#house of sayn wittgenstein

[charlotte-of-wales]

King Frederik, Queen Mary, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Prince Gustav zu-Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Princess Carina of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit attend a dinner for the heads of state of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Nordic Embassies in Berlin at Bellevue Palace | October 21, 2024

[world-of-wales]

Royal Christenings ❀

Prince Gustav Albrecht zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, son of Prince Gustav and Princess Carina was baptized in the chapel at Berleburg Castle on 26 August 2023. Crown Prince Frederick, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Christian and Princess Benedikte were present along with the baby's godparents.

His Godparents are -

His Royal Highness Prince Christian

Her Royal Highness Princess Theodora of Greece

Ellen Hillingsø

Arabella Gaggero

His Highness Prince Franz-Albrecht

His Highness Prince Carl-Anton

[tiaramania]

Prince Christian of Denmark's 18th Birthday Gala

The Danish Royal Court announced today that as part of Prince Christian's 18th birthday celebrations there will be a gala dinner! It will take place on Sunday, October 15th at 5:00pm local time.

The Queen hosts a gala dinner at Christianborg Palace, to which a selection of the country’s youth organizations as well as young people who have made their mark in the worlds of sport, arts and culture are invited, among others. In addition, The Royal House of Denmark will invite up to 200 young people from the realm to take part in the celebration in cooperation with the country’s municipalities, as each of Denmark’s municipalities as well as Greenland and the Faroe Islands will have the opportunity to select two 18-year-olds to participate in the gala dinner.

After the original announcement, I was unsure if the gala would be white tie like Crown Prince Frederik's 18th birthday in 1986 and Queen Margrethe II's in 1958 or if their would be foreign royals present but we've since found out that both are happening!

I'll keep a running guest list here as more royals confirm attendance.

Denmark

Queen Margrethe II

Crown Prince Frederik & Crown Princess Mary

Princess Isabella

Princess Josephine

Prince Vincent

Prince Joachim & Princess Marie

Count Felix

Count Henrik

Countess Athena

Belgium

Crown Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant

Greece

Queen Anne Marie

Crown Prince Pavlos & Crown Princess Marie Chantal

Netherlands

Crown Princess Catharina Amalia, Princess of Orange

Norway

Crown Prince Haakon & Crown Princess Mette Marit

Princess Ingrid Alexandra

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Princess Benedikte

Prince Gustav & Princess Carina

Sweden

Crown Princess Victoria & Prince Daniel

Princess Estelle

[aimeedaisies]

List of attendees to the service of Thanksgiving to the late King Constantine of Greece on 27th February 2024.

