Royal Engagements Announcements 2013

[MAfan]

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[MAfan]

January:

16 Jauary: Mehdi Regragui and Lalla Soukaina Filali (daughter of Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco and of her former husband Fouad Filali).

Roman Goldschmit and Princess Anna of Hohenzollern.


April:

26 April: HH Prince Rahim Aga Khan and Miss Kendra Spears.

27 April: HRH Prince Mohammed of Egypt, Prince of Sa'ed, and Princess Noal Zaher of Afghanistan.


June:

08 June: Mohammed Halawani and HRH Princess Ayah bint Faisal of Jordan.

[MAfan]

July:

03 July: Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss and Dorothea Richiza Gräfin zu Castell-Castell.

25 July: James Spearman (of the Spearman Baronets) and Princess Amélia of Orléans e Bragança; their marriage is scheduled to take place in August 2014.


August:

12 August: Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma and Viktória Cservenyák; their marriage is scheduled to take place on 5 October 2013 at Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.

[MAfan]

December:

The Hon. James Tollemache and Florence von Preussen.


Exact date unknown:

HRH Prince João Philippe of Orléans-Braganza and Yasmin Paranaguá.

Felipe Riesle y Habsburgo-Lorena (son of Hector Riesle y Contreras and of his wife, née Archduchess Alexandra of Austria) and Pilar Garcia-Huidobro.

Max Senfft von Pilsach and HSH Princess Felizitas-Magdalena zu Ysenburg und Büdingen in Wächtersbach.

Felipe Falcão and Victoria Ragna Lorentzen Ribeiro (granddaughter of Erling Lorentzen and of the late Princess Raghnild of Norway).

[Biri]

Princess Anna of Hohenzollern (b.19 August 1983) [daughter of late Prince Godehard-Friedrich of Hohenzollern (1939-2001) & his wife Heide, nee Hansen (b.1943)] got engaged to Roman Goldschmidt (b.1973) [son of René Goldschmidt and Jana Swoboda]. They are going to marry in Burg Namedy Castle in Andermach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on 1 June.

Sources: Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French (first part)
Royal News of 2013, Section I

[Biri]

Hereditary Prince Maximilian of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein who will turn 41 in five days [oldest of five children of Prince Ferdinand of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (b.1942) & his late wife Franziska, nee Princess of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (1947-2011)] will marry soon (or has already married?) Cristina Vozzi Castriota Scanderbeg (b.1980)

Source: Descendants of Duke Carlo III of Parma

His brother Felix also married a woman named Cristina...What a coincidence!

[Biri]

I update my post:

Originally Posted by Biri

Hereditary Prince Maximilian of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein who turned 41 two days days [oldest of five children of Prince Ferdinand of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (b.1942) & his late wife Franziska, nee Princess of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (1947-2011)] will marry Cristina Vozzi Castriota Scanderbeg (b.8 April 1980) in Rome on 25 May.

Source: Royal News of 2013, Section II

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Prince Rahim Aga Khan (b.12 October 1971) [eldest son of His Highness the Aga Khan IV (b.1936) & his first wife, Begum Salimah Aga Khan, nee Sarah Croker-Poloe (b.1940)] and Miss Kendra Spears (b.5 August 1988), a fashion model from Seattle Washington.

Source: <a href="http://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/his-highness-the-aga-khan-announces-engagement-of-his-eldest-son-prince-rahim-to-ms-kendra-spears/" target="_blank">His Highness the Aga Kha

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Prince Mohammed Fakr-ad-Din of Egypt, Prince of Sa'ed (b.5 February 1979) [son of King Fouad II of Egipt (b.1952) & his former wife, Dominique-France "Fadila" Picard (b.1948)] and Princess Noal Zaher of Afganistan (b.1980) [daughter of Prince Muhammad Daud Pashtunyar Khan (b.1949) {himself son of King Muhammad Zahir Shah of Afganistan (1914-2007) & his wife, Queen Humaira Begum (1918-2002)} & his wife Fatima Aref Zaher)] on 27 April in Istambul.

Sources: Noblesse & Royautés » Fiançailles officielles du prince Mohammed Ali d&rsquo;Egypte et de la princesse Noal Zaher
Barak15
Egypt

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Princess Ayah bint Faisal of Jordan (b.11 February 1990) [daughter of Prince Faisal bin Hussein of Jordan (b.1963) & his first wife, Alia Tabba (b.1965)] & Mohammed Halawani on 8 June.

