#countess Waldeck

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https://romaniasweetromania.com/2020/05/hotel-athenee-palace-bucharest/

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

➳ Happy mother's day! 💐🩷

Here is my favourite picture of Princess Alice of Albany & Prince Charles Edward of Albany with their mother, Princess Helen, Duchess of Albany! 🥰

Part 6 out of 6!

[tiny-librarian]

Royal Birthdays for today, August 2nd:

John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, 1455

Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, 1674

Mahmud I, Ottoman Sultan, 1696

Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau, German Prince, 1702

Francisca of Brazil, Princess of Joinville, 1824

Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Queen of the Netherlands, 1858

Constantine I, King of Greece, 1868

Ingeborg of Denmark, Duchess of Västergötland, 1878

Zein al-Sharaf, Queen of Jordan, 1916

Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg, Countess of Holstein-Ledreborg, 1925

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King Ludwig Ist's Gallery of Beauties.

A retexture by La Comtesse Zouboff — Original Mesh by @thejim07

The Gallery of Beauties (Schönheitengalerie) is a collection of 38 small portraits of the most beautiful women from the nobility and middle classes of Munich, Germany painted between 1827 and 1850 (mostly by Karl Joseph Stieler, appointed court painter in 1820) and gathered by Ludwig I of Bavaria in the south pavilion of Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. Two additional ones were created by Friedrick Drück and one portrait was stolen in the XXth century and remains missing.

The set includes all the 38 portraits, with the original frame swatches, fully recolorable. The portraits are of:

Friederike von Gumppenberg (later Baroness von Gumppenberg).

Amalia von Schintling.

Amalie Maximilianovna von Krüdener (née von Lerchenfeld) Baroness von Krüdener.

Anna Hillmayer.

Anna von Greiner (née Bartelmann)

Antonietta Cornelia Vetterlein.

Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria, Princess of Bavaria.

Auguste Strobl (first version).

Auguste Strobl (second version).

Baroness Mathilde von Jordan.

Carlotta von Boos zu Waldeck (née von Breidbach-Bürresheim) Baroness von Breidbach-Bürresheim.

Caroline Maximiliana Maria von Holnstein (née von Spiering) Countess von Holnstein aus Bayern

Elise List (later Elise Pacher von Theinburg

Eliza Rosanna James (née Gilbert), Known ss Lola Montez.

Helene Kreszenz Sedlmayr.

Irene Pallavicini, Marchioness Pallavicini and Countess von Arco un Steppberg.

Isabella, Countess von Traufkirchen-Engelberg.

Jane Elizabeth Digby, Later Baroness von Venningen.

Josepha Conti (née Reh).

Karolina Lizius.

Katharina Rosa Botsaris in a Traditional Greek Costume.

Lady Theresa Spence (née Renard) as Sapho of Lesbos.

Maria Dietsch (In prayer, first version).

Maria Dietsch (second version).

Marianna Florenzi (née Bacinetti) Marchioness Florenzi.

Marie Friederike Franziska Hedwig of Prussia, Crown Princess of Bavaria.

Maximiliane Borzaga.

Nanette von Kaulla.

Princess Alexandra Amalie of Bavaria.

Caroline von Oettingen-Wallerstein (later Countess von Waldbott-Bassenheim.

Regina Daxenberger.

Rosalie Julie von Bonar (née von Wüllerstorf-Urbair) Baroness von Bonar.

Sophie Friederike Dorothea Wilhemine, Archduchess of Austria (née Princess of Bavaria).

The Actress Charlotte von Hagn-Schwab as Thekla in Schiller's "Wallenstein".

The Actress Friederica Katharina "Willhemine" Sulzer.

The Dancer Antonia Wallinger as Hebe.

The Honourable Emily Mikbanke-Huskisson (née Mansfield)

The Honourable Jane Plumer-Callander (née Erskine)

Found under decor > paintings for 540§

Retextured from the "Portrait of Balsasarre Castiglione" found here

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Fireplace by @hydrangeachainsaw

Chairs, stools, flower vases, bust, table, fireplace screen and candelabra by @joojconverts

Torchere by @martassimsbookcc

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[theroyalfanzine]

Royal Godparents to Royal Godchildren

I did this list back in 2012, and got some great responses. I've updated and edited parts of the list. Again, any corrections and/or adds, message me! Thanks in advance!

When choosing godparents for their children, the parents often chose friends or other relatives. Often in royal circles, royals also pick other royals. Here’s a partial list. (Yes, I know some lists are incompelte as some of these royals’s godchildren are not royals themselves.) If you have any additions, please feel free to message me!

Belgium

King Baudouin I

Princess Marie-Christine of Belgium (1951)

King Leopold III

Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands (1938)

Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg (1954)

King Philippe of The Belgians (1960)

Queen Astrid

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)

King Albert II

Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium (1956)

Queen Paola

Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (1986)

King Philippe

Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (1986)

Princess Marie Gabrielle de Nassau (1986)

Queen Matilde

Princess Alexia of The Netherlands (2005)

 Princess Isabella of Denmark (2007)

Princess Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este

Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg (1992)

Prince Amedeo, Archduke of Austria-Este

Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, The Duchess of Brabant (2001)

Princess Claire

Princess Eléonore of Belgium(2008)

Prince Lorentz, The Archduke of Austria-Este

Prince Carl-Johan de Nassau (1992)

Bulgaria

Queen Margarita

Prince Umberto of Bulgaria (1999)

Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin, Duke of Saxony

   Infanta Sofia of Spain (2007)

Princess Rosrio

Doña Irene de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (2005)

Denmark

Queen Ingrid

 Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon  (1930)

King Carl XVI of Sweden (1946)

King Christian X

Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)

Queen Alexandrine

Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)

Princess Dagmar

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)

Princess Thyra

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)

King Fredrick IX

King Carl XVI of Sweden (1946)

Queen Margarethe II

King Williem-Alexander of The Netherlands (1967)

Crown Prince Hakon of Norway (1973)

Prince Carl Phillip of Sweden (1979)

Crown Prince Fredrick of Denmark

 Count Nikolai af Monzepat (1999)

Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (2003)

 Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004)

Prince Oscar Carl Olof of Sweden, Duke of Skane (2016)

Crown Princess Mary

Count Henrik af Monzepat (2009)

Konstantin Gustav Heinrich Richard Johannsmann (2010)

Princess Estelle of Sweden (2012) 

Prince Christian

Prince Gustav Alberct of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleberg (2023)

Princess Marie

Princess Josephine of Denmark (2011)

Princess Caroline-Mathilde

Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)

Princess Elisabeth

Theodor Christian Emmanuel Rosanes af Rosenborg (2009)

Princely Family of Lieiningen

Princess Alexandra

Princess Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virgina of Hanover (1999)

Princely Family of Hanover

Princess Sophie of Hanover

Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh (1964)

Princely Family of Hesse

Prince Philipp

Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson  von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1999)

Princely Family of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Princess Elisabeth

Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands (1938)

Princely Family of Liechtenstein

Prince Constantin

Prince Georg Antonius of Liechtenstein (1999)

Princess Margaretha

Archduke Imre of Austria (1985)