🇬🇧 Queen Camilla

🇬🇧 Princess Anne

🇬🇧 Sir Tim Laurence

🇬🇧 Princess Beatrice

🇬🇧 Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

🇬🇧 Zara Tindall

🇬🇧 Mike Tindall

🇬🇧 Lady Sarah Chatto

🇬🇧 Daniel Chatto

🇬🇧 Prince Richard, The Duke of Gloucester

🇬🇧 Birgitte, The Duchess of Gloucester

🇬🇧 Prince Edward, The Duke of Kent

🇬🇧 George, The Earl of St. Andrews

🇬🇧 Sylvana, The Countess of St. Andrews

🇬🇧 Lady Helen Taylor

🇬🇧 Prince Michael of Kent

🇬🇧 Princess Michael of Kent

🇬🇧 Princess Alexandra of Kent

🇬🇧 James Ogilvy

🇬🇧 Julia Ogilvy

🇬🇧 Marina Ogilvy

🇬🇧 George, The Marquess of Milford Haven

🇬🇧 Clare, The Marchioness of Milford Haven

🇬🇧 Penny, The Countess Mountbatten of Burma

🇬🇧 Lady Alexandra Hooper

🇬🇧 Thomas Hooper

🇬🇧 India Hicks

🇬🇧 David Flint Wood

🇬🇧 Amory Wood-Hicks

🇬🇧 Prince Andrew, The Duke of York

🇬🇧 Sarah Ferguson

🇬🇷 Queen Anne-Marie

🇬🇷 Crown Prince Pavlos

🇬🇷 Crown Princess Marie-Chantal

🇬🇷 Prince Achileas-Andreas

🇬🇷 Prince Odysseas-Kimon

🇬🇷 Prince Aristides-Stavros

🇬🇷 Princess Maria-Olympia

🇬🇷 Prince Nikolaos

🇬🇷 Princess Tatiana

🇬🇷 Prince Philippos

🇬🇷 Princess Nina

🇬🇷 Princess Theodora

🇬🇷 Matthew Kumar

🇬🇷 Princess Alexia

🇬🇷 Carlos Morales

🇬🇷 Princess Irene

🇪🇸 King Juan Carlos

🇪🇸 Queen Sofia

🇪🇸 King Felipe

🇪🇸 Queen Letizia

🇪🇸 Infanta Elena

🇪🇸 Infanta Cristina

🇪🇸 Juan Urdangarian

🇩🇰 Princess Benedikte

🇩🇰 Prince Gustav

🇩🇰 Princess Carina of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

🇩🇰 Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Countess Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille

🇩🇰 Count Michael Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille

🇯🇴 Queen Noor of Jordan

🇯🇴 Prince Hassan

🇯🇴 Princess Sarvath of Jordan

🇧🇬 Prince Kyril of Bulgaria

🇷🇸 Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia

🇷🇸 Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia

🇩🇪 Bernhard, Margrave of Baden

🇩🇪 Stephanie, Margravine of Baden

🇩🇪 Landgrave Donatus of Hesse

🇩🇪 Hereditary Prince Ernst August of Hanover

🇩🇪 Princess Saskia of Hohenlohe-Langeburg

Other notable attendees

Nicholas Soames (Conservative politician)

Rocco Forte (British Hotelier)

Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness (Former member of the House of Lords)

Grania Mary Caulfield (wife of Baron Cavendish of Furness)

John Kerry (United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate

Lady Susan Hussey (Lady-in-Waiting)

Sir Jackie Stewart (Racecar Driver and good family friend)

Alexandra von Fürstenberg (American Socialite)

Dax Miller (Alexandra von Fürstenbergs husband)

[davbertieloml]

OTD in 1901, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester was born in Montagu House, London ✨️

Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott was born on Christmas Day 1901 as the third daughter and fifth child of John Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith and his wife, the former Lady Margaret Alice "Molly" Bridgeman, daughter of the 4th Earl of Bradford.

Lady Alice married Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, on 6 February 1935 in the Private Chapel at Buckingham Palace. A much more elaborate wedding was originally planned at Westminster Abbey but after the bride-to-be's father died of cancer on 19 October 1935, and due to the King's failing health, it was decided that the wedding should be reduced to a more private one. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester later had two children, Prince William and Prince Richard of Gloucester.

The new Duchess of Gloucester had many activities, one of which was the launch of HMS Gloucester on 19 October 1937. From 1945 to 1947, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester lived in Canberra, where the Duke served as Governor General of Australia.

In 1972, she lost her eldest son, Prince William, who died at the age of 30 in a plane crash while participating in an amateur air show competition. Her husband, the Duke of Gloucester, died on 10 June 1974 at the age of 74.

On 21 August 2003, Princess Alice surpassed the Queen Mother's record as the oldest person in the history of the British royal family by reaching the age of 101 years 238 days. On 20 September 2003, at the age of 101 years and 269 days, she was certified by Guinness World Records as the longest-lived royal of all time, surpassing Leonilla, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn.

Princess Alice died on 29 October 2004 in her sleep at Kensington Palace, aged 102 years and 309 days. She was buried next to her husband, Prince Henry, and eldest son, Prince William, at the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore.

[duchessofostergotlands]

What are your questions about the Sayn-Wittgensteins?

Surrogacy is illegal in Germany and a child born to a surrogate overseas is still, as far as I can tell, considered the child of the birth mother regardless of genetics (same as here in the U.K.). Which would mean Carina will have to adopt the baby. Generally that would exclude the child from succeeding to the Princely title and the head of the house but this is a deposed royal family, there’s not much precedence or anyone who’s going to actively enforce this stuff so I honestly don’t know what they’ll do.

Really happy for them but also really interested as this is quite a modern royal issue which hasn’t been explored much!

[greekroyalfamily]

Happy 24th wedding Anniversary to HRH Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark and Carlos Morales Quintana, who got married in London on this day in 1999! The eldest child of King Constantine and Queen Anne Marie of Greece, Princess Alexia’s wedding was attended by a large royal contingent.

