Noble Engagements Announcements 2017

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02 March 2017: Lord Max Percy (of the Dukes of Northumberland) and Princess Nora zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg.

14 March 2017: François Destree and Countess Melanie d’Oultremont.

28 March 2017: Jonkheer Benjamin van Innis and Countess Marie Caroline Cornet d'Elzius du Chennoy.

20 April 2017: William Francis Seymour, styled Earl of Yarmouth (of the Marquesses of Hertford), and Kelsey Wells.

16 May 2017: Thomas Linard de Guertechin and Countess Manaélle von Looz und Corswarem.

30 May 2017: Mathieu van Heuverswyn and Countess Virginie d’Ursel.

06 June 2017: Count Gregoire d’Oultremont and Anna Bellotti.

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05 September 2017: François de Moerlose and Countess Ariane de Marchant et d'Ansembourg.

26 September 2017: Aurelien de Bauw and Countess Savina de Lannoy.

21 November 2017: Baron André de Marmol and Donna Lucrezia Colonna (of the Princes of Stigliano).

30 November 2017: George Spencer-Churchill, styled Marquess of Blandford (of the Dukes of Marlborough), and Camilla Thorp.

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Date unknown:

Michael Dickinson and Lady Alice Ramsay (of the Earls of Dalhousie).

Baron Friedrich von Hobe-Gelting and Countess Theresia von Orsini und Rosenberg.

Philipp Lovrek and Countess Marie-Alice zu Königsegg-Aulendorf.

Benjamin Furlong and Princess Anna Maria Sapieha-Różańska.

Cecil von Treu and Countess Maria Annunziata von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg.

Count Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller-Metsch and Countess Johanna von Trautmannsdorff-Weinsberg.

Andi Jasimi and Baroness Ginevra Csillaghy de Pacser.

Count Nicolas Lombard de Buffières de Rambuteau and Ophélie Cordesse.

Harry Williams and Countess Francesca del Balzo (of the Dukes of Presenzano).

Janusz Gavronski and Princess Virginia zu Fürstenberg.

Rudolf Henkell von Ribbentrop and Princess Sophie von Schoenaich-Carolath.

Antonio Bonilla and Countess Clara von Kuefstein.

George Woodehouse and Celia McCorquodale.

Count Paul de La Croix de Castries and Hélène Lombard de Buffières de Rambuteau.

[Biri]

Lady Alice Ramsay (b.1977) [daughter of Marlyn Davina Butter (b.1950) & her husband James Hubert Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie (b.1948)] got engaged to Michael Dickinson this year.

Alice is second of three children and last one who marries; her brother Simon David Ramsay, Viscount Ramsay (b.1981) married Kaitlin Marie Kubinsky (b.1985) last year.
Her sister Lorna (b.1975) & her husband Fergus Lefebvre (b.1971) have three sons: Archie James (b.2007), Henry Paul (b.2008) & Ned Fergus (b.2011).

Source: Descendants of Duke Wilhelm of Nassau

[Biri]

Countess Theresia of Orsini and Rosenberg (b.28 May 1984) [second of three children and only daughter of Count Ferdinand of Orsini and Rosenberg (b.1954) & his late wife, Princess Zdenka of Auersperg (1956-2009; died one day after Theresia's 25th birthday)] is engaged to Friedrich Baron von Hobe-Gelting; they plan to marry in Grafenstein, Austria on 27 May (a day before 33th birthday of the bride).


Source: Netty Royal


Update: Princess Maria Antonia von Sachsen-Gessaphe & Klaus Hutter (engaged since 2014) will marry the same day at Gut Attholtz in Platting (Germany).


The same source.

[eya]

Lord Max Percy, 26, to wed German aristo Princess Nora zu Oettingen-Spielberg http://peeragenews.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/royal-wedding-for-alnwick-castle.html?m=1 …

[Countessmeout]

That will be a huge society wedding on both sides. Her older brother is hunting friends with Harry, Harry goes boar hunting on the families Bavarian estate. Beatrice borromeo was a bridesmaid at her brother's wedding last summer, which Harry attended. And of course any Percy wedding is a big event.

[Biri]

Countess Marie-Alice of Konigsegg-Aulendorff (b.1 August 1992) [daughter of Count Maximilian of Konigsegg-Aulendorff (b.1958) & his wife, nee Countess of Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau (b.1966]) is engaged to Philipp Lovrek (b.10 June 1988); they plan to marry in Konigseggwald on 1 July.


Marie-Alice is the third of four children and first one who marries.


Sources: https://royaltravel.wordpress.com/upcoming-events/
Königsegg-Aulendorf
Philipp Lovrek, * 1988 | Geneall.net

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Countess Melanie of Oultremont (b.14 December 1990) [second of three children and younger daughter of Count Jean-Michek of Oultremont (b.1956) & his wife Lorraine des Chevaliers le Maistre d'Astaing (b.1964)] and Francois Destree [son of Dominique Destree and his wife] on 14 March.

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

[Biri]

Princess Anna Maria Sapieha-Różańska (b.25 May 1981) [older daughter together of Jan Paweł, Prince Sapieha-Różański (b.1935) & his second former wife Princess Christina of Orleans-Braganza (b.1950)] got engaged to Benjamin Furlong this year.

Source: Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French


The engagement was announced between Countess Marie Caroline Cornet d'Elzius du Chennoy (b.1991) [daughter of Count Xavier Cornet d'Elzius du Chennoy (b.1961) {himself a son of Countess Gabrielle of Limburg-Stirum (b.1936) & her late husband Count Didier Cornet d'Elzius du Chennoy (1929-1999)} & his wife Joelle, nee Baroness de Crombrugghe de Looringghe] & Jonkheer Benjamin van Innis (b.1987) [son of Jonkheer Jean-Pierre van Innis & his wife] on 28 March.


