Engagements Announcements 2022

[JR76]

Originally Posted by victor1319

I googled it and found this:

https://euro-royals.livejournal.com/...hread=82471626

It is obviously in Russian, so read it like the Daily Mail - for the pics! It has a lot of them and of the happy couple.

The photos are all taken from their respective Instagram accounts.

[Mbruno]

Originally Posted by JR76

William is from Cape Verde.

That explains his Portuguese surname (Ferro Melo), but I would expect Guilherme rather than William. It is odd that he has an English given name.

[Tatiana Maria]

Originally Posted by JR76

William is from Cap Verde.

Does he have any aristocratic family connections?

On a general note, there is a thread for the Castell family here: https://www.theroyalforums.com/forum...ell-38681.html and a thread about Gay Royalty (could that perhaps be changed to something such as LGBT Royalty and Nobility?) here: https://www.theroyalforums.com/forum...alty-7689.html.

[Mbruno]

Originally Posted by Tatiana Maria

Does he have any aristocratic family connections?

Do you mean William Ferro Melo? I don't think so. Apparently, he is a famous chef (or at least listed in the Michelin guide).

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Princess Anne-Hélène of Arenberg (b.1989)[daughter of Prince Charles of Arenberg (b.1957) {himself son of Princess Sophie of Bavaria (b.1935) & her late husband Jean, Duke of Arenberg (1921-2011)} & his wife Fiametta de'Frescobaldi Franceschi Marini (b.1959)] & Xavier Rehman-Fawcett (b.1988) on 13 September.

A bride-to-be has a brother Evrard (b.1996).

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Descendants of Duke Wilhelm of Nassau
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/goth.../arenberg.html

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Tamara Isabel Falcó Preysler, 6th Marchioness of Griñón (b.20 November 1981) [only child together of late Carlos Falcó, 12th Marquess of Castel-Moncayo (1937-2020) & his second former wife Spanish-Filipino socialite Isabel Preysler (b.1951)] & Íñigo Onieva on 22 September.

Source: https://www.lavanguardia.com/gente/2...go-onieva.html

Curiosity: A bride to be has seven half-siblings in total
Five elder - three from her mother, two from her father and three younger - one from her mother and two from her father

[Biri]

Princess Temashayina Sibahle Dlamini of Eswatini (b.1996) [daughter of King Mswati III (b.1968) by his fifth wife Putsoana Hwala (b.1974;she left the king on June 24 2004 and moved to South Africa)] got engaged to Yassin Monteiro Nunes this year.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succes...e_Swazi_throne

[Biri]

Prince Johann-Wenzel of Liechtenstein (b.16 March 1993) [son of Prince Gundakar of Liechtenstein (b.1949) & his wife, Princess Marie of France (b.1959)] got engaged to Countess Felicitas von Hartig (b.10 April 1994) [daughter of Count Lukas von Hartig (b.1964) & his wife Claudia, nee Toperczer (b.1965)] on 25 August; they are going to marry next summer.

Johann-Wenzel is third of five children, elder son and first one who marries.

Sources: http://heinbruins.nl/LouPhil.html
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/goth...htenstein.html
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci-31WzLotp/

[Stefanie]

Originally Posted by Biri

The engagement was announced between Tamara Isabel Falcó Preysler, 6th Marchioness of Griñón (b.20 November 1981) [only child together of late Carlos Falcó, 12th Marquess of Castel-Moncayo (1937-2020) & his second former wife Spanish-Filipino socialite Isabel Preysler (b.1951)] & Íñigo Onieva on 22 September.

Source: https://www.lavanguardia.com/gente/2...go-onieva.html

Curiosity: A bride to be has seven half-siblings in total
Five elder - three from her mother, two from her father and three younger - one from her mother and two from her father

I read elsewhere that they have broken up just a few days after the engagement announcement

[SirGyamfi1]

Originally Posted by Stefanie

I read elsewhere that they have broken up just a few days after the engagement announcement

I read that too and it’s because he was caught out with a group of women who clearly weren’t his fiancé

[Biri]

The joy has come to the de Lannoy family after the death in April of Count Claude (Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxemburg's youngest paternal uncle):

The engagement was announced between his granddaughter, Countess Céline de Lannoy (b.1992) [eldest of four children of his firstborn son Count Alain de Lannoy (b.1963) & his wife Laurence, nee Dalvaux de Fenffe (b.1965)] & Count Gatien de Villegas de Saint-Pierre Jette [son of Count Dominique de Villegas de Saint-Pierre Jette & his wife] on 27 September.

The future bride's siblings are Constance (b.1994), Valérie (b.1996) & Augustin (b.2000).

