Deaths Announcements 2022


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Baron Kyrill von Twickel died this year.

He was born in 1964 and in 1993 he married Countess Isabelle von Spee (b.1966) [eldest daughter of Princess Franziska of Liechtenstein (1930-2006) & her husband Count Rochus von Spee (1925-1981)] by whom he had a daughter Franziska (b.1995) and two sons Johannes (b.1997) & Severin (b.2001).

Source: Descendants of Prince Honorй III of Monaco
 
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Baron Kyrill von Twickel died this year.

He was born in 1964 and in 1993 he married Countess Isabelle von Spee (b.1966) [eldest daughter of Princess Franziska of Liechtenstein (1930-2006) & her husband Count Rochus von Spee (1925-1981)] by whom he had a daughter Franziska (b.1995) and two sons Johannes (b.1997) & Severin (b.2001).

Source: Descendants of Prince Honorй III of Monaco
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Baron Kyrill von Twickel died this year.

He died on 28 July 2022.


Source: https://m.sz-trauer.de/traueranzeige/kyrill-freiherr-von-twickel/60104735
 
Prince Wolfgang of Bentheim and Steinfurt died in Baden bei Wien on Aug 3, at the age of 70.

He was born on Feb 17, 1952 in Arolsen to Prince Botho of Bentheim and Steinfurt (1924-2001) and Princess Alexandra of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1924-2009). He was married twice, first to Karin Moser (*1962) from 1994 to 2002, and secondly to Sissy Bohm (*1955) from 2003 to 2007. From his first marriage, he has one son, Benedikt (*1995).

He is also survived by his older brother, Georg-Viktor (*1950) and nephew Maximilian (*1986).

Source: Descendants of Duke Wilhelm of Nassau
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/bentheim.html
 
Lady Butter, CVO, who died in London, 29 July, 2022, aged 97, was a close friend from childhood of the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a close member of the Queen's inner circle of friends, and one of Her Majesty's last surviving contemporaries.

Descended from Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia, Lady Butter, who lived at Cluniemore, Pitlochry, was a Perthshire philanthropist and trustee of the Butter Charity Trust.

She was born 8 March, 1925, as Myra Alice Wernher, second daughter of Major-General Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Baronet, GCVO [1893-1973], of Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, and his wife the Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna [known as Zia] de Torby, CBE [1892-1977]. Her mother was a daughter of the Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich of Russia [1861-1929], and his morganatic wife Sophie Nikolaievna von Merenberg, Countess de Torby [1868-1927], a descendant of Pushkin. Zia de Torby was granted by Royal Warrant of King George V, 1 Sept, 1917, the style and precedence of the daughter of an Earl, and was thereafter known as Lady Zia Wernher.

Lady Zia Wernher's younger sister Nadejda 'Nada' [1896-1963], married 15 Nov, 1916, Prince George of Battenberg [1892-1938], who took the surname Mountbatten in 1917 and succeeded in 1921 as 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, and the Marchioness was thus an aunt of Prince Philip of Greece.

The young Prince Philip was close to the Wernher sisters, Georgina, later Mrs Harold Phillips, and Lady Kennard [1919-2011], and to Alice, and he spent much of his youth in their company. The friendship lasted until Prince Philip's demise last year.

Myra Wernher married 5 November, 1946, at St Margaret's Church, Westminster, Major David Henry Butter, MC [born 18 March, 1920], of the Scots Guards, scion of that landed gentry family, only surviving son of Colonel Charles Adrian James Butter, OBE [1876-1944], of Pitlochry, Perthshire, and his wife the former Agnes Marguerite Clark, who came from Newark, New Jersey.

Myra's bridal attendants included the nine year-old Princess Alexandra of Kent and the four-year old Prince Michael of Kent. Queen Elizabeth, wife of King George VI, attended the nuptials with the then Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, and Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent.

Her husband served as Lord Lieutenant of Perthshire, 1971-75, and for Kinross 1974-75, and was appointed KCVO. From 1946 until his death, 29 May, 2010, Sir David was chieftain of the Pitlochry Highland Games.

Lady Butter was appointed CVO in 1992.

Lady Butter is survived by a son, Charles [born 10 Apr 1960], and four daughters, Sandra [born 26 July, 1948, a goddaughter of HM The Queen], Marilyn [born 22 Mar 1950, Countess of Dalhousie, wife of the 17th Earl of Dalhousie, Lord Steward of the Household], Rohays [born 9 Apr 1952, wife of Prince Alexandra Galitzine], and Georgina [born 9 July, 1956, wife of Peter von Pejacvsevic].

Lady Butter was aunt to Alexandra Phillips, the late Duchess of Abercorn [1946-2018], wife of the 5th Duke of Abercorn [born 5 Jul 1934], and to Natalia Phillips [born 8 May, 1959], wife of the late 6th Duke of Westminster [1951-2016].

