Births Announcements 2022

[MAfan]

Welcome to the thread for
Royal and noble Births Announcements
in 2022.

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[Biri]

Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (b.24 November 1983) [son of Sheikh Mohammed (b.1949) & his main wife Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum (b.1962)] & his wife Sheikha Maryam bint Butti Al Maktoum had their second daughter, Latifa, on 11 January.

A sister for Hind (24-11-2020).

Source: https://postimg.cc/5XNS9dT1 (Thanks, Lasya!)

 

[Biri]

Count Joachim Douglas (b.1983) [eldest of three children and elder son of Count Wilhelm Douglas (b.1956) & his wife Marie-Louise, nee Werner (b.1952)] & his wife Estelle, nee Tham (b.1984) had their first child, Dorothea, in January.

His sister Wilhelmina (b.1985) & her husband Klaus Anders Ekesioo (b.1981) have two sons Ludwig (b.2014) & Leonard (b.2015).
His brother Jacob (b.1989) is single.

Source: Descendants of Grand Duke Ludwig I of Baden

 

[JR76]

Count Joachim Douglas (b.1983) [eldest of three children and elder son of Count Wilhelm Douglas (b.1956) & his wife Marie-Louise, nee Werner (b.1952)] & his wife Estelle, nee Tham (b.1984) had their first child, Dorothea, in January.

His sister Wilhelmina (b.1985) & her husband Klaus Anders Ekesioo (b.1981) have two sons Ludwig (b.2014) & Leonard (b.2015).
His brother Jacob (b.1989) is single.

Source: Descendants of Grand Duke Ludwig I of Baden

Little Dorothea is a bit special since both her parents are born members of the Swedish nobility. Without having any statistics to lean on I'd say that it's becoming increasingly uncommon for nobles to marry each other. For instance her father Joachim is the first Douglas of his line to marry a noblewoman in 4 generations.

 

[sjetajiem]

According to Point de Vue Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco, brother of King Mohammed and his wife Princess Lalla Oum Keltoum had their first daughter and second child Lalla Khansa a few days ago
They have already a son Prince Moulay Ahmed (*23-6-2016)

 

[Marc23]

Little Dorothea is a bit special since both her parents are born members of the Swedish nobility. Without having any statistics to lean on I'd say that it's becoming increasingly uncommon for nobles to marry each other. For instance her father Joachim is the first Douglas of his line to marry a noblewoman in 4 generations.

Interesting...but it may be the common thing in most countries, unlike Germany and Austria where we still see a lot of noble/noble engagements/marriages.

 

[Biri]

Prince Hamzah bin Hussein of Jordan (b.29 March 1980) [oldest child together of late King Hussein I bin Talal of Jordan (1935-1999) & his fourth and last wife, Queen Noor, nee Lisa Halaby (b.1951)] & his wife Basmah, nee Bani Ahmad (b.4 January 1979) [daughter of Mahmoud Hassan Bani-Ahmad & his wife Halloul] had their sixth child together (his seventh), Muhammad, on 8 February.

They already have four daughters: Zein (3-11-2012), Noor (5-7-2014), Badiya (b.8-4-2016) & Nafisa (7-2-2018) and a son Hussein (8-11-2019); Prince Hamzah also has a daughter Haya (18-5-2007) by his first wife (and paternal second cousin), Princess Noor bint Assem (b.6 October 1982).
Haya also has two half-brothers - Talal (27-3-2019) & Abdullah (20-12-2020) -sons of her mum and her current husband Amr bin Farid bin Zidan (b.17 September 1974).

Source: https://www.ammonnews.net/article/663445
https://www-ammonnews-net.translate..._sl=ar&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=pl&_x_tr_pto=wapp (Thanks, Rossina!)