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/lannoy.html

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Tariq Juddeh (b.1994) [son of Princess Sumaya bint Hassan (b.1971) & her former husband Nasser Juddeh (b.1961), aJordanian politician who served as Jordan's longest serving minister of foreign affairs (later minister of foreign affairs and expatriates), having served between 2009 and 2017 in eight consecutive governments] & Zane Abu Hantash on 4 October.

Tariq is the eldest child of his parents and first one who marries.

His siblings are Zein-al Sharaf (b.1994, younger twin sister), Ali (b.1996) and Sukayna (b.1998).

Sources: https://www.instagram.com/p/CjSoZWOsUx9/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CjSs5xnMsM-/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CjSsi37suMB/

[Biri]

The engagement was announced 11 October, 2022, between Capt Thomas Sebastian Muir [born 1995], The Life Guards, descended from the Dukes of Marlborough, second son of Simon Huntly Muir [born 3 July, 1959], of Binfield, Berkshire, and his wife the former Sarah Jane E. Jenkinson [born 1964], & Evelyn Alice Smalley [born 1994], daughter of Paul H. Smalley [born 1959], of Brayford, Devon, and his wife the former Charlotte E. Harris.

The 10th Duke of Marlborough [1897-1972] > Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill [born 1929] > Simon Muir [born 1959] > Capt Thomas Muir [born 1995]

Source: Peerage News.

[SirGyamfi1]

Originally Posted by Biri

The engagement was announced 11 October, 2022, between Capt Thomas Sebastian Muir [born 1995], The Life Guards, descended from the Dukes of Marlborough, second son of Simon Huntly Muir [born 3 July, 1959], of Binfield, Berkshire, and his wife the former Sarah Jane E. Jenkinson [born 1964], & Evelyn Alice Smalley [born 1994], daughter of Paul H. Smalley [born 1959], of Brayford, Devon, and his wife the former Charlotte E. Harris.

The 10th Duke of Marlborough [1897-1972] > Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill [born 1929] > Simon Muir [born 1959] > Capt Thomas Muir [born 1995]

Source: Peerage News.

He’s also a descendant of Consuelo Vanderbilt.

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Amy Mary Pike (born 2 December 1981) [scion of that landed gentry family of Dale Park, daughter of the late Max Eben Lecky Pike (1943-2018) & his wife Jean Mary, nee Fitzalan-Howard (b.1947), scion of the Dukes of Norfolk] & Ashiq Bin Shamsudeen [son of the late Mullackal Hameed Shamsudeen & his wife Aleema] on 20 October.

The bride-to-be is a cousin (once removed) of Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, the 18th Duke of Norfolk, GCVO, DL (b.2 December 1956).

Sources: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/202...ngagement.html
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/goth...a/norfolk.html

[MarleneKoenig]

Prince Ferdinand of Schwarzenberg is engaged to Marie Friling
https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blog...enberg-to.html

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Prince Félix de Merode (b.31 October 1977) [son of Prince Charles-Louis de Merode (b.1948) & his wife Clothilde, nee Countess of Oultremont (b.1952)] & Eleonora Viora dei Conti di Bastide [daughter of Count Vittorio Viora di Bastide & his wife] on 24 October.

Félix is the second of his parents' five children and last one who marries.

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/merode.html

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Jonkvrouw Héloïse David (b.1999) [daughter of Countess Nadine d'Udekem d'Acoz (b.1968) {herself youngest of four children of Raoul, Count d'Udekem d'Acoz (b.1935, uncle of Queen Mathilde of Belgium) & his wife Françoise, nee Jonkvrouw de Maere d'Aertrijcke (b.1935)} & her husband Jonkheer Pierre-Alexandre [of the ridders] David (b.1967)] & Diego van Outryve d´Ydewalle [son of Tanguy van Outryve d´Ydewalle & his wife...nee Mouchet] on 25 October.

Héloïse is the eldest of three children, only daughter and first one who marries.
Her brothers Clément (b.2001) & Victor (b.2003) are single.

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Descendants of Baron Jacques Albert d'Udekem d'Acoz

[macedonsky]

Originally Posted by victor1319

It is obviously in Russian, so read it like the Daily Mail - for the pics!

You can use Google translate in your Chrome browser, just click right button on your mouse pointer.

[JR76]

Originally Posted by Mbruno

That explains his Portuguese surname (Ferro Melo), but I would expect Guilherme rather than William. It is odd that he has an English given name.

Why odd? Many people around the world has English names. One of my given names is as American as apple pie without me having any family connection to both that country or the English language.