Sources: Peerage News
Descendants of Duke Wilhelm of Nassau

List of her descendants:
11.1.1.3.Myra Alice Wernher (1925-2022), m.1946 Sir David Butter (1920-2010)
11.1.1.3.1.Sandra Elizabeth Butter (*1948), m.1983 William David Morrison (*1940)
11.1.1.3.1.1.Charles Nicholas Morrison (*1985)
11.1.1.3.1.2.Sophie Natasha Morrison (*1987)
11.1.1.3.2.Marilyn Davina Butter (*1950), m.1973 James Hubert Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie (*1948)
11.1.1.3.2.1.Lady Lorna Ramsay (*1975), m.2005 Fergus Lefebvre (*1971)
11.1.1.3.2.1.1.Archie James Lefebvre (*2007)
11.1.1.3.2.1.2.Henry Paul Lefebvre (*2008)
11.1.1.3.2.1.3.Ned Fergus Lefebvre (*2011)
11.1.1.3.2.2.Lady Alice Ramsay (*1977), m.2017 Michael Dickinson
11.1.1.3.2.2.1.Stanley Dickinson (*2018)
11.1.1.3.2.3.Simon David Ramsay, Viscount Ramsay (*1981), m.2016 Kaitlin Marie Kubinsky (*1985)
11.1.1.3.2.3.1.Honourable William Fox Ramsay (*2017)
11.1.1.3.2.3.2.son
11.1.1.3.3.Rohays Georgina Butter (*1952), m.1988 Prince Alexander Galitzine (*1945)
11.1.1.3.3.1.Princess Sasha Galitzine (*1989)
11.1.1.3.3.2.Princess Nadezhda Galitzine (*1990)
11.1.1.3.4.Georgina Marguerite Butter (*1956), m.1982 Count Peter Pejбcsevich de Verцcze (*1954)
11.1.1.3.4.1.Count Alexander Pejбcsevich de Verцcze (*1988)
11.1.1.3.4.2.Countess Anastasia Pejбcsevich de Verцcze (*1992)
11.1.1.3.5.Charles Butter (*1960), m.2006 Agnieszka Szeluk
11.1.1.3.5.1.Julia Davina Butter (*2006)
11.1.1.3.5.2.Henry Butter (*2009)
 
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Trond Noren Isaksen writes on Facebook that Duchess Christina d’Otrante, the only non-royal duchess in Sweden, died on 9 August, aged 83.
"Born Countess Metta Christina Gunnel Beata Carolina von Rosen on 24 February 1939, she was the daughter of Count Eugène von Rosen, who was Master of Ceremonies at the court of King Gustaf V, and his second wife, Metta Claësdotter Breitholtz. Her half-sister Elsa, who was 35 years her senior, was by then already married to Prince Carl Bernadotte, the uncle of the current King of Norway. «I was born as Prince Carl’s sister-in-law», she once remarked to me. With her younger sister Carolina, who married Count Gérard de Rocquette-Buisson, she inherited Örbyhus Castle, best known as the place where King Erik XIV died in captivity, allegedly from poisoned pea soup. (Christina d’Otrante regularly served pea soup at Örbyhus).

In 1967, Christina married Duke Gustaf d’Otrante, who was 27 years her senior and the only non-royal duke in Sweden. The title, which is not incorporated into the Swedish nobility, is in fact Napoleonic and derives from the notorious Joseph Fouché, French Minister of Police, who was created Duke of Otranto (in southern Italy) by Emperor Napoléon I. After the fall of Napoléon, two of his sons settled in Sweden, where the former Napoleonic Marshal Bernadotte by then reigned as King Carl XIV Johan. Several members of the family came to serve at the Swedish court. Gustaf d’Otrante’s sister, Margareta, married Prince (Fürst) Gustav Albrecht of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and became the mother-in-law of Princess Benedikte of Denmark.

Christina and Gustaf d’Otrante had three daughters, Marguerite, Pauline and Joséphine, but the title could only be inherited by a man (and Gustaf’s brother Louis was also the father of daughters only). However, when she was 47 and her husband 73, Christina d’Otrante gave birth to a son, Charles-Louis, who at the age of nine succeeded to his father’s dukedom in 1995.

Christina d’Otrante lived at Elghammar Manor at Björnlunda in Södermanland, a beautiful neoclassical manor that was built for one of her husband’s ancestors, Field Marshal Curt von Stedingk, by Catherine the Great’s court architect, Giacomo Quarenghi, whom Stedingk had encountered while serving as Sweden’s ambassador to Russia. The walls were hung with state portraits of Swedish, French and Russian rulers presented to various members of the family over the years.

Christina d’Otrante took a great interest in history and cultural issues and was always welcoming to historians, curators and other researchers and always ready to help by lending artefacts to exhibitions and sharing her heritage with the world.

Her funeral will take place at Björnlunda Church on 2 September."

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=761652235269778&id=100042750248545
 
Count Franz-Josef of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems died on August 30 or 31 at the age of 95.

Franz Josef Vitus Xaver Georg Wunibald was born on March 7, 1927 in Chur. He was the fourth child of Count Georg of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems (1878-1955) and Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (1892-1930). He was married to Countess Priscilla of Schonborn-Wiesentheid (1934-2019) from 1956 until her death. They had seven children: Maria Rosario (*1957), Carolina (*1958), Elisabeth (1960-1966), Franz-Clemens (*1962), Stephan (*1963), Philippa (*1968), and Maximilian (*1976).

In addition to his six living children, he is survived by 16 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, his half-siblings Sophie (*1932) and Josef (*1934), and numerous other relatives.

Source: https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/waldburg.html
Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
 
Prince Clemens von Altenburg died this year.

