Noble Deaths Announcements 2012

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Don Edoardo (of the Marquesses) Ferrero de Gubernatis Ventimiglia died after a long illness on 10 March 2012, aged 75.

He was born in 1936, the second son of Don Luca (of the Marquesses) Ferrero de Gubernatis Ventimiglia and his wife, née Donna Clara (of the Barons) Nasi (a granddaughter of the founder of FIAT car manufacturing Giovanni Agnelli).
He married twice: firstly in 1963 to Giovanna Turi and secondly to Elisabeth Brandt; he had two children with each of his wives.
He is survived by his wife Elisabeth, his four children Ilaria, Clemente, Ferrante and Matteo and by five grandchildren.

Marchese Edoardo FERRERO Obituary: View Marchese FERRERO's Obituary by The Times

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Ridder Yves de Ghellinck d'Elseghem Vaernewyck died this year.

He was born in 1934 as the youngest of seven children of Countess Gabrielle de Marchant et d'Ansembourg (1887-1979) & her husband Ernest, Burggrave de Ghellinck d'Elseghem Vaernewyck (1880-1940). In 1959 he married Jonkwrouve Marie Pirmez (b.1940), but they later divorced. They had a daughter Cecile (b.1966) and four sons: triplets Jean, Edouard and Michel (b.1967) and Gerard (b.1969).
Apart from his former wife and children, he is survived by his son-in-law, Dirk van Gendt, daughter-in-law Catherine, nee Timmermans (b.1969, wife of Gerard) and two grandsons Maxime and Tibo van Gendt.

Source: Descendants of Thodore Mosselman du Chenoy

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He died on 20 March 2012 at Wépion, aged 77.

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Donna Orietta Alliata dei principi di Villafranca e dei duchi di Pietratagliata, died in Florence on 13 March.

[She was born in Florence in 1920, daughter of Don Enrico Alliata dei principi di Villafranca (1879-1946) and of Donna Sonia de Ortuzar y Ovalle de Olivarez of the duches of Ortuzar (1892-1981) and married in 1915 Dr. Giovanni Guaita (b. 1915). She is survived by him, one son and two daughters.]


Marchese e Conte Don Piero Piromallo Capece Piscicelli di Montebello, XIV Duca di Capracotta, Marchese e Barone di Montebello, died in Naples on 26 January.

[He was born in 1926, son of Don Nicola Maria Piromallo Capece Piscicelli dei duchi di Capracotta (1884-1960) and of Donna Anna d'Ayala Valva dei marchesi di Valva (1891-1981) and married in 1950 Gemma dei baroni Grippo. He is survived by her, one son and two daughters.]


Count Alvise Loredan, Patrician of Venice, died in Venice on 16 February.

[He was born in Venice in 1925 and married in 1952 Donna Bianca Pignatelli Aragona Cortes dei duchi di Terranova (b.1924) and is survived by her and three sons.]


Countess Donna Giuseppina (known as Lellè) Emo Capodilista, née Pignatelli della Leonessa dei principi di Monteroduni, died in Rome in March, at 102 years old.

[She was born in 1909, daughter of Don Luigi Pignatelli della Leonessa (1885-1930) and of Maria dei marchesi Ajossa (1889-1969) and married in 1938 the late Count Andrea Emo Capodilista. She is survived by two daughters.]

Source for all: Royal News of 2012, Section III

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Odette de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, Marchioness d'Argenson, née Princess Odette de Polignac, passed away on 4 April 2012 at Argenson, aged 95.

She was born on 1 May 1916, the second child and eldest daughter of Prince François de Polignac and his first wife, née Simone de Maillé de la Tour-Landry.
She married in 1940 to Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, Marquess d'Argenson, with whom she had five children. The Marquess died in 1975.
She is survived by her children Béatrice, Pierre and Jean-Denis and their families; her eldest son Marc-René and her youngest daughter Elisabeth predeceased her respectively in 1999 and 2008.