Princess Louise of Belgium (2004)

Princely Family of Monaco

Prince Albert

Baron Jean-Leonard Taubert-Natta (1974)

Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi (1987)

Louis Robert Paul Ducruet (1992)

Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet (1994)

Raphaël Casiraghi Elmaleh (2013)

Princess Charlene

Raphaël Casiraghi Elmaleh (2013)

Princess Caroline of Hanover

Louis Robert Paul Ducruet (1992)

Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet (1994)

Princess Stephanie

Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi (1984)

Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi

Princess Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virgina of Hanover (1999)

Baroness Elisabeth Anne de Massy

Princess Stephanie of Monaco, Countess of Polinac (1965)

The Netherlands

Queen Juliana

King Carl XVI of Sweden (1946)

Queen Anne-Marie of Denmark (1946)

King Williem-Alexander

Count Claus-Casmir van Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg (2004)

Countess Zaria of Oranje-Nassau (2006)

Princess Estelle of Sweden (2012)

 Prince Constantijn

Princess Catharina-Amalia of The Netherlands, The Princess of Orange (2003)

Countess Luana of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (2005)

Prince Friso

Countess Eloise van Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (2002)

Princess Alexia of the Netherlands (2005)

 Norway

King Haakon VII

Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)

Queen Maud

Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner(1932)

King Olav V

Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands (1943)

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946)

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1971)

Crown Princess Martha

Crown Princess Martha

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)

King Harald

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (1977)

Maud Angelica Behn (2003)

Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004)

Queen Sonja

Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway (2005)

Crown Prince Hakkon

Maud Angelica Behn (2003)

Prince Christian of Denmark (2005)

Princess Estelle of Sweden(2012) 

Crown Princess Mette-Mairt

  Prince Christian of Denmark (2005)

  Emma Tallulah Behn (2008)

Princess Märtha Louise

Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson  von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1999)

Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004)

Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1971) 

Spain

Queen Victoria Eugenia

Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (1913)

Doña María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 18th Duchess of Alba de Tormes, Grandee of Spain (1926)

Queen Fabiola of Belgium (1928)

Prince Albert of Monaco (1957)

Felipe, Prince of Austrias (1968)

King Juan Carlos

Don Felipe Juan Froilán de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y Borbón (1998)

Leonor, The Princess of Asturias (2005

Queen Sofia

Leonor, The Princess of Asturias (2005)

King Felipe VI

Princess Sofia Vidinska of Bulgaria (1999)

Doña Victoria Federica de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y de Borbón (2000) 

Prince Vincent of Denmark (2011)

Infanta Elena

Don Juan Valentín de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (1999)

Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece (2000)

Infanta Christina

Don Miguel de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (2002)

Iñaki, the former Duke of Palma de Mallorca

Don Miguel de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (2002)

Infanta Maria Cristina

Princess Marie-Christine of Belgium (1951)

Infanta Cristina, Duchess of  Palma de Mallorca (1965)

Princely Family of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Gustav, 7th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1999)

Konstantin Gustav Heinrich Richard Johannsmann (2010)

Prince Vincent of Denmark (2011)

Carina, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleberg

Countess Athena af Monzepat

Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Witentein-Berleburg

Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (2003)

Princess Benedikte

Prince Joachim of Denmark (1969)

Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of  Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1981)

Royal Family of Italy

Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro

Princess Joesphine of Denmark (2011)

Greece

Queen Olga

Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921)

Prince George

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)

King Constantine II

Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969)

Prince William of Wales (1982)

Crown Prince Pavlos

Prince Christian of Denmark (2005)

Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway (2005)

Princess Alexia

Don Pablo Nicolás Sebastián de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (2000)

Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (2003)

Princess Isabella of Denmark (2007)

Emma Tallulah Behn (2008)

Prince Nikolas

Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson  von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1999)

Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg

Grand Duchess Charlotte

Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg (1954)

Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte (1927-2005)

Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962)

Prince Felix (1893-1970)

Prince Albert of Belgium (1934)

Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg (1957)

Prince Jean of Luxembourg (1957)

Princess Marie-Gabrielle (1925)

Grand Duke Henri (1955)

Prince Jean (1957-)

Prince Félix of Luxembourg (1984)

Grand Duchess Joesphine-Charlotte

Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium (1956)

Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962)

Grand Duke Henri

King Albert II of Belgium (1934)

Princess Marie-Gabrielle of Luxembourg (1986)

Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke

Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg (1992)

Prince Paul-Louis of Luxembourg (1998)

Prince Noah of Nassu (2007)

Princess Ariane of the Netherlands (2007)

Princess Alexandra

Prince Gabriel de Nassau  (2006)

Prince  François Henri Louis Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg (2023)

Prince Louis

Prince Charles Jean Philippe Joseph Marie Guillaume of Luxemborug (2020)

 Princely Family of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

Prince Georg of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (2003)

Sweden

King Gustaf V

Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946)

Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)

Prince Carl of Sweden & Norway (1861-1951)

Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)

Prince Eugen of Sweden & Norway (1865-1947)

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)

Princess Ingeborg of Sweden & Norway (1878-1958)

Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)

Princess Margaretha of Sweden & Norway

Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)

Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg (1957)

Princess Margaretha (1899-1977)

Prince Jean of Luxembourg(1957)

Princess Ingeborg

Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)

King Carl XVI Gustav

Hakon, Crown Prince of Norway (1973)

Crown Princess Victoria

 Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece & Denmark (1998)

 Baroness Madeleine von Dincklage (1999)

 Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands (2003)

 Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004)

 Prince Christian of Denmark (2005)

 Princess Eléonore of Belgium (2008)

Princess Leonore Lilian Maria of Sweden, The Duchess of Gotland (2014)

Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil of Sweden, The Duke of Södermanland (2016)

Prince Carl Phillip

Princess Estelle of Sweden, The Duchess of Ostergotland  (2012) 

Prince Nicolas of Sweden, Duke of Ångermanland (2015)

Princess Madeleine

Prince Oscar Carl Olof of Sweden, The Duke of Skane (2016)

 Prince Gabriel Carl Walter of Sweden, The Duke of Dalarna (2017)

Princess Christina

 Prince Joachim of Denmark (1969)

Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (1977)

Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)

Prince Carl Phillip of Sweden (1979)

Princess Birgitta

Prince Carl Phillip of Sweden (1979)

Princess Margaretha

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1973)

Mr. Gustaf Magnusson

Prince Nicolas Paul Gustaf of Sweden, The Duke of Angermanland (2015)

Mr. Victor Magnusson

Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland (2016)

United Kingdom

Queen Victoria

Prince Albert Edward Kamehameha of Hawaiʻi (1858–1862)

Prince Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert of Edinburgh, later Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874–1899)

Princess Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline of Albany (1883–1981)

Prince Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David of York, later Edward VIII (1894–1972)

Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George of York, later George VI (1895–1952)

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895–1918)

Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary of York (1897–1965)

Prince Louis Francis of Battenberg, later 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979)

King George V

Queen Elizabeth II (1926) 

Queen Mary

Queen Elizabeth II (1926)  

Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands (1943)

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)

Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood

Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of York, later Elizabeth II (1926)

Prince Edward George Nicholas Patrick Paul, The Duke of Kent (1935)

