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Royal and noble Marriages Announcements
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A happy event after the death of Countess Therese Maria Hoyos, nee Baroness Mayr von Melnhof last year:

Her grandson, Count Nikolaus Hoyos (b.1985) [son of her firstborn son, Count Ernst Hoyos (b.1950) & his wife Susanne, nee Hauser (b.1953)] married (or plans to marry) Philippa Lovrek (b.1987) this year.

Nikolaus is fifth of six children and fourth one who marries.

Source: Descendants of Archduke Johann of Austria
 
A happy event after the death of Countess Therese Maria Hoyos, nee Baroness Mayr von Melnhof last year:

Her grandson, Count Nikolaus Hoyos (b.1985) [son of her firstborn son, Count Ernst Hoyos (b.1950) & his wife Susanne, nee Hauser (b.1953)] married (or plans to marry) Philippa Lovrek (b.1987) this year.

Nikolaus is fifth of six children and fourth one who marries.

Source: Descendants of Archduke Johann of Austria

Philippa Lovrek (b.1987) is the daughter of Paul Josef Lovrek (b.1954) and Princess Maria von Auersperg-Trautson (b.1957).

Her father Paul Josef Lovrek (b.1954) is the son of August Lovrek (1911-2003) and Countess Aloysia Philippine Czernin von und zu Chudenitz (b.1924), herself daughter of Count Carl Maria Czernin von und zu Chudenitz (1886-1978) and Countess Wilhelmine Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1891-1971).

Her mother Princess Maria von Auersperg-Trautson (b.1957) is daughter of Prince Eduard von Auersperg-Trautson (1917-2002) and Countess Isabelle von Aspremont-Lynden (1923-2001).

Btw, Count Nikolaus Hoyos von und zu Stichsenstein (b.1985) and Philippa Lovrek (b.1987) are 6th cousins, both being descendants of Prince Johann Baptist von und zu Liechtenstein (1760-1836) and his wife Maria Josefa, Landgräfin von Fürstenberg-Weitra (1776-1848).
 
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Count Konrad von und zu Eltz genannt Faust von Stromberg (b.23 November 1989) [only child of Count Erwein von und zu Eltz genannt Faust von Stromberg (b.1946) (himself eldest of three children of Princess Marie Henriette of Liechtenstein (1914-2011) & her husband Count Peter von und zu Eltz genannt Faust von Stromberg (1909-1992)} & his wife Felicitas, nee Urbánski von Ostrymiecz (b.1950)] married (or plans to marry) Laura Schmadl this year.

Sources: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
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Prince Alexander of Prussia (b.3 October 1984) [eldest of the three sons of Prince Adalbert of Prussia (b.1948) & his wife Eva Maria, nee Kudicke (b.1951)] has got married civilly on 14 February; a name of his newly wedded wife is currently unknown.

His is the eldest child and first one who marries; his younger brothers Christian and Philipp (b.3 July 1986) are single.

Sources: https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-most-recent-qvd-marriage-valentines.html (Thanks, eya!)
Descendants of German Emperor Wilhelm I
 
Prince Alexander of Prussia (b.3 October 1984) [eldest of the three sons of Prince Adalbert of Prussia (b.1948) & his wife Eva Maria, nee Kudicke (b.1951)] has got married civilly on 14 February; a name of his newly wedded wife is currently unknown.

His is the eldest child and first one who marries; his younger brothers Christian and Philipp (b.3 July 1986) are single.

Sources: https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-most-recent-qvd-marriage-valentines.html (Thanks, eya!)
Descendants of German Emperor Wilhelm I

His wife's name is Jenny von Rumohr, born in 1985.

Source: Descendants of German Emperor Wilhelm I
 
I updated my post concerning this marriage.

Prince Alexander of Prussia (b.3 October 1984) [eldest of the three sons of Prince Adalbert of Prussia (b.1948) & his wife Eva Maria, nee Kudicke (b.1951)] married civilly Jenny von Rumohr (15 December 1985) [elder of the two daughters of Joachim von Rumohr (b.1950) & his wife Amélie, nee Baroness von Holzing-Berstett (b.1959)] in Munich on 14 February.

His is the eldest child and first one who marries; his younger brothers Christian and Philipp (b.3 July 1986) are single.
Jenny has younger sister Elena (b.1987)

Sources: https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-most-recent-qvd-marriage-valentines.html (Thanks, eya!)
Descendants of German Emperor Wilhelm I
http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2020/02/prince-alexander-von-preussen-weds.html
 
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Thea Scognamiglio Pasini (b.1984) [daughter of Delfina [dei conti] Rattazzi (b.1951) {herself fourth of six children of Susanna Agnelli (1922-2009) & her former huband Urbano [dei conti] Rattazzi (1918-2012)} & her former husband Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini (b.1944)] married Francesco Battigelli (b.1990) this year.

