Noble Deaths Announcements 2017

**MAfan** · #1 12-26-2016, 06:04 AM

Welcome to the thread for Noble Deaths Announcements in 2017. The 2016 version of this thread can be found HERE.

Please feel free to contribute to this thread.

Please follow the forum rules when posting.

More information about the Royal Genealogy threads can be found HERE.

The original posts will be updated with news as soon as the information is made public.

**MAfan** · #2 12-26-2016, 06:04 AM

January:

5 January 2017: Count Josef von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee, aged 67.

08 January 2017: Franziska Illing, née Countess von Orsini und Rosenberg, aged 86.

10 January 2017: Roman Herzog, former President of Germany (husband of Baroness Alexandra von Berlichingen), aged 82.

22 January 2017: Katherine Macmillan, styled Dowager Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden (of the Earls of Stockton), née Ormsby-Gore (of the Barons Harlech), aged 96.

22 January 2017: Prince Alexis Troubetzkoy, aged 82.

27 January 2017: Lord Christopher Thynne (of the Marquesses of Bath), aged 82.

**MAfan** · #3 12-26-2016, 06:04 AM

February:

20 February 2017: Count Ernst Lothar zu Solms-Laubach, aged 78.

26 February 2017: Countess Solange de Liedekerke de Pailhe, aged 84.

**MAfan** · #4 12-26-2016, 06:04 AM

March:

02 March 2017: Count Constantin Didisheim, aged 25.

12 March 2017: Count Louis de Clermont-Tonnerre, aged 83.

21 March 2017: Peter Hannon (husband of Lady Fiona Graham, of the Dukes of Montrose), aged 89/90.

26 March 2017: Count Philippe d'Ursel, aged 96.

**MAfan** · #5 12-26-2016, 06:04 AM

April:

04 April 2017: Countess Joelle Cornet d'Elzius du Chennoy, née Baroness de Crombrugghe de Looringghe, aged 55.

04 April 2017: Countess Amelie Szechenyi, née de Hemptinne, aged 39.

04 April 2017: The Hon. Caroline Weston, née Douglas-Scott-Montagu (of the Lords Lord Montagu of Beaulieu and of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry), aged 92.

07 April 2017: Mary Katharine Mumford, 15th Lady Herries of Terregles, née Fitzalan-Howard (of the Dukes of Norfolk), aged 76.

08 April 2017: Countess Ingrid von Meran, née Messner, aged 78.

17 April 2017: Count Eberhard zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, aged 85.

29 April 2017: Princess Laure de Beauvau-Craon, née du Temple de Rougemont, aged 74.

**MAfan** · #6 12-26-2016, 06:04 AM

May:

02 May 2017: Elisabeth Allen, née de La Rochefoucauld, aged 95.

04 May 2017: Don Giuseppe Imperiali (of the Princes of Francavilla), aged 85.

08 May 2017: Don Carlo (of the Princes) Colonna, aged 76.

21 May 2017: Lady Fiona Hannon, née Graham (of the Dukes of Montrose), aged 85.

26 May 2017: Count Georges de La Rochefoucauld (of the Dukes de La Roche-Guyon), aged 87.

**MAfan** · #7 12-26-2016, 06:04 AM

June:

01 June 2017: Claude Burin de Roziers, née de La Rochefoucauld, aged 68.

07 June 2017: Countess Lionel de Warren, née Countess Lucie d'Ursel, aged 92.

17 June 2017: Count Renaud d'Ursel, aged 62.

21 June 2017: Countess Michel d’Harcourt, née Charlotte de Laminne de Bex, aged 83.

26 June 2017: Prince Andrei Mystchetzky, aged 99.

.. June 2017: Donna Ilaira Imperiali (of the Princes of Francavilla), aged 43.

**MAfan** · #8 12-26-2016, 06:04 AM

July:

01 July 2017: Princess Donna Orietta Boncompagni-Ludovisi, née Orefici, aged 82.

02 July 2017: Princess Kerty Mystchetzky, née Dalgaard Sand, aged 103.

09 July 2017: Prince Alexandre Bertrand Galitzine, aged 80.

15 July 2017: Prince Philippe de Bethune-Hesdigneul, aged 57.

18 July 2017: Count Bernard de La Rochefoucauld, aged 94.

19 July 2017: Prince Charles de Croÿ, aged 66.

26 July 2017: Princess Ghislaine Sapieha-Kodenski, née van Cutsem, aged 73.

.. July 2017: Count Andrea (of the Princes) Corsini, aged 74.

**MAfan** · #9 12-26-2016, 06:04 AM

August:

01 August 2017: Count Alfred von Enzenberg zum Freyen und Jöchelsthurn, aged 93.

16 August 2017: David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort, aged 89.

01 August 2017: Ian Graham (of the Dukes of Montrose), aged 93.

24 August 2017: Don Antonello (of the Princes) Ruffo di Calabria, aged 87.

30 August 2017: Count Alexander Esterházy de Galántha, aged 74.

.. August 2017: Donna Violet Lucchesi-Palli (of the Princes of Campofranco), aged 86.

**MAfan** · #10 12-26-2016, 06:04 AM

September:

01 September 2017: Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond, 10th Duke of Lennox, 10th Duke of Aubigny, 5th Duke of Gordon, aged 86.