He was born in Vienna on 8 February 1932 as second of nine children and eldest son of Archduke Clemens Salvator of Austria, who became Prince Clemens Salvator von Altenburg in 1949 (1904-1974) & his wife Countess Elisabeth Rességuier de Miremont (1906-2000).
He married civilly in St. Gilgen on 16 October and religiously in Unterrach on 17 October 1964 Laurence Costa de Saint-Genix de Beauregard (b.1942); they had a son Philipp (b.1968) and a daughter Henriette (b.1972) and six grandchildren: Camilla (2001), Agnés (b.2003), Karl-Ludwig (b.2004), Marie (2006-2009) & twins Tassilo and Claire (b.2011) [children of Henriette & her husband Count Guillaume du Bessey de Contenson (b.1969)]

Sources: https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/tuscany.html
Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

Countess Nikolaus de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt, nee Alice Hoffelner died this year.

She was born in 1930 and in 1953 married Count Nikolaus de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt (1930-2016) [firstborn son of Countess Ladislaja Maria Johanna Franziska von Meran (1899-1997) & her husband Count Eberhard de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt (1896-1970)].
They had four children: Elisabeth (b.1954), Philipp Karl (b.1955), Eberhard (1957-1990) & Franz (b.1961).
Apart from their son, they also lost one of their grandsons Ernst-Arthur von Magnus [son of Elisabeth & her first husband Ernst-Jürgen von Magnus (b.1943)] who died in 2016 aged 21.
Apart from her three living children and seven living grandchildren she left also four great-grandchildren.

Source: http://heinbruins.nl/Meran.html

Baron Jörg von Saalfeld died this year.

He was born in Munich on 17 January 1937 as the eldest of four children of Baron Enzio von Saalfeld (1908-killed in action over England 1941) {himself youngest of six children of Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1859-1941) & his wife Katharina Jensen, created Baroness von Saalfeld in 1892 (1874-1945)} & his wife Rut, nee Viererbe (1910-1974).
He married firstly in San José (Costa Rica) on 13 August 1966 Heidi Schmidt Steinworth (b.1944) but they divorced in 1973; in 1976 he married secondly Hilda Steinvorth Steffen (b.1953). Both these marriages were childless.
His younger twin brother Jens died in 2001; he was married to Kathryn Kostka (b.1950), had three children and two grandchildren.
His younger sister Jay (b.1938) is married to Hans Hermann Schmidt Steinworth (b.1942), has one son and one grandson.
His youngest brother Jan (b.1941) is married to Clara Bansbach (b.1942), has three children and five grandchildren.

Sources: https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/saxony.html
http://heinbruins.nl/Leiningen.html

Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst died in Waldhof on 21 January last year - and his widow, Adelheid, nee Freiin von Ow, followed him in Heilbronn on 14 February this year.

Freiin Adelheid von Ow was born in Schönau on 11 December 1937.
She and Prince Hubertus [b.1935 as second of five children and younger son of Friedrich Karl, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1908-1982) & his wife, Princess Mechtilde von Urach (1912-2001)]
married civilly in Piesing, Upper Bavaria on 18 July and religiously in Haiming on 21 June 1959 and had a daughter Antonia (b.1961) and three sons: Felix (b.1963; current Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, because his paternal uncle Friedrich Karl died childless in 2017), Franz (b.1965) & Maximilian (b.1967), sixteen grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Sources: http://heinbruins.nl/Monaco.html
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/hohenlohe.html

Sonia de Morales y de Borbón died this year.

She was born in 1969 as a third child and daughter of Princess Inés of Bourbon (b.1940) & her late former husband Luis de Morales y Aguado (1933-2000).
In 1989, at the age of 20, she gave birth to her firstborn son Alfonso Romero-Jiménez y de Morales, whose father is Santiago Romero-Jiménez y Ressendi.
In 2000 she married Alejandro García-Atance y Leurquén (b.1974) by whom she had two more children: Iñigo (b.2000) & Sofía (b.2001) García-Atance y de Morales.

Source: http://heinbruins.nl/Alfonso.html

Countess Karin of Solms-Rüdelheim and Assenheim, nee Frowein died in Murnau on 6 February.

She was born in Wuppertal-Elberfeld on 19 April 1936 as the elder of two children of Countess Louise-Marie von Rhoden (1903-1989) & her husband Ernst Günther Frowein (1899-1971).
She married there civilly on 22 May and religiously on 25 May 1965 Count Jost Heinrich of Solms-Rüdelheim and Assenheim (1929-2016) [eldest of three children and elder son of Count Joachim Ernst of Solms-Rüdelheim and Assenheim (1896-1978) & his wife Klara, nee Countess von Bullion (1901-1996).
They didn't have children.
Her only brother Jan-Ernst Frowein was two years younger than her and died in 2010; he was married to Marie-Thérèse von Malaisé (b.1945), had four children and four grandchildren.

Sources: http://heinbruins.nl/Lippe.html
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/solms.html

Baron Gebhard von Heyl zu Herrnsheim died this year.

He was born in 1930 and in 1956 married Baroness Helene von Gemmingen-Hornberg (b.1934) [eldest of six children of Countess Marie-Wilhelmine von Drechsel auf Deufstetten (1908-1996) & her husband Baron Hans Weiprecht von Gemmingen-Hornberg (1905-1945).
They had four children: Angelika (b.1957), Bernhard (b.1958), Donata (b.1962) & Margarete (b.1968), seven grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Source: http://heinbruins.nl/Bavaria.html
 
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Jaime Méndez de Vigo y del Arco died in Madrid on 6 February.

