Noble Pregnancies Announcements 2016

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JANUARY:

Baron Axel de Sambucy de Sorgue and his wife, née Charlotte Paul-Reynaud, are expecting their second child.

James Blunt and his wife, née Sofia Wellesley (of the Dukes of Wellington), are expecting their first child.

 

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MARCH:

Kenneth Schmidt and his partner Countess Josephine of Rosenborg are expecting their first child together (her third).

 

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APRIL:

Julian Porras and his wife Olivia de Borbón y Hardenberg (of the Dukes of Sevilla) are expecting their first child.

 

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date unknown

 

[sjetajiem]

Baron Axel de Sambucy de Sorgue and his wife Charlotte, née Paul-Reynaud expect their second child in the summer.
They have already a daughter Augustine, born on January 26th 2015.
The new baby will be the 12th grandchild of Baron François Xavier de Sambucy de Sorgue and his wife, née Princesse Chantal de France
For the late Count and Countess of Paris it will be great grandchild number 108

Source: Noblesse et Royautés

 

[Biri]

Alexandrina Sofia Wellesley (b.23 July 1983) [daughter of Lord John Henry Wellesley (b.1954) {himself son of Arthur Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington (b.1915) & his late wife, Diana Ruth McConel (1921-2010)} & his wife Corinne, nee Vaes] & her husband English singer-songwriter James Hillyer Blount, aka James Blunt (b.22 February 1974) [son of Charles Blount & his wife Jane, nee Amos] are expecting their first child.

Source: James Blunt's wife Sofia displays svelte figure after pregnancy reveal | Daily Mail Online

 

[sjetajiem]

Fernando Gómez-Acebo y Borbon and his partner Nadia Halamandari, a greek journalist, expect their first child, a son, in June 2016
It will be the 10th grandchild for Infanta Pilar.

Embarazo en los Gómez-Acebo: Fernando espera un hijo junto a una periodista griega. Noticias de Casas Reales

 

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Countess Josephine of Rosenborg (b.29 October 1972) [oldest of three daughters of Count Christian of Rosenborg, nee Prince of Denmark and Iceland (1942-2013) & his wife Anne Dorte, nee Maltoft-Nielsen (1947-2014)] & her current partner Kenneth Schmidt (aged reportedly 38) are expecting their first child together, her third, in August.

Josephine has already a son Julius (1-12-2001) and a daughter Clara (26-11-2004) by her marriage to Thomas Schmidt (b.1970); they divorced in 2014.

Sources: https://sites.google.com/site/myroyalworld/2016-genealogical-information
Josephine af Rosenborg er forelsket igen
Josephine af Rosenborg er gravid - TV 2

 

[Biri]

Olivia de Borbon y Hardenberg, who turned 42 eight days ago [oldest of three children of Don Francisco Paula Enrique de Borbon, Duke of Sevilla (b.1943) & his first wife Beatrix, Countess von Hardenberg (b.1947) & her husband Julian Porras (b. reportedly 1981) are expecting their first child in November.

Source: Olivia de Borbón y Julián Porras nos anuncian que esperan su primer hijo | Cotilleando - El mejor foro de cotilleos sobre la realeza y los famosos. Felipe y Letizia.

 

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Alfonso de Borbon y Yordi, who turned 43 exactly a month ago [son of Alfonso Carlos de Borbon (b.1945) {himself son of Francisco de Paula de Borbon, Duke of Sevilla (later renounced this title in favour of his older son; 1912-1995) & his first wife Enriqueta, nee Escasany y Miguel (1925-1962)} & his wife Maria Luisa, nee Yordi y Villacampa (b.1949)] & his longtime partner, Spanish model Eugenia de Silva, who will turn 41 in exactly a month are expecting their second son in June.

They already have a son Alfonso (1-4-2014)

Alfonso's only sister Alejandra (b.1976) is married to Bosco Ussia; they have twin sons Santiago & Tristan (31-10-2011).

Source: Eugenia Silva y Alfonso de Borbón esperan su segundo hijo | Cotilleando - El mejor foro de cotilleos sobre la realeza y los famosos. Felipe y Letizia.

 

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Count Melchior Raphael of Schonborn-Buchheim (b.22 September 1977) [youngest of five children of Friedrich-Karl, Count von Schonborn-Buchheim (b.1938) & his wife Isabelle, nee Princess of Orleans (b.1932)] & his wife Bernadette, nee von Mentzingen (b.1978) are expecting their second child:

They already have a son Theodore (8-4-2015)

Source: https://sites.google.com/site/myroyalworld/2017-genealogical-information