Only brother of the bride, Filippo (b.1981) is reportedly single.

Source: Descendants of Giovanni Agnelli and Clara Boselli
 
Thea Scognamiglio Pasini (b.1984) [daughter of Delfina [dei conti] Rattazzi (b.1951) {herself fourth of six children of Susanna Agnelli (1922-2009) & her former huband Urbano [dei conti] Rattazzi (1918-2012)} & her former husband Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini (b.1944)] married Francesco Battigelli (b.1990) this year.

Only brother of the bride, Filippo (b.1981) is reportedly single.

Source: Descendants of Giovanni Agnelli and Clara Boselli

Her first name is actually Elisabetta.

A member of the Fiat dynasty on her mother's side.

Susanna's grandfather Giovanni was the founder of Fiat, and her father Edoardo as his only son, was primary shareholder of the company. Her mother was Virginia Bourbon del Monte who was a daughter of Carlo Bourbon del Monte, Prince di San Faustino.

Thea has a few well known second cousins on her mother's side:

-John Elkaan- head of Fiat and brother in law to Beatrice Borromeo (married to her sister Lavinia). He is the maternal grandson of Susanna's brother Gianni. He took over the company from his grandfather.

-Prince Alexander and Princess Tatiana von Furstenberg- children of Prince Egon and Diana von Furstenberg. Egon's mother Clara was Susanna's sister.

-Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg: former Mexican Olympic skier turned pop star. His mother is Princess Ira/Virginia von Furstenberg, Clara's daughter.


-Rodrigo Tiberto Brandolini d'Adda, Count of Valmareno, husband of Princess Georgina Maria Natividad de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny, a fashion designer who has worked with Valentino and Balmain among others. His mother Cristiana was Susanna's younger sister.

-Count Nuno Carlo Brandolini d'Adda di Valmareno whose wife Muriel Brandolini is a well known interior designer who has done commissions for royals and celebrities including Pavlos and Marie-Chantal. Another son of Cristiana.

-Andrea Agnelli- chairman of football club Juventus FC. Andrea's father was the youngest sibling, Umberto Agnelli. Andrea was the son of Umberto by his second wife, a cousin of his brother Gianni's wife.

Cars are definitely in the family. Thea's great uncle Umberto was first married to Antonella Piaggio. She was the stepdaughter of Enrico Piaggio, son of the founder of the auto company. She was an heiress to her stepfather and Piaggio came under control of her husband's family in 1959. Antonella and Umberto had one son who reached adulthood, Giovanni (half brother to Andrea). He was being groomed to take over Fiat but he died of cancer in 1997, and John Elkaan became the future head instead.


Delfina (Thea's mother) is not well known, either is her father. Her mother Susanna was a politician, a member of both the European parliament and the Italian parliament as a senator. She also served as the first ever female Minister of foreign affairs in Italy for a year in 1995. It took until 2013 for the next female to be appointed to the role.


Delfina's sister Priscilla Rattazzi is a well known Italian photographer who has worked for the likes of the New Yorker and Italian vogue. One of her husbands was the son of film producer Carlo Ponti (Ponti was married to Sophie Lauren who was Priscilla's husband's stepmother).


Elisabetta 'Thea' father is a politician and economist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Scognamiglio
 
Fares (Ed) Donovan and his fiancée Princess Raiyah bint Hussein of Jordan, who were due to marry in April 2020 have postponed their wedding to possibly October 2020.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowb...-Dame-Helena-Morrissey-issues-style-tips.html

I said it with Beatrice and will say it here, it makes sense for many reasons. They shouldn't have to settle for a smaller wedding, or anything less then what they planned. And in both cases, there is a lot of family abroad to consider. Ned's family is not in Jordan. With borders closing and travel cancelled, it is doubtful his family would be able to come for the wedding. Or friends the couple may have abroad as well. Makes sense they hold off until everyone they love can be there and they can have the wedding they planned.
 
And the same for Matthew Kumar and Princess Theodora of Greece, who were due to marry in May 2020
 
Baroness Isabel von Erffa (b.1993) [daughter of Archduchess Kinga of Austria (b.1955) {herself daughter of Archduke Felix of Austria (1916-2011) & his wife Princess Anna-Eugenie von Arenberg (1925-1997)} & her husband Baron Wolfgang von Erffa (b.1948)] married Johannes Herder-Wagner this year.