 

[Ceely]

Archduchess Elmerice of Austria (*1984), fifth and youngest child of Archduke Christoph of Austria (*1944) and his wife Ebba von Mohrenschildt (*1949), and her husband Alexander Fairfax (*1986), son of Hon. Hugh Fairfax (*1948) of the Lords Fairfax of Cameron and his wife Victoria Neave (*1959), had their third child, Frederick Louis Orlando, on Feb 15.

A brother for Sidonie (*2018) and Augustus (*2019).

Source: FAIRFAX - Births Announcements - Telegraph Announcements
Descendants of Duke Carlo III of Parma

 

[MarleneKoenig]

more about the new fairfax baby
https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-third-child-for-elmerice-and.html

 

[isaroyfan]

Hello, Hon.. Henry Gerald Orlando Bridgeman (1983) second son of Sir Richard Thomas Orlando Bridgeman, 7th Earl of Bradford (1947) and of his first wife née Joanne Elizabeth Miller and his wife née Lucinda Freda Bodie ( b.1984) had their third child and first son : Moon Jack on 20 Feb 2022.

A brother from River Lila (.b.2016) and Sunny Fox (b.2018)
https://sites.google.com/site/royautes/revue-de-presse-royale-février-2022
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/bradford.html


Thank you in advance,
Isabelle.

)

 

[Somebody]

I wouldn't have known Sunny Fox was a girl had you not stated that Moon Jack is their first son. With eldest daughter River they have a preference for quite perculiar names but they do match.

 

[Biri]

Three new grandchildren for Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid al-Maktoum!

Latifa, born on 11 January to Sheikh Maktoum (b.24 November 1983) [son of Sheikha Hind] & his wife Maryam bint Butti Al Maktoum; a sister for Hind (24-11-2020)

Sources: https://postimg.cc/5XNS9dT1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_bin_Rashid_Al_Maktoum#Wives_and_children

Khalid, born on 15 February to Sheikha Sheikha (b.20 December 1992) [daughter of Sheikha Hind] & her husband Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al-Khalifa (b.8 May 1987) [son of Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, King of Bahrain (b.1950) & his second wife, Sheia bint Hassan Al Khrayyesh Al-Ajmi]; a brother for Sheema (16-7-2010), twins Mohamed & Hamad (6-6-2012) & Hamdan (28-10-2018).

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CaAoGd1rbNJ/?utm_medium=copy_link

Latifa, born on 17 February to Sheikha Mariam (b.11 August 1987) [daughter of Sheikha Delila Aloula] & her husband Sheikh Suhail bin Ahmed Al Maktoum; a sister for Fatima (26-9-2019) & Ahmed (1-12-2020)

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CaEpnqILXHW/?utm_medium=copy_link

 

[Biri]

Countess Anne Therese von Arco-Zinneberg (b.28 December 1981) [daughter of Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria (b.1954) & her husband Count Riprand von Arco-Zinneberg (b.1955)] & her husband Colin McKenzie (b.1976) had their second child, Caspar, this year.

A brother for Josephine (b.2019).

Source: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

Auntie of the little one, Countess Margherita von Arco-Zinneberg (b.18 June 1983) married Charles Douglas Green (b.1981) [son of late Ian Green & his first wife, Helen Marian Hunt] civilly 15 days and religiously 13 days ago.

Prince Charles-Adrien de Merode (b.26 August 1981) [son of Prince Charles-Louis de Merode (b.1948) & his wife Clothilde, nee Countess of Oultremont (b.1952) & his wife Guadalupe, nee de Lascurain Corcuera [daughter of Guadalupe Corcuera Martinez del Rio & her late (probably) husband Ignacio de Lascurain Chavez] had their third and fourth sons, twins Pablo & Lorenzo, in Auderghem on 18 March.

Brothers for Santiago (20-3-2018) & Fernando (12-1-2020)

Source: http://www.carnetmondain.be/

 

[Biri]

Simonne Alexandra Carter [nee Beresford], wife of Christopher Neil Carter, and scion of the Marquesses of Waterford, gave birth to a son, Rudolph Valentine, 5 April, 2022.

