Noble Deaths Announcements 2014

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Donna Ludovica Ruffo della Scaletta, Nobile dei Conti Terzi, died at Rome on 1 February.

She was born at Rome on 17 March 1917, daughter of Don Rufo Vincenzo Principe Ruffo, Principe della Scaletta (1888-1959) and his wife, née Gabriela Contessa Bacci (1892-1978). In 1947 she married Nobile Manfredi dei Conti Terzi (1916-1969).

Source: Royal News of 2014, Section III

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Lady Mary Cecilia Clayton, nee Leveson Gower (maternal first cousin of QEII) died on 13 February.

She was born on 12 December 1917 as a firstborn daughter and older child of Lady Rose Bowes-Lyon (maternal aunt of QEII; 1890-1967) & her husband, William Spencer Leveson Gower, 4th Earl Granville (1880-1953).
She married on 7 July 1956 Samuel Wittewronge Clayton (younger son of Brigade General Sir Gilbert Fallingham Clayton) by whom she had a son Gilbert (b.1958) & daughter Rose (b.1960) as well as a grandson, Samuel Wittewronge Kit Clayton (2002) - son of Gilbert & his wife Rosalind, nee Mullen.
Her only brother, Granville James Leveson Gower, 5th Earl Granville, who was a year younger than she, died in 1996. In 2005 she also lost her niece, Lady Marcia Leveson Gower, who died aged 44, bereaving four children.
Apart from her descendants she left two nephews Granville, 6th Earl Grenville (b.1958) and Niall (b.1963) and their families.

Sources: Descendants of Sir Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Peerage News: Lady Mary Cecilia Clayton 1917-2014

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Antoine de Gramont, 14th Duke de Gramont and Prince de Bidache, died on 18 February 2014 in Houston, Texas. He was 62.

He was born on 26 April 1951, the only child of Henri, 13th Duke de Gramont, and of his wife, née Odile Sublet d'Heudincourt de Lénoncourt. He became the 14th Duke at his father's death in 1995.
He was married since 2003 to Catherine Forget, by whom he had a son in 2008.
He is survived by his wife and their son Antoine (now the 15th Duke de Gramont and Prince de Bidache).

Le prince de Bidache est mort, ses châteaux demeurent - SudOuest.fr
Gramont

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Katharine Bowes-Lyon, Elizabeth II's cousin, died on February 23 2014. She was 87.

Katharine was born on 4 July 1926 and was the youngest daughter and child of John Bowes-Lyon and his wife, The Hon. Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis. Her father was a favourite brother of The Queen Mother. She was mentally handicapped and was admitted to the Royal Earlswood Hospital. Two Years ago, she appeared in a documentary entitled The Queen's Hidden Cousins.

Source: Peace at last for the Queen's cousin - Telegraph

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Death of the Dowager Countess of Ripalda - María de la Concepción Sáenz de Tejada y Fernández de Bobadilla ,1929-2014 .



Mother of Don Jaime de Marichalar,former husband of HRH The Infanta Elena,Duchess of Lugo.The Dowager Countess died as the result of a stroke at the Hospital La Paz , in Madrid .

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Irish Lord Haughey - Edward Enda Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, OBE was killed yesterday following a helicopter crash in Norfolk.Lord Haughey was 70 years old.

NI's richest man Eddie Haughey dies in helicopter crash - The Irish Times - Fri, Mar 14, 2014

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His Excellency,Don Adolfo Suárez González, 1st Duke of Suárez, Grandee of Spain & former Prime Minister of Spain died today in Madrid aged 81.He served as Prime Minister from 1976-1981 and was ennobled by H.M.King Juan Carlos and raised to the rank of 1st Duke of Suárez, Grandee of Spain a Hereditary Title in 1981.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/...768749270.html

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Susan Duchess of Montrose, who died 13 March, 2014, aged 85, was the widow of James Angus Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose (1907-92) (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1707).


She was born on 15 November 1928 in Zanzibar as Susan Mary Jocelyn Semple, daughter of Dr John Mervyl Semple, of Gilgil, Kenya, by his wife Anne Gladys, nee Steen. She married firstly Michael Raleigh Gibbs (deceased) of Nakuru, Kenya, by whom she had one child; married 2ndly in Salisbury (South Rodesia) on 17 Apr, 1952, as his 2nd wife, James Angus Graham, styled Marquess of Graham (1907-1992), who succeeded his father as 7th Duke of Montrose on 20 Jan, 1954; in 1930-1950 he was married to Isobel Veronica Seller (1907-1990) by whom he had two children: Fiona Mary (b.1932) & James (b.1935) who succeeded his father as 8th Duke of Montrose.

The Duchess is survived by 5 children, one from the first marriage, and by two sons, Donald Alasdair (b.1956) & Calum Ian (b.1958), and two daughters, Cairistiona Anne (b.1955) & Lilias Catriona Maighearad (b.1960) from the second marriage, as well as numerous grandchildren.

