Royal Marriages Announcements 2012

[Princess Robijn]

Sheikh Dhiyab bin Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi married Sheikha .. bint Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, daughter of the President of the UAE and Emir of Abu Dhabi, on 12 December 2012.

WAM | Emirates News Agency

[Princess Robijn]

Sheikh Mohammed bin Surour bin Mohammed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi married Sheikha .. bint Hamad Bin Hamdan Al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi on 17 December 2012.

WAM | Emirates News Agency

[Princess Robijn]

Sheikha .. bint Saeed bin Rashid Al Nuaimi of Ajman married Salem bin Sultan bin Ali Al Khatri on 21 December.

WAM | Emirates News Agency

[Biri]

Archduke Christoph of Austria (b.2 February 1988) [son of Archduke Carl-Christian of Austria (b.1954) & his wife Marie-Astrid, nee Princess of Luxembourg (b.1954)] married civilly Adelaide Drape-Frisch (b. probably 1989) in the town hall in Nancy on 28 December, followed by a religious wedding in Saint Epvre Basilica in the same town on 29 December.

Sources: Noblesse & Royautés » Mariage civil de l’archiduc Christoph et d’Adelaïde Drapé-Frisch
Noblesse & Royautés » Mariage de l’archiduc Christoph et d’Adelaïde Drapé-Frisch en la basilique Saint Epvre de Nancy

[Biri]

Princess Pauline Reuss (b.2 June 1977) [daughter of late Prince Heinrich Ruzzo Reuss (1950-1999) & his first wife Mette Rinde (b.1948)] married Gustav Berg (b.1980) in October.

Her twin sister Henriette is married to Jan Herud.

Sources: Reuss
Netty's Royalty Page Genealogical News 2012.

[Biri]

Princess Maria Ximena of Auersperg, who will turn 26 in eight days [daughter of Prince Alexander of Auersperg (b.1963) & his wife Maria Graciela, nee Leyba (b.1964)] married Joaquin Otegui Perrier on 18 February 2012.

Maria Ximena is the oldest of three children and first one who marries.

Sources: Netty's Royalty Page Genealogical News 2012
Auersperg

[Biri]

Both children of Prince Zainal Azmir bin Tengku Ibrahim [Raja Zainal Azmir] (b.1953) of Kelantan (Malaysia) & his wife, Che' Puan Fauzia [Yan Fuziah] got married this year:

Their daughter, Princess Freya Azmir (b.12 December 1979) married Encik Aidik Khaizil bin Jalil, cellist with the Malaysia Radio Televison Orchestra, on 13 May 2012.

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Their son, Prince Zarith Azmir (b.18 October 1987) married Che' Puan Nur Ashtrini Putri [Anne Putri] (b.13 November 1993) on 21 August 2012.

Source: KELANT7

[Biri]

Prince Peter of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b.1975) [son of Prince Leon of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b.1935) & his wife Maria, nee Olsufiew (b.1941)] married Josefina Lucero on 16 June 2012.

Peter is the youngest of four children and last one who marries.

Sources: Netty's Royalty Page Genealogical News 2012.
Sayn-Wittgenstein

[sancakli70]

Princess Nilhan sultan of Ottoman( b.1987)weds Behlül Vatansever in September 2012 at the Beylerbeyi Palace in Istanbul, Turkey

[Biri]

Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Antonius von Hanau (b.28 February 1956) [descendant of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Hesse (1802-1875) & his morganatic wife, Gertrud Falkenstein, created Countess of Schaumburg and Princess of Hanau and Horowitz (1803-1882)} married, as his second wife, Magda Gomes da Silva (b.1978) in Miami on 18 May 2012; the same year their daughter, Yasmin Marie Alice, was born.

The Prince was previously married (from 1980 to 1988) to Bianca Kyd von Rebenburg (b.1953) by whom he has a daughter Marie Sophie Bianca (19-7-1981); he has also another daughter Tatjana Natasha Marie (b.1992) by Tonya Burt.

Source: Hesse