Prince George, The Duke of Kent

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)

King Edward VIII

 Princess Margaret of York  (1930)

Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone

Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands (1938)

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught

Princess Elizabeth of York (1926)  

Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles

Princess Elizabeth of York (1926)  

The Princess Victoria

 Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon  (1930)

Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)

King George VI

Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)

Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother

Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924)

Gerald David Lascelles Esq (1924–1998)

Princess Astrid of Norway (1932)

Princess Alexandra of Kent (1936)

Princess Sofia of Greece, later Queen of Spain (1938)

Princess Irene of the Netherlands (born 1940)

Prince William Henry Andrew Frederick of Gloucester (1941–1972)

Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)

Prince Richard of Gloucester, later Duke of Gloucester (1944)

Princess Anne of Edinburgh (1950)

The Hon (Robert) Jeremy Lascelles (1955)

Queen Elizabeth II

David Henry George Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood (1950)

Princess Fredrike of Hanover (1954) 

David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (1961)

Edwina Victoria Louise Brudenell (1961)

James Robert Bruce Ogilvy (1964)

Princess Theodora of Greece & Denmark (1983)

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

King Charles III (1948)

Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh

Crown Princess Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania (1948)

Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull, 8th Baron Brabourne (1947)

Princess Maria Tatiana of Yugoslavia (1957)

Prince Christopher of Yugoslavia (1960)

 George Windsor, Earl of St. Andrews (1962)

 Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark (1986)

King Charles III

The Hon. Nicholas Knatchbull (1964-1979)

The Hon.  Timothy Knatchbull (1964)

Marina Victoria Alexandra Ogilvy (1966)

 Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece (1967)

 India Amanda Caroline Hicks (1967)

 Lord Nicholas Windsor (1970)

 Alexander Patrick Gregers Richard Windsor, Earl of Ulster (1970)

The Hon. Edward John Hugo Tollemache (1975) 

Peter Mark Andrew Phillips (1977)

 The Hon. Nicholas Louis Charles Norton Knatchbull (1981)

Hugh Grosvenor, The Duke of Westminster (1991)

Lord Frederick Charles Wellesley(1992)

 Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece & Denmark (1996)

Samuel David Benidict Chatto (1996)

 Kumar Padmanabh Singh, Crown Prince of Jaipur (1998)

Diana, Princess of Wales

The Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor (1981)

Alexandra Victoria Edwina Diana Knatchbull (1982)

Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark (1986)

Jakie James Warren (1986)

The Lady Mary Luise Wellesley (1986)

Edward Edmund Maximilian George Windsor, Lord Downpatrick (1988)

Jack William Bartholomew (1989)

Benjamin Peter Marcus Samuel (1989)

Domenica Marianna Tertia Lawson (1995)

The Prince William, The Prince of Wales

Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece & Denmark (1998)

Mia Grace Tindall (2014)

The Prince Andrew, The Duke of York

Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips Tindall (1981)

Prince Henry, The Duke of Sussex (Prince Harry, 1984)

The Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh

The Lady Rose Gilman (1980)

Lady Ella Mountbatten (1996)

Count Nikolai af Monzepat (1999)

Sophie, The Duchesss of Edinburgh, The Countess of Wessex

Lady Alexandra Mountbatten (1998)

Anne, The Princess Royal

 Philip, Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1970)

Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (1973)

Prince Peter of Yugoslavia (1980)

Princess Eugenie, Mrs. Jack Brooksbank

Maud Daphne Marina Windsor (2013)

Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall

Prince George Alexander Louis of Wales (2013)

David Armstrong-Jones, The 2nd Earl Snowdon

Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary, Mrs. Edoardo Mapelli (1988)

The Lady Sarah Chatto

The Lady Rose Gilman (1980)

Prince Henry of Wales (1984)

Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor (2003)

Princess Michael of Kent

Princess Maria Chiara Amalia Carola Louise Carmen of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (2005)

Katharine, Duchess of Kent

Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh (1964)

Princess Alexandra of Kent, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy

George Windsor, The Earl of St Andrews (1962)

The Prince William of Wales (1982)

James Robert Bruce Ogilvy

Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena, Mrs. Jack Brooksbank (1990)

[krasivaa]

Vintage engraving of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany with wife, Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and daughter, Princess Alice (Countess of Athlone). ☺

[snowy-wife]

RRRRRRG. PEOPLE ARE SO FUCKING IGNORANT WHAT THE FUCK. Snow White was inspired by a few different people. Mainly the Countess Margaretha Von Waldeck and Sophia Maria Margaretha Catharina Von Erthal who are said to be the real "Snow White". The models for Snow White was a young dancer named Marge Champion (nicknamed Margie Bell) who acted out the stuff for the movie in the studio so they could draw, Jean Harlow, Claudette Colbert, and Marlene Dietrich. This chick people are trying to claim was the insperation for her was never tied to the making of Snow White. Fucking idiots. Shut the fuck up you dumbasses, don't you ever fucking disgrace her fucking name. That is THE Disney princess.

[princessvictoriamelita]

His Illustrious Highness Count Alexander of Erbach-Schönberg (1872-1944), later Prince of Erbach-Sxhönberg and his fiancée, Princess Elisabeth of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1873-1961). 1900.

Alexander was the eldest son of Gustav, 1st Prince of Erbach-Schönberg and Princess Marie of Battenberg. He was a first cousin of Victoria Eugenie, Queen of Spain, Princess Alice of Battenberg ( mother of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) and Queen Louise of Sweden née Battenberg.

Elisabeth was the youngest sister of Helena, Duchess of Albany and Emma, Queen of the Netherlands.

[internationalroyals]

Victoria I (Queen of UK of Great Britain and Ireland) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901)

Daughter of Prince Edward (Duke of Kent and Strathearn) and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

Wife of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Mother of Victoria (Princess Royal), Edward VII, Princess Alice, Prince Alfed (Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), Princess Louise, Princess Helena, Prince Arthur (Duke of Connaught and Strathearn), Prince Leopold (Duke of Albany), and Princess Beatrice.

Grandmother of Wilhelmina II (King of Germany and Prussia), Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Prince Henry of Prussia, Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Princess Viktoria of Prussia, Prince Waldemar of Prussia, Princess Sophia of Prussia, Princess Margaret of Prussia, Prince Albert Victor (Duke of Clarence and Avondale), George V, Louise (Princess Royal), Princess Victoria, Princess Maud of Wales, Prince Alexander John of Wales, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Elizabeth Feodorovna (Grand Duchess of Russia), Princess Henry of Prussia, Ernest Louis (Grand Duke of Hesse), Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine), Alexandra Feodorovna (Empress of Russia), Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, Alfred (Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), Marie of Romania, Victoria Feodorovna (Grand Duchess of Russia) Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Princess Consort of Hohenlohe-Langenburg), Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Duchess of Galliera), Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, Albert (Duke of Schleswig-Holstein), Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (Princess Aribert of Anhalt), Prince Harald, Princess Margaret of Connaught (Crown Princess of Sweden), Prince Arthur of Connaught, Princess Patricia of Connaught (Lady Patricia Ramsay), Princess Alice (Countess of Athlone), Charles Edward (Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), Alexander Mountbatten (1st Marquess of Carisbrooke), Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (Queen of Spain), Lord Leopold Mountbatten, and Prince Maurice of Battenberg

Mother-in-law of Fredrick III (Emperor of Germany), Princess Alexandra of Denmark, Louis IV (Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine), Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, John Campbell (9th Duke of Argyll), Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Prince Henry of Battenberg.