He was born in Madrid on 23 November 1933 and married in Bronnbach on 22 September 1968 Princess Monika of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (b.1939) [third of seven children of Karl, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1904-1990) & his wife Carolina dei Conti Rignon (1904-1975)]. They had three children: Carlos Manuel (b.1969) married to Princess Katharina von Hohenberg (b.1969), María del Pilar (b.1970) married to Duke Paul-Wladimir of Oldenburg (b.1969) & Cristobal (b.1972) married to Tatiana de Salinas y Harnden (b.1975) as well as fifteen grandchildren.

Sources: Descendants of Count Felice Rignon
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/lowenstein.html

Jonkvrouw Isabelle Parmentier, nee Jonkvrouw de Hemptinne died this year.

She was born in 1961 as ehe eldest of four children of Princess Maria Sapieha-Kodenska (b.1931) & her late husband Jonkheer Maximilien [of the counts] de Hemptinne (1931-2011).
She married in 1987 Jonkheer Tanguy Parmentier (b.1960) by whom she had four children: Thomas (b.1989), Antoine (b.1991), Mathieu (b.1995) & Delphine (b.1997).
Apart from her mother, husband and children she leaves also brothers Frédéric (b.1963) and Baudoin (b.1967) with their wives and children.
Her only sister Anne died as a baby in 1964.

Source: http://heinbruins.nl/Sapieha.html

Jonkheer Erik Hugo Loudon, former second husband of Beatrice von Frankenberg und Ludwigsdorf, died this year.

He was born in 1938 and was married to Beatrice von Frankenberg und Ludwigsdorf (b.1952) [daughter of Elisabeth von Oswald (b.1924) & her late husband Ruthard von Frankenberg und Ludwigsdorf (1914-1996)] from 1986 to 1995; they had together a daughter Leonora (b.1994).

Source: http://heinbruins.nl/Oswald.html

François Luce-Bailly, widower of Duchess Margarete Louise of Württemberg died this year.

He was born in 1923 and in 1970 married Duchess Margarete Louise of Württemberg (1928-2017) [daughter of Duke Albrecht Eugen of Wьrttemberg (1895-1954) & his wife Princess Nadejda of Bulgaria (1899-1958)].
They didn't have children together, but at the moment of their wedding he became a stepfather to Patrick Grinnell-Milne de La Lanne-Mirrlees (b.1962) - fruit of the relationship of Margarete Louise with Robin Grinnell-Milne, who became Robin Grinnell-Milne de La Lanne-Mirrlees in 1952 (1925-2012); Patrick also had a twin brother, Francis, who died young.

Source: http://heinbruins.nl/LouPhil.html

Curt-Hildebrand von Einsiedel died this year.

He was born in 1944 and in 1974 married Princess Amélie von Urach (b.1949) [eldest of five children of Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis (1925-2008) & her husband Prince Eberhard von Urach (1907-1969).
They had eight children: Alexander (b.1976), Elisabeth (b.1977), Iniga (b.1979), Sophie (b.1980), Theresa (b.1984, now Countess of Dreux as a wife of Prince François of Orléans, Count of Dreux), twins Viktoria & Valerie (b.1986) and Felicitas (b.1990) as well as eight grandchildren.

Source: as above.

Elmira, Margraffin von Meisen, nee Henke, died this year.

She was born in 1930.
She and Albert, Margrave of Meissen (1934-2012) [son of Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (1903-1976) & her husband Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen (1893-1968)] were married since 1980; their marriage was childless.

Source: as above.
 
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Again a tragedy in British Nobility!

Alexander Charles Robert Sutherland, styled Lord Strathnaver, son and heir of the 25th Earl of Sutherland, and heir to the Dunrobin Castle estate, the most northerly stately home in Scotland, has died tragically. He was 40.

Lord Strathnaver was found at the bottom of 30ft cliffs at Thurso East, near the ruined 19th century Thurso Castle in Caithness. Thurso Lifeboat was launched at 11.30pm on Saturday 3 September, 2022, after reports of a person on the rocks.

(..) Sources: Peerage News
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/sutherland.html
 
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ELIZABETH II, By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of Her Other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, died at Balmoral Castle, Deeside, 8 September, 2022, aged 96. Her Majesty had reigned for 70 years.

Her Majesty Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, elder daughter of His late Majesty King George VI and of Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1900-2002) , daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne.

Her Majesty was born at 17, Bruton Street, London SW1, 21 April, 1926; she ascended the Throne, 6 February, 1952, proclaimed QUEEN, 8 February, 1952, and crowned at Westminster Abbey, 2 June, 1953; declared in Council 9 April, 1952, that she and her children would be known as the House and Family of WINDSOR, and further 8 February, 1960, that her descendants, other than descendants enjoying the style, title, or attribute of HRH and the titular of Prince or Princess, and female descendants who marry, and their descendants shall bear the name of Mountbatten-Windsor; &c.

