Royal Pregnancy Announcements 2014

[Princess Robijn]

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Current Pregnancies:

[izabela84]

Princess Claire and Prince Felix of Luxemburg are expecting first child this year! The birth is expected to take place in June

Source: Communiqué du Maréchalat de la Cour - Cour Grand-Ducale de Luxembourg - Janvier 2014

[Ceallach]

Royal Musings is reporting:

A third child for the Vendomes
French royal sources are reporting that the Duke and Duchess of Vendome are expecting their child later this year.

Prince Jean and his wife, Philomena (nee Tornos y Steinhart) are the parents of Prince Gaston (2009) and Princess Antoinette (2012.)

Source: Royal Musings: A third child for the Vendomes

[Biri]

And here also:

Le duc et la duchesse de Vendôme : 3ème naissance attendue | Noblesse & Royautés

[Elektra]

Princess Carolina of Bourbon Parma and her husband Albert Brenninkmeijer are expecting their first child.

Prinses Carolina in verwachting - Vorsten

[LadyFinn]

The son of princess Christina and Tord Magnuson, Gustaf Magnuson (b. 8th August 1975) & his wife Vicky, nee Andrén (b. 25th January 1983) are expecting their first child in the beginning of July.

Source: Gustaf Magnuson to Svensk Damtidning Magazine

[Elektra]

Lady Nicholas Windsor (née Paola Doimi de Lupis de Frankopan and wife of Lord Nicholas Windsor, son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent) is expecting her third child.

A sibling for Albert (2007) and Leopold (2009).

Lord Nicholas Windsor's wife Paola oldest ever royal mother-to-be | Mail Online

[iceflower]

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Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco are expecting their first child at the end of 2014, it was announced today:

"Le Prince Albert II et la Princesse Charlène de Monaco ont l’immense joie d’annoncer qu’Ils attendent un heureux événement. La naissance est prévue à la fin de l’année"

"Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco have the great joy to announce that they expect a blessed event. The birth is expected at the end of the year".

[Cris M]

Count Alexander of Stolberg (b. 1974) and his wife, who was born Princess Isabel of Orleans-Braganza (b. 1978), are expecting the birth of their first child.

The couple married in Rio de Janeiro, in 2009. He's the son of Count and Countess Franz of Stolberg. She's the daughter of Prince Fernando and Princess Maria da Graça of Orleans-Bragaza.

Prince Fernando, who renounced his rights to the Brazilian Throne in 1975, is a younger brother of His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Luiz, Head of the Imperial House of Brazil.

Source: Causa Imperial - https://m.facebook.com/home.php?refs...l&refid=8&_rdr

[sancakli70]

Princess Nilhan of ottoman and her husban Behlul Vatansever expecting their second child. She annonces it on a tv show

[Biri]

Princess Iman bint al Hussein of Jordan (b.24 April 1983) [daughter of late King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan (1935-1999) & his fourth wife Queen Noor al Hussein, nee Lisa Halaby (b.1951) & her husband, Zaid Azmi Mirza (b. reportedly 1977) are expecting their first child, reportedly in summer.

This photo doesn't let to have any doubts:

http://pl.tinypic.com/view.php?pic=1...8#.U5ckgnZmMfB
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[iceflower]

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Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and husband Alexander Johannsmann are expecting their second child, the Danish court confirmed today. The little sister or brother for Konstantin Johannsmann (July 24, 2010) is expected in February 2015.

[Biri]

Princess Benigna Reuss (b.29 December 1980) [daughter of Prince Heinrich X Reuss (b.1948) & his first wife, Elisabeth Akerhielm af Margarethelund (b.1946)] & her husband, Oscar de Ascoz y Planes, are expecting their second child in December.

They already have a son Jaime (1-6-2012).

Royal News of 2014, Section I

[Biri]

Prince William of Wales, Duke of Cambridge (b.21 June 1982) [older son of Charles, Prince of Wales (b.1948) & his late first wife Diana, nee Spencer (1961-1997)] & his wife Catherine, nee Middleton (b.9 January 1982) [oldest of three children of Michael Middleton (b.1949) & his wife Carole, nee Goldsmith (b.1955)] are expecting their second child next year (probably in March or April).

They already have a son George Alexander Louis (22-7-2013).

Sources: https://twitter.com/ClarenceHouse/st...08888381739008
2ème naissance attendue chez le duc et la duchesse de Cambridge

[HereditaryPrincess]

Archduke Christoph of Austria, the son of Archduke Carl Christian of Austria and his wife Archduchess Marie-Astrid (née Princess of Luxembourg), and his wife Archduchess Adelaïde are expecting their first child for the end of this year. The baby will be the seventh great-grandchild for Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg.

Source: Première naissance attendue chez l’archiduc Christoph et l’archiduchesse Adelaide

[Cris M]

Originally Posted by Cris M

Count Alexander of Stolberg (b. 1974) and his wife, who was born Princess Isabel of Orleans-Braganza (b. 1978), are expecting the birth of their first child.

The couple married in Rio de Janeiro, in 2009. He's the son of Count and Countess Franz of Stolberg. She's the daughter of Prince Fernando and Princess Maria da Graça of Orleans-Bragaza.

Prince Fernando, who renounced his rights to the Brazilian Throne in 1975, is a younger brother of His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Luiz, Head of the Imperial House of Brazil.

Source: Causa Imperial - https://m.facebook.com/home.php?refs...l&refid=8&_rdr

It seems Princess Isabel is expecting a boy. I'm sharing personal Facebook information, so I can't provide any links to sources.

It's the first grandchild of Prince Fernando and Princess Maria da Graça, who are over moon. Their have other two daughters, Princesses Maria da Glória (32) and Luiza (30), who are still unmarried.

[HereditaryPrincess]

Christian, Hereditary Prince of Fürstenberg and his wife, Jeannete, Hereditary Princess of Fürstenberg, are expecting their second child in March 2015. They already have a son, Prince Tassilo of Fürstenberg, who was born in 2013.

Source: 2ème naissance attendue chez Christian et Jeanette de Fürstenberg

[Biri]

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)] & his wife Princess Salwa, nee Kendra Spears (b.5 August 1988) are expecting their first child:

1ère naissance attendue chez le prince Rahim et la princesse Salwa Aga Khan

[Cris M]

HRH Prince João Philippe of Orleans-Braganza (b. 1986) [eldest child and only son of Prince João Henrique of Orleans-Braganza (b. 1954) and his former wife, Stella Leão, née Lutterbach (b. 1958)] and his wife, HRH Princess Yasmine of Orleans-Braganza, née Paranaguá (b. 1987) [daughter of Pedro and Naná Paranaguá] are expecting the birth of their first child.

It's the first grandchild of Prince João Henrique and Mrs. Leão, who also have a daughter, Princess Maria Christina of Orleans-Braganza (b. 1989). The baby will be a descendant of the Emperors of Brazil.

Source: Causa Imperial -

https://www.facebook.com/CausaImperi...type=1&theater

[Biri]

Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of Halsingland and Gastrikland (b.10 June 1982) [youngest of three children ofCarl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (b.1946) & his wife Silvia, nee Sommerlath (b.1944)] & her husband Christopher O'Neill (b.27 June 1974) [only child together of late Paul Cesario O'Neill (1926-2004) by his second wife Eva, nee Walter (b.1940)] are expecting their second child in summer.

Source: Madeleine de Suède et Christopher O’Neill : 2ème naissance attendue

They already have a daughter Leonore, Duchess of Gotland (20-2-2014).