Royal Deaths Announcements 2016


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Leandro Alfonso de Borbón y Ruiz-Moragas, illegitimate son of King Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886-1941) by Carmen Ruiz y Moragas (1896-1936, died on June 18 at the age of 87.

He was born Leandro Alfonso Ruiz Moragas, the younger of Alfonso's two children with Carmen, an actress. In 2003 he was legally recognized as the king's illegitimate son and given the right to use the surname de Borbón.

He was married from 1952 to 1981 to María del Rosario Vidal y de Bárnola, with whom he had six children: Maria Cristina (1953), Alfonso Javier (1955), Maria Blanca (1956), Luisa Maria (1958-1961), Eduardo Leandro (1959), and Maria de las Mercedes (1960). He married secondly Conchín de Mora y Ruiz; they had one son, Leandro (1973). He had 11 grandchildren.

Source: Descendants of King Alfonso XII of Spain
Muere Leandro de Borbón, hijo de Alfonso XIII y tío del Rey Juan Carlos | loc | EL MUNDO
 
Prince Udo of Löwenstein-Wetheim-Freudenberg died in Heidelberg on 16 September, nearly three months after his 59th birthday, twenty four days after his 32nd wedding anniversary, and exactly two weeks before his wife's 59th birthday.

He was born in Kreuzwertheim on 17 June 1957 as the fourth of five children and younger son of Alfred-Ernst, Prince of Löwenstein-Wetheim-Freudenberg (1924-2010) & his wife Ruth-Erika von Boggenhagen (1922-2009).
He married civilly in Kreuzwertheim on 23 August and religiously in Bad Homburg-Gonzenheim on 25 August Isabel von Bergen (b.30 Sep 1957.
Apart from her he left three children: Viktoria (b.1990), Georg (b.1993) & Philipp (b.1998) as well as brother Ludwig (b.1951, the current Prince) and sisters Ameli (b.1953), Dorothee (b.1955) & Ruth (b.1959) with their families.

Sources: https://sites.google.com/site/myroyalworld/2016-genealogical-information
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Princess Franziska of Furstenberg, née Preuschl von Haldenburg, primo voto Meinl died in this month aged 56, reportedly from cancer too late discovered.

She was the second wife of Prince Maximilian of Furstenberg (b.1962) [son of Prince Friedrich of Furstenberg (1926-1969) & his wife, Princess Theresa of Lippe (1925-2008)] whom she married last year.
From her first marriage with Julius Meinl V she had a son Julius VI (aged 27)
She was a stepmother to Clarissa (b.1993), Friedrich (b.1995) & Alina (2001) - children of her new husband by his first wife, Freiin Diana von Berlichingen (b.1965).

Sources:
https://kurier.at/stars/franziska-meinl-im-alter-von-53-jahren-verstorben/223.430.460
http://www.news.de/promis/855649141/franziska-prinzessin-zu-fuerstenberg-tot-julius-meinls-ex-frau-prinzessin-franziska-stirbt-an-krebs/1/
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/furstenberg.html
https://sites.google.com/site/myroyalworld/2016-genealogical-information
 
The Royal Household Bureau has announced the death of His Majesty, Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX, on 13 October at 15:52 local time in Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok.
Having reigned since 9 June 1946, he was, at the time of his death, the world's longest-serving head of state and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history, serving for 70 years, 126 days.

Bhumibol was born at Cambridge Hospital (now Mount Auburn Hospital) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States, on 5 December 1927. He was the youngest son of HRH Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, the Prince of Songkla (1892-1929) {himself one of many sons of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V;1853-1910) & seventh by Queen Savang Vadhana (1862-1955; his paternal half-sister)} and his commoner wife Mom Sangwan (later HRH Princess Srinagarindra, the Princess Mother; 1900-1995).
He had an older sister, Princess Galyani Vadhana, and an older brother, Prince Ananda Mahidol (later King who died from a gunshot at an age of 20 sin prole, so Bhumibol became the next King).

He married on 28 April 1950 in Lausanne Sirikit Kitiyakara (b.12 August 1932) who was distantly related to him, both being descendants {he - grandson, she - great-granddaughter) of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V; 1853-1910) [daughter of Nakkhatra Mangala, Prince of Chanthaburi (1897-1953), Ambassador of Thailand in the UK and France) & his wife Mom Luang Bua Kitiyakara]

They had four children:
Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya (b.1951)
King Maha Vajiralongkorn (b.1952)
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (b.1955)
Princess Chulabhorn Walailak (b.1957)

Apart from his wife and children he left eleven grandchildren and at least two great-grandchildren.
One of his grandson Bhumi Jensen predeceased him, having drowned after being struck by the tsunami on 26 December 2004.

Source: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forum...umibol-adulyadej-october-13-2016-a-41390.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakri_Dynasty#History
 
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October 23,2016:The former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani 84, passed away in the capital Doha.The late Sheikh Khalifa is the father of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani (the Emir father) and the grandfather of Qatar`s current ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifah Al-Thani.He ruled Qatar from 1972 until 1995.

The late Emir`s funeral was held on Oct 24th following Al-Aser prayer at the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque in Doha in presence of his family members.
Sorce: Qatar: Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani passes away - News from Al Jazeera
 
The Imperial Household Agency announced that His Imperial Highness The Prince Mikasa, of the Imperial Family of Japan, passed away in the capital Tokyo, today, 27 October 2016, at the age of 100.

An uncle of Emperor Akihito of Japan, His Imperial Highness is survived by his wife of 75 years, The Princess Mikasa, who is 93, twon daughters and nine grandchildren. His three sons all predeceased him.