HRH Princess Alexia announcement of the engagement was made at 20-03-1999

On July 7th, there was a grand pre-wedding gala at Bridgewater House in London two days before their Wedding, with many members of her family, including King Constantine and Queen Anne Marie, Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie Chantal, Prince Nikolaos Princess Theodora, Prince Philipos, and Princess Irene, Queen Ingrid, Queen Margrethe, Prince Henrik, and Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark, Queen Sofia, King Juan Carlos, the Prince of Asturias, Infanta Elena, and Infanta Cristina of Spain, and Princess Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg with Prince Gustav, Princess Alexandra, and Princess Nathalie. Other Royal Guests included Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia, Prince Kyril and Princess Rosario of Bulgaria, Princess Badiya of Jordan, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent among a series of Royal and Noble Guests and Relatives

The Wedding Ceremony was held at the Greek Orthodox .Cathedral of Saint Sophia in London on July.

Princess Alexia wore a Inge Sprawson gown with Princess Margaret of Connaught’s lace veil, the Khedive of Egypt Tiara (which all female descendants of Queen Ingrid wear at their wedding ) and her Diamond Earrings. Carlos Morales Quintana wore Morning Dress.

The Greek Royal Family has links to all the European Royal Houses, and many guests travelled to London to take part in this event. Three Kings and eight Queens were in attendance, including Queen Elizabeth II, who rarely attends foreign royal events, Queen Margrethe, Prince Henrik, and Queen Ingrid of Denmark, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain, King Carl GVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, Queen Noor of Jordan, Queen Sonja of Norway, and Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte of Luxembourg.

Χρονια πολλά για την 24η επέτειο γάμου Στην ΑΒΥ Αλεξία της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας και τον Κάρλος Μοράλες Κουιντάνα, που παντρεύτηκαν στο Λονδίνο σαν σήμερα το 1999! Στο γάμο της πριγκίπισσας Αλεξίας, του μεγαλύτερου παιδιού του βασιλιά Κωνσταντίνου και της Βασίλισσας Άννας Μαρίας της Ελλάδας, παραβρέθηκε μεγάλη βασιλική ομάδα.

Η ανακοίνωση του αρραβώνα της ΑΒΥ Πριγκιπισσας Αλεξιας έγινε στις 20-03-1999

Στις 7 Ιουλίου, έγινε ένα μεγαλειώδες προγαμήλιο γκαλά στο Bridgewater House στο Λονδίνο δύο ημέρες πριν από τον γάμο τους, με πολλά μέλη της οικογένειάς της, όπως ο βασιλιάς Κωνσταντίνος και η βασίλισσα Άννα Μαρία, ο διάδοχος του θρόνου Παύλος και η διάδοχος πριγκίπισσα Μαρία Σαντάλ, ο Πρίγκιπας Νικόλαος Πριγκίπισσα Θεοδώρα, ο πρίγκιπας Φίλιππος και η πριγκίπισσα Ειρήνη, η βασίλισσα Ίνγκριντ, η βασίλισσα Μαργαρίτα , ο πρίγκιπας Ερρίκος και ο διάδοχος Φρειδερίκος της Δανίας, η βασίλισσα Σοφία, ο βασιλιάς Χουάν Κάρλος, ο Πρίγκιπας της Αστούριας, η Ινφάντα Έλενα και η Ινφάντα Κριστίνα της Ισπανίας και η Πριγκίπισσα Βενεδίκτη της Ο Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg με τον πρίγκιπα Gustav, την πριγκίπισσα Alexandra και την πριγκίπισσα Nathalie. Άλλοι βασιλικοί προσκεκλημένοι ήταν η βασίλισσα Βεατρίκη της Ολλανδίας, η βασίλισσα Sonja και ο διάδοχος πρίγκιπας Haakon της Νορβηγίας, ο διάδοχος Αλέξανδρος και η διάδοχος πριγκίπισσα Αικατερίνη της Σερβίας, ο πρίγκιπας Κύριλλος και η πριγκίπισσα Ροζάριο της Βουλγαρίας, η πριγκίπισσα Badiya της Ιορδανίας, ο δούκας και η δούκισσα του Gloucester και Ο Πρίγκιπας και η Πριγκίπισσα Μιχαήλ του Κεντ μεταξύ μιας σειράς Βασιλικών και Ευγενών Προσκεκλημένων και Συγγενών

Η Γαμήλια Τελετή πραγματοποιήθηκε στον Ελληνορθόδοξο Καθεδρικό Ναό της Αγίας Σοφίας στο Λονδίνο στις 9 Ιούλιου.

