Royal Deaths Announcements 2014

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January:

04 January: Prince Bandar bin Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia.

11 January: The mother of Prince Nawwaf bin Musa'id bin Saud Al Saud of Saudi Arabia.

15 January: HRH Princess Maria Margarita of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Mrs. Luis Gonzaga Maldonado, aged 79.


February:

04 February: Princess Munirah bint Abdulaziz bin Abdallah Al Saud of Saudi Arabia.

 

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March:

05 March: Prince Abdul al-Rahman bin Faysal bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia.

05 March: Prince Khalid bin Mishal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia.

10 March: The mother of Sheikh Nasser bin Rashid bin Abdulaziz Al Mualla and Sheikh Ahmad bin Rashed bin Abdulaziz Al Mualla of Umm Al-Qaiwain.

20 March: HI&RH Archduke Heinrich of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, aged 89.

21 March: HSH Fürst Moritz-Casimir zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg, aged 90.

 

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April:

03 April: HRH Prince Michael of Prussia, aged 74.

09 April: Princess Fevziye Osmanoğlu, aged 86.

13 April: HSH Prince Friedrich zu Schwarzenberg, aged 73.

27 April: Princess Masha'il bint Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia.

 

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May:

20 May: Count Rupprecht von Löwenstein-Scharffeneck, who assumed the title of Prince zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, aged 80.

30 May: Princess Neslisah Abdulkadir Osmanoglu, aged 89.

 

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June:

06 June: HIllH Count Karl von Kuefstein, aged 91.

08 June: HIH The Prince Katsura, formerly Prince Yoshihito of Japan, aged 66.

23 June: Johannes Peter Klien (husband of the late HSH Princess Margarita von und zu Liechtenstein), aged 67.

 

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August:

28 August: HSH Fürstin Melinda Esterházy de Galántha, née Ottrubay, aged 94.

 

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September:

02 September: H.R.H. Princess Yolande of Bourbon-Parma, née Princess de Broglie-Revel, aged 86.

14 September: H.H. Prince Nicholas Romanovich of Russia, aged 92.

18 September: H.H. Prince Philipp August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, aged 70.

20 September: H.R.H. Duke Anton Günther of Oldenburg, aged 91.

 

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October:

05 October: Prince David Pavlovich Chavchavadze (son of the late Prince Paul Chavchavadze and of his wife, née Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia), aged 90.

26 October: H.S.H. Princess Amelie zu Fürstenberg, aged 66.

30 October: H.S.H. Fürst Johann-Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, aged 66.

 

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November:

04 November: Princess Kristine Bernadotte, née Rivelsrud, aged 82.

 

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December:

05 December: H.M. Queen Fabiola of Belgium, née Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, aged 86.

 

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Exact date unknown:

H.I.&R.H. Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, Princess of Hungary and Bohemia, aged 86/87.

 

[Biri]

Princess Maria Margherita of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Mrs. Luis Gonzaga Maldonado, died sometime this year.

She was born in Warsaw on 16 November 1934 as third of five children of Prince Gabriele of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1897-1975) & second by his second wife, Princess Cecylia Lubomirska (1907-2001). She married in Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) on 11 June 1962 Luis Gonzaga Maldonado y Gordon (b.1932), by whom she had three daughters: Maria Margarita (b.1963), Maria Claudia (b.1965) & Maria Cecilia (b.1967).
She is survived by her husband, daughters and four grandsons: Juan Bosco (b.1990), Beltran, Pedro & Pelayo [sons of Maria Margarita & her husband Pedro de Lozano y Murube (b.1961)].

Source: The descendants of Archduke Karl of Austria, Duke of Teschen

 

[MAfan]

She died on 15 January 2014.
Apparently she had eight grandchildren, not four: Bosco, Beltràn, Pedro, Pelayo, Gabriela, Alejandra, Guillermo and Margarita.

Royal Musings: Death of two Borbon princesses

 

[Princess Robijn]

Prince Bandar bin Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia died on 4 January 2014.

Royal News

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The mother of Prince Nawwaf bin Musa'id bin Saud Al Saud of Saudi Arabia died on 11 January 2014.

Royal News

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Princess Munirah bint Abdulaziz bin Abdallah Al Saud of Saudi Arabia died on 4 February 2014.

Royal News

 

[Princess Robijn]

Prince Abdul al-Rahman bin Faysal bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia died on 5 March 2014.

Royal News

 

[Princess Robijn]

Prince Khalid bin Mishal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia died on 5 March 2014.

Royal News

 

[Princess Robijn]

The mother of Sheikh Nasser bin Rashid bin Abdulaziz Al Mualla and Sheikh Ahmad bin Rashed bin Abdulaziz Al Mualla of Umm Al-Qaiwain died on or just before 10 March 2014.

WAM | Emirates News Agency

 

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Funeral prayers for Princess Hussa bint Abdul al-Muhsin bin Ibrahim Al Saud of Saudi Arabia were held by Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia at the Imam Turki bin Abdallah Mosque in Riyadh on 2 February 2014.

Royal News

 

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HI&RH Archduke Heinrich of Austria passed away on 20 March 2014, aged 89.

Born in 1925, he was the second son of Archduke Maximilian (himself the younger brother of Emperor Karl I) and of his wife, née Princess Franziska zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst.
He was married since 1961 to Countess Ludmila von Galen, by whom he had three sons (Philipp, Ferdinand and Konrad) and a daughter, Marie-Christine.
He is survived by his wife, their children, three daughters-in-law and seven grandchildren.

Royal Musings: Archduke Heinrich of Austria (1925-2014)

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Fürst Moritz-Casimir zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg died at Kloster Herzebrock on 21 March 2014, aged 90.


