Noble Births Announcements 2016

[Biri]

Elena de Witt (b.1977) [firstborn child of Wladimir de Witt (b.1952) {himself ninth of ten children and youngest son of Princess Clothilde Napoleon (1912-1996) & her husband, Serge de Witt (1891-1990)} & his first wife Margarete Mautner von Markhof (b.1954)] & her husband Baron Wendelin von Gravenreuth had their first child, Casimir, this year.

It's the first grandchild for maternal grandparents.

Source: Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French

[Ceely]

Originally Posted by Ceely

Charlotte Friling (*1986), elder daughter of Nicole von Oswald [daughter of Baroness Johanna Mayr von Melnhof and Johann-Christoph von Oswald and her husband Antoine Friling], and her husband Jonkheer Cédric Frère (*1984) had their first child, a son, this year.

Source: Descendants of Archduke Johann of Austria

His name is Aloys

Source: as above

[Ceely]

Marie Caroline Willms (*1979), eldest child of Countess Maria Theresa von Goëss and her husband Hayo Willms, and her husband Alejandro Abelló Gamazo had their second daughter, Milana, this year.

Sister for Flavia (*2011)

Katharina Zwicknagl (*1979), youngest daughter of Countess Isabelle Kottulinsky von Kottulin und Dobrzenicz and her husband Sebastian Zwicknagl, had a son (name unknown) with Baron Alexander von Sacken this year.

Source for both: Descendants of Archduke Johann of Austria

[Biri]

Juan Figueroa y Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b.19 April 1977) [younger son together of Princess Teresa of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b.1952) & her first husband, Luis Figeroa y Griffith, 11th Count of Quintanilla (b.1950)] & his wife Antoinette, nee Countess von Seilern und Aspang (b.15 April 1980) [oldest of four children of Johannes, Count von Seilern und Aspang (b.1945) & his wife Elizabeth, nee Countess von Goess (b.1957)] had their third son, Maximilian, sometime this year.

A brother for Nicolas (14-4-2009) & Alejandro (30-4-2010).

Young mother has two brothers: Franziskus (b.1981), married to Amelie Brandis (b.1989) since 2014 & Hubertus (b.1983), married to Countess Dina Maria von Wengersky (b.1985) since 2013, and a sister Valerie (b.1986), single.

Young father has one full brother Luis (b.1974) who is married to Fiona Imbert y Marchal (b.1984) since 2009; they have two children: Luis (b.2010) & Gabriela (b.2013).
He has also seven half-siblings:
Helene (b.1984), Alexander (b.1986), Clemens (b.1988) & Laura (b.1995) - children of his mother & her current husband, Count Karl-Erbo von Kageneck (b.1947)
&
Beltran (b.1986), Ines (b.1989) & Jaime (b.1991) - children of his father & his current wife, Maria Ines Barbara Marquez y Osorio.

Both parents and two older sons born in April, what a coincidence!

Sources: Descendants of Archduke Johann of Austria
Luis de Figueroa y Griffith, 11. conde de Quintanilla, * 1950 | Geneall.net
Theresia, princesa de Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, * 1952 | Geneall.net
Juan Figueroa y Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, * 1977 | Geneall.net
Antoinette, condesa de Seilern und Aspang, * 1980 | Geneall.net

[Biri]

Count Valentin von Habsburg, who turned 33 three days ago [son of Archduke Markus of Austria (b.1946) {himself son of Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria (1894-1971) & his wife, Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm (1904-2001)} & his wife Hilde, nee Jungmayr (b.1955)] & his wife Christine, nee Mittermayr (b.1985) had their first child, Josepha, this year.

For father's parents it's a debut as grandparents.

Source: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

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Baron Axel de Sambucy de Sorgue and his wife Charlotte, née Paul-Reynaud had their first son and second child Wladimir at Marrakesch on July 14th 2016
A brother for Augustine

Source: Royauté 2 Antoine de Nadaillac

[Ceely]

Countess Josephine af Rosenborg (*1972), eldest daughter of Prince Christian of Denmark, who became a Count af Rosenborg (1942-2013) and his wife Anne Dorte Maltoft-Nielsen (1947-2014), and Kenneth Schmidt had a son, Oscar, this year.

A half-brother for Julius (*2001) and Clara (*2004), Josephine's children with her ex-husband Thomas Schmidt.

Ellen Lascelles (*1984), elder daughter of Hon. Jeremy Lascelles (a grandson of Mary, Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood) and his first wife Julie Baylis, and Michael G. Hermans had a son, Jack Marley, this year.

Source for both: Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark

[Biri]

Originally Posted by Ceely

Ellen Lascelles (*1984), elder daughter of Hon. Jeremy Lascelles (a grandson of Mary, Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood) and his first wife Julie Baylis, and Michael G. Hermans had a son, Jack Marley, this year.