Sources: Peerage News: Susan Duchess of Montrose c1928-2014
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha.../montrose.html


Count Henri Guy de La Rochefoucauld died in March.

He was born on 28 May 1952, son of Count Artus Guy Marie Roland de La Rochefoucauld (1925-1980) & of his first wife, Marie Rose de Peytes de Montcabrier (1929-1974). He married in Couzeix on 12 July 1975 Anne Bouvet (b.1951) but hey divorced in 1982. He is survived by their three children: Helene Pascale (b.1976), Raphael (b.1978) & Paul-Marie (b.1979) as well as a son-in-law Alain Larrand (b.1968).

Sources: http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/news/2014_3.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha...efoucauld.html

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Elizabeth "Lisa" Lanett, nee Edle von Hortenau died this year.

She was born in 1921 as a daughter of Alfred Joseph Edler von Hortenau, who became Alfred Hort (1892-1957) {himself illegitimate son of Otto, Archduke of Austria (1865-1906) & Marie Schleinzer, wife of Julius, Edler von Hortenau} & his first wife, Charlotte Beer (1893-1966)].
In 1940 she married Juan Hevia del Puerto; in 1942 they had twin sons, Francisco and Jose, who died as babies/soon after being born (or were stillborn).
In 1945 she gave birth to another son, Antonio Mguel, who bears now the surname Bohler; two years later she & her husband divorced.
After divorce, she got married three times: to Hector Mendoza Orozco (from 1951 to 1956), to a man whose name is unknown and finally in 1973 to Joseph oldham Lanett who was 27 years younger than she and died two years after their wedding.
She leaves her son, two grandsons: Michael (b.1966) & Richard (b.1967) and three great-grandchildren: great-granddaughters Jessica (b.1988) & Samantha (b.2009) - daughters of Michael & his wife Deanna, nee Woolf, and a great-grandson Nicholas (b.2003) - son of Richard & Sylvie Galvan (b.1966).
In the last years Lisa became known by claiming that the biological father of her only surviving son was in fact President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Source: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

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Countess Anna Bertha von Almeida died this year.

She was born in 1925 as second of three children and older daughter of Count Carl von Almeida (1885-1975) & his wife, Princess Gabriele of Lobkowicz (1895-1969). She had a brother, Hieronimus (1923-2006) who was married to Ruth Lankes (1921-2013) and a sister, Maria Annunziata (1927-2009).
She never married. Apparently all three siblings were childless.

Source: Descendants of King Maximilian I Josef of Bavaria

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Melissa Countess of Solms-Baruth, née Butler, died on 23 April at her home in Leonardtown, Maryland.

She was born on 5 May 1954 in Providence, Rhode Island, to George and Mary Butler. She married Christian Count of Solms-Baruth (b.1954) [son of Friedrich-Hans Ferdinand Wilhelm Count of Solms-Baruth (1923-2006) & his wife, Princess Oda of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1925-1978)] on 31 October 1979 in New York City.
She is survived by her husband, her children Oda (b.1981), Carolina (b.1987) & Alexander (b.1989) and grandson, Lucas (son of Oda).

Sources: Royal News of 2014, Section II
Descendants of Queen Victoria's siblings


Horrible sadness fell on Countess Philippine of Limburg-Stirum (b.1946) & her husband Renaud Querton (b.1943):

Their second daughter, Marie-Armandine, died on 24 April, aged 40.

She was born in Uccle on 8 January.
She bereft her husband Jose Zurstrassen (b.1967) whom she married in 1999 and five children: Elise (b.2000), Annabelle (b.2002), Nine (b.2006), Eric (b.2009) & Alec (b.2012).
Apart from her parents, husband & children she left her four sisters: Monique (b.1972), Isabelle (b.1979), Sophie (b.1980) & Diane (b.1983), one brother Thomas (b.1974) and eight nephews.

Sources: Descendants of Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum and Countess Marie Th?r?se de Thiennes, Leyenburg et de Rumbeke
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It's so very sad...I feel so sorry especially for her children...

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Originally Posted by Biri

Countess Anna Bertha von Almeida died this year.

She was born in 1925 as second of three children and older daughter of Count Carl von Almeida (1885-1975) & his wife, Princess Gabriele of Lobkowicz (1895-1969). She had a brother, Hieronimus (1923-2006) who was married to Ruth Lankes (1921-2013) and a sister, Maria Annunziata (1927-2009).
She never married. Apparently all three siblings were childless.

Source: Descendants of King Maximilian I Josef of Bavaria

She died on 05 April 2014.

Anna Berta Almeida

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Countess Jeanne Chantal de Looz Corswarem, nee de Meester died in Avin on 29 April.

