Noble Engagements Announcements 2012


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A joy has come to Countess Alix of Limburg-Stirum (b.1937) after the recent death of her husband, Count Claude de Marchant et d'Ansembourg:

Her youngest daughter, Countess Louise-Marie de Marchant et d'Ansembourg (b.1978) got engaged to Baron Gaetan de Jamblinne de Meux (b.1965) this year.

Louise-Marie is the youngest of six children and last one who marries.

Source: Descendants of Thodore Mosselman du Chenoy
 
Count Friedrich von Plettenberg (b.1982) [oldest of five children of Count Burkhardt of Plettenberg (b.1951) {himself son of Princess Luise-Dorothea of Hohenzollern (1924-1988) & her husband, Count Egbert von Plettenberg (1917-1995)} & his wife Patricia, nee Baroness von Loe (b.1956)] got engaged to Christine von Eichborn this year.

Source: Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French (first part)
 
The engagement was announced on 11 September 2012 between Count Charles Emmanuel de Lannoy (eldest son of Count and Countess Thierry-Maurice de Lannoy) and Valentine Anciaux Henry de Faveaux (daughter of Dominique Anciaux de Faveaux and of Marie-Hélène Callewaert).

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Wedding dates:

Prince Dominik of Lowenstein-Wertheim Rosenberg (b.1983) & Countess Olga of Castell-Rudenhausen (b.1987):
Civil - on 22 September at Rudenhausen, Germany
Religious - on 6 October at Sintra, Portugal

Prince Heinrich XXVI Reuss (b.1988) & Isabella Anna Frampton - on 2 February 2013 at Chichester, Great Britain.

Source: Netty's Royalty Page Upcoming Events
 
Bunte magazine ( Germany) wrote in 20. September's issue, that Hereditary Prince Maximilian of Hohenlohe - Bartenstein is going to marry next year. They wrote nothing about the bride to be.
 
First cousin of the Duchess of Brabant, Noemie de Brabant (28 February 1986) [second of six children and oldest daughter of Mathilde's paternal aunt, Countess Krystyna Komorowska (b.1955) & her husband, Alain de Brabant (b.1949)] got engaged to Count Jerome de Meeus d'Argenteuil (b.1984)

Noemie is the second one who marries; her older brother Pierre-Ladislas (b.1984) is married to Celine Thiry (b.1984)

Sources: www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/Sapieha.html
www.sejm-wielki.pl/b/cz.I027408
 
The engagement was announced 4 Oct 2012 between Mr Mario Voss, son of Dr and Frau Heinz-Werner Voss, of Northdorn, Germany, & Zillah Elizabeth Fellowes (b 1985), scion of the landed family of Fellowes of Shotesham Park, daughter of David William Lyon Fellowes (b 4 Oct 1949), of Little Somborne, Hampshire, by his wife the former Venetia A. Moorhead (b 1953).
Mario VOSS & Zillah FELLOWES Engagement Announcement | The Times
 
The engagement was announced 4 October, 2012, between Harry N.E. Campbell, son of Mr Gerald Campbell, of Tenterden, Kent, & Mrs Dorian Campbell, of Northiam, East Sussex, & Chloe Crewe-Read (b 1985), scion of the landed family of Crewe-Read, of Llandinam, daughter of Christopher Thomas Malcolm Crewe-Read (b 19 Mar 1951),of Adlestrop, Glos (a grandson maternally of the 1st Baron Robins), by his former wife Belinda Bennett (now Mrs Belinda Hadden, of London) dau of Sir Reginald Bennett.
Mr H.N.E. Campbell and Miss C.E. Crewe-Read - Engagements Announcements - Telegraph Announcements
 
The engagement was announced in October, 2012, between the Hon Michael Julian Marsham (b 3 Mar 1979), second son of Julian Charles Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney (b 28 Mar 1948), of Gayton Hall, Norfolk, by his wife the former Catriona Anne Stewart (descended from the Barons Cochrane of Cults), & the Hon Lucy Harriet Beaumont (b 30 Apr 1981), eldest daughter of Wentworth Peter Ismay Beaumont, 4th Viscount Allendale (b 13 Nov 1948), of Bywell Castle, Northumberland, by his wife the former Theresa More O'Ferrall (descended from the Jackson Baronets), &c.

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/peerage-news/9hx8KH-FAzM
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LADY Melissa Percy, youngest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, is set to marry Prince Harry’s best friend next summer.

In an official announcement made this morning, the 25-year-old’s delighted parents revealed that she has become engaged to Mr Thomas van Straubenzee:

Duke and Duchess announce daughter

Thomas van Straubenzee is the best friends of The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales. Congrats to the couple.
 
Aren't the Percys part of the william/harry set
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Yes, they are all members of the same long-term circle of friends. Thomas is best friends with William and Harry, while Melissa is close to Chelsy and Eugenie.

I expect we'll see all of them at the wedding next summer, including Pippa.
Wonder if either William or Harry will be a groomsman?
 
Lady Melissa Percy & Thomas van Straubenzee

Full announcement from the Northumberland Gazette [thanks to Dman]

Duke and Duchess announce daughter’s engagement ... to Prince Harry’s best friend

LADY Melissa Percy, youngest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, is set to marry Prince Harry’s best friend next summer.
In an official announcement made this morning, the 25-year-old’s delighted parents revealed that she has become engaged to Mr Thomas van Straubenzee.

It follows the marriage of her older sister Catherine – known as Katie – to city financier Patrick Valentine in February 2011.

Mr van Straubenzee, 29, is an ex-Royal Green Jackets officer now working as a chartered surveyor. He is closely connected to Prince Harry, who he met at Ludgrove Prep School, and accompanied the Prince on his first official tour to New Zealand.