Honours : Hon BMus, London 1946; FRS, 1947; Hon DCL, Oxford, 1948; Hon LLD, Edinburgh; Hon MusD, Wales, 1949; Hon LLD, London, 1951; Hon FRCS and FRCOG 1951; was Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom; Colonel-in-Chief: of the Life Guards, Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons); Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers & Greys), The Queen's Royal Lancers, the Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Engineers, Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards, Royal Welch Fusiliers, Queen's Lancashire Regiment, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's), Royal Green Jackets, Adjutant Gen Corps, The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomary, Corps of the Royal Military Police, Calgary Highlanders, Canadian Forces Mil Engineers Branch, King's Own Calgary Regt, Gov-Gen's Foot Guards, Canadian Grenadier Guards, le Regiment de la Chaudiere, R New Brunswick Rgt, 48th Highlanders of Canada, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's), Royal Australian Engineers, Royal Aust Inf Corps, Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps, R Australian Army Nursing Corps, RNZ Engineers, RNZ Inf Regt, RNZ Army Ordnance Corps, Malawi Rifles, R Malta Artillery, Capt-Gen Royal Artillery, Hon Artillery Co, Combined Cadet Force, Royal Candadian Artillery, Royal Observer Corps, Royal Canadian Air Force Aux, Aust Citizens Air Force, Territorial Air Force of New Zealand; Hon Air Commodore RAF Marham; Commandant-in-Chief, RAF College Cranwell; Hon Commr Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets, Head of the Civil Defence Corps.

Her Majesty was Sovereign of all the Orders of Knighthood, Order of Merit, Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, Order of the Crown of India, Order of the Companions of Honour, Distinguished Service Order, Imperial Service Order, and Order of Canada, Sovereign Head of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, Order of Australia, and The Queen's Service Order of New Zealand, ; she received the Freedom of the Drapers' Co, and the Royal Borough of Windsor, 1947, Burgess of the Royal Borough of Stirling, and Cities of London and Cardiff 1948, and Cities of Edinburgh and Belfast 1949; Order of the Elephant of Denmark 1947, Grand Cordon of the Order of El Kemal of Egypt 1948, Grand Cross (or Cordon) Legion of Honour of France 1948, Order of Ojaswi Rajanya of Nepal1949, Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion 1950, Order of the Seraphim of Sweden 1953, Grand Collar of the Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero of Panama 1953, Chain of the Order of El-Hussein Ibn Ali of Jordan 1953, Grand Collar of the Order of Idris of Libya 1954, Chain and Collar of the Order of the Seal of Solonon of Ethiopia 1954, Grand Cross, with Chain, of the Order of St Olav of Norway 1955, Grand Sash with Cross of the Three Orders of Christ, Aviz and Santiago of Portugal 1955, Grand Order of the Hashimi, with Chain, of Iraq 1956, Chevalier with Grand Cross and Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy 1958, Special Grand Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1958, Grand Cross with diamonds of the Order of the Peruvian Sun 1960, Nishan-i-Pakistan 1960, Grand Collar of the Order of the Liberator General San Martin of Argentina 1960, Order of the Royal House of Chakri of Thailand 1960, Mahendra Chain of Nepal 1961, Grand Collar of the Order of Independence of Tunisia 1961, Collar of the Order of White Rose of Finland 1961, Grand Cross of the Order of Senegal 1961, Grand Cordon of the Order of Knighthood of the Pioneers of the Republic of Liberia 1961, Grand Cross of the National Order of the Ivory Coast 1961, Collar and Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum of Japan 1962, Grand Band of the Order of the Star of Africa of Liberia 1962, Grand Cross of the Order de la Valeur Camerounaise 1963, Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold of Belgium 1963, Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer of Greece 1963, Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of the Falcon of Iceland 1963, Chain of Honour of Sudan 1964, Grand Collar of the Order of Merit of Chile 1965, Grand Cordon of the Austrian Order of Merit 1966, Grand Cordon of the Southern Cross of Brazil 1968, Grand Commander of the National Order of The Niger [Nigeria] 1969, Order of Al Nahayyan (First Class) of Abu Dhabi 1969, Grand Cross of the Equatorial Star of Gabon, Order of the Supreme Sun of Afghanistan 1971, Order of the Golden Lion of the House of Nassau of Luxembourg 1972, Order of the Great Yugoslav Star 1972, Darjah Utama Seri Mahkota Negara of Malaysia 1972, Order of Temasek of Singapore 1972, Most Esteemed Family Order (1st Class)Darjat Kerabat Yan Amat Di-Homali Darjah Pertama of Brunei 1972, Distinguished Order of Ghaazi in the Maldive Islands 1972, Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya 1972, Grand Collar of the National Order of the Aztec Eagle of Mexico 1973, Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Lepoard of Zaire 1973, Star of Indonesia (First Class) 1974, Grand Commander of the Order of the Republic of Gambia 1974, Chain of the Order of the Seraphin of Sweden 1975, Collar of the Order of the Nile of Egypt 1975, Order of the Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania 1st Class 1978, Great Collar of the Order of St Tiago da Espada of Portugal 1978, Necklace of Mubarak Al Kabir of Kuwait 1979, Order of the Khalifa Necklace of Bahrain 1979, Collar of the Order of King Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia 1979, Collar of Independence of Qatar 1979, Order of Oman 1st Class 1979, Order of the Lion of Malawi 1st Class 1979, Presidential Order of Botswana 1979, Collar of the Grand Cordon of the Most Venerable Order of Knighthood of the Pioneers of the Republic of Liberia 1979, Grand Cordon of the Order of the Republic of Tunisia 1980, Collar de la Classe Exceptionelle of the Order of El Mohammedi of Morocco 1980, Order of Al Said of Oman 1982, Order of the Solomon Islands 1st Class 1982, and additional insignia (sash and badge) of the Order of Qeladet El-Hussein Ibn Ali ( Jordan) 1984, Dominica Award of Honour 1985, The Trinity Cross Medal of the Order of Trinity (TC) (Gold) of Trinidad and Tobago 1985, Collar of the Order of Carlos III of Spain 1986, Grand Order of Mungunghwa of the Republic of Korea 1986, Order of the Golden Fleece of Spain 1988, Grand Star of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1989, Chain of the Federation of the United Arab Emirates 1989, Grand Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland 1991, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit(Hungary) 1991, Royal Family Order of the Sultan of Brunei 1992, Brunei Silver Jubilee Medal 1992, Grand Collar of the Order of Boyaca (Colombia) 1993, just to name a few.