[perpulchra]

Portrait of Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken (1725-1816), wife of Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

[history-of-fashion]

1757 Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder - Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

(Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel)

[svankmajerbaby]

ok here goes the beginning of the snow white thing im working on

It was a white winter morning: the first snow of the year. The king was away, once more, on his efforts to establish alliances with the surrounding kingdoms. They were a rather small nation, but still, she thought with a sigh, it was not a position to complain about.

The Countess had been married for at least two months, and no news of a child as of yet. She had little knowledge of the exact method, but the procedure had been regularly done thrice a week for the month and a half that she had with the Count. She didn’t know if she was being impatient, or if it truly was a matter of waiting a bit more. She continued her embroidery, swallowing quickly, her mind away –she ought to go back to the chapel, pray once more, ask the Lord to keep her healthy and fertile, and her position secure.

She gazed out the window, at the snowflakes falling slowly like dove feathers on the twisted, blackened bushes outside the castle. The Countess smiled, remembering her childhood days, playing in the snow with her sisters. It was truly magical, the sight of the gentle winter day, just as it begun –with the memory of the golden autumn leaves still fresh in the mind. She rested the ebony embroidery hoop on her lap, and stretched her neck to gaze further, outside the foggy window, at the apple orchard that stood right by the garden gate.

The maids were a bit puzzled by the Countess’ decision, but said nothing to it. What could they say? While the king was away, as far as they were concerned, she called the shots in the castle. Of course, in matters of politics, of what happened beyond the stone walls –that was the domain of the ministers. But she didn’t care for politics. She had the warmth of expensive furs, of a steady hearth, of a hot mug of cider at her behest. She could return to the shelter of her home whenever she liked, and her maids would have to follow.

And so, there was a small marble table set by the empty apple tree, and the Countess was covered in the black fur-trimmed cape and the heavy black boots, the leather gloves, and the thick stiff bonnet with the silk ribbon, to shield her from the cold. It was snowing, but so gently and quietly that she thought it was all a bit unnecessary. Still, winter was the cruelest season of all, with its trickeries and its enchanting transformations. It would be best to not forget the dangers of the potentially sickly air that she would be exposed to. The wind, after all, came from the village, where the common folk mingled, from where the miasma could travel up to the land she occupied.

As a noble lady, the Countess had spent most of her life in the safety of a gilded nest. Now, she lived in a proper castle, as high as she could hope to reach. She had to be thankful. No matter how lovely the outdoors could be, she was not naïve; she knew, having been warned her entire life, of the dangers of the forest, even those of the village crawling with peasants. Pickpockets, thieves, killers; and further, wolves, bears, boars. Beasts of both sorts. No, she would never go beyond the apple orchard, beyond the edge of the garden gate.

As she sighed, her breath seemed like freshly cut wool frozen in midair.

The Countess huffed –it was impossible to embroider with these unwieldy gloves. She decided to take off just one, the one that would be working the needle, which surely would be enough exercise to keep it warm.

She had been entertaining herself by embroidering a representation of the baby Jesus, with a white dove flying above it in a ring of light, its wings spread wide. Though, the Christ was looking less like a child and more like uncooked dough. The Countess had never been particularly good at manual crafts, preferring more social activities like singing and dancing. Her mother had always discouraged her to be too sullen, too sunken into herself. It was important to be learned, yes, but more important was to entertain, to speak the languages she studied, to be of good disposition, amiable and pleasant to have as company, after all. Even if her embroidery skills were rather lacking.

A good wife and mother should be able to do it all, her mother had told her once. Sing, dance, play an instrument or two, draw with an acceptable level of artistry, sew and embroider, and be witty, whatever that meant.

Those talents had gotten her a good husband. She was glad. Not necessarily happy –but glad. Glad was enough.

The handiwork was moving slowly. She was bad at threading and her rough sketch over the white linen was coarse and fading. If the Count later asked what she had been doing during the day, she ought to say she had spent the day indoors, guarding her health, quietly toiling away on a pillow for him. The Countess had seen the embroidering of one of the maids, an exceptionally fine work, despite the poorness of the threads. The Virgin, cloaked in red, her pink hands facing upwards. Yes, she would have that embroidery and pass it as her own. The Count would be pleased.

The wind had begun to blow. The Countess blinked her blond, almost invisible eyelashes against the flurry of snowflakes beating against her face. She huddled in her furs, her exposed hand trembling, searching the proper placement to pierce through the fabric. The black-leather hand pulled the needle, perhaps a bit too taut; and as it emerged back again through the linen, with the one finger searching for a bump, she pushed forward –and the needle’s point pricked the tip of her finger –hard enough to draw blood.

The Countess left her ebony frame on her lap, taking a pause to gaze at her wound. A blob of crimson emerged, becoming more swollen by the second. Its intense color seemed even vibrant against the black of her garment, the white of the day. When the drop became fat enough, it slipped away from the trembling finger –and onto the empty space of the embroidery hoop, where she had been planning to embroider the dove. The Countess smiled. Her fingers were numb from the cold, and the sharp sting was felt only for a brief moment. She was too entranced by the way the red blood slowly soaked the white linen, stretching further, growing like lichen on a stone. Like the blush on a maiden’s cheeks.

She remembered herself as she had once played with her friends in the snow; now older, wiser, a beloved mother to a healthy heir. She would laugh and raise the child up to the sky, their hair blowing in the gentle chilly wind, their noble brow stroked by the blossoming branches of the apple tree.

“Oh,” she sighed once more. “To have a child so beautiful that they could have hair as black as ebony –skin as white as snow –lips as red as blood.”

The Countess pictured the child’s face in her mind. A round face, glowing white, framed by black locks, with her own round fair eyes staring back, and an easy smile displaying a red mouth. A better version of herself, she thought. Prettier, gentler, smarter… A great heir, ruler of Waldeck.

She only hoped that creature could be a boy.

As she was distracted by these fantasies, a sudden gust of wind blew one of the Countess’ velvet gloves off from her lap. She gasped. A servant rushed to her side and caught the glove in midair, just before it could disappear behind a curtain of snow.

The man reached the delicate glove to the lady. The Countess offered him a thankful smile, slightly shivering, and then had a good look at him. He was a groom, judging by his own gloved hands, the hay on his clothes, and the potent if not slightly watered down smell of manure. Of course, the Countess recalled –the apple orchards were not far from the stables.

For a stableboy, however, he was considerably handsome. The thought briefly embarrassed the Countess, but when he smiled back, any shame melted away. He had small but shiny black eyes, milk-white skin, and thin lips. And, when he took his hat off in respect for his lady, he revealed a head of soft black hair, as dark and smooth as a raven’s wing. The Countess’ heart fluttered. God was listening. She had never seen a man as striking as he.