06 September 2017: Countess Regina von Thun und Hohenstein, née Frankl, aged 57.

09 September 2017: Count Olivier d’Ursel, aged 60.

13 September 2017: Jadwiga de San, née Princess Sapieha-Kodeńska, aged 92.

13 September 2017: Countess Margret von Schönborn, née Gschwind, aged 90.

23 September 2017: Lady Michael Fitzalan-Howard (of the Dukes of Norfolk), née Victoria Russell, aged 98.

28 September 2017: Mary Wellesley (of the Dukes of Wellington), aged 102.

**MAfan** · #11 12-26-2016, 06:04 AM

October:

04 October 2017: Countess Joachim de Pierre de Bernis Calvière, née Princess Armande de Croy, aged 99.

05 October 2017: Izabella du Bois d'Aische, née Princess Światopołk-Czetwertyńska, aged 83.

06 October 2017: Hélène de Rougé, aged 96.

07 October 2017: Anthony Gordon-Lennox (of the Dukes of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon), aged 78.

10 October 2017: Zofia Skórzyńska, nee Princess Radziwiłł, aged 89.

13 October 2017: Lady Jean Fforde, née Graham (of the Dukes of Montrose), aged 96.

18 October 2017: Countess Emmanuel d’Ursel, née Marie-Chantal de Meester de Heyndonck, aged 79.

18 October 2017: Victor George Spencer, 3rd Viscount Churchill, aged 83.

**MAfan** · #12 12-26-2016, 06:04 AM

November:

01 November 2017: Davina Dalrymple, Countess of Stair, née Bowes-Lyon (of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne), aged 87.

01 November 2017: Count Peter Széchényi, aged 78.

02 November 2017: Lady Ursula d'Abo, née Manners (of the Dukes of Rutland), aged 101.

.. November 2017: Count Cristiano del Balzo (of the Dukes of Presenzano), aged 76.

**MAfan** · #13 12-26-2016, 06:04 AM

December:

07 December 2017: Mrs Jean Frances Woodroffe, née Hambro, formerly the Hon. Mrs Andrew Elphinstone, aged 94.

17 December 2017: Count Gobert-Léopold d'Aspremont-Lynden, aged 7 months.

18 December 2017: Princess Philippe de Merode, née Micheline de Gontaut-Biron, aged 100.

25 December 2017: Prince Philip Lobkowicz, aged 56.

26 December 2017: Count Ferdinand von Colloredo-Mannsfeld, aged 78.

27 December 2017: Sir Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox (of the Dukes of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon), aged 85.

29 December 2017: María del Carmen Franco y Polo, 1st Duchess of Franco, Grandee of Spain, Dowager Marchioness of Villaverde, aged 91.

**MAfan** · #14 12-26-2016, 06:04 AM

Exact date unknown:

Baron Christian von Saalfeld, aged 79/80.

Countess Jutta von Platen-Hallermund, née Hahn, aged 91/92.

Countess Gabriele von Seefried auf Buttenheim, née von Schnitzler, aged 97/98.

Count Jacob Douglas, aged 89/90.

Countess Jacob Douglas, née Hedvig Thielers, aged 86/87.

Baroness Maria von Redwitz, née Countess Douglas, aged 75/76.

Lord Roger Manners (of the Dukes of Rutland), aged 91/92.

Count Anton von Herberstein, aged 81/82.

Count Alfons von Coreth zu Coredo, aged 86/87.

Ceely · #15 01-17-2017, 11:51 PM

Count Josef of Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee died on January 5, aged 67. He was the fourth of ten children of Count Heinrich of Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee (1911-1972) and Princess Maria Antonia of Hohenzollern (1921-2011). He was married to Claudia Dyckerhoff from 1985 until their divorce in 1989. They did not have children. He is survived by seven of his nine siblings and their families.

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

Marc23 · #16 01-18-2017, 11:24 AM

Roman Herzog died on January 10, aged 82. He was President of Germany from 1994 to 1999 and husband of Alexandra, Freifrau von Berlichingen. He is survived by his wife and his 2 children from his previous marriage.

Biri · #17 01-20-2017, 12:31 PM

Franziska Johanna Maria Helene Illing Orsini-Rosenberg, nee Countess of Orsini-Rosenberg died on 8 January.

She was born in Welzenegg on 28 April 1930 as fourth and youngest child of Johannes, Prince of Orsini and Rosenberg (1893-1932) & his wife Henriette, nee Countess von Moennich (1903-1994).She married in Schwaz, Tyrol on 21 October 1994 Franz Illing (1909-1997).
She had twenty-two nephews & nieces in total - her oldest brother Heinrich (1925-2011) had seven children, second brother Johann (1926-2004) - five (two are deceased) and only sister Maria-Anna (1927-2010) - ten (two are deceased).

Sources: https://sites.google.com/site/myroya...al-information
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/orsini.html

maria-olivia · #18 03-01-2017, 09:47 AM

Countess Solange de Liedekerke dies on February 26th

She was Queen Fabiola's Lady in waiting for 50 years.
Unmarried she has Belgiums highest Decorations : Grand Cardon de l' Ordre de Léopold, Grand Officier de l'Ordre de la Couronne, Commandeur de l' Ordre du Zaire and Crosses from Spain, Ruanda and Burundi.
I met her at different occasions , A great lady ! RIP.

En todo Amar y Servir (Saint Ignace de Loyola)

**MAfan** · #19 03-06-2017, 11:23 AM

Here is her death announcement:
Les funérailles - Solange de Liedekerke de Pailhe

Duc_et_Pair · #20 03-06-2017, 12:18 PM

It is poignant that Solange will be buried at the castle where she was born: Eijsden Castle near Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Main building on the castle domain, Solange's birthplace: https://l1.nl/content/images/old-ass..._beemden_0.jpg

Solange's grandmother, Marie Fernande gravin van Geloes van Eijsden was the owner of the castle. After her death in 1956 it became Liedekerke property. The current owner is Solange's nephew Marcel graaf de Liedekerke, married with Beatrice gravin Christyn de Ribaucourt.