Her Majesty married at Westminster Abbey, 20 November, 1947, HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, OM, GBE, AC, QSO, PC, [born at Corfu, 10 June 1921- died at Windsor Castle, 9 April, 2021, aged 99].

Her Majesty is survived by her four children:-

His Majesty King Charles III [born 14 November, 1948], HRH The Princess Royal [born 15 August, 1950], HRH The Duke of York [born 19 February, 1960], and HRH The Earl of Wessex & Forfar [born 10 March, 1964] - as well as eight grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
 
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John Francis Bowes-Lyon, who died 18 September, 2022, aged 80, was a scion of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and a third cousin of the King.

He was born 13 June, 1942, elder son of Major-General Sir Francis James Cecil Bowes-Lyon, KCVO, CB, OBE, MC & Bar [1917-1977], and his wife the former Mary de Trafford [1920-2007], who was an aunt of Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles, first husband of Her Majesty Queen Camilla.

John Bowes-Lyon was unmarried. He is survived by a brother Captain David Bowes-Lyon [born 21 July, 1947], married to the Princess Royal's Lady-in-Waiting, Elizabeth Harriet Colville [born 3 Dec, 1952], a goddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II; and by a sister, Fiona Anne [born 3 July, 1944], wife of Joseph Henry Goodhart.

Souces: Peerage News
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/strathmore.html
 
The Dowager Marchioness of Bath, who died 17 September, 2022, in Paris, aged 78, was the widow of the eccentric aristocrat the 7th Marquess of Bath [1932-2020], and was the former chateleaine of Longleat, one of the great houses of Britain. Her husband was a tabloid favourite, not only for his picturesque appearance and peculiar artistic tastes but for his string of mistresses, whom he referred to as his wifelets (he reckoned there to have been around 74 of them).

The Marchioness was the former Anna Gaël Gyarmathy [the actress Anna Gaël], and was born in Budapest, 27 September, 1943, daughter of Laszlo Izsak Gyarmathy, of Los Angeles, California.

Her films and tv credits include Mademoiselle de la Ferté (1965), The Love Factor [1969], and Nana [1970], Red Haired Revolver [1973], Karetekas and Co [TV mini series 1973], Bedmania [1974], Blue Blood [1974], Dracula and Son [1976], Maxim's Porter [1976], Holiday Hotel [1978], Sweeney 2 [1978], and We're Not Angels ... Neither Are They [1981].

She married 9 May, 1969, then then Alexander George Thynne [later Thynn], styled Viscount Weymouth, son and heir of the 6th Marquess of Bath [1905-92], and his first wife the former Hon Daphne Winifred Louise Vivian [1904-97], daughter of the 4th Baron Vivian [1878-1940].

The Marquess of Bath admitted that he married partly in order to father a legitimate heir for the family estate, and after fulfilling this duty the Marchioness led a separate life with her own lover in Paris, returning to Longleat for occasional weekends.

Her husband, beloved by the tabloid press as 'the Loins of Longleat' succeeded his father as 7th Marquess of Bath, 30 June, 1992. The family seat at Longleat is one of the best examples of Elizabethan architecture in Britain set in 9,000 Wiltshire acres. Lord Bath died from Covid-19, 4 April, 2020.

The Dowager Marchioness of Bath is survived by a daughter, Lady Lenka Abigail Thynn [born 20 Oct, 1969], and by a son, Ceawlin Henry Laszlo Thynn, the 8th Marquess of Bath [born 6 June, 1974].

Sources: Peerage News
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/bath.html
 
Count Claude de Lannoy, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxemburg's youngest paternal uncle, died in Coutisse on 23 April, exactly two weeks before his 90th birthday.

He was born in Etterbeek on 7 May 1932 as the youngest of seven children of Count Paul de Lannoy (1898-1980) & his wife Beatrice, nee Princess de Ligne (1898-1982).
He married in Maizeret civilly on 23 June and religiously on 7 July 1962 Countess Claudine of Ursel (b.1940) [youngest of seven children of Count Antoine of Ursel (1896-killed in action in Biriatou on 24 December 1943) & fourh by his second wife Marguerite, nee de La Barre d'Erquelinnes (1895-1988)] by whom he had four children: Alain (b.1963), Tanguy (b.1965), Sylviane (b.1967) & Sabine (b.1971) and numerous grandchildren.

Claude and Claudine ;)
Both youngest of seven
Claude last of the siblings to pass away and Claudine - last of the siblings still alive.

Sources: https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/lannoy.html
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/ursel.html

Prince Ferfried of Hohenzollern died in Klinikum Grosshadern in Munich at night 26/27 September.

