Royal Marriages Announcements 2016

[Al_bina]

Congratulations to the couple!
I have to say that Fatima is an interesting choice of the name for Czech aristocrats.

[Noble Consort Ming]

Originally Posted by Al_bina

Congratulations to the couple!
I have to say that Fatima is an interesting choice of the name for Czech aristocrats.

Fatima is used by catholics in honor of Our Lady of Fatima. It is not related to the muslim usage of the name.

[Countessmeout]

Though the name is pretty traditional for Catholics in the Iberian peninsula, it does have Muslim roots. Fatima, the city in Portugal that Our Lady of Fatima appeared at, was named for a Moorish princess.

[Biri]

Hereditary Prince Franz-Albrecht of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (b.16 September 1982) [son of Albrecht Prince zu Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (b.1951) and his wife Angela, nee Jank (b.1951)] married civilly Baroness Cleopatra Adelsheim von Ernest in Schloss Adelsheim on 4 June; their religious wedding is due to take place in Oettingen in July.

Franz-Albrecht is the oldest of four children, only son and second one who marries; his sister Theresa (b.1984) married Christian Oetker in 2014.
Antonia (b.1987) & Nora (b.1990) are single.

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

Fernando Gomez-Acebo y de Borbon (b.13 September 1974) [youngest child of Infanta Maria del Pilar de Borbon y Borbon, Duchess of Badajoz (b.1936) & her late husband Luis Gomez-Acebo y Duque de Estrada, Duke of Badajoz (1934-1991)] married his girlfriend, Greek journalist Nadia Halamandari (aged 42) in the town hall of Paleo Faliro borough, Athens, on 31 May; five days later their son, Nicolas, was born.

Sources: Boda secreta y primer hijo de Fernando Gómez-Acebo, primo del Rey
Fernando Gomez-Acebo : un mariage et un bébé - Noblesse & Royautés

[Biri]

Honourable Lupeolo Halaevalu Tuita (b.25 July 1986) [youngest of four daughters of Princess Royal, Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu of Tonga (b.1951) & her husband Siosa'ia Ma'ulupekotofa Tuita (b.1951)] married Lopeti Aleamotu'a [second son of late Tangakitaulupe Aleamotu'a & his wife Mele Simiki Aleamotu'aa] in Wesleyan Church in Fasi-moe-Afi 'a Tungi (Nuku'alofa, Tonga) on 2 July.

Lupeolo Halaevalu is the last child of her parents who marries.

Source: Monarchies en Asie et au Pacifique: Mariage d'une nièce du roi Tupou VI

[Noble Consort Ming]

Originally Posted by Countessmeout

Though the name is pretty traditional for Catholics in the Iberian peninsula, it does have Muslim roots. Fatima, the city in Portugal that Our Lady of Fatima appeared at, was named for a Moorish princess.

I did not say it did not have muslim roots. That is obvious. I was saying catholics use it for a different reason than muslims

[Countessmeout]

Your post said they were unrelated. I was simply pointing out an obvious relationship.

Fatima and Mary have a lot in common. Fatima is chosen by Muslims in honor of the daughter of Mohammed. Like Mary, she is highly venerated, and held as an example of a proper woman. It is interesting how popular considering it has become so popular as a Catholic name, when in the Muslim world it is one of the most popular girls names (it is like the Mary of the Muslim world name wise).

[Cris M]

Count Guillaume de Dampierre (b. 4 May 1985) [son of Count Audouin de Dampierre (b. 1945) & his wife, Roseline (b. 1951), nee Alvare de Baiudos de Casteja, of the Counts of Casteja] married Princess Alix de Ligne (b. 3 July 1984) [eldest daughter of Michel, 14th Prince de Ligne (b. 1951) and his wife, Eleonora (b. 1953), nee Princess of Brazil] today, June 18 2016, at the Church de Saint-Pierre-de-Beloeil, in Beloeil, Hainaut, Belgium.

[Shikha Pal]

Maharajah Yaduveer Krishnadatta of Mysore married Trishika Singh, a Rajasthani Royal (Indian Royal) on 27th June 2016

http://www.oneindia.com/podcast/myso...royal8947.html

[Biri]

Hereditary Prince Franz-Albrecht of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (b.16 September 1982) [son of Albrecht Prince zu Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (b.1951) and his wife Angela, nee Jank (b.1951)] married religiously Baroness Cleopatra Adelsheim von Ernest (aged 28) [daughterofLouis von Adelsheim & his wife Lillian-Elena Baettig-Rodriguez] in Oettingen on 9 July.