Isabel is fourth of five children and reportedly first one who marries.

Source: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

Countess Antonia von Meran (b.1994) [daughter of Count Johannes von Meran (b.1961) & his wife Katharina, nee Harmer (b.1965)] married Pablo Moreno de la Cova y Solís-Beaumont this year.

Antonia is second of three children and first one who marries.

Source: http://heinbruins.nl/Meran.html
 
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Konstanty Adolf Bocheński (coat of arms Rawicz, b.4 July 1987) [son of Princess Zofia Maria Radziwiłł (b.1959) {herself daughter of late Prince Albert Hieronim Mikołaj Radziwiłł (1931-2010) & his wife Princess Anna Maria Ksawera Czartoryska (b.1932)} & her husband Aleksander Andrzej Bocheński (b.1958) {himself son of Aleksander Adolf Maria Bocheński (1904-2001) & his wife Maria Józefa Elżbieta Ursyn-Pruszyńska (1923-1999) Coat of arms of both - Rawicz] married Barbara Kasztelan (b.22 May 1986) [daughter of late Wojciech Kasztelan (1939-2018) & his wife Barbara, nee Kornacka (b.1949)] in St. Theresa's Church in Warsaw on 23 May.

Source: Konstanty Adolf Bocheñski h. Rawicz (odm.) (M.J. Minakowski, Genealogia potomków Sejmu Wielkiego)
Barbara Kasztelan (M.J. Minakowski, Genealogia potomków Sejmu Wielkiego)
 
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)] married 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}] in London on 7 July.

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

Source:https://petra.gov.jo/Include/InnerPage.jsp?ID=144460&lang=ar&name=news
https://translate.google.pl/?hl=pl&... الأدب الياباني في جامعة كاليفورنيا. -- (بترا)

Thanks, Rossina!
 
Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York (b.8 August 1988) [elder of two daughters of Prince Andrew of Great Britain, Duke of York (b.1960) & his former wife Sarah Margaret Ferguson (b.1959)] married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi (b.1 November 1983) [son of Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi (b.1951) & his former wife Nicola "Nikki" Burrows, now Mrs. Williams-Ellis (b.1956)] at All Saints Chapel, in Windsor Great Park on 17 July.
Edoardo has already a son Christopher Wolf "Wolfie" (four) from a previous relationship with Dara Huang (b.around 1983).


Source: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2020/07/princess-beatrice-marries-edoardo.html

Caroline Cecilie Grinholdt (b.1994) [daughter of Marie Louise Moes (b.1966) {herself daughter of Countess Thyra of Castell-Castell (b.1939) & husband Karl Moes (b.1937)} & her former husband Bent Laurits Grinholdt (b.1952)] & married her longtime partner and father of her son Frederik Willum (b.2017) Simon Alexander Olesen this year; the same year their second son August was born.

Source: http://heinbruins.nl/Christian.html

Peter Richard Liddell-Grainger (b.6 May 1987) [son of Ian Richard Liddell-Grainger (b.1959) {herself daughter of Anne Abel Smith (b.1932) {{herself daughter of Princess May von Teck, who became Lady May Cambridge in 1917 (1906-1994) & her husband Sir Henry Abel Smith (1900-1993)}} & her late former husband David Liddell-Grainger (1930-2007)} & his wife Jill, nee Nesbitt (b.1956)] married Elizabeth Anne Wilks (b.1985) in May.

Sources: http://heinbruins.nl/Nassau.html
https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2020/07/first-grandchild-for-mp-ian-liddell.html
 
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Eleonore of Habsburg married Jerome d'Ambrosio in Monaco today, July 20.

Eleonore (Jelena Maria del Pilar Christina Iona) was born on 28th February 1994 in Salzburg as daughter of Karl von Habsburg and Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, and Jerome d'Ambrosio was born on 27th December 1985 in Etterbeck, Belgium).
 
Count Paul von Seefried auf Buttenheim (b.1982) [son of Count Ferdinand Otto von Seefried auf Buttenheim (b.1944) & his wife Monique, nee Brouillet (b.1950)] married Chelsey Nicole Perry this year.

Paul is the youngest of three children and last one who marries.

Source: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
 
Princess Nadia of Leiningen (b.16 December 1991) [daughter of Prince Hermann of Leiningen (b.1963) & his wife Deborah, nee Culley (b.1961)] married Ian Baker in Knox Presbyterian Church in Oakville (Ontario, Canada) on 18 July.