Polignac

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Baroness Gratia Schimmelpenninck van der Oye died this year.

She was born in 1912 as the youngest of three daughters of Jonkvrouwe Henriette Huyssen van Kattendijke (1882-1917) & her husband Baron Albert Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1880-1943). Her sisters' names are Elisabeth and Agnes.
In 1939 she married Henri van der Bergh (1905-1977) but they divorced in 1971. They had four children: Marie Luise (b.1940), Adriaan Markus (b.1942), Stephanie (b.1944) and Diana (b.1948).
Apart from her children she is survived by eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Source: Descendants of Willem Bentinck and Charlotte Sophie of Aldenburg

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She died on 12 February 2012 at The Hague.
Gratia, Baroness Schimmelpenninck van der Oye Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com

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Dorothea Schmidtmayer, née Countess Dorothea von Thun und Hohenstein, died on 27 April 2012, aged 88.

She was born at Unter-Hermanitz on 6 March 1924, the third daughter and fourth child of Count Johannes Nepomuck von Thun und Hohenstein and his wife Countess Eugenie, née Baroness von Baratta.
She married in 1949 to Joseph Schmidtmayer, with whom she had a son, Wilhelm, in 1951; her husband predeceased her in 1973.

Thun und Hohenstein
GeneAll.net - Dorothea Maria Caroline, Grfin von Thun und Hohenstein

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Leopold de Rothschild died this year.

He was born in 1927 as the youngest of four children of Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882-1942) & his wife Marie Louise Eugenie, nee Beer (1892-1975).
He is survived by five nieces and four nephews and their families; one of his nieces predeceased him in 1989.
He didn't set his own family.

Source:Descendants of Amschel Moses Rothschild and Schoenche Lechnich

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He died on 19 April 2012.

Leopold de Rothschild - Telegraph

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Countess Donna Sarolta Lucchesi Palli, nee Countess Teleki von Szek died on 15 March, exactly two weeks before her 89th birthday.

On 2 June 1946 she married in Brunnsee Don Adinolfo Antonio Sisto Lucchesi Palli (1911-1986) by whom she had children: Maria Beatrice (b.1947), Michele (b.1949), Eva Maria (b.1951), Pio (b.1955), Maria Bernadetta (b.1957) and Charlotte (b.1960). Apart from them she is survived by seventeen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Sources: Lucchesi Palli
http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/Parma.html

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John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl, died on 15 May 2012 in South Africa, aged 83.

The Duke was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 19 January 1929 as the only child of Major George Murray (a descendant of the 3rd Duke of Atholl) and his wife Joan, née Eastwood.
He was married since 15 December 1956 to Margaret Yvonne Leach, with whom he had three children: Lady Jennifer, Bruce, Marquess of Tullibardine and now the 12th Duke of Atholl, and Lord Craig.
He succeeded on 27 February 1996 to his distant cousin George Murray as the 11th Duke of Atholl, hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Murray, and Colonel-in-Chief of the Atholl Highlanders.

He is survived by his wife, their three children and many grandchildren.

The Courier - John Murray, the 11th Duke of Atholl, dies in South Africa
John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl, dies in South African hospital | Scotland | News | STV

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Countess Leopold de Lannoy, née HSH Princess Florence de Croÿ-Solre, passed away at Bruxelled on 14 May 2012, aged 84.

She was born at St.Benin d'Azy on 14 December 1927, daughter of Prince Leopold de Croÿ-Solre and of his wife, née Jacqueline de Lespinay.
She married in 1955 to Count Leopold de Lannoy (1926-2011), and they had five daughters together; the eldest died soon after the birth in 1956.
She is survived by her daughters Hermine, Claire, Rose and Jacqueline (Princess Antoine Lamoral de Ligne) and by their families.

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Count Claude de Marchant ed d'Ansembourg died on 21 May 2012 at Uccle, aged 80.