He was born in Schlss Umkirch on 14 April 1943 as the youngest of seven children of Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern (1891-1965) & his wife Princess Margarete of Saxony (1900-1962).
He was married thrice, unfortunately all his marriages ended in divorces - he married firstly in Schloss Sigmaringen on 21 September 1968 Angela von Morgen (1941-2019), who reportedly was already pregnant; on 10 April next year their firstborn daughter Valerie was born. The second one, Stephanie, was born on 8 May 1971. They divorced in 1973.
He married secondly in Büsingen on 7 April 1977 Eliane Etter (b.1947); eleven days before their first wedding anniversary, on 26 March next year their daughter together Henriette was born; on 5 August 1980 they also had a son Moritz. They divorced in 1987.
He married thirdly in Dresden on 19 March 1999 Maya Meinert, who was exactly five months younger than his daughter Stephanie - this marriage was childless and ended in 2007.
Apart from his children he is also survived by six grandchildren.

Sources: https://www.bunte.de/stars/star-new...ffi-ist-im-alter-von-79-jahren-gestorben.html (Thanks, eya!)
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/hohenzollern.html
http://heinbruins.nl/Bavaria.html
 
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Susan, Countess of Leven and Melville, widow of the 16th Earl of Leven and [13th] of Melville, died 8 October, 2022. She was 89.

The Countess was born Susan Steuart Menzies, 30 March, 1933, elder daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald Steuart Menzies [1884-1961], late the Scots Guards, Chief of the Clan Menzies, of Arndilly House, Craigellachie, Banffshire, by his wife the former Sybil Mary Willoughby Boulton.

Susan Steuart Menzies married 30 Apr, 1953, Alexander Robert Leslie-Melville, 15th Earl of Leven [Peerage of Scotland, cr 1641], and 13th Earl of Melville [also Peerage of Scotland, cr 1690], whose other titles include Viscount of Kirkaldie [Scot, 1690], Lord Melville of Monymaill [Scot, 1616], Lord Balgonie [Scot, 1641], and Lord Raith, Monymaill and Balwearie [Scot, 1690]. Her husband, born 13 May, 1924, & succeeded his father in the family honours, and 15 January, 1947.

Lord Leven and Melville was ADC to Governor-General of New Zealand 1951-52; Lord Lieutenant of Nairn from 1969; Chairman, Nairn County Council 1970-74; Chairman of Governors, Gordonstoun School 1971-89; President, British Ski Federation 1981-85, &c. He died 7 April, 2012.

Susan, Countess of Leven & Melville leaves issue, a son, the Hon Archibald Leslie-Melville [born 15 September, 1957], and a daughter, Lady Jane Hudson [born 5 May, 1956]. She was predeceased by her elder son, David, styled Lord Balgonie [born 26 January, 1954], who died, killed in a skiing accident near Verbier, 14 February, 2007.

Her grandson, Alexander [born 29 Nov, 1984], is the 17th Earl of Leven & 14th Earl of Melville.

Source: Peerage News
 
John Francis Bowes-Lyon, who died 18 September, 2022, aged 80, was a scion of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and a third cousin of the King.

He was born 13 June, 1942, elder son of Major-General Sir Francis James Cecil Bowes-Lyon, KCVO, CB, OBE, MC & Bar [1917-1977], and his wife the former Mary de Trafford [1920-2007], who was an aunt of Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles, first husband of Her Majesty Queen Camilla.

John Bowes-Lyon was unmarried. He is survived by a brother Captain David Bowes-Lyon [born 21 July, 1947], married to the Princess Royal's Lady-in-Waiting, Elizabeth Harriet Colville [born 3 Dec, 1952], a goddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II; and by a sister, Fiona Anne [born 3 July, 1944], wife of Joseph Henry Goodhart.

The funeral and Thanksgiving Service took place at the Brompton Oratory, 18 Oct, 2022. The King was represented by the Earl of Rosslyn at the funeral and the Queen Consort was represented by Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles.

Source: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2022/09/john-francis-bowes-lyon-1942-2022.html
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/strathmore.html
 
Interesting that Camilla's ex-husband represents her at official events.
 
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Interesting that Camilla's ex-husband represents her at official events.
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Not really, the two had maintained a good relationship after their divorce and this is the first I think he has actually represented her.
 
Georg Heinrich, Baron von Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kaszon, the chairman of the private venture capital firm TBG AG, died in Zurich on 30 September.