She stretched her naked hand to the groom’s face. His smile faltered, but it remained frozen in its place, even as the Countess’ fingers stroke his cheek, to then go over his frost-nipped lips. She was his lady; he was to submit to her requests.

The snowflakes gently landed on his hair, and gleamed like faraway stars in the deep of the night.

 ...

Months passed, and winter gave way to spring, to summer, and finally to autumn, when the child was born. While at first the news of a baby thrilled the Countess, the joy soon was replaced by disgust at the changes the little parasite produced in her body. At first it was what the physicians warned her: dizzy spells, moments of feeling sick, some swelling of the body. The swelling was the worst part of it. Her favorite, richest garments of lace and brocade didn’t fit her anymore, from her deep purple velvet slippers to her pea-green embroidered gloves. Her hands had become swollen as well, and reddened, and it would hurt to hold stuff firmly. There were sharp sudden pains on her back, neck and sides. By the final weeks she could barely move from the bed. Some nights the discomfort and the weight on her hips and back would be so unbearable she could hardly sleep.

Though, as the Count would come to her side and supervise the development of her pregnancy, and lay a hand over her bulging belly, the Countess would smile satisfied. If the child was born healthy and safe, then it would all have been worth it.

It was difficult to keep that in mind during the birthing.

The women crowded around her, their hands cold and clammy. Their faces seemed bloated as they hovered over hers, giving her commands, grabbing her hands and squeezing them as she pressed and pushed. The air was thick with heat and smoke, the candles lit all around her, becoming bright blurred suns. The Countess groaned and cried and shrieked. Her body was covered in sticky sweat, her back felt as if nailed to the bed. It was as if her body was splitting wide open. The Countess peered down the bump on her belly and saw the women working, their robes splattered with blood –there was blood on the bed –there was blood soaking her white damp chemise –there was too much blood, far too much. Perhaps this was how she would die. Giving birth, how appropriate, she thought, as she gritted her teeth and, just in case, muttered a few Hail Marys under her breath, slurring the words, repenting for everything. The women yelled louder. Something was happening, something new, and the Countess wished it was over soon. Her skin was burning, her insides were ripping her apart, struggling to see the light. She spread her legs further, pushing harder, and finally there was another cry, a high pitched scream, and the Countess sighed in relief. The baby was crying –it was alive –she was alive –all this calvary hadn’t been for nothing.

But when the offspring was pulled out, she still felt the pain: it wasn’t blinding as before, but it was there still, and, realizing it wasn’t over yet, the Countess wept like a child.

A maid, her face marked with blood and sweat, approached her lady with the earsplitting baby swaddled in the last clean cloth and a congratulatory grin. The Countess raised a hand and waved it weakly, both trying to cover her ears and push the baby away from her.

“No, take it, take it away…” she mumbled.

The maid lowered her head in respect, and, taking the baby out of the lady’s chamber, was followed by the other women. They closed the door, though the creature’s shrieks were still audible for a few minutes more.

Slowly, though the Countess couldn’t move yet, she began regulating her breath. There were sharp pains on her sides. Her chest felt sunken, and her legs were weak. Her arms were tense, her fists still holding onto the wet sheets. If she remained still the agony was bearable. She blinked, the tears and beads of sweat clinging to her eyelashes. She sighed. It was done with, at least. The Count would be pleased.

Two weeks passed with her lying in bed. The windows were opened on the third day, and when the chilled wind rushed in the Countess took a deep breath, filling her breast with the fresh air. She had done her duty. As long as it meant no more pain, she didn’t care if she died.

But she did not die. The maids took turns to enter the chamber, silently, carrying food and drink with them. The Countess did not ask about her child. She knew that if something happened to it, then she would be notified. No news were good news. Sipping her soup, her body still feeling too heavy to move, listening to the quiet chirping of birds outside the windows, she wondered if her health had been transferred to the baby during the birth. She had no wish to leave the bed as of yet, though. There was a new emptiness inside her, now that the child was gone from her body. The realization dawned on her: who was completing her duties, now that she was resting? Who, besides her, could run the estate, order the servants, supervise the household accounts, keep the wheel of the Waldeck castle turning smoothly and without a hitch? Someone else, apparently. There was only one duty she was truly, solely responsible for: giving the Count an heir. She had done her duty. What followed, now? The production of a spare?

As far away as the chamber was from the nursery, the baby’s cries ringed in the Countess’ ears, making it impossible for her to sleep. When she got any rest, she was tortured by nightmares of the child becoming cold and stiff, like those who would have become her siblings. The women came and went, bringing hot food that fortified their lady, but nothing that could alleviate her wandering mind. Perhaps the child had been born deformed. Would it be killed, then? Who would have the heart to do it? Would they wait for her to give the verdict, or would the constant crying stop, out of a sudden?

The Countess hoped and prayed for the child to have a long, healthy life, if not for the Count, then for her own sake: she did not know how she would withstand another pregnancy.

The baby was baptized without her presence. It was named by the priest as he sprinkled holy water on the child, the Countess was told, and it was decided on the spot: Maria Margaretha.

The Countess wailed. Maria, after the noble virgin. It was a girl, after all.

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I did this list back in 2012, and got some great responses. I've updated and edited parts of the list. Again, any corrections and/or adds, message me! Thanks in advance!

When choosing godparents for their children, the parents often chose friends or other relatives. Often in royal circles, royals also pick other royals. Here’s a partial list. (Yes, I know some lists are incompelte as some of these royals’s godchildren are not royals themselves.) If you have any additions, please feel free to message me!

Belgium

King Baudouin I

Princess Marie-Christine of Belgium (1951)

King Leopold III

Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands (1938)

Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg (1954)

King Philippe of The Belgians (1960)

Queen Astrid

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)

King Albert II

Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium (1956)

Queen Paola

Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (1986)

King Philippe

Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (1986)

Princess Marie Gabrielle de Nassau (1986)

Queen Matilde

Princess Alexia of The Netherlands (2005)

 Princess Isabella of Denmark (2007)

Princess Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este

Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg (1992)

Prince Amedeo, Archduke of Austria-Este

Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, The Duchess of Brabant (2001)

Princess Claire

Princess Eléonore of Belgium(2008)

Prince Lorentz, The Archduke of Austria-Este

Prince Carl-Johan de Nassau (1992)

Bulgaria

Queen Margarita

Prince Umberto of Bulgaria (1999)

Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin, Duke of Saxony

   Infanta Sofia of Spain (2007)

Princess Rosrio

Doña Irene de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (2005)

Denmark

Queen Ingrid

 Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon  (1930)

King Carl XVI of Sweden (1946)

King Christian X

Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)

Queen Alexandrine

Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)

Princess Dagmar

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)

Princess Thyra

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)

King Fredrick IX

King Carl XVI of Sweden (1946)

Queen Margarethe II

King Williem-Alexander of The Netherlands (1967)

Crown Prince Hakon of Norway (1973)

Prince Carl Phillip of Sweden (1979)

King Fredrik X of Denmark

 Count Nikolai af Monzepat (1999)

Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (2003)

 Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004)