Nadia is second of three daughters and second one who marries; her older sister Tatiana (b.27 August 1989) married Clayton Reynolds (b.1989) in 2017.
Her younger sister Alexandra (b.18 December 1997) is single.

Source: https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2020/07/a-princely-wedding-in-canada-nadia-of.html
 
A few more photos of the couple from their wedding website

https://www.theknot.com/us/nadia-leiningen-and-ian-baker-jul-2020/photos


Second generation Canadian. Her grandparents moved to Canada shortly after they wed. Both Herman and his brother were born here, though they moved to the US with their mother after their parents divorced. Herman's brother still lives in the US. Herman is first cousins with the current head of the royal house, Prince Andreas as their fathers were both sons of the 6th prince.

Herman, his wife and three daughters all attended Queen's University.

https://www.queensu.ca/gazette/alumnireview/stories/prince-man

https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2019-04-04/student-life/meet-the-princess-on-university-avenue/

Nadia seems to be a teacher (her older sister works in banking like their dad).
 
The marriage took place in the garden of Quarryford House, Gifford, 25 July, 2020, between Major Hugo C. Codrington, of the Coldstream Guards, scion of that landed gentry family, son of Stephen Mark Codrington [born 1957], of Brightwalton, co Berkshire, by his wife the former Ursula J. Dawson, & Louisa Alice Clare Dalrymple [born 1990], scion of the Earls of Stair, daughter of Andrew David Dalrymple [born 1959], of Gifford, East Lothian, by his wife the former Bryony Winterton Major.

Source: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2020/07/codringtondalrymple-marriage.html
 
The marriage took place in the garden of Quarryford House, Gifford, 25 July, 2020, between Major Hugo C. Codrington, of the Coldstream Guards, scion of that landed gentry family, son of Stephen Mark Codrington [born 1957], of Brightwalton, co Berkshire, by his wife the former Ursula J. Dawson, & Louisa Alice Clare Dalrymple [born 1990], scion of the Earls of Stair, daughter of Andrew David Dalrymple [born 1959], of Gifford, East Lothian, by his wife the former Bryony Winterton Major.

Source: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2020/07/codringtondalrymple-marriage.html

Major Hugo C. Codrington is a descendant of John Codrington of Didmarton, High Sheriff of Gloucestershire, whose younger brother Christopher is an ancestor of Codrington baronets:

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

Hugo is also direct decsendant of Emily Danvers Smith, 1st Vicountess Hambleden (1828–1913), whose daughter Mary (1855-1930) from her first marriage to Benjamin Auber Leach (1822-1855) was married to his great-great-grandfather William Codrington (1832-1888) C.B., Rear-Adm. R.N., private secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty.

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

Hugo's wife Louisa Alice Clare Dalrymple (b. 1990) is a great-granddaughter of John James Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair (1879-1961).
 
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Princess Sofia of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b.1986) [daughter of Alexander, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b.1943) & his wfe Gabriela, nee Countess of Schonborn-Wiesentheid (b.1950)] married Archia Oscar Akhavan-Kharazian (b.1990) [son of Asghar Akhavan-Kharazian & his wife Eva, nee Jimenez Ontanaya] in the Filialkirche Saint Lorenz near Mondsee, Salzkammergut (Austria) on 8 August.

Sofia is the penultimate of her parents' six living children; only her youngest brother Peter (b.1992) is still single.

She also became an aunt for eleventh time this year; her brother Casimir (b.1976) & his wife Alana, nee Bunte (b.1990) had their first child together (his second), Salentin.

Sources: Eurohistory: Princess Sofia zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn Marries with Her 100 Year-Old Grandma Mamarazza in Attendance
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/sayn.html
 
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Count Benedikt von Waldburg married Countess Elisabeth von Rechburg on 8-15 in Donzdorf. The couple's first child is due in December https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-wedding-of-count-benedikt-von.html

From what do you know it. There is no mention of pregnancy in this article.

Cosima Crawley (b.1985) [daughter of Marita Georgina Phillips (b.1954) {herself daughter of Georgina Wernher (1919-2011) {{herself daughter of Countess Anastasia de Torby (1892-1977) & her husband Sir Harold Wernher, Baronet (1893-1973)}} & her first husband Harold Phillips (1909-1980)} & her late first husband Randall Crawley (1950-1988) married Luke F. Poloniecki this year.

Cosima is her mother's second of three children, only daughter and first one who marries.

Source: Descendants of Duke Wilhelm of Nassau
 
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