He was born on 19 March 1950 in Lugano (Switzerland) as the only child together of noted industrialist and art collector Hans Heinrich von Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kaszon (1921 – 2002) [himself son of Baron Heinrich von Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kaszon (ne Thyssen 1874-1947) & his wife, Countess Margit Bornemisza de Kaszon (1887-1971)] & his first wife, Princess Teresa Amalia Franziska Elisabeth Maria of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1925-2008) [herself second child and the only daughter of Prince Alfred of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1896-1970) & his wife Countess Franziska of Schönborn-Buchheim (1902-1987)].
His parents divorced when he was four.
On 4 April 1960 his mother remarried to Prince Friedrich of Furstenberg (1926-1969) [son of Prince Maximilian of Furstenberg (1896-1959) & his wife, Countess Wilhelmine of Schönburg-Glauchau (1902-1964). She was already pregnant then - on 18 November, Georg-Heinrich's half-sister Teresa was born; the family soon grew with two more children: Maximilian (b.1962) and Katharina (1966-1992).
His father remarried four times more; by his third wife New Zealand-born British photographic and fashion model Fiona Frances Elaine Campbell-Walter (b.1932), whom he married in 1956, Georg-Heinrich had another half-siblings: Francesca (b.1958; former wife of Archduke Karl of Austria) and Lorne (b.1963); this marriage ended in divorce in 1965.
By another stepmother, Denise Shorto (b.1942), whom his father married in 1967, Georg-Heinrich had his youngest half-brother Wilfried "Alexander" August (b.1974); this marriage ended in dovorce in 1984.
Georg-Heinrich was never formally married, but his longtime domestic partner was Countess Catharina Eleonore von Meran (b.1967) [daughter of Count Maximilian von Meran (b.1930) & his wife, Princess Colienne zu Schwarzenberg (b.1937)] former wife of Alexander Kahane (b.1955) by whom she had two children: Ludwig (b.1991) & Alice (b.1993). Together they had a son Simon (b.1 December 2001).

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Heinrich_Thyssen-Bornemisza#Personal_life
https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2022/10/baron-georg-heinrich-heini-thyssen.html
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/lippe.html
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/furstenberg.html
Descendants of August Thyssen and Hedwig Pelzer
Descendants of Archduke Johann of Austria
 
Air Vice Marshal John Ponsonby, OBE, who has died aged 67, was a scion of the Barons De Mauley.

John Maurice Maynard Ponsonby was born 8 August, 1955, son of Myles Walter Ponsonby (1924-1999), and his wife the former Ann Veronica Theresa Maynard; and married 1980, Marie Jose Antoinette Van Huizen-Husselson, by whom he had issue, a son, Luke (born 1986), and two daughters, Charlotte (born 1982), and Francesca (born 1986).

Ponsonby was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in April 1983 as a pilot, after nine years service as an infantry in the British Army. On 10 April 1983, he was appointed to a permanent commission and promoted to flight lieutenant with seniority from 10 March 1980.On 1 July 1988, he was promoted to squadron leader, and then to wing commander on 1 January 1994. As a group captain, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1999 New Year Honours, and was made an aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II on 1 August 2001. He relinquished this appointment on 3 May 2002,being promoted to air commodore on 1 July that year. Ponsonby was also awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the 2002 Operational Honours List "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Northern Ireland during the period 1 October 2001 to 31 March 2002". He was promoted to his final rank of air vice marshal on 4 January 2005.

He has served as a support helicopter pilot throughout his career, and as a helicopter and tactics instructor. He commanded No. 78 Squadron in the Falkland Islands, No. 27 Squadron in the UK, the Support Helicopter Force in Bosnia and RAF Aldergrove/Joint Helicopter Force in Northern Ireland.

He has held staff appointments at group, command and ministry level, including as deputy principal staff officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff (General Sir Charles Guthrie), and most recently as air officer plans at Headquarters Strike Command. He was a graduate of the RAF Staff College and the Joint Service Command and Staff College. He was appointed air officer commanding Training Group on 4 January 2005 and became air officer commanding No. 22 (Training) Group on 30 October 2006.

The 2nd Baron De Mauley > Hon Edwin Ponsonby > Victor Coope Ponsonby > Myles Walter Ponsonby > John Maurice Maynard Ponsonby

Source: Peerage News.
 
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Interesting that Camilla's ex-husband represents her at official events.
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That's an interesting example that in some couples, especially ones with children, divorce doesn't mean a perennial state of animosity. The marriage didn't work out but they remained friends, just like the Dukes of York.
 
Captain Robin FitzRoy Somerset, MBE, who died 21 October, 2022, aged 92, was a scion of the Dukes of Beaufort.

He was born 21 May, 1930, son of Major Alan FitzRoy Somerset (1902-1940), and his wife the former Nell Lauder Pyman (who died 1951); and married in 1977, Sarah Marguerite Mills, daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Mills, KCB (1914-2006), and his wife the former Anne Cumberlege, by whom he had issue, a son Charles (born 1981), and a daughter, Anne (born 1978).

Sources: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2022/11/robin-fitzroy-somerset-1930-2022.html
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/beaufort.html
 
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I just wanted to acknowledge the work that Biri has put into this thread. Very accurate and detailed information. Thank you so much!
 
INDEED!!!! Biri doing a GREAT WORK here to the Royal Milestones!!! Thanks!!!!
 
I am so glad that you appreciate my work!
It means very much to me!
 
I"ll third the thanks for the thoroughness of the updates. This is by far the best place to come for BMD information now.
 
May I add my thanks for Biri 's work through all the years . Such a mine of information :flowers:
 
I think I'm going to burst from these praises:lol:

Countess Claude Emmanuel of Oultremont, nee Edith Christyn, Countess of Ribaucourt, died in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre on 4 December.

She was born in Ostermérée, Anthée on 7 June 1939 and married civilly in Anthee on 2 September and religiously in Serville on 10 September 1960 Count Claude Emmanuel of Oultremont (1931-2015) [third of eight children and second son of Count Hervé of Oultremont (1901-1972) & his wife Countess Charlotte Marie Henriette of Ursel (1903-1971)] by whom she had four daughters: Elisabeth (b.1961), Véronique (b.1965), Astrid (b.1968) & Muriel (b.1971).
She is survived by them and their families.

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/oultremont.html
 
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