Prince Oscar Carl Olof of Sweden, Duke of Skane (2016)

Queen Mary

Count Henrik af Monzepat (2009)

Konstantin Gustav Heinrich Richard Johannsmann (2010)

Princess Estelle of Sweden (2012) 

Crown Prince Christian

Prince Gustav Alberct of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleberg (2023)

Princess Marie

Princess Josephine of Denmark (2011)

Princess Caroline-Mathilde

Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)

Princess Elisabeth

Theodor Christian Emmanuel Rosanes af Rosenborg (2009)

Princely Family of Lieiningen

Princess Alexandra

Princess Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virgina of Hanover (1999)

Princely Family of Hanover

Princess Sophie of Hanover

Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh (1964)

Princely Family of Hesse

Prince Philipp

Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson  von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1999)

Princely Family of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Princess Elisabeth

Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands (1938)

Princely Family of Liechtenstein

Prince Constantin

Prince Georg Antonius of Liechtenstein (1999)

Princess Margaretha

Archduke Imre of Austria (1985)

Princess Louise of Belgium (2004)

Princely Family of Monaco

Prince Albert

Baron Jean-Leonard Taubert-Natta (1974)

Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi (1987)

Louis Robert Paul Ducruet (1992)

Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet (1994)

Raphaël Casiraghi Elmaleh (2013)

Princess Charlene

Raphaël Casiraghi Elmaleh (2013)

Princess Caroline of Hanover

Louis Robert Paul Ducruet (1992)

Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet (1994)

Princess Stephanie

Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi (1984)

Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi

Princess Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virgina of Hanover (1999)

Baroness Elisabeth Anne de Massy

Princess Stephanie of Monaco, Countess of Polinac (1965)

The Netherlands

Queen Juliana

King Carl XVI of Sweden (1946)

Queen Anne-Marie of Denmark (1946)

King Williem-Alexander

Count Claus-Casmir van Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg (2004)

Countess Zaria of Oranje-Nassau (2006)

Princess Estelle of Sweden (2012)

Queen Maxima

Countess Leonore van Oranje-Nassau,  Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (2006)

 Prince Constantijn

Princess Catharina-Amalia of The Netherlands, The Princess of Orange (2003)

Countess Luana of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (2005)

Prince Friso

Countess Eloise van Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (2002)

Princess Alexia of the Netherlands (2005)

 Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven

Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg (2004)

Princess Carolina of Bourbon-Parma, Marchioness of Sala

Countess Eloise van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (2002)

Juliana  Edenia Antonia Guillermo

Countess Leonore van Oranje-Nassau,  Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (2006)

 Norway

King Haakon VII

Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)

Queen Maud

Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner(1932)

King Olav V

Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands (1943)

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946)

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1971)

Crown Princess Martha

Crown Princess Martha

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)

King Harald

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (1977)

Maud Angelica Behn (2003)

Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004)

Queen Sonja

Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway (2005)

Crown Prince Haakon

Countess Eloise van Oranje-Nassau,  Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (2002)

Maud Angelica Behn (2003)

Crown Prince Christian of Denmark (2005)

Princess Estelle of Sweden(2012) 

Crown Princess Mette-Mairt

  Crown Prince Christian of Denmark (2005)

  Emma Tallulah Behn (2008)

Princess Märtha Louise

Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson  von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1999)

Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004)

Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1971) 

Romania

Nicholas de Roumanie Medforth-Mills

Princess Marija of Yugoslavia(2023)

Alina-Maria de Roumanie Medforth-Mills

Princess Marija of Yugoslavia(2023)

Spain

Queen Victoria Eugenia

Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (1913)

Doña María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 18th Duchess of Alba de Tormes, Grandee of Spain (1926)

Queen Fabiola of Belgium (1928)

Prince Albert of Monaco (1957)

King Felipe VI of Spain (1968)

King Juan Carlos

Don Felipe Juan Froilán de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y Borbón (1998)

Leonor, The Princess of Asturias (2005)

Queen Sofia

Leonor, The Princess of Asturias (2005)

King Felipe VI

Princess Sofia Vidinska of Bulgaria (1999)

Doña Victoria Federica de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y de Borbón (2000) 

Prince Vincent of Denmark (2011)

Infanta Elena

Don Juan Valentín de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (1999)

Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece (2000)

Infanta Christina

Don Miguel de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (2002)

Iñaki, the former Duke of Palma de Mallorca

Don Miguel de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (2002)

Infanta Maria Cristina

Princess Marie-Christine of Belgium (1951)

Infanta Cristina, Duchess of  Palma de Mallorca (1965)

Princely Family of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Gustav, 7th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1999)

Konstantin Gustav Heinrich Richard Johannsmann (2010)

Prince Vincent of Denmark (2011)

Carina, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleberg

Countess Athena af Monzepat

Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Witentein-Berleburg

Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (2003)

Princess Benedikte

Prince Joachim of Denmark (1969)

Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of  Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1981)

Royal Family of Italy

Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro

Princess Joesphine of Denmark (2011)

Greece

Queen Olga

Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921)

Prince George

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)

King Constantine II

Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969)

Prince William of Wales (1982)

Crown Prince Pavlos

Crown Prince Christian of Denmark (2005)

Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway (2005)

Princess Alexia

Don Pablo Nicolás Sebastián de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (2000)

Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (2003)

Princess Isabella of Denmark (2007)

Emma Tallulah Behn (2008)

Prince Nikolas

Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson  von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1999)

Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg

Grand Duchess Charlotte

Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg (1954)

Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte (1927-2005)

Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962)

Prince Felix (1893-1970)

Prince Albert of Belgium (1934)

Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg (1957)

Prince Jean of Luxembourg (1957)

Princess Marie-Gabrielle (1925)

Grand Duke Henri (1955)

Prince Jean (1957-)

Prince Félix of Luxembourg (1984)

Grand Duchess Joesphine-Charlotte

Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium (1956)

Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962)

Grand Duke Henri

King Albert II of Belgium (1934)

Princess Marie-Gabrielle of Luxembourg (1986)

Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke

Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg (1992)

Prince Paul-Louis of Luxembourg (1998)

Prince Noah of Nassu (2007)

Princess Ariane of the Netherlands (2007)

Princess Alexandra

Prince Gabriel de Nassau  (2006)

Prince  François Henri Louis Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg (2023)

Prince Louis

Prince Charles Jean Philippe Joseph Marie Guillaume of Luxemborug (2020)

 Princely Family of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

Prince Georg of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (2003)

Sweden

King Gustaf V

Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946)

Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)

Prince Carl of Sweden & Norway (1861-1951)

Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)

Prince Eugen of Sweden & Norway (1865-1947)

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)

Princess Ingeborg of Sweden & Norway (1878-1958)

Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)

Princess Margaretha of Sweden & Norway

Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)

Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg (1957)

Princess Margaretha (1899-1977)

Prince Jean of Luxembourg(1957)

Princess Ingeborg

Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)

King Carl XVI Gustav

Hakon, Crown Prince of Norway (1973)

Crown Princess Victoria

 Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece & Denmark (1998)

 Baroness Madeleine von Dincklage (1999)

 Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands (2003)

 Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004)

 Crown Prince Christian of Denmark (2005)

