Royal Deaths Announcements 2016

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JANUARY:

01 January: H.S.H. Princess Maria zu Salm-Salm, Wild- und Rheingräfin, née Baroness von Boeselager, aged 92.

07 January: H.I.H. Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, aged 96.

10 January: Princess Melita Zogu, aged 81.

22 January: H.Ill.H. Count Alexander zu Solms-Laubach, aged 81.

26 January: H.H. Fürstin Eilika zu Leiningen, née Duchess of Oldenburg, aged 87.

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FEBRUARY:

05 February: H.H. Princess Claudia of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, aged 66.

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MARCH:

02 March: H.S.H. Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, aged 83.

17 March: Prince Bandar bin Saud bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia, aged 90.

26 March: H.R.H. Duchess Ameli of Oldenburg, née Princess zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, aged 93.

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APRIL:

12 April: Princess Sara bint Saud Al Kabeer.

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MAY:

07 May: H.S.H. Fürstin Antonia von Colloredo-Mannsfeld, aged 93.

09 May: H.S.H. Fürst Albrecht zu Castell-Castell, aged 90.

11 May: H.S.H. Prince Luitpold von und zu Liechtenstein, aged 76.

12 May: H.R.H. Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, aged 91.

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JUNE:

18 June: Don Leandro Alfonso de Borbón y Ruiz-Moragas (illegitimate son of King Alfonso XIII of Spain by Carmen Ruiz y Moragas), aged 87.

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AUGUST:

01 August: H.M. Queen Anne of Romania, née Princess of Bourbon-Parma, aged 92.

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SEPTEMBER:

12 September: Countess Gunnila Bernadotte af Wisborg, née Countess Wachtmeister af Johannishus, aged 93.

16 September: H.S.H. Prince Udo zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, aged 59.

H.S.H. Princess Franziska zu Fürstenberg, née Preuschl von Haldenburg, formerly Meinl, aged 56.

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OCTOBER:

13 October: H.M. King Rama IX of Thailand, aged 88.

14 October: Princess Brigitte of Prussia, née Dallwitz-Wegner, aged 77.

16 October: H.M. King Kigeli V of Rwanda, aged 80.

23 October: Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Than, former Emir of Qatar, aged 84.

27 October: H.I.H. The Prince Mikasa, né Prince Takahito of Japan, aged 100.

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NOVEMBER:

01 November: H.S.H. Prince Otto-Victor zu Bentheim und Steinfurt, aged 76.

12 November: Prince Turki ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud, aged 82.

13 November: Prince Salman bin Fawaz bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

18 November: H.R.H. Duke Peter von Oldenburg, aged 90.

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DECEMBER:

04 December: H.S.H. Prince Nicolai-York zu Schaumburg-Lippe, aged 27.

31 December: H.H. Prince Dimitri Romanovich of Russia, aged 90.

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H.S.H. Princess Maria zu Salm-Salm, Wild- und Rheingräfin, née Baroness von Boeselager, passed away at Wallhausen on 1 January 2016, aged 92.

She was born at Heimerzheim on 3 December 1923, daughter of Baron Albert von Boeselager and of his wife, née Baroness Maria Theresia von Salis-Soglio.
She married on 30 October 1951 to H.S.H. Prince Franz zu Salm-Salm (1917-2011), by whom she had eight children (Michael, Maria Katharina, Jeanne, Adelheid, Antoinette, Christiane, Franz and Georg).
She is survived by her children, their spouses, 15 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

http://www.rhein-main-presse.de/fm/957/36884115_1.pdf
Trauer um Maria zu Salm-Salm - Allgemeine Zeitung

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H.I.H. Princess Ashraf Pahlavi died on 7 January 2016, aged 96.

She was the second daughter and third child of Reza Shah, Emperor of Iran from 1925 to 1941, by his wife Queen Tadj ol-Molouk. She was the twin sister of the last Emperor, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...ml#post1853985

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Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, twin-sister of the late Shah of Iran died at her home aged 96 years old

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Princess Melita Zogu of Albania died on 10 January.

She was born in Burel on 18 June 1934 as a first child together (of four) of Prince Xhelal Bey Zogu of Albania (1881-1934) & his fourth and last wife Hyrijet Allaj (1916-1993).
She married in Alexandia on 22 February 1958 Abdel Aziz Khadr (1927-2002).
She is survived by her sister Vera (b.1936), brother Mirgin (b.1937) and half-brother Skender (b.1933).

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

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Count Anton-Wolfgang of Faber-Castell died on 21.01.2016 in Houston/USA at the gae of 74. He was born in Bamberg on 07.06.1941
Royal Travel and Events Blog: † Count Anton-Wolfgang of Faber-Castell

Fürstin Eilika zu Leiningen, née Duchess of Oldenbrug died on 26.01.2016 a few days before her 88th birthday. She was born on 02.02.1928 as duaghter of Hereditary Grand Duke Nikolaus of Oldenburg and his first wife Helene, née Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont. In 1950 she married Fürst Emich zu Leiningen.
Royal Travel and Events Blog: † Fürstin Eilika zu Leiningen

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Her Highness Fürstin Eilika zu Leiningen, née Duchess of Oldenburg, died on 26 January 2016 at Amorbach (Germany), a few days before her 88th birthday.

She was born on 2 February 1928, the fourth child of Hereditary Grand Duke Nikolaus of Oldenburg and of his first wife, née Princess Helene zu Waldeck und Pyrmont.
She has been married from 1950 until his death in 1991 to Fürst Emich zu Leiningen, by whom she had four children (Princess Melita, Prince Karl-Emich, Fürst Andreas and Princess Stephanie).
She is survived by her children and their families, as well as by some of her numerous siblings.

Royal Musings: Eilika, Dowager Princess of Leiningen

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H.Ill.H. Count Alexander zu Solms-Laubach died on 22 January 2016 aged 81.

He was the youngest child of Count Bernhard zu Solms-Laubach (1900-1938, himself the son of Count Otto, Head of the House zu Solms-Laubach and of his wife, née Princess Emma zu Ysenburg und Büdingen in Büdingen) and of his wife, née Countess Louise zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (1902-1986).
He has been married from 1963 until they divorced in 1983 to Ramona Heilmann, by whom she had two daughters, the youngest of whom predeceased her parents in 1981.
He is survived by his daughter, her family and his siblings Ilona and Friedrich.

Solms

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Princess Claudia of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha has died this year, age 66.

She was the elder child of Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1918-1998) with his second wife Denyse de Muralt (1923-2005). From 1971 to 1998 she was married to Gion Schäfer (*1945), with whom she had two daughters, Cristina and Gianetta.

She is survived her daughters, their husbands, and five grandchildren.

Source: Descendants of Queen Victoria's siblings