Ayah is the oldest of four children and first one who marries.

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[MAfan]

See the thread devoted to their engagement.

[Biri]

On 16 January Lalla Soukaina Filali (b.30 April 1986) [daughter of Lalla Meryem of Morocco (b.1962; sister of King Mohammed VI) & her former husband Fouad Filali (b.1959)] got engaged to Mehdi Regragui.

Sources: http://www.goud.ma/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A...AF_a22604.html
Google Vertalen

[BrazilianEmpire]

Prince João Philippe of Orleans-Braganza (b. 27 November 1986) is engaged to Yasmin Paranaguá (b. 1987).

He is the son of Prince João Henrique of Orleans-Braganza and his former wife, Stella Lutterbach.

She is the daughter of Pedro and Naná Paranaguá.

The civil cerimony will be held on July 20. And the religious cerimony will be held on August 3, in Paraty.

source: Jornal do Commercio Marcia Peltier: Resistindo bravamente
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[MAfan]

Could you please mention what is the source of this news?

[BrazilianEmpire]

Originally Posted by MAfan

Could you please mention what is the source of this news?

Here it is: Jornal do Commercio Marcia Peltier: Resistindo bravamente

[Biri]

The engagement was announced between Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss (b.23 May 1984) [son of Prince Heinrich X Reuss (b.1948) & his first wife, Baroness Elisabeth Akerhielm af Margarethelund (b.1946)] and Dorothea Richiza Countess of Castell-Castell (b.31 May 1985) [daughter of Alexander Count of Castell-Castell (b.1954) & his first wife, Marion Stepp (b.1957)]. The wedding will be on 21 September.

Source: Royal News of 2013, Section I

[Biri]

Andrea Casiraghi & Tatiana Santo Domingo will marry reportedly in late August in Monaco:

Filha de brasileira casa-se em agosto com príncipe de Mônaco - ÉPOCA | Bruno Astuto
Google-kääntäjä

Thanks, LadyFinn!

Prince Viktor von Isenburg-Birstein (b.11 April 1979) [youngest of three children of Franz Alexander, Prince of Isenburg (b.1943) & his wife Christine, nee Countess von Saurma, Freiin von und zu der Jeltsch (b.1941)] is getting married on 5 October; his bride to be's surname is Lee, and her given name reportedly Jung.

Viktor is the penultimate child who marries; his sisters are married:
Katharina (b.1971) - to Archduke Martin of Austria (b.1959)
Isabelle (b.1973) - to Carl, Prince of Wied (b.1961)
& Sophie (b.1978) - to Georg-Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (b.1976)
whereas his only brother Alexander (b.1969) is still single.

Sources: http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha.../isenburg.html
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[MAfan]

The engagement is announced on 25 July 2013 between James Spearman and HRH Princess Amélia of Orléans e Bragança.


Alexander James Spearman is the son of Mr and Mrs Lochie Spearman of Perthshire, Scotland, and is a scion of the Spearman Baronets.
Princess Amélia is the eldest daughter of TI&RH Prince Antonio of Orléans e Bragança and of his wife, née Princess Christine de Ligne.

James SPEARMAN & Amelia A. DE ORLEANS E. BRAGANCA Engagement Announcement | The Times
Peerage News: Spearman/Orleans-Braganza engagement

[Biri]

Felipe Riesle y Habsburgo-Lorena (b.1986) [oldest of three children and only son of Archduchess Alexandra of Austria (b.1952) & her husband Hector Riesle y Contreras (b.1942)] got engaged to Pilar Garcia-Huidobro this year.

Source: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

[Seraphine]

Originally Posted by Biri

Prince Viktor von Isenburg-Birstein (b.11 April 1979) [youngest of three children of Franz Alexander, Prince of Isenburg (b.1943) & his wife Christine, nee Countess von Saurma, Freiin von und zu der Jeltsch (b.1941)] is getting married on 5 October; his bride to be's surname is Lee, and her given name reportedly Jung.


Sources: Isenburg
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I think the two are here on three pictures (row 15):

http://www.ehnpictures.com/%C3%A4lte...e-party-wien/#