He was born at Assenois on 2 November 1931. He was married since 1959 to Countess Alix de Limburg-Stirum, with whom he had four sons and two daughters.
He is survived by his wife, their children and their families.

Le Site du Carnet Mondain : Carnet du jour
Descendants of Thodore Mosselman du Chenoy
Limburg Stirum

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Donna Cinzia dei principi Aldobrandini died in Rome on 10 May.

[She was born in 1968, daughter of Don Camillo, Principe Aldobrandini, Principe di Meldola, Duca di Carpineto, etc. (b. 1945) and of Donna Stefanina Gallarati Scotti dei principi di Molfetta (b.1946) and married in 1990 Giordano Conte Emo Capodilista (b. 1963). The marriage was annulled by the Holy See in 1995.They had no children.]

Still young a woman...so sad.
Don Gerardo Capece Minutolo dei duchi di S. Valentino, 4° Marchese di Bugnano, died in Naples on 22 May.

[He was born in 1923, son of Don Ferdinando Capece Minutolo dei duchi di S. Valentino, 3° Marchese di Bugnano (1885-1940) and of Donna Maria Agnese Colonna dei principi di Summonte. He was unmarried.]

Don Ferdinando Del Drago Marescotti, Principe di Parrano, Marchese di Riofreddo, died in Rome on 27 April.

[He was born in 1927, son of Don Mario dei principi del Drago (1899-1981) and of Donna Giacinta dei conti Martini Marescotti, Principessa di Parrano (1900-1973) and married in 1954 Rosanna Valdoni, from whom he was divorced in 1975. He married secondly in 1976 Mimosa Parodi Delfino (d. 2009) and is survived by one son and one daughter.]

Donna Beatrice dei marchesi Sacchetti died in Rome on 21 May.

[She was born in 1920, daughter of Marchese Don Giovanni Battista Sacchetti, 8° Marchese di Castelromano, Patrizio Romano coscritto, Marchese di Baldacchino (1893-1974) and of Donna Matilde dei duchi Lante Montefeltro della Rovere (1891-1954) and married in 1946 Marchese Antonio Malvezzi Campeggi (1905-1985). She is survived by three sons and two daughters.]

Donna Costanza Pignatelli dei duchi di Montecalvo died in Naples on 9 May.

[She was born in 1918, daughter of Don Paolo Pignatelli dei duchi di Montecalvo (1869-1932) and of Donna Anna dei principi Rocco di Torrepadula. She married in 1948 the late Dr. jur. Luigi Cantatore and is survived by an only son.]

Source: Royal News of 2012, Section III

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Mrs. Raymond Guest, née Princess Caroline Murat, died in May.

[She was born in Paris on 10 December 1923, daughter of Prince Alexandre Murat, and married in 1960 Raymond Richard Guest (1907-1991), with whom she had two children who survive her.]

Source: Royal News of 2012, Section III

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Great sadness has fallen on Count Sebastian of Platen Hallermund (b.27 March 1976) [son of Erik, Count of Platen-Hallermund (b.1939) & his wife Henriette, nee Geilhorn (b.1939)] & his wife Inken, nee Johanssen (b.13 June 1975):

Their second daughter, Elisabeth Anne Anke Barbara Henriette, left this beautiful world on 15 May, only 13 days after welcoming it.

Sources: Netty's Royalty Page Genealogical News 2012
Platen Hallermund

They have a daughter, Clara (31-1-2011)

What a tragedy!

RIP, little angel.

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Countess Guillebert de Lannoy, née Countess Anne de Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde, passed away on 18 June 2012, aged 74.

She was born at Eyzer on 26 May 1938 and on 14 May 1959 she married to Count Guillebert de Lannoy. They became parents of three children: Eléonore, wife of Hugues (of the Barons) van de Werve de Schilde; Amélie, Countess Jean de Renesse; and Paul.
Her husband predeceased her in 2008.
She is survived by her children and their families.

Le Site du Carnet Mondain : Carnet du jour
Lannoy

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Alexander "Alistair" Vane-Tempest-Stewart, the 9th Marquess of Londonderry, died today 20 June 2012, aged 74.