She was born in Antwerp on 27 November 1929. She married in Capelle au Bois 1959 Count Arnauld de Looz Corswarem (b.1929) with whom she had two sons: Hugues (b.1960) & Philippe (b.1962).
Apart from her husband and sons she left two granddaughters: Savina (b.1991) & Manaelle (b.1992) - daughters of Philippe & his wife Daphne, nee Binon de Peyronnet.

Source: http://www.carnetmondain.be/

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Count Claude de Lannoy-Cervaux died on 4 may 2014, aged 82.

He was the youngest child but only son of Count Jules de Lannoy-Cervaux and of his second wife, née Jarrakieva Anguelcova.
He was married since 1968 to Karen Butler, by whom he had a daughter Christine.

Le Site du Carnet Mondain : Carnet du jour
Lannoy


Count Quentin d'Ursel died on 8 May 2014, aged 67.

He was the youngest child of Duke Henri d'Ursel, by his second wife Madeleine (née André).
He was married since 1971 to Marianne Dangis, by whom he had two children, daughter Alexandra and son Quentin.

Le Site du Carnet Mondain : Carnet du jour
Ursel

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Madame Renata Wagnière, née Princess Radziwill, died on 5 May 2014.

She was born at Cape Town on 11 July 1954, daughter of Prince Dominik Radziwill (1911-1976) and his second wife, Lida Lacey Bloodgood (1923-2008). She married in 1976 André Wagnière, whom she subsequently divorced. She is survived by her children, Gabrielle (b.1982) and Georges (b.1985) Wagnière.

Sources: Royal News of 2014, Section III
http://heinbruins.nl/Teschen.html
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha...radziwill.html

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Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, née Spencer-Churchill, passed away on 31 May 2014, aged 91.

She was born on 15 September 1922, the youngest daughter of Sir Winston Spencer-Churchill (British Prime Minister in 1940-1945 and in 1951-1955) and of his wife, née Clementine Hozier. Her paternal grandfather, Lord Randolph Spencer-Churchill, was the second son of the 7th Duke and Duchess of Marlborough.
She was married from 1947 until his death in 1987 to Christopher Soames, who was created in 1978 a life peer as Baron Soames. They became parents of three sons and two daughters.
In 2005 she was appinted a Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter.
She is survived by her children, their spouses and by 11 grandchildren.

BBC News - Lady Mary Soames, Winston Churchill's daughter, dies
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Lady Emma Hodgkinson, née Montagu, died on 29 April 2014, aged 48.

Lady Emma Montagu was born in 1965, the third child and only daughter of Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester, and his first wife, née Mary McClure.
She was married since 2001 to Lance Hodgkinson.

Manchester

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Madeleine, Countess de Montrichard, nee Countess de La Rochefoucauld, died on 1 May.

She was born in chateau Maillot on 11 September 1946, as second child and daughter of Count Jean Aymard de La Rochefoucauld (1921-1989) & his wife, Marie-Agnes de Moustier (1923-2008). She married civilly in Paris on 24 April and religiously on 27 April 1968 Christian Marie Gabriel Rene, Count de Montrichard (b.1942).Source: La Rochefoucauld

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Claude Suchet, Duchess of Albufèra, passed away on 12 May 2014, aged 91.

She was born as Claude de Ladoucette on 12 March 1923; she married in 1943 to Count Napoléon Suchet (1912-2006), who in 1995 succeeded to his brother as the 6th Duke of Albufèra. They became parents of three sons (two of whom predeceased their parents) and one daughter.

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Jacques-Henri de Durfort de Civrac de Lorge, Duke de Lorge, died on 21 May 2014, aged 85.

He was born on 6 October 1928, the eldest son of Armand, Duke de Lorge, and his wife, née Colette Le Clerc de Juigné.
He married in 1959 to Cécile du Temple de Rougemont (1926-2000), by whom he had two sons and two daughters.

Durfort

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Princess Asja von Croy nee Lukic died in Freising, Germany, on 25 May.

She was born in Dalmatia on 20 July. She married in Alltoting on 28 November 1958 Prince Maximilian von Croy (b.1932) [son of Prince Alexis von Croy (1910-2002) & his first wife, Countess Elisabeth von Beaufort-Spontin (1911-1995)]; they dicorced in 1973.
She left a son Alexis (b.1959), a daughter Anna Maria (b.1965) and two grandchildren: Marian (b.2002) & Amelia (b.2004) - children of Alexis & his wife Nicola, nee Mai (b.1961); Anna Maria is married to much younger Rico Markefka, later von Croy (b.1981).

Sources: Croy
Netty's Royalty Page Genealogical News 2014.

Patricia Held, nee Countess Fugger von Babenhausen died on 15 May.