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

[Biri]

Princess Tatiana of Leiningen, who will turn 27 in twenty five days [daughter of Prince Hermann of Leiningen (b.1963) & his wife Deborah, nee Culley (b.1961)] married Clayton Reynolds (b.1989) this year.

Tatiana is the eldest of three daughters and first one who marries.

Source: Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French

[Biri]

Originally Posted by MAfan

They were married on 19 March 2016 at Amt Nordsee-Treene, in Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Hochzeit: Alexander von Croÿ und Katja Schulz – Deutscher Adel

It was their civil wedding; the religious one took place on 30 July.

Prince Maximilian-Alexander of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg [son of Prince Otto-Ludwig of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (b.1938) & his wife Annette, nee Freiin von Cramm (b.1944)] maried religiously Franziska Balzer on 6 August, six days after his 36th birthday.

Their civil wedding took place on 4 December last year.

Source for both: https://sites.google.com/site/myroya...al-information

[Biri]

Update: Their religious marriage took place in Bad Laasphe, Germany:

Mariage du prince Maximilian de Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg - Noblesse & Royautés

[Biri]

Prince Maxwell Albrecht Vilmos of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b.16 April 1986) [son of Prince Albrecht Ladislaus Alfred of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b.1948) & his second wife Susi Helena Zsigmond] married Courtney Young sometime this year.

Source: Hohenlohe

[Biri]

Sharafuddin Idris Shah Sultan of the Malaysian state of Selangor (born 11 December 1945) [son of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj (1926–2001) & his first wife Raja Saidatul Ihsan Tengku Badar Shah (1923–2011)] married, as his third wife, television personality Norashikin Abdul Rahman at Masjid Istana Diraja in Istana Alam Shah, Klang, on 31 August.

He was previously married (from 1968 to 1986) toRaja Zarina Raja Tan Sri Zainal (b.1946) by whom he has two daughters: Zerafina (b.1969) & Zatasha (b.1973) [both are married and probably have children]
&
(from 1988 to 1997) to Nur Lisa Idris Abdullah (nee Lisa Davis, b.1959, an American convert to Islam) mother of his son, Crown Prince Amir Shah (b.1990).

Sources: Selangor Crown Prince ?Super Happy? About His Father?s New Marriage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharaf...s_and_children
selang8

[Marc23]

Royal Musings: Prince Michael of Serbia to marry

[Biri]

Originally Posted by Marc23

Royal Musings: Prince Michael of Serbia to marry

His older brother, Prince George (b.25 May 1984) married Fallon Preston, who became Fallon Rayman (b.1995) sometime this year.
He already has a daughter Sara Anastasia by a woman named Milica.

Source: Descendants of Grand Karl Duke of Baden

Update: Prince Maxwell Albrecht Vilmos of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b.16 April 1986) and Courtney Young married civilly on 8 April and religiously on 21 May:

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

[MarleneKoenig]

Originally Posted by Biri

His older brother, Prince George (b.25 May 1984) married Fallon Preston, who became Fallon Rayman (b.1995) sometime this year.
He already has a daughter Sara Anastasia by a woman named Milica.

Source: Descendants of Grand Karl Duke of Baden

Update: Prince Maxwell Albrecht Vilmos of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b.16 April 1986) and Courtney Young married on 8 April:

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

Actually I broke the story about George's marriage. http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogs...ce-george.html

[Biri]

Maria Thereza de Orleans e Bragança Martorell Silva Salgado (b.1988) [only child together of Elisabeth de Orleans e Bragança Martorell (b.1959) {herself older daughter of Princess Thereza of Orleans and Braganza (1919-2011) & her husband Ernesto Martorell y Caldero (1921-1985)} & her first husband João do Espírito Santo Silva Salgado (b.1952)] married Nuno Amaral de Freitas this year.

The bride has younger half-sister Maria do Carmo Cálem (b.2002) from her mother's current marriage to José Maria Cálem.

Source: Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French

[Cris M]

Originally Posted by Biri

Maria Thereza de Orleans e Bragança Martorell Silva Salgado (b.1988) [only child together of Elisabeth de Orleans e Bragança Martorell (b.1959) {herself older daughter of Princess Thereza of Orleans and Braganza (1919-2011) & her husband Ernesto Martorell y Caldero (1921-1985)} & her first husband João do Espírito Santo Silva Salgado (b.1952)] married Nuno Amaral de Freitas this year.

The bride has younger half-sister Maria do Carmo Cálem (b.2002) from her mother's current marriage to José Maria Cálem.

Source: Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French

They married on September 24, in Cascais, Portugal.