He was born on 7 September 1937, the only son (after two daughters) of the then Viscount and Viscountess Castlereagh; his father succeeded in 1949 as the 8th Marquess of Londonderry.
In 1955, Alexander, nicknamed Alistair, became the 9th Marquess, at the death of his father.
He married firstly in 1958 to Nicolette Harrison (1941-1993); they had together two daughters, Lady Sophia and Lady Cosima. Nicolette gave birth also to a son, Tristan, but it was later discovered that he wasn't fathered by the Marquess and instead was the son of singer Georgie Fame. In 1971 Alistair and Nicolette divorced.
The following year he married secondly to dancer Doreen Wells, and they became parents of two sons, Frederick (who succeeds his father as 10th Marquess of Londonderry) and Lord Reginald. Also this marriage ended in divorce in 1989.
He is survived by his four children, their families and his two sisters (Jane, Baroness Rayne, and Lady Annabel Goldsmith).

The Marquess of Londonderry - Telegraph

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Robin Grinnell-Milne de la Lanne-Mirrlees died this year.

He was born in 1925; he had a romance with Duchess Margarete-Louise of Wurtemberg (b.25 November 1928) [second of five children and first daughter of Duke Albrecht Eugen of Wurtemberg (1895-1954) & his wife, Princess Nadejda of Bulgaria (1899-1958)] and became a father of her only child, a son named Patrick Francis (b.1962). I don't know anything about his later life.
Margarete-Louise married in 1970 Viscount Francois Luce-Bailly de Chevigny (b.15 June 1928) but she didn't have more children.

Patrick Francis Grinnell-Milne de la Lanne-Mirrlees married Irene Auer (b.1962) in 1988; they have three children: Marie Charlotte (b.1989), Berenice (b.1990) and Cyran (b.1997).

Sources: Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French (second part)
Wrttemberg

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Here is an obituary from the Telegraph about him:
Count Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees - Telegraph

The obituary mentions that in 1975 he was recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms as feudal Baron of Inchdrewer (which I think is his only official and undisputed title).

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Count Urbano dei conti Ratazzi died this year.

He was born in 1918. In 1945 he married Susana Agnelli (1922-2009)[second daughter and third child of Edoardo Agnelli (1892-1935) {himself first son and second child of Giovanni Agnelli (1866-1945) & his wife, Clara Boselli (1869-1946)} & his wife, Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte dei principi di San Faustino (1899-1945)], but unfortunatelly their marriage ended in divorce. He had by her four daughters: Ilaria (b.1946), Samaritana (b.1947), Delfina (b.1951) and Priscilla (b.1956) and two sons: Cristiano (b.1948) and Lupo (b.1953).
He is survived by all of them, as well as fourteen grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Source: Descendants of Giovanni Agnelli and Clara Boselli

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Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, passed away on 30 June 2012 at Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia. He was 69 year old.

He was born on 22 July 1942, the son of Captain Walter Strickland Lord and his wife Barbara Abney-Hastings, the 13th Countess of Loudoun.
He was married since 1969 to Noeline Margaret McCormick, by whom he had two sons and two daughters.
In 2002, at the death of his mother, he succeeded her as 14th Earl of Loudoun.
In 2004 Channel 4 documentary "Britain’s Real Monarch" arose the claim that King Edward IV of England was conceived illegitimately and therefore he and his descendants weren't the rightful English sovereigns; instead, the Earl of Lousoun - as the direct descendant of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence - should be the rightful King. This claim, however, is disputed among historians, and neither the 14th Earl of Loudoun took it seriously.


He is survived by his wife and their children; his eldest son, Simon Michael Abney-Hastings (Lord Mauchline), succeeds him as 15th Earl of Loudoun.

Rightful king dies - Local News - News - General - The Daily Advertiser
Peerage News: 14th Earl of Loudoun (1942-2012)