He was born on 12 October 1923, the son of Fürst Adolf zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg and of his wife, née Princess Amélie von Schönburg-Waldenburg.
He was married since 1958 to Countess Huberta von Hardenberg, by whom he had four sons, Princes Carl Gustav, Philipp, Christoph and Maximilian.
He is survived by his wife, three of their sons (Prince Christoph having predeceased his father in a car accident in 1987) and their families.

Bentheim

 

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HRH Prince Michael of Prussia passed away on 03 April 2014, aged 74.

He was born on 22 March 1940, the second child and son of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, Head of the former German Imperial House, and of his wife, née Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia.
He was married firstly from 1966 to 1982 to Jutta Jörn, by whom he had two daughters. By marrying to a commoner, Michael lost his succession rights to the headship of the Prussian Royal House.
He then married secondly in 1982 to Brigitte Dallwitz-Wegner; their marriage was childless.
He is survived by his wife Brigitte, by his two daughters Micaela (with her husband and children) and Nataly, as well as by three of his seven siblings and many nephews and nieces.

PREUSSEN: Prinz Michael ist tot | Südwest Presse Online

 

[HereditaryPrincess]

Princess Fevziye Osmanoğlu passed away on April 9 in Paris, France. She was 86.

Princess Fevziye was born in 1928 and is the granddaughter of Prine Fevzi Abdulmecit Osmanoğlu. Her funeral took place today (April 12).

Source: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forum...mpire-house-of-osman-5480-12.html#post1656690

NB: The translation isn't the best, so I may have made some errors.

 

[Princess Robijn]

Princess Masha'il bint Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia died on 27 April 2014.

Royal News

 

[sancakli70]

30 may 2014 at 16.00 Princess Neslisah abdulkadir Sultan of ottoman(89) born 25.01.1925 at budapest/ hungary is dead. She was the first born princess at exile.
The funureal is 01.06.2014 in fatih mosque. Istanbul/turkey. Son Osmanlı torunu vefat etti!

 

[Elektra]

HIH The Prince Katsura passed away on June 8 2014.

Emperor's cousin, Prince Katsura, dies at 66 ? Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

 

[MAfan]

His Illustrious Highness Count Karl von Kuefstein passed away on 6 June 2014 at Greillenstein, aged 91.

He was born on 6 March 1923, the eldest son of Count Ferdinand IV von Kuefstein and of his wife, née Countess Stephanie Marschall.
He married in 1949 to Countess Gabriele von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1926-2010), by whom he had a daughter and three sons; their second son, Count Andreas, is the husband of Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria (daughter of the late Prince Rasso and of Princess Theresia).
He is survived by his four children, their spouses, by 14 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.

Begräbnis Graf Kuefstein - Jagdbezirk Horn, Niederösterreich
Kuefstein

 

[Biri]

Rupprecht, Count von Löwenstein-Scharffeneck who, according to Europäische Stammtafeln, assumed the title Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, died on 20 May.

He was born in Palma de Mallorca on 24 August 1933 as an only child of Leopold, Count von Löwenstein-Scharffeneck (1903-1974) & his first wife Bianca Fischler, Countess von Treuberg (1913-1984).He married in London on 18 July 1957 Josephine Lowry-Corry (b.1931) who was already expecting his child; their oldest son Rudolf was born in November 1957: later thez had two more children: Konrad (b.1958) & Maria Theodora (b.1966).Source: Netty's Royalty Page Genealogical News 2014.
Löwenstein

 

[Biri]

Johannes Peter Klien followed his wife on 23 June.

He was born in Wolfurt on 6 September 1946.
He married in Einsiedeln, Switzerland on 20 September 1974 (exactly two weeks after his 28th birthday) Princess Margarita of Liechtenstein (1950-2013), the firstborn child of Prince Georg of Liechtenstein (1911-1998) & his wife Christine, nee Duchess of Wurtemberg (b.1924).
He left a daughter Elena (b.1975), a son Michael (b.1977) and a granddaughter Josephine - daughter of Michael & his wife Paula, nee Reichenberg (b.1980).Sources: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
Liechtenstein

 

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HSH Prince Friedrich zu Schwarzenberg died on 13 April 2014, aged 73.

He was born in Prague on 23 August 1940, the third child and second son of Karl, 6th Fürst zu Schwarzenberg and of his wife, née Princess Antonia zu Fürstenberg.

He was married since 1984 to Regula Brigitta Schlegel, by whom he had a son and a daughter.
He is survived by his wife, their children, his brother (Karl, 7th Fürst zu Schwarzenberg) and his two sisters with their families.

Schwarzenberg

 

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HSH Fürstin Melinda Esterházy de Galántha, née Ottrubay, passed away in Eisenstadt (Austria) on 28 August 2014, aged 94.
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Melinda Ottrubay was born in Budapest on 24 May 1920, by Dezso Ottrubay and his wife, née Rosa von Schmidt. A talented ballet dancer, aged 24 she became the Prima Ballerina Assoluta of the Opera Teather in Budapest.

Two years later, in 1946, she married to Fürst Paul V Esterházy de Galántha (1901-1989), the head of one of the most illustrious Hungarian noble houses.

After the end of World War II, the new Hungarian communist government confiscated most of the family lands and Prince Paul was sentenced to solitary confinement for 15 years. He was freed in 1956 and left Hungary for Switzerland with his wife Melinda. The couple settled in Zurich, from where they managed the remains of the family fortune (mainly located in Austria). The Prince died there in 1989.

Since he didn't left children, his heir was his widow Melinda. Fürstin Melinda has since then created several foundations, with the aim of preserving the cultural heritage of the House of Esterházy, and opened as museums many of the family residences.

Fürstin Melinda Esterházy verstirbt Mittwochnacht im Kreis ihrer Familie ‹ Esterházy.at