 Princess Eléonore of Belgium (2008)

Princess Leonore Lilian Maria of Sweden, The Duchess of Gotland (2014)

Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil of Sweden, The Duke of Södermanland (2016)

Prince Carl Phillip

Princess Estelle of Sweden, The Duchess of Ostergotland  (2012) 

Prince Nicolas of Sweden, Duke of Ångermanland (2015)

Princess Madeleine

Prince Oscar Carl Olof of Sweden, The Duke of Skane (2016)

 Prince Gabriel Carl Walter of Sweden, The Duke of Dalarna (2017)

Princess Christina

 Prince Joachim of Denmark (1969)

Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (1977)

Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)

Prince Carl Phillip of Sweden (1979)

Princess Birgitta

Prince Carl Phillip of Sweden (1979)

Princess Margaretha

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1973)

Mr. Gustaf Magnusson

Prince Nicolas Paul Gustaf of Sweden, The Duke of Angermanland (2015)

Mr. Victor Magnusson

Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland (2016)

United Kingdom

Queen Victoria

Prince Albert Edward Kamehameha of Hawaiʻi (1858–1862)

Prince Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert of Edinburgh, later Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874–1899)

Princess Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline of Albany (1883–1981)

Prince Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David of York, later Edward VIII (1894–1972)

Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George of York, later George VI (1895–1952)

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895–1918)

Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary of York (1897–1965)

Prince Louis Francis of Battenberg, later 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979)

King George V

Queen Elizabeth II (1926) 

Queen Mary

Queen Elizabeth II (1926)  

Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands (1943)

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)

Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood

Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of York, later Elizabeth II (1926)

Prince Edward George Nicholas Patrick Paul, The Duke of Kent (1935)

Prince George, The Duke of Kent

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932)

King Edward VIII

 Princess Margaret of York  (1930)

Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone

Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands (1938)

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught

Princess Elizabeth of York (1926)  

Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles

Princess Elizabeth of York (1926)  

The Princess Victoria

 Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon  (1930)

Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)

King George VI

Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930)

Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother

Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924)

Gerald David Lascelles Esq (1924–1998)

Princess Astrid of Norway (1932)

Princess Alexandra of Kent (1936)

Princess Sofia of Greece, later Queen of Spain (1938)

Princess Irene of the Netherlands (born 1940)

Prince William Henry Andrew Frederick of Gloucester (1941–1972)

Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1944)

Prince Richard of Gloucester, later Duke of Gloucester (1944)

Princess Anne of Edinburgh (1950)

The Hon (Robert) Jeremy Lascelles (1955)

Queen Elizabeth II

David Henry George Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood (1950)

Princess Fredrike of Hanover (1954) 

David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (1961)

Edwina Victoria Louise Brudenell (1961)

James Robert Bruce Ogilvy (1964)

Princess Theodora of Greece & Denmark (1983)

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

King Charles III (1948)

Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh

Crown Princess Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania (1948)

Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull, 8th Baron Brabourne (1947)

Princess Maria Tatiana of Yugoslavia (1957)

Prince Christopher of Yugoslavia (1960)

 George Windsor, Earl of St. Andrews (1962)

 Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark (1986)

King Charles III

The Hon. Nicholas Knatchbull (1964-1979)

The Hon.  Timothy Knatchbull (1964)

Marina Victoria Alexandra Ogilvy (1966)

 Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece (1967)

 India Amanda Caroline Hicks (1967)

 Lord Nicholas Windsor (1970)

 Alexander Patrick Gregers Richard Windsor, Earl of Ulster (1970)

The Hon. Edward John Hugo Tollemache (1975) 

Peter Mark Andrew Phillips (1977)

 The Hon. Nicholas Louis Charles Norton Knatchbull (1981)

Hugh Grosvenor, The Duke of Westminster (1991)

Lord Frederick Charles Wellesley(1992)

 Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece & Denmark (1996)

Samuel David Benidict Chatto (1996)

 Kumar Padmanabh Singh, Crown Prince of Jaipur (1998)

Diana, Princess of Wales

The Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor (1981)

Alexandra Victoria Edwina Diana Knatchbull (1982)

Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark (1986)

Jakie James Warren (1986)

The Lady Mary Luise Wellesley (1986)

Edward Edmund Maximilian George Windsor, Lord Downpatrick (1988)

Jack William Bartholomew (1989)

Benjamin Peter Marcus Samuel (1989)

Domenica Marianna Tertia Lawson (1995)

The Prince William, The Prince of Wales

Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece & Denmark (1998)

Mia Grace Tindall (2014)

The Prince Andrew, The Duke of York

Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips Tindall (1981)

Prince Henry, The Duke of Sussex (Prince Harry, 1984)

The Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh

The Lady Rose Gilman (1980)

Lady Ella Mountbatten (1996)

Count Nikolai af Monzepat (1999)

Sophie, The Duchesss of Edinburgh, The Countess of Wessex

Lady Alexandra Mountbatten (1998)

Anne, The Princess Royal

 Philip, Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1970)

Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (1973)

Prince Peter of Yugoslavia (1980)

Princess Eugenie, Mrs. Jack Brooksbank

Maud Daphne Marina Windsor (2013)

Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall

Prince George Alexander Louis of Wales (2013)

David Armstrong-Jones, The 2nd Earl Snowdon

Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary, Mrs. Edoardo Mapelli (1988)

The Lady Sarah Chatto

The Lady Rose Gilman (1980)

Prince Henry of Wales (1984)

Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor (2003)

Princess Michael of Kent

Princess Maria Chiara Amalia Carola Louise Carmen of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (2005)

Katharine, Duchess of Kent

Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh (1964)

Princess Alexandra of Kent, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy

George Windsor, The Earl of St Andrews (1962)

The Prince William of Wales (1982)

James Robert Bruce Ogilvy

Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena, Mrs. Jack Brooksbank (1990)

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ALICE OF ALBANY

Princess of the United Kingdom

(born 1883 - died 1981)

pictured above is a portrait of the Countess of Athlone, painted by Fülöp de László in 1928

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ALICE MARY VICTORIA AUGUSTA PAULINE was born in 1883 at Windsor Castle, during the reign of her grandmother Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom.

She was the only daughter of Leopold, Duke of Albany, and Princess Helene of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Thus, she was born a member of the British branch of the HOUSE OF SAXE-COBURG AND GOTHA.

Being a granddaughter of the Monarch in the male line, she was a PRINCESS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM from birth. But, following British tradition, as an untitled child, she was styled by the title of her father and was known as PRINCESS ALICE OF ALBANY.

Almost a month after her first birthday in 1884, her father died of a hemorrhage due to hemophilia that he had inherited from her grandmother, Queen Victoria.

And, three months after the death of her father, her brother Prince Charles Edward was born, immediately succeeding as Duke of Albany.

In 1899, her brother became heir apparent of her uncle Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, acceeding as Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in mid 1900.

When her grandmother died in early 1901, another of her uncles succeeded as King Edward VII.

Two weeks before her 25th birthday, in 1904, she married a cousin, PRINCE ALEXANDER OF TECK, the youngest son of the late Franz, Duke of Teck, and the late Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. With him, she had three children.