Christopher is the younger son of Mr Neil Carter, of Merton, co Oxford, and his wife Priscilla.

Simonne Carter is a daughter of Valentine Tristram de la Poer Beresford [born 10 Oct, 1965], of Dorchester, Dorset, by his wife the former Evelyne Hoskin.

The infant is a great-great-grandson of the 7th Marquess of Waterford [1901-34].

Sources: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2022/04/rudolph-valentine-carter-born-2022.html
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/beresford.html

 

[Ceely]

Countess Anne Therese von Arco-Zinneberg (b.28 December 1981) [daughter of Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria (b.1954) & her husband Count Riprand von Arco-Zinneberg (b.1955)] & her husband Colin McKenzie (b.1976) had their second child, Caspar, this year.

A brother for Josephine (b.2019).

Source: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

His full name is Caspar Riprand Roderick Maria and he was born on February 12.

Source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/births-marriages-and-deaths-april-9-2022-zftrntfrb

 

[Dragon Queen]

Prince Nicolae of Romania (b.1 April 1985) (grandson of the last King of Romania, Mihai I (1921-2017) & his wife Alina-Maria (b.1988), had their third child, Mihai, on 15 April.

A brother for Maria Alexandra (b.2020)

Source:

https://www.facebook.com/nicolaealromaniei/posts/559969065492038

https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot...rN5CKjY1Zys-TWLC38R3sW8Ol1KJfFYsY2pElUqVYU7hs

 

[Biri]

Nicholas Medforth-Mills (b.1 April 1985) [son of Princess Elena of Romania (b.1950) & her late first husband Robin Medforth-Mills (1942-2002)] & his wife Alina Maria, nee Binder (b.26 January 1988) [daughter of Heinz Binder & his wife Rodica Iancu] had their second child together (his third) Michael, at Polizu Hospital in Bucharest, on 15 April (Good Friday).

A brother for Maria-Alexandra (7-11-2020);
Nicholas is also a father of Iris Anna Cîrjan (9-2-2016); her mother is Nicoleta Cîrjan.

Sources: https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2022/04/a-romanian-royal-birth.html
Royal Musings: the new QVD - a son for Nicholas and Alina-Maria

Peter Richard Liddell-Grainger (b.6 May 1987) [son of Ian Richard Liddell-Grainger (b.1959) {herself daughter of Anne Abel Smith (b.1932) {{herself daughter of Princess May von Teck, who became Lady May Cambridge in 1917 (1906-1994) & her husband Sir Henry Abel Smith (1900-1993)}} & her late former husband David Liddell-Grainger (1930-2007)} & his wife Jill, nee Nesbitt (b.1956)] & his wife Elizabeth Anne, nee Wilks (b.1985) [daughter of Dr Peter Robert Wilks & his wife Victoria Anne Morgan, nee Woollam (b.1954)] had their first child, Alfred Richard Henry, on 4 April.

Source: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2022/04/alfred-richard-henry-liddell-grainger.html

 

[Ceely]

Prince Karl of Hohenberg (*1991), son and heir of Nikolaus, Duke of Hohenberg (*1961) and Countess Elisabeth von Westphalen zu Furstenberg (*1963), and his wife Baroness Assunta von Loë (*1996), daughter of Baron Philipp von Loë (*1961) and Countess Marie-Therese Segur-Cabanac (*1962), had their first child, Felix, this year.

The couple married in 2021. This is the first grandchild for both sets of grandparents.

Source: Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

 

[sjetajiem]

Princess Ayah bint Faisal of Jordan and her husband Muhammad Halawani had their first son and third child Hussein on March 12th 2022.
A brother for Raiyah (* 2-5-2016) and Nesma (* 19-10-2019)

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CdB-shZs0JV/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

 

[sjetajiem]

Princess Ljubica of Serbia and her husband prince