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Christian Colfach (b.1983) [youngest of three sons of Jeanette von Arbin (b.1951) {herself fourth of five daughters of Dagmar Bernadotte, Countess of Wisborg (b.1916) & her late husband, Nils Magnus von Arbin (1910-1985)} & her husband Esben Colfach (b.1947)] got engaged to Emilie Jurgenthal (b.1982) this year.

Source: Descendants of Duke Wilhelm I of Nassau

Alexander Charles Leschallas (b.1978) [son of Rosemary Elizabeth Elphinstone (b.1947) {herself daughter of Honourable Andrew Elphinstone (1918-1975, maternal first cousin of QEII) & his wife Jean Frances, nee Hambro} & her husband James Leschallas (b.1943)] got engaged to Sarah Rowan this year.

ALexander is youngest of three children and last one who marries.

Source: Descendants of Sir Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Kirsten Monique Taubin (b.1988) [great-granddaughter of Countess Victoria Luise of Solms Baruth (1921-2003) & her second husband,Richard Carlyle Babon Whitten (1910-2001)] is engaged to Joshua Waguespack. They are going to marry next year.

Curiosity: future bride's mother was 16 and father 19 when she was born; they divorced later and Kirsten has three half-sibli9ngs by her father (all still under age).

Source: Descendants of Queen Victoria's siblings

Hein's Royal Genealogy Page
 
The engagement was announced today between Thibault Lancksweert (son of Mr. and Mrs. Dominique Lancksweert) and Princess Alexandra Galitzine (third daughter of Prince and Princess Peter Galitzine, née Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria).

Alexandra's maternal grandfather was the late Archduke Rudolph of Austria, the fifth son of the Emperor Karl I and Empress Zita of Austria.

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The engagement was announced today between Count Pierre Cornet d'Elzius and Countess Madeleine d'Oultremont.


Pierre is the son of Count François Cornet d'Elzius (himself the son of the late Count and of Countess Thierry Cornet d'Elzius) and of his wife, née Countess Dominique d'Ursel (daughter of Count and Countess Géry d'Ursel).

Madeleine is the youngest daughter of Count Alec d'Oultremont (himself a son of Count and Countess André d'Oultremont) and of his wife, née Countess Marie Anne de Marchant-Ansembourg.

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The engagement was announced today between Loïck Fenaux and Countess Laetitia d'Ursel
(daughter of Count and Countess Olivier d'Ursel).

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Baroness Constance d'Anethan (b.1985) [oldest of four children and only daughter of Henri Baron d'Anethan (b.1955) & his wife Sandrina, nee Baroness van Zuylen van Nyevelt (b.1961)]got engaged to Hadrien Peiffer this year.

Source: Descendants of Thodore Mosselman du Chenoy
 
The engagement was announced between Foulques Couvreur [son of Marie-Henriette de La Rochefoucauld (b.1945) & her current husband Mark Couvreur (b.1950)] and Heloïse le Hardÿ de Beaulieu [daughter of Viscount Thierry le Hardÿ de Beaulieu & his wife Charlotte née Baronne Greindl].

Source: Royal News of 2012, Section III
 
The engagement was announced between Count Gael de Lannoy (b.1982) [oldest of three children and only son of Count Patrick de Lannoy (b.1955) & his wife Anne, nee de Solvyns (b.1957)] and Laurence Hanappe on 30 October.

Source: Le Site du Carnet Mondain.
 
Both daughters of Princess Marie-Gabrielle of Auersperg (b.1958) & her husband, Count Gilles Morel de Boncourt (b.1955) got engaged this year!

Countess Maite (b.1984) to Francois Stoffels d'Hautefort (b.1984)
And
Countess Charlotte (b.1986) to Baron Wilhelm von Stotzingen (b.1985)

Princess Marie-Gabrielle and Count Gilles have also two sons: Count Antoine (b.1990) and Count Louis (b.1996)

Source: Descendants of Duke Wilhelm of Nassau
 
Is Francois Stoffels ofthe French nobility?
 
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Probably yes; in French surnames the particle "de" is the sign of the nobility.
 
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Is Francois Stoffels ofthe French nobility?

His ancestor was Gabrielle Maria Laura d'Hautefort,daughter of Armand,the last Marquis d'Hautefort who died at the beginning of the 20th century...

Gabrielle married Fernand Stoffels de Varsberg(son of Charles Stoffels de Varsberg and Kathinka Weckbecker de Heddesdorf),a family of German descent living in part of France which is now near the French-German border...

As Gabrielle died before her father,her husband Fernand was then adopted by the last Marquis and changed the name from Stoffels de Varsberg to Stoffels d'Hautefort,as there were no male heirs left of d'Hautefort family...they had 4 sons and Francois Stoffels d'Hautefort is a descendant of one of them!
 
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Count George Matthew von Platen Hallermund (b. 8 June 1986) [oldest of three sons of Count George Arthur von Platen Hallermund (b.1956) & his wife Glenys, nee Drake (b.1957)] got engaged to Rayanne Henderson in July 2012.

Source: Netty's Royalty Page Genealogical News 2012.
 
The engagement was announced today between Thibault Lancksweert (son of Mr. and Mrs. Dominique Lancksweert) and Princess Alexandra Galitzine (third daughter of Prince and Princess Peter Galitzine, née Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria).

Alexandra's maternal grandfather was the late Archduke Rudolph of Austria, the fifth son of the Emperor Karl I and Empress Zita of Austria.

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this engagement was apparently broken off .. no wedding
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