Check a list of her children at the end of this post!

After her wedding, she was styled by the title of her husband as PRINCESS ALEXANDER OF TECK.

Her uncle King Edward VII died in 1910 and was succeeded on the throne by King George V, who was married to her sister-in-law Princess Mary of Teck.

Due to German hatred in the United Kingdom because of World War I, in 1917, King George V renounced all German titles held by the British descendants of Queen Victoria.

The King, who was her first cousin, also changed their HOUSE name from SAXE-COBURG AND GOTHA to WINDSOR. But, as at that time, she was already married into the Teck family, this particular decision did not affect her.

However, as the family of her husband was also of German origins, her brother-in-law Adolphus, Duke of Teck, the Head of the Teck family, decided to follow the King and relinquish all titles held by the entire family in the Kingdom of Württemberg. Also, changing the family surname to Cambridge to honour Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the late grandfather of her husband.

So, for a couple of months in 1917, her husband became an untitled man asssuming the name of Sir Alexander Cambridge. During that time, as her husband did not have titles, she should have been known as MRS ALEXANDER CAMBRIDGE. But as a Princess of the Blood Royal, she never lost her Princess style.

When, by the end of 1917, her husband was officially created as Earl of Athlone and Viscount Trematon by King George V, she became known as COUNTESS OF ATLHONE and VISCOUNTESS TREMATON. At that time, she was 34 years old.

As a consequence of the War, in 1919, her brother and other Royals who had fought against the United Kingdom were deprived of their British citizenship and titles.

Around 1923/24, King George V appointed her husband as Governor-General of South Africa, and from her fourties, she acted as VICEREGAL CONSORT OF SOUTH AFRICA. She lived with her husband in South Africa between 1924-30.

Almost six years after her return to England, in early 1936, her cousin, King George V, died. So the throne was inherited by King Edward VII, who abdicated months later, passing to King George VI.

At the beginning of World War II, around 1940, her husband was appointed as Governor General of Canada by King George VI. And she acted as VICEREGAL CONSORT OF CANADA. At that time, she was 57.

After many countries were invaded by the Nazi, Royals from Austria, Norway, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, and Luxembourg took refuge in Canada. In addition to her grandchildren, who moved there to avoid the risks of War.

Following German loss in the War, around 1945/46, her brother was imprisoned and went to trial for involvement with in the Nazi regime.

Meanwhile, in 1946, she returned to England after her husband was released of the Governor post in Canada.

Concerning the Nazi trials, she witnessed in favor of her brother, who was considered not entirely guilty and did not suffer the same fate as other Nazi.

One month before her 74th birthday, her husband died. As her only son had died in 1928, without children, there was no heir to the family titles. So, there was no need for her to be styled as Dowager Countess.

Aged 97, the Countess of Athlone died in 1981, at her home, Kensington Palace in London.

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On her death, she was the last grandchildren of Queen Victoria to die. And continue to be, to this day, the longest living British Princess of the Blood Royal.

Also, at the time of her death, she was the longest living member of the British Royal Family to die. Having only been surpassed in 2002 by Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Consort/Mother of the United Kingdom, who died at the age of 101.

Throughout her long life, the United Kingdom had six Monarchs, and she attended the coronation of the last five:

Queen Victoria - her grandmother;

King Edward VII - her uncle;

King George V - her first cousin and her husband's brother-in-law;

King Edward VIII - a nephew of her husband;

King George VI - another nephew of her husband; and

Queen Elizabeth II - a great-niece of her husband.

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ALICE and her husband ALEXANDER had three children.

Lady May Cambridge - wife of Sir Henry Abel Smith;

Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon - unmarried; and

Prince Maurice of Teck - died at age five months.

pictured above is a portrait of the Princess Alexander of Teck with her two eldest children (Princess May and Prince Rupert), photographed circa 1908-10

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SERIES - Descendants of the Monarchs of Ireland (DotMoI)

In a span of four generations, Princess Alice of Albany was related to the Monarchs of Ireland through the maternal family of her husband.

His great-grandfather was George III, King of the United of Kingdom - the King of Ireland between 1760-1800/01.

His grandfather was Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge.

His mother was Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge.

Her husband was Alexander Cambridge, Earl of Athlone.

But she was herself a more distant descendant of the Monarchs of Ireland through the maternal family of her father.

Her 2x-great-grandfather was George III, King of the United of Kingdom - the King of Ireland between 1760-1800/01.

Her great-grandfather was Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn.

Her grandmother was Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom.

Her father was Leopold, Duke of Albany.

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King Edward VII’s Siblings Spam

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

Leopold George Duncan Albert was born 7 April 1853.

He was the eighth child and youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Leopold was later created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow.

He had haemophilia, which led to his death at the age of just 30 on the 28 March 1884

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House of Wied-Neuwied & of Hohenzollern: Princess Elisabeth of Wied

Elisabeth was born as the oldest child to Prince Hermann of Wied and his wife Princess Marie of Nassau-Weilburg. She was a niece of Grand Duke Adolphe of Luxemburg, Queen Sophia of Sweden, Princess Helene of Waldeck and Pyrmont as well as Countess Luitgarde of Solms-Laubach. Elisabeth was also the aunt of Prince of

Elisabeth was educated by Georg Sauerwein and Clara Schumann. She showed an interest in literature and music from an early age. If it had been up to her, she would have loved to become a teacher. At the age of 25, she spent time a Berlin court where she met Prince Karl Eitel of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who became Prince of Romania in 1866 and King in 1881. Elisabeth had been considered to become the wife of The Prince of Wales at one point. Queen Victoria had actually desired the match and asked her daughter Empress Victoria to inspect Elisabeth. Victoria wrote back that she did not see Elisabeth fit to be queen nor to be to her brother’s liking while suggesting Alexandra of Denmark instead.

Elisabeth married Karl on November 15th, 1869, which made her Princess of Romania. The couple only had a daughter together, Maria. Unfortunately she died at the young age of only three. Her mother never really recovered from her loss. Due to the lack of heirs, her husband adopted his nephew Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1881.

Ferdinand soon had an affair with Elena Văcărescu. Elisabeth encouraged it despite knowing that Elena could never be more than a mistress to Ferdinand. When the affair was discovered, the two women were sent into exile and Ferdinand on a trip through Europe find a bride who he found in Princess Marie of Edinburgh, the daughter of The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Throughout her life Elisabeth authored several books under the pen name Carmen Sylva. She also translated Romanian books into German and promoted the country and its culture by doing so. Elisabeth was friends with Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary with whom she had much in common. For example, Elisabeth too was a liberal minded person who actually preferred a republic over a kingdom.

In her time as Romanian consort, she did a lot of charity work. For example, the Romanian National Society for the Blind was founded by her and she was the first royal patron of the Romanian Red Cross. During the Romanian War of Independence, she devoted herself to the care of the wounded and rewarded those who did likewise with her newly founded Cross of Queen Elisabeth.

Elisabeth died on March 2nd, 1916, in Bukarest. She rests in Curtea de Argeș. In her home of Neuwied, a school and a park are named after her.

// Sunnyi Melles in Sisi - Die Getriebene (2019)