Unfortunately a great sadness has fallen exactly a week after on the bride-to-be; her mother died 16 days after her 55th birthday...


Sources: Descendants of Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum and Countess Marie Th?r?se de Thiennes, Leyenburg et de Rumbeke
http://www.carnetmondain.be/
http://www.carnetmondain.be/

[Biri]

Originally Posted by eya

Lord Max Percy, 26, to wed German aristo Princess Nora zu Oettingen-Spielberg http://peeragenews.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/royal-wedding-for-alnwick-castle.html?m=1 …

Update: their wedding will take place on 15 July in Oettingen, Germany

Source: Netty Royal

The engagement was announced between Countess Manaelle de Looz-Corswarem (b.1992) [younger daughter of Count Philippe de Looz-Corswarem (b.1962) & his wife Daphne, nee Binon de Peyronnet] & Thomas Linard de Guertechin (b.21 March 1991) [son of Frederic Linard de Guertechin & his wife, nee Baroness Le Vinck] on 16 May.

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Linard de Guertechin Thomas | Namur MR 2012 | Programme MR namur 2012

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Count Gregoire of Oultremont (b.11 May 1980) [youngest of three children and only son of Count Patrice of Oultremont (b.1939) & his wife Amelie, nee de Bassompierre (b.1948)] and Anna Bellotti [daughter of Filippo Bellotti and his wife] on 6 June.

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


The engagement was announced between Countess Virginie of Ursel (b.26 March 1992) [eldest of three children and only daughter of Count Francois-Albert of Ursel (b.1963) & his wife Diane, nee Visart de Bocarme (b.1960)] & Mathieu van Heuverswyn [son of Etienne van Heuverswyn & his wife] on 30 May.


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

[Biri]

Countess Maria-Annunziata of Waldburg of Zeil and Trauchburg (b.24 September 1988) [daughter of Princess Georgine of Liechtenstein (b.1962) & her husband, Count Clemens of Waldburg of Zeil and Trauchburg (b.1960)] is engaged to Cecil von Treu (b.1987); they will marry on 9 September in Wangen in Allgau (Germany).

Maria-Annunziata is the eldest of five children and first one who marries.

Sources: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
https://royaltravel.wordpress.com/upcoming-events/


Count Ludwig Andreas von Klevenhuller-Metsch (b.5 November 1988) [oldest of four children of Count Bartholomeus von Klevenhuller-Metsch (b.1958) & his wife Cristina, nee Sanchez de Movellan y Garcia-Ogara (b.1962)] is engaged to Countess Johanna Maria of Trautmannsdorff-Weinsberg (b.7 June 1991) [second of six children of Count Alexander Franz of Trautmannsdorff-Weinsberg (b.1962) & his wife Maria Theresia, nee Countess von Wchinitz und Tettau (b.1963)]; they plan to marry on 7 October in Saint Tropez.


Sources: Khevenhüller-Metsch
Trauttmansdorff
https://royaltravel.wordpress.com/upcoming-events/

[Biri]

Baroness Ginevra Csillaghy de Pacser (b.1995) [daughter of Princess Virginia of Furstenberg (b.1974) & her first husband, Baron Alessandro Csillaghy de Pacser (b.1967)] got engaged to Andi Jasimi (b.1989) this year.

Source: Descendants of Giovanni Agnelli and Clara Boselli

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Countess Ariane de Marchant et d'Ansembourg (b.1992) [second of four children and younger daughter of Count Etienne de Marchant et d'Ansembourg (b.1959) & his wife Florence, nee Jonkvrouw de Hemptinne (b.1963)] & Francois de Moerlose (b.15 January 1989) [son of Bernard Moerlose & his wife Marie-Amelie, nee de Limbourg] on 5 September.

Ariane is first of the siblings who marries.
Francois is the youngest of three siblings and last one who marries.

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Descendants of Th?odore Mosselman du Chenoy
http://www.fune.be/documents/necros/nadinebaar.pdf
Fiche personnelle: Fran?ois De Moerloose
https://be.linkedin.com/in/fran%C3%A...loose-14246b69

[Ceely]

Count Nicolas Lombard de Buffières de Rambuteau (*1992), second of four children of Count Laurent Lombard de Buffières de Rambuteau and his wife Alice de Jerphanion, got engaged to Ophélie Cordesse this year.

Nicolas is the first of his siblings to marry.

Source: Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Countess Savina de Lannoy (b.1994) [daughter of Count Francois-Xavier de Lannoy (b.1962) & his wife Sabine, nee Prioux de Caundry de Baudimont (b.1964)] & Aurelien de Bauw [son of Christian de Bauw & his wife] on 26 September.

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

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between William Francis Seymour, styled Earl of Yarmouth (b 2 November 1993) [elder son and heir of Henry JocelynSeymour, the 9th Marquess of Hertford (b,1958), of Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, & his wife Beatriz, nee Karam] & Kelsey Wells [daughter of Dr Andrew Wells and Mrs Jacqui Wells, of Avonview, Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire] on 20 April.

Sources: Peerage News: Earl of Yarmouth/Kelsey Wells
Somerset & Hertford

[Ceely]

Countess Francesca del Balzo di Presenzano(*1988), middle child of Count Ludovico del Balzo (*1951) and his wife Louise Steel, got engaged to Harry Williams this year.

She has an older brother, Antonio, and a younger sister, Olivia, who are unmarried.

Source: Mr H.R. Williams and Miss F.C. del Balzo di Presenzano - Engagements Announcements - Telegraph Announcements
del Balzo