of Count Guy-Philippe de Ribaucourt and Dona Maria Fernandez de Santaella y de Heredia, on September 29.

Arnoud is the youngest of four. His oldest sister Marie Adelaide is married to Count Charles-Antoine de Liedekerke and they have a son Paul. His second sister Marguerite is married to Alban Miller Mackay with two children, Pia-Stella and James. His brother Antoine is unmarried.

Elena has a brother, Philippe, whose engagement to Elena de Roig Farga was announced the same day.

Source: Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French
http://www.carnetmondain.be/index.ph...cat=fiancaille
http://www.carnetmondain.be/index.ph...cat=fiancaille

[MarleneKoenig]

Prince Marc of Croy is engage to Countess Delia of Cosse Brissac, daughter of the Marquis of Cosse-Brissac. Marc is the second son of the Duke of Croy. https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blog...e-of-croy.html

[Marc23]

Originally Posted by MarleneKoenig

Prince Marc of Croy is engage to Countess Delia of Cosse Brissac, daughter of the Marquis of Cosse-Brissac. Marc is the second son of the Duke of Croy. https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blog...e-of-croy.html

Thank you for the info.

Marc and Delia are 6th cousins as they both descended from Frederick, Duke of Beaufort-Spontin (1751-1817) and his second wife Countess Ernestine von Starhemberg (1781-1852).

[Biri]

The Engagement was announced between Clothilde De Brabant (b.13 May 1990) [daughter of Countess Krystyna Komorowska (b.1955) {herself fifth of six children of Princess Sofia Sapieha-Kodenska (1919-1997) & her husband Count Leon Komorowski (1907-1992)} & her husband Alain De Brabant (b.1949)] & Geoffroy Marsily [son of Alain Marsily & his wife...nee Blomefield] on 6 October.

Clothilde is fourth of six children, younger daughter and fourth one who marries.
She and her siblings are maternal second cousins of HM Queen Mathilde of Belgium.

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Descendants of Prince Ladislaw Sapieha-Kodenski
https://www.sejm-wielki.pl/b/cz.I027410

[Biri]

The engagement was announced 14 October, 2020, between Edward George Alexander Chadd [born 1991], son of Mr Nicholas Martyn Philip [Sam] Chadd [born 30 March, 1958], of Brampton, Suffolk, by his wife the former Amelia Catherine Sallitt, and Isobel Nancy Anderson [born 1993], daughter of the late James Ian Anderson [born 1 Nov, 1952], by his former wife the Hon Emily Mary Astor [born 9 June, 1956], of Glen Lyon, Perthshire. Eddie Chadd is a grandson of Colonel George Victor Nudd Chadd by his wife the former Margaret Ruth Collett [1922-2018], daughter of Sir Henry Seymour Collett, 2nd Baronet [1893-1971]. Isobel Anderson is a granddaughter maternally of the 3rd Viscount Astor [1907-66], by his 2nd wife the former Philippa Victoria Hunloke [1930-2005], a descendant of King William IV and Dorothea Jordan. Isobel is a granddaughter paternally of Capt John Murray Anderson by his wife the former Lady Gillian Mary Drummond [1930-2002], daughter of the 16th Earl of Perth [1876-1951]

Source: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/202...ngagement.html

[MarleneKoenig]

Another noble engagement .. Hereditary Count Konrad von Rechberg and Countess Elisabeth Kinsky. Konrad's sister, Barbara married Count Benedikt von Waldburg in August https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blog...ngagement.html

[Marc23]

Originally Posted by MarleneKoenig

Another noble engagement .. Hereditary Count Konrad von Rechberg and Countess Elisabeth Kinsky. Konrad's sister, Barbara married Count Benedikt von Waldburg in August https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blog...ngagement.html

They are very closely related.

Count Konrad von Rechberg and Countess Anna-Elisabeth Kinsky are second cousins once removed, both descending from Count Eugen Rudolf von Ledebur-Wicheln (1873-1945) and Countess Eleonore Larisch von Moennich (1888-1975).

[Biri]

The engagement was announced 31 October, 2020, between Hew William James [Hewie] Dalrymple [born 1993], scion of the Earls of Stair, son of Andrew David Dalrymple [born 10 Oct, 1959], of Gifford, East Lothian, by his wife the former Bryony Major, & Amy I. Goodman, daughter of Guy Goodman, of Emsworth, Hampshire, and Mrs Louise Balfour Goodman, of Broad Oak, Dorset.

Hewie Dalrymple is a grandson of Maj the Hon Colin Dalrymple [1920-2017], and a great-grandson of the 12th Earl of Stair [1879-1961].

Sources: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/202...ngagement.html
Dalrymple; Stair