Royal Pregnancies Announcements 2016

[MAfan]

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[MAfan]

MARCH:

Prince Moritz of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and his wife, née Heidi Rodriguez, are expecting their first child.

Prince Moulay Rachid bin Hassan of Morocco and his wife Lalla Oum Kelthoum, née Boufares, are expecting their first child.

Luis Beltran Ataulfo Gomez-Acebo y de Borbon (son of the late Don Luis Gomez-Acebo y Duque de Estrada, Duke of Badajoz, and his wife Infanta Maria del Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz) and his wife Andrea Pascual are expecting their first child together (his third).

Fernando Gomez-Acebo y de Borbon (son of the late Don Luis Gomez-Acebo y Duque de Estrada, Duke of Badajoz, and his wife Infanta Maria del Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz) ) and his girlfriend Nadia Halamandari are expecting their first child.

[MAfan]

APRIL:

Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este, and his wife, née Elisabetta Rosboch von Wolkenstein, are expecting their first child.

Alexander James Spearman (of the Spearman Baronets) and his wife, née Princess Amelia d'Orléans-Braganza, are expecting their first child.

Count Alexander zu Stolberg-Stolberg and his wife, née Princess Isabeld'Orléans-Braganza, are expecting their second child.

[MAfan]

JUNE:

18 June: Count Rodolphe de Limburg-Stirum and his wife, née Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria, are expecting their third child.

[MAfan]

JULY:

04 July: Prince Félix of Luxembourg and his wife, née Claire Lademacher, are expecting their second child.

07 July: Prince Rudolf von und zu Liechtenstein and his wife, née Tilsin Tanberk, are expecting twins.

[MAfan]

SEPTEMBER:

19 September: Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia and his wife, née Princess Sophie zu Isenburg, are expecting their fourth child.

29 September: Hereditary Prince Alexander zu Isenburg and his wife, née Sarah Lorenz, are expecting their second child.

[MAfan]

OCTOBER:

07 October: Prince Rahim Aga Khan and his wife Princess Salwa, née Kendra Spears, are expecting their second child.

[Biri]

Prince Moritz of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (b.5 August 1980) [youngest child and only son of Prince Ferfried of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (b.1943), by his second wife, Eliane Etter (b.1947)] & his wife Heidi, nee Rodriguez are expecting their first child this year.

Moulay Rachid bin Hassan of Morocco (b.20 June 1970) [youngest child of late King Hassan II of Morocco (1929-1999) & his wife, Lalla Latifa Amahzoune (b.1945 or 1946)] & his wife Lalla Oum Kelthoum, nee Boufares (b.1987) are expecting their first child this year.

Source for both: Netty Royal

Luis Beltran Ataulfo Gomez-Acebo y de Borbon (b.20 May 1973) [son 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)] & his wife, Andrea, nee Pascual (aged 25) are expecting their first child together, his third, a son, in September.

Beltran has already a son Luis Felipe (1-7-2005) and a daughter Laura (1-7-2006) from his first marriage to Spanish top model Laura Ponte y Martinez (b.9 June 1973).

Sources: Beltrán Gómez-Acebo y Andrea Pascual esperan su primer hijo, según ha podido confirmar ¡HOLA!
https://sites.google.com/site/myroya...al-information
http://www.noblesseetroyautes.com/?p=114740

Also his younger brother Fernando (b.13 September 1974) & his girlfriend, Greek journalist Nadia Halamandari (aged 42) are expecting their first child, also a son, in June.

Sources: https://sites.google.com/site/myroya...al-information
Embarazo en los Gómez-Acebo: Fernando espera un hijo junto a una periodista griega. Noticias de Casas Reales
https://sites.google.com/site/myroya...al-information

[Shikha Pal]

Prince Amedeo of Belgium and his wife, Lili, are expecting their first child in may 2016 (next month)!

[marlene]

I read on another site that Princess Claire is pregnant with her second child, is this true?

[principessa]

Originally Posted by marlene

I read on another site that Princess Claire is pregnant with her second child, is this true?

There is no official announcement. So I think this is just a rumor.

[Bonnie Blue Butler]

Originally Posted by marlene

I read on another site that Princess Claire is pregnant with her second child, is this true?

Where did you read that?

[Cris M]

Alexander James Spearman (b. 27 March 1984), from the Spearman Baronets [second child and firstborn son of Lochain Alexander Spearman (b. 1952) and his wife Pilar, nee Garrigues y Carcer] and his wife Dona Amélia, nee Princess of Orleans-Braganza, born a Princess of Brazil (b. 15 March 1984) [second child and firstborn daughter of Prince Dom Antonio of Brazil (b. 1950) and his wife Dona Christine, nee Princess de Ligne (b. 1955)] are expecting their first child, due in early September.

It's the first grandchild for the maternal grandparents.

Source: Causa Imperial.

https://www.facebook.com/CausaImperi...type=3&theater

[Cris M]

Count Alexander zu Stolberg-Stolberg (b. 26 February 1974) [firstborn of the four children of Count Franz zu Stolberg-Stolberg (b. 1936) and his wife Jacqueline, nee Florin de Duikinberg (b. 1942) and his wife Dona Isabel, nee Princess of Orleans-Braganza (b. 30 January 1978) [firstborn of the three daughters of Prince Dom Fernando of Orleans-Braganza, born a Prince of Brazil (b. 1948) and his wife Dona Maria da Graça, nee de Siqueira Carvalho e Baère de Araújo (b. 1952)] are expecting their second child this year.

A sibling for Count Louis-Bernhard zu Stolberg-Stolberg (b. 16 December 2014).

Source: Causa Imperial.

https://www.facebook.com/CausaImperi...type=3&theater

[Stefanie]

According to photos of her attendance at the de Ligne/Dampierre-wedding Princess Marie Christine of Limburg-Stirum neé Princess of Austria is visibly pregnant with her third child. She must be due in around four weeks.
She and her husband Rudolph have already two sons, Leopold (born April 19th 2011) and Konstantin (born October 25th 2013).
http://ppe-agency.com/preview.php?st...6-2016Marriage

[Countessmeout]

Not surprising. There was ample speculation back in January at Jean's birthday, that she was pregnant.

[GracieGiraffe]

She certainly is due sooner rather than later.

[Elektra]

Originally Posted by GracieGiraffe

She certainly is due sooner rather than later.

Very soon actually !

Netty Leistra ‏@nettyroyal

Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria and her husband Count Rodolphe de Limburg Stirum expect their third child within ten days.

https://twitter.com/nettyroyal/status/744427158492319744

[Countessmeout]

Holy cow pulling a Madeleine at the wedding. Luckily the little future count/countess didn't decide to join the guest list

[GracieGiraffe]

All that standing and walking around and maybe dancing.. that little count/countess might be here.