Η πριγκίπισσα Αλεξία φορούσε ένα φόρεμα Inge Sprawson με το δαντελένιο πέπλο της πριγκίπισσας Margaret of Connaught, την Khedive of Egypt Tiara (την οποία φορούν στο γάμο τους ολες οι γυναίκες απόγονοι της Βασίλισσας Ίνγκριντ ) και τα διαμαντένια σκουλαρίκια της. Ο Carlos Morales Quintana φορούσε Πρωινό κουστούμι .

Η Ελληνική Βασιλική Οικογένεια έχει συνδέσμους με όλους τους Ευρωπαϊκούς Βασιλικούς Οίκους και πολλοί καλεσμένοι ταξίδεψαν στο Λονδίνο για να λάβουν μέρος σε αυτή την εκδήλωση. Τρεις βασιλιάδες και οκτώ βασίλισσες ήταν παρόντες, συμπεριλαμβανομένης της βασίλισσας Ελισάβετ Β', η οποία σπάνια παρευρίσκεται σε ξένες βασιλικές εκδηλώσεις, η βασίλισσα Μαργαρίτα , ο πρίγκιπας Ερρίκος και η βασίλισσα Ίνγκριντ της Δανίας, ο βασιλιάς Χουάν Κάρλος και η βασίλισσα Σοφία της Ισπανίας, ο Βασιλιάς Καρλ Γκουστάφ και η Βασίλισσα Σίλβια Σουηδία, η βασίλισσα Noor της Ιορδανίας, η βασίλισσα Sonja της Νορβηγίας και ο μεγάλος δούκας Jean και η μεγάλη δούκισσα Josephine Charlotte του Λουξεμβούργου.

[amaliaofnassau]

like you said happy for carina and gustav after all the shit they’ve had to go through but even just from a legal perspective i’m surprised that the family house that wasn’t okay with him marrying a commoner is going to be okay with an heir born via surrogacy. fuck all those old-fashioned rules about marriage and kids but it’s interesting.

I don't even think it's legal in Denmark nor in Germany, for very specific reasons. Sure, there are many couples, like them, who go to the US and thus circumvent the law in a certain sense. However, and even though I know that the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg does not have an active representative role anymore, I find it alienating that the head of such an institution, who has a certain scrutiny / public role circumvents the law like that (and human rights). I don't know if you get my point but it's a very questionable decision.

[vicentja]

Princess Alana Sayn-Wittgenstein wedding dress, designed by Jorge Acuña

https://www.instagram.com/p/ByXiJ4CAuNc/

[europesroyalsjewels]

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Fringe Tiara ♕ Gustav, 7th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

[europesroyalsweddings]

✵ June 18, 2011 ✵

Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg & Alexander Johannsmann

[charlotte-of-wales]

Princess Mafalda of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg pictured alongside her parents, brother and godparents following her christening ceremony at Berleburg Castle. The godparents are Princess Marie of Denmark, Prince Philippos of Greece, Prince Philipp of Hesse, Hereditary Prince Christian-Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen, Hereditary Princess Kelly von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha & Baroness Helle Reedtz-Thott | August 31, 2024

[world-of-wales]

A few things about Gustav and Carina:

The will of Gustav's grandfather was not overturned. The will said that if an heir was married, he had to be married to a woman who was of noble birth, protestant and German(ic) (it didn't actually say the word aryan). The court ruled that since Gustav was not married, this marriage clause did not apply to him.

Gustav's father's cousin had argued that Gustav and Carina's relationship should exclude him as they had long been living together 'like a married couple'.

What the will said was actually pretty standard for a head of a noble family at the time. But while most people would have gone with the time and changed their wills at some point, Prince Gustav Albrecht died during the war and due to him installing a pre-heir the will had to be applied when it's views were long outdated. (In the 1940s and decades after, all European Royal and Noble families had rules that said heirs would have to marry women of noble birth, and this also implied white and Christian.)