She was born in Geneva on 3 August 1961, as second of three daughters of Count Rudolf Fugger von Babenhausen (1927-1984) by his second wife, Maria Leila Duarte (1929-1999). Her parents divorced in 1965. She married in New York on 21 December 2005 Gerald Held (b.1958).
Apart from her husband she left her younger sister Alexandra (b.1964); her older sister Christiane predeceased her in 2009 (aged 49), as also did her half-sister Maria Isabella in 1980 (aged 30) [daughter of her father by his first wife Angela Crespi (b.1922)].

Sources: Fugger
Netty's Royalty Page Genealogical News 2014.

Marie Bunau, nee Countess von Solms-Sonnerwalde died this year.

She was born in Potsdam on 15 April 1917 as oldest of four children of Wilhelm, Count von Solms-Sonnerwalde (1886-1981) & his wife Isabelle, nee Countess von Bentinck (1889-1981). She married civilly in Mettman bei Dusseldorf on 21 July and religiously in Rudenhausen on 6 September 1951 Gunther von Bunau (1911-1996).

She left her brother Alfred, current Count von Solms-Sonnerwalde (b.1932); her other sibling Rosa & Otto predeceased her - Rosa in 1928 (aged 20) and Otto in 1931 (aged 10).

Sources: Netty's Royalty Page Genealogical News 2014.
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Princess Maria Jadwiga Radziwiłł, nee Princess Czartoryska died in Warsaw on 1 June.

She was born in Konarzewo (Poland) on 2 June 1930 as fourth child (and daughter) of eight children of Prince Roman Jacek Maria Czartoryski (1898-1958) & his wife Teresa, nee Countess Zamoyska (1902-1978[IMG]resource://skype_ff_extension-at-jetpack/skype_ff_extension/data/call_skype_logo.png[/IMG]1902-1978).
She married in Puszczykowo (Poland) on 26 December 1953 Prince Krzysztof Radziwiłł Mikołaj Maciej Leon (1928-2009) by whom she had three children: Elżbieta Maria (b.1955), Mikołaj Konstanty (b.1958) & Anna Maria (b.1965); she survived by them and eight grandchildren.

Sources: http://www.sejm-wielki.pl/b/ut.1.1.283
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha...artoryski.html
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha...radziwill.html


Countess Harriet von Plettenberg, nee Baroness Rivalier von Meyssenburg died this year.

She was born in 1966; she married civilly in 1998 and religiously in 1999 Count Constantin von Plettenberg (b.1959) youngest of seven children of Princess Luise-Dorothea of Hohenzollern (1924-1988) & her husband Count Egbert von Plettenberg (1917-1995) by whom she had two children: Franziska (b.1999) & Cosima (b.2002).

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

So sad...two girls have become motherless...


Countess Pia von Toggenburg, nee von Enzenberg zum Freyen und Jochelsthurn died this year.

She was born in 1956 as second of three daughters of Count Eugen von Enzenberg zum Freyen und Jochelsthurn (b.1927) by his first wife, Doris Ulrich (b.1933).
She married in 1976 Count Ulrich von Toggenburg (b.1948) by whom she had three children: Ebehard (b.1979), Anette (b.1981) & Desiree (b.1984); apart from them she leaves two grandchildren: Itha (DOB unknown) - daughter of Anette & her husband Ulrich Andergassen (b.1979) and Vincenz (b.2013) - son of
She leaves also two sisters Angelica (b.1955) & Esther (b.1957), five nieces, two nephews, as well as three half-siblings: Veronika (b.1965), Hartmann (b.1967) & Dorothee (b.1975) - children of her father and his second wife, Inge Pregenzer (b.1940).

Source: http://heinbruins.nl/Bavaria.htmlCall
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Donna Nerina Corsini Incisa della Rocchetta died at Vaglie on 21 June.
She was born at Lausanne on 1 May 1942, daughter of Don Tommaso Principe Corsini, Principe Romano, Principe di Sismano, Duca di Civitella, Duca di Casigliano, etc. (1903-1980) and of his wife, Nobile Elena Avogadro di Collobiano dei Conti di Valdengo e dei Signori di Collobiano (1903-1980). In 1961 she married Marchese Don Enrico Incisa della Rocchetta (1934-2005). She is survived by her children.

Source: Royal News of 2014, Section III


Patrick Francois Regis de Rohan-Chabot died on 30 January.

He was born in Malestroit on 9 December 1944 as the youngest of five children of Alain, 12th Duke of Rohan (1913-1966) & his wife Helene, nee de Liencourt (1915-?).
He married in Paris on 28 November 1981 Catherine Payen (b.1952) by whom he had two sons: Antoine Andre Alain (b.1983) & Olivier Jean Philippe (b.1986).
He leaves also three siblings: Josselin (b.1938; current Duke of Rohan), Annick (b.1939) & Olivier, Viscount of Rohan (b.1941); his other sister Marguerite predeceased him on 5 August last year, eight days before her 70th birthday.

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