Born on 2 December 1915, also in Tokyo, The Prince Mikasa was the youngest of the four sons of Emperor Taisho and Empress Teimei. His Imperial Highness was the oldest living royal.

Source: The world’s oldest living Royal, Prince Mikasa, dies at the age of 100 – Royal Central
 
Prince Victor-Otto of Bentheim and Steinfurt died in Munster on 1 November.

He was born in Munster on 24 July 1940, as the penultimate of eleven children of Viktor Adolf Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt (1883-1961; his first wife died in a childbirth of stillborn twin boys) and seventh by his second wife, Princess Rosa Helene of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1901-1963).
He was unmarried and didn't have children.
He is survived by his siblings: Reinhard (b.1934), Marie-Adelheid (b.1935), Charlotte (b.1936), and Oskar-Arnold (b.1946), as well as by his older half-brother Christian (b.1923), current Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt, and by their families.
He lost two siblings: Ferdinand (1838-2010) & Juliane (1932-2013); his oldest half-brother Alexis (1922-1943) was killed over the Mediterranean Sea during the war.

Sources: Otto-Victor Prinz zu Bentheim und Steinfurt, Traueranzeige, Westfälische Nachrichten, Gedenkkerzen, Kondolenzen, Fotos
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Descendants of Duke Wilhelm of Nassau
Otto Viktor, Prinz von Bentheim-Steinfurt, * 1940 | Geneall.net
https://sites.google.com/site/myroyalworld/2016-genealogical-information

Curiosity: from nine living to adulthood descendants of Viktor Adolf Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt only Reinhardt, Marie-Adelaide, Charlotte & Ferdinand have living descendants:
Alexis died in the war young and childless.
Christian has two adopted daughters, who are married and probably have children.
Viktor & Adolf were stillborn (and cost their mother's life).
Juliane was unmarried and childless.
Reinhardt has four living children, including two childless (He had five, including twins; the firstborn who bore his name died as a baby or was stillborn) and three grandchildren.
Marie-Adelheid has three children and five grandchildren (all from the eldest daughter)
Charlotte has two living daughters, both childless (she had three, the two younger were twins; the younger one died in 1992 aged 26, childless).
Ferdinand had two living children (the firstborn died as a four-year-old boy in 1975) and four grandchildren.
Victor-Otto was unmarried and childless.
Oskar Arnold was married but childless.

So many deaths in young age...three of the siblings lost children...so sad.
 
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Princess Birgitte of Prussia, nee Dallwitz-Wegner committed suicide in November, reportedly due to the depression after the death of her husband.

She was born in Kitzbuhel, Tirol on 17 September 1939 and married morganatically (becoming his second wife) in Bad Soden on 23 June 1982 Prince Michael of Prussia (1940-2014) [son of Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907-1994) & his wife, Grand Duchess Kira of Russia (1909-1967)]; he was previously married (also morganatically) to Jutta Jorn (b.1943). They divorced the same year he married Birgitte and had two daughters: Michaela (b.1960) [married to Jurges Wessoly (b.1961)and mother of Maximilian (b.2000) & Marie Charlotte (b.2001)] & Nataly (b.1970) [single and childless].
Birgitte and Michael didn't have children together.

Sources: Brigitta von Preußen: Die Trauer war zu groß: Sie hat sich das Leben genommen | BUNTE.de
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Descendants of German Emperor Wilhelm I
 
An unimaginable tragedy has touched Prince York of Schaumburg-Lippe (b.1960):

His only son, Prince Nicholas-York, born in San Diego on 23 April 1989, died untimely on 4 December (fifteen days before the anniversary of his mother's untimely passing).

So heartbreaking...RIP, young man and consolation to his father, who not only became widowed so early (his wife Susanne, nee Seidensticker died in 1992 aged 31) that's now he lost his only child!:cry::cry::cry::cry:
December should be a joyous month for Christians, and for him it will be now the worst of all the year...
:easter::easter:

Sources: https://sites.google.com/site/myroyalworld/2016-genealogical-information
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An unimaginable tragedy has touched Prince York of Schaumburg-Lippe (b.1960):

His only son, Prince Nicholas-York, born in San Diego on 23 April 1989, died untimely on 4 December (fifteen days before the anniversary of his mother's untimely passing).

So heartbreaking...RIP, young man and consolation to his father, who not only became widowed so early (his wife Susanne, nee Seidensticker died in 1992 aged 31) that's now he lost his only child!:cry::cry::cry::cry:
December should be a joyous month for Christians, and for him it will be now the worst of all the year...
:easter::easter:

Sources: https://sites.google.com/site/myroyalworld/2016-genealogical-information
Schaumburg-Lippe

indeed horrible news, being his only child and on a date so close to another sad event. life can unfold so unpredictably...
 
Regina Kawananakoa, great-granddaughter of Prince David Kawananakoa, died at the age of 69, on December 10, 2016. She was the elder sister of Quentin Kawananakoa.


Dozens turn out to pay respects to Princess Kawananakoa - Honolulu, Hawaii news, sports & weather - KITV Channel 4
 
Princess Birgitte of Prussia, nee Dallwitz-Wegner committed suicide in November, reportedly due to the depression after the death of her husband.


It seems that the date of her death has been determined to be 14 October 2016.
Prussia
 
Prince Otar Bagrationi-Muchraneli died untimely last year.

He was born in 1973 as a son of Prince Vladimir Bagrationi-Muchraneli (b.1947) & his wife Kethevan, nee Beridze (b.1947).
Apart from his parents he left his only sister Nino (b.1971) with her husband Lasha Panjakidze (b.1962) and family.

Source: Bagration
 
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