The Princes title of the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburgs are actually not titles recognized in Germany. All German noble families lost their titles in 1918, but in a compromise they were allowed to keep 'the titles' as part of their last names. Gustav, Carina and little Gustav Albrecht literally have 'Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg' as their last name, but it's not a real title. As far as I know, Benedikte's children officially have the real HH Prince/ss styles/titles in Denmark, but I don't know if that would be hereditary. I don't think Queen Margrethe II took these away from Gustav, Alexandra and Nathalie, but also they would still be called Prince/ss by everyone in Denmark anyways, because of their German surname/title.

None of Princess Benedikte's descendants are in line of sucession to the Danish throne.

Thanks anon

[royaltyandpomp]

THE GARDEN

Schloss Sayn Garden

[tiaramania]

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Wedding

The Danish royal court has announced that Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Carina Axelsson are getting married on June 4th at Berleburg Castle!

Prince Gustav is the only son of Princess Benedikte and the late Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg which makes him a nephew of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. The couple have been together for 19 years but have not yet married due to the conditions set in Gustav's grandfather's will which required him to marry someone noble, protestant, and white...yeah. The family have been fighting it in court for years with little success. Gustav recently won a case against a more distant family member, Prince Ludwig Ferdinand. He's the only member of the family that is against the will being overturned but he's not even the person that would inherit everything or become head of the S-W-B house so I don't really know how that fits into the whole situation except that it seems to have paved the way for Gustav and Carina to get married.

Despite not being married, Carina has been completely accepted by the family and treated as Gustav's spouse. We usually see her at big Danish royal family events and she is the godmother of Princess Athena but most importantly for us is that she has been loaned a few tiaras. Here she is wearing Queen Sophia of Sweden's Pearl & Star Tiara, the Bernstorff-Gyldensteen Diamond Floral Tiara (borrowed from CP Mary's lady-in-waiting), and the S-W-B Diamond Spike Tiara. The last one is her most worn tiara and the most mysterious. She started wearing it in 2010 and is the only known wearer except for a blurry photo of a women who might be Princess Katharina of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, wife of Gustav's cousin, wearing it at Gustav's sister, Princess Alexandra's, wedding to Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth in 1998.

For her wedding tiara I would really love to see Carina wear Princess Benedikte's Diamond Floral Tiara because I think floral tiaras always look lovely on brides and this is a particularly beautiful one. It was created out of different brooches at the direction of Queen Ingrid for Princess Benedikte's 18th birthday but unless you look really closely at the shape of the leaves in the side and center sections you would never know that it's a frankentiara.

[duchessofostergotlands]

Wait what’s the background on the carina situation? Is this like that other European royal couple who were banned from marrying because she was a commoner - I forget their name but they were either Dutch or scandi I think?

Oh so much worse. But I'm getting ahead of myself! You're probably thinking about the greatest royal love story of the last century, Bertil and Lilian in Sweden. They had to wait 33 years before they were able to marry, because Lilian was a commoner and their marriage wouldn't have been approved so therefore would have removed him from the line of succession.

In this current situation, Carina is engaged to Prince Gustav (nephew of the Queen of Denmark, although that's not really that important to the story). He is the Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. It's a German title so doesn't really mean much anymore but it does come with property, a lovely castle in Germany in particular. The issue here is about inheritance of that property. Gustav's grandfather (also called Gustav, the German princely houses get very confusing) was a Nazi. He left a will that that stated that in order to inherit the property his heir had to marry someone (if he married) who was noble, Protestant, and Aryan. Yep. I'm actually wondering now that I look at this whether the will just applied to Gustav because he left the property to his then unborn grandchild (Gustav Sr went missing during action and wasn't declared dead until decades later when Gustav Jr was born). So maybe this does draw a line under it entirely.

But either way obviously it's horrible just because of the facts of it: explicitly banning someone from inheriting property because they married someone who isn't White is a level of discrimination even other royal families would cringe at. However, I think it's also difficult because when it came to Sweden's case there were changing societal attitudes which allowed Bertil and Lilian to marry . People wouldn't have wanted a monarchy where someone was excluded because they weren't noble or royal. Whereas you can't overturn someone's will just because you don't agree with them. You have to demonstrate the will itself is invalid. And as it only impacted one guy who isn't actually a representative of Germany, he didn't have that societal pressure. Gustav and Corina have basically just been waiting to see what the courts say for years and there have been previous cases which ended with the court saying that the will couldn't be overturned