Source for both: Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark

He was born on 21 March:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BDPy116C...sbellsinthesun

[Ceely]

Count Benedikt von Abensperg und Traun (*1971), son of Count Johannes Nepomuk von Abensperg und Traun and his wife Baroness Eleonora von Dreihann-Holenia, and his wife Alison von Reutter (*1985), a great-granddaughter of Countess Marie Valerie von Meran and her husband Count Johann Anton von Goëss, had twin daughters, Margaretha and Agnes, this year.

Their other children are Bernhard (*2013) and Camilla (*2015). Four children age 3 and under!

Source: Descendants of Archduke Johann of Austria
Benedikt Andreas, Graf von Abensperg und Traun, * 1971 | Geneall.net

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Alessandro Lequio di Assaba and his wife Maria, née Palacios had a daughter Ginevra Ena at the Hospital Nisa Pardo de Aravaca Madrid on August 17th 2016

Source: Hola http://www.hola.com/actualidad/20160...os-nacimiento/

[Ceely]

The Honourable Alexander Fellowes (*1983), second child of Lady Jane Spencer and her husband Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes, and his wife Alexandra Finlay (*1982) had their second child, Rose Jane, on August 10.

Alexander is a first cousin of the Duke of Cambridge on his mother's side.

They already have a son, Robert George (*2015).

Source: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!to...ws/hGbfryzvnd4

[Biri]

Michael Troughton (b.1981) [son of Sarah Colman (b.1953) {herself daughter of Lady Mary Cecilia Bowes-Lyon (b.1932) & her husband Timothy Colman} & her husband Peter Troughton] & his wife Jessica, nee Carnevale had their second son, Hugo John Lorenzo, in New Jersey on 16 August.

A brother for Peter Timothy Robert, who will turn two in fifteen days.

Sources: Peerage News: Hugo John Lorenzo Troughton (b 2016)
Descendants of Sir Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

George Augustus Fitzgeorge-Balfour (b 1979), descended from HRH Prince George, (2nd) Duke of Cambridge, and his wife Tania (nee Smith) became parents of a son, Frederick Rupert, on 2 July, 2016, a brother for Jemima, who was born on 17 April 2011.

George Fitzgeorge-Balfour is a son of Robert Victor Fitzgeorge-Balfour, by his wife the former Patricia Anne Christiana Rowntree.

Source: http://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2016...balfour-b.html

Francesco Prince Ruspoli, Prince di Cerveteri (b.31 March 1968) [oldest of five children of late Alessandro Prince Ruspoli, Prince di Cerveteri (1924-2005) and only one by his second wife, Nancy de Girard de Charbonniere (b.1939)] and his wife Angelica, nee Visconti (b.1973) had their second child, Victoria, this year.

A sister for Alessandro (29-11-2014)

Source: http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/ruspoli.html

Count Amaury d'Ursel (b.24 April 1982) [second of four children and younger son of Count Antoine d'Ursel (b.1953) & his wife Anne-Victoire, nee Viscountess de La Tour Demeyne du Jonca (b.1958)] & his wife Adelaide, nee van de Werve de Schilde [daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Roland van de Werve de Schilde] had their first child, Flore, this year.

Source: http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/ursel.html

Count Sebastian Henckel von Donnersmarck (b.8 May 1972) [son of late Count Leo-Ferdinand Henckel von Donnersmarck (1935-2009) & his wife Anna Maria, nee von Berg (b.1940)] & his wife Verena, nee von Keyserlingk had their third child, Jonathan Levin, this year.

A brother for Valerie Marlene (b.2011) & David (b.2013)

Source: Henckel von Donnersmarck

[Biri]

Vendeline von Bredow (b.1970) [daughter of Leopold Bil von Bredow (b.1933) {himself youngest of eight children of Countess Hannah von Bismarck-Schonhausen (1893-1971) & her husband Leopold von Bredow (1875-1933)} & his wife Marie Eleonore, nee Princess of Schwarzenberg (b.1936)] & her husband Oliver Jory (b.1946) had their first child, Leopold, this year.

Source: Descendants of Otto von Bismarck and Johanna von Puttkamer

[Biri]

Princess Victoria Galitzine (b.23 April 1984) [daughter of Prince Emmanuel Galitzine (b.1951) & his wife Penelope, nee Allen (b.1953, daughter of Princess Nadeshda of Russia and Anthony Allen) & her husband Robert Harold Hanson had their first child, Alexander Bowie, this year.

Source: Descendants of Duke Friedrich of Saxe-Altenburg

Baron Moritz von Gudenus (b. 17 March 1986) [eldest son of Baron Gordian von Gudenus (b.1953) {himself son of Baron Gordian von Gudenus (1915-2003) & his wife Countess Anna Maria von Meran (1922-1999)} & his wife Maria Anna, nee Baroness von Elverfeldt-Ulm (b.1959)] & his wife Katharina nee Honsig-Erlenburg, Edle von Jagerhain (b.1990) had their first child, Ferdinand, sometime this year.

Sources: Descendants of Archduke Johann of Austria
Moritz, baron of Gudenus, * 1986 | Geneall.net


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[Biri]

Princess Antoinette of Bourbon-Parma (b.11 May 1982) [firstborn daughter of Prince Eric of Bourbon-Parma (b.1953) & his former wife, Countess Lydia of Holstein-Ledreborg (b.1955)] & her husband Martin Krusbaek (b.27 January 1982) had their third child, a daughter, sometime this year.

A sister for Ines (14-5-2011) & Maximilian (20-12-2012).

Source: Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark

Count Alexander Douglas (b.1975) [son of Count Philip Douglas (b.1945) & his former wife Birgitta Blomstedt (b.1944)] & his wife Maria, nee Nilsson had their fourth child Theodor, this year.

A brother for Nathalie (b.2009), Gabrielle (b.2011) & Leonie (b.2013).

Source: Descendants of Grand Duke Ludwig I of Baden

[sjetajiem]

Originally Posted by Biri

Princess Antoinette of Bourbon-Parma (b.11 May 1982) [firstborn daughter of Prince Eric of Bourbon-Parma (b.1953) & his former wife, Countess Lydia of Holstein-Ledreborg (b.1955)] & her husband Martin Krusbaek (b.27 January 1982) had their third child, a daughter, sometime this year.

A sister for Ines (14-5-2011) & Maximilian (20-12-2012).

Source: Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark

Count Alexander Douglas (b.1975) [son of Count Philip Douglas (b.1945) & his former wife Birgitta Blomstedt (b.1944)] & his wife Maria, nee Nilsson had their fourth child Theodor, this year.

A brother for Nathalie (b.2009), Gabrielle (b.2011) & Leonie (b.2013).

Source: Descendants of Grand Duke Ludwig I of Baden

Original source for the first birth: Stig on Nobiliana BAG 2016
Original source for the second birth: Svenka Dagbladet (Ivana on Nobiliana BAN 2016)

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Jonkheer Leopold de Maere d'Aertrijcke (b.1982) [third son of Countess Marie Helene de Limburg-Stirum (b.1954) & her husband, Jonkheer Benoit de Maere d'Aertrijcke(b.1953)] & his wife Claire, nee Countess d'Alcantara had their second son, Maxence, this year.

A brother for Nathanael (b.2014).

Source: Descendants of Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum and Countess Marie Th?r?se de Thiennes, Leyenburg et de Rumbeke

Prince Jan Albert Radziwiłł (b.16 April 1989) [son of Prince Konstanty Radziwiłł (b.1958) & his wife Joanna, nee Dąbrowska (b.1959)] & his wife Aleksandra, nee Paśnik (b.11 February 1990) [daughter of Krzysztof Pasnik (b.1957) & his wife Alicja, nee Jasionowicz (b.1959)] had their second daughter, Łucja, in Warsaw on 14 September.

A sister for Róża Maria (31-1-2015)

Sources: https://sites.google.com/site/myroya...al-information
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[Biri]

An update:

Originally Posted by Biri

Princess Victoria Galitzine (b.23 April 1984) [daughter of Prince Emmanuel Galitzine (b.1951) & his wife Penelope, nee Allen (b.1953, daughter of Princess Nadeshda of Russia and Anthony Allen) & her husband Robert Harold Hanson had their first child, Alexander Bowie, on 25 June.

Source: https://sites.google.com/site/myroya...al-information

[Biri]

Noemie de Brabant (b.1986) [daughter of Countess Krystyna Komorowska (b.1955) & her husband, Alain de Brabant (b.1949); maternal first cousin of Queen Mathilde of Belgium] & her husband Count Jerome de Meeus d'Argenteuil (b.1984) had their first child, Edith, this year.

Source: Descendants of Prince Ladislaw Sapieha-Kodenski

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Originally Posted by Biri

Noemie de Brabant (b.1986) [daughter of Countess Krystyna Komorowska (b.1955) & her husband, Alain de Brabant (b.1949); maternal first cousin of Queen Mathilde of Belgium] & her husband Count Jerome de Meeus d'Argenteuil (b.1984) had their first child, Edith, this year.

Source: Descendants of Prince Ladislaw Sapieha-Kodenski

Original source: Nobiliana BAN 2016