Pregnancies Announcements 2018

[MAfan]

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Royal and noble Pregnancies Announcements
in 2018.

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[Biri]

Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips (b.15 May 1981) [daughter of Princess Anne of Great Britain, the Princess Royal (b.1950) & her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips (b.1948)] & her husband Michael James Tindall (b.18 October 1978) [son of Phillip Tindall & his wife Linda, nee Shepherd] are expecting their second child (probably late June/early July).

They already have a daughter Mia Grace, who will turn four in twelve days.

Sources: https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/stat...74266301759488 (Merci, Elektra!)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...ond-child.html
https://sites.google.com/site/myroya...018-royal-news

[Countessmeout]

I'd guess likely early June latest. They waited till 4 months last pregnancy to announce. After the miscarriage shortly after, they are likely more cautious. Early June would put her at 4 months now.

[Princess Larisa]

Going by the recent photos and the time of their last miscarriage I would put her due date at May, maybe even April.

[camelot23ca]

I was happy to see this news. Zara has always seemed a great, fun woman, and her daughter is sweet. I hope this pregnancy is safe and uneventful.

[Biri]

Hereditary Prince Carl-Ferdinand of Bentheim und Steinfurt (b.5 October 1977) [son of Prince Reinhard of Bentheim and Steinfurt (b.1934) & his wife Angelica, nee Emmermann (b.1944); officially adopted by his childless uncle, Christian, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt (b.1923)] & his wife Elna-Margaret, nee Rinn (b.14 June 1979) are expecting their second child.

They already have a son Jonathan Alexei Victor, who turned nine on Christmas' Eve.

It will be fourth grandchild for paternal grandparents: Carl-Ferdinand's twin sister Johanna & her husband Dominic Twyman (b.1969) have two children: Myriam Charlotte (b.2008) & Clemens (b.2010).
Their younger siblings Christoph (b.1978) & Aleida (b.1980) are single.

Sources: https://sites.google.com/site/myroya...al-information
Bentheim
Descendants of Duke Wilhelm of Nassau
https://www.gala.de/stars/news/elna-...-21555094.html (Thanks, sjetaijem!).

[Biri]

An update of my post:

Originally Posted by Biri

Hereditary Prince Carl-Ferdinand of Bentheim und Steinfurt (b.5 October 1977) [son of Prince Reinhard of Bentheim and Steinfurt (b.1934) & his wife Angelica, nee Emmermann (b.1944); officially adopted by his childless uncle, Christian, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt (b.1923)] & his wife Elna-Margaret, nee Rinn (b.14 June 1979) are expecting their second child in July.

They already have a son Jonathan Alexei Victor, who turned nine on Christmas' Eve.

It will be fourth grandchild for paternal grandparents: Carl-Ferdinand's twin sister Johanna & her husband Dominic Twyman (b.1969) have two children: Myriam Charlotte (b.2008) & Clemens (b.2010).
Their younger siblings Christoph (b.1978) & Aleida (b.1980) are single.

Sources: https://sites.google.com/site/myroya...al-information
Bentheim
Descendants of Duke Wilhelm of Nassau
https://www.gala.de/stars/news/elna-...-21555094.html (Thanks, sjetaijem!).

[Biri]

Update:

Maria Zurita y de Borbon is due in July (and doesn't want to know the sex of her baby):

https://diarioespana.com/sociedad/ma...no-quiere-sexo

[Biri]

Count Alexander of Stolberg (b. 26 February 1974) [firstborn son of Count Josef Emnauel of Stolberg (b. 1936) & his wife Jacqueline, née Florin de Duikinberg (b. 1942)] & his wife Isabel, née Princess of Orleans-Braganza (b. 30 January 1978) [firstborn daughter of Prince Fernando of Orleans-Braganza (n. 1948) & his wife Maria da Graça née de Siqueira Carvalho Baère de Araújo (b. 1952)] are expecting their third child.

They already have two sons: Louis (16-12-2014) & Lorenz (5-9-2016)

Source: Netty Royal

[Biri]

Pierre Casiraghi (b.5 September 1987) [youngest of three children of Princess Caroline of Monaco (b.1957) & her late second husband Stefano Casiraghi (1960-1990) & his wife Beatrice Borromeo (b.18 August 1985) [daughter of Carlo Borromeo, Count of Arona (b.1935) & Paola Marzotto (b.1955)] are expecting their second child repoortedly in May.

They already have a son Stefano (28-2-2017).

Source: Monaco’s Pierre Casiraghi, Beatrice Borromeo Expecting Second Child | PEOPLE.com

[Biri]

Archduke Imre of Austria (b.8 December 1985) [second of five children and oldest son of Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg (b.1954) & her husband Archduke Carl-Christian of Austria (b.1954)] & his wife Kathleen, nee Walker (b.1986) are expecting their third child.

They already have two daughters: Maria-Stella (11-11-2013) & Magdalena (24-2-2016).

Source: https://sites.google.com/site/myroya...al-information

[Biri]

Looking at the following photos we may treat the rumour as confirmed:

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Charlotte Casiraghi (b.3 August 1986) [second of three children and only daughter together of Princess Caroline of Monaco (b.1957) & her late second husband Stefano Casiraghi (1960-1990)] & her fiance, French film producer Dimitri Rassam (b.16 November 1981) [only child together of French actress Carole Bouquet (b.1957) & her late partner, French Lebanesefilm producer Jean-Pierre Rassam (1942–1985)] are expecting their first child together (second for both), reportedly in August/September.

Charlotte has a son Raphael (17-12-2013) from her relationship with Moroccan French stand-up comedian and actor Gad Elmaleh (b.1971); Dimitri has a daughter Darya (b.2011) with his former wife, Russian model Maria Novoselova (b.1985).Also the following site already confirms this:

https://sites.google.com/site/myroya...al-information

[Biri]

An update of my post:

Originally Posted by Biri

Archduke Imre of Austria (b.8 December 1985) [second of five children and oldest son of Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg (b.1954) & her husband Archduke Carl-Christian of Austria (b.1954)] & his wife Kathleen, nee Walker (b.1986) are expecting their third child in October.

They already have two daughters: Maria-Stella (11-11-2013) & Magdalena (24-2-2016).

Source: https://sites.google.com/site/myroya...al-information

[Biri]

Prince Maximilian-Alexander of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (b.31 July 1980) [son of Prince Otto-Ludwig of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (b.1938) & his wife Annette, nee Freiin von Cramm (b.1944)] & his wife Franziska, nee Balzer are expecting their first child in September.

Source: Netty Royal

[Biri]

Hereditary Prince Christian of Furstenberg (b.22 November 1977) [older of two sons of Heinrich, Prince of Furstenberg (b.1950) & his wife Maximiliane, nee Princess of Windisch-Graetz (b.1952)] & his wife Jeanette, nee Griesel (b.10 September 1982) are expecting their third child in late 2018.

They already have a son Tassilo (24-12-2013) and a daughter Maria Cecilia (11-3-2015).

Source: https://sites.google.com/site/myroya...al-information

Prince Jean of Orléans, Duke of Vendôme (b.19 May 1965) [son of Henri of Orléans, Count of Paris, Duke of France (b.1933) & his first wife Duchess Marie Thérèse of Württemberg (b.1934)] & his wife Philomena, nee de Tornos y Steinhart (b.19 June 1977) [daughter of Alfonso de Tornos y Zubiría (b.1937) & his wife Maria Antonia Anna Zdenka Edle von Steinhart (b. 1944)] are expecting their fifth child this year.

They already have two sons: Gaston (19-11-2009) & Joseph (2-6-2016) and two daughters: Antoinette (28-1-2012) & Louise-Marguerite (30-7-2014).

Sources: as above and the following photo:

https://scontent.fath3-4.fna.fbcdn.n...5b&oe=5BD956FE

[iceflower]

Prince Michael of Yugoslavia (born in December 1985, son of Prince Tomislav and cousin of Crown Prince Alexander) and his wife Princess Ljubica are expecting their first child at the beginning of 2019. The couple married in October 2016 (source).

[Biri]

Don Luis Alfonso de Borbón y Martínez-Bordiu, Duke of Anjou and of Bourbon (b.25 April 1974) [son of Don Alfonso de Borbón y Dampierre, Duke of Cádiz, Duke of Anjou (1936-1989) & his former wife Maria del Carmen Martínez-Bordiu y Franco (b.1951), oldest granddaughter of General Francisco Franco Bahamonde] & his wife Maria Margarita Vargas Santaella (b.21 Oct 1983) [daughter of Victor Vargas Irausquín (born 1952) Venezuelan entrepreneur and philanthropist, owner and president of the fourth largest private bank in Venezuela, Banco Occidental de Descuento] & his first wife Carmen Leonor Santaella Tellería] are expecting their fourth child next year.

They already have a daughter Eugenia (5-3-2007) & twin sons: Luis, Duke of Burgundy and Alfonso, Duke of Berry (28-5-2010).

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl5g6psD...uisalfdeborbon (Thanks, eya!)

[Elektra]

Originally Posted by Biri

Prince Jean of Orléans, Duke of Vendôme (b.19 May 1965) [son of Henri of Orléans, Count of Paris, Duke of France (b.1933) & his first wife Duchess Marie Thérèse of Württemberg (b.1934)] & his wife Philomena, nee de Tornos y Steinhart (b.19 June 1977) [daughter of Alfonso de Tornos y Zubiría (b.1937) & his wife Maria Antonia Anna Zdenka Edle von Steinhart (b. 1944)] are expecting their fifth child this year.

They already have two sons: Gaston (19-11-2009) & Joseph (2-6-2016) and two daughters: Antoinette (28-1-2012) & Louise-Marguerite (30-7-2014).

Sources: as above and the following photo:

https://scontent.fath3-4.fna.fbcdn.n...5b&oe=5BD956FE

And the Duchess of Vendôme's sister Maria Magdalena de Tornos y Steinhart ( b.1980) and her husband Comte Jean d'Haussonville( b.21 Jan. 1968) are expecting twins for the end of September 2018 !

The two sisters will give birth some days apart if the babies arrive on their due dates.

Le comte et la comtesse Jean d'Haussonville attendent des jumeaux - Noblesse & Royautés

[Biri]

And where is the Duchess exactly due?

[Elektra]

According to Point de Vue, the Duchess of Vendôme is due in the autumn :

5ème naissance attendue chez le duc et la duchesse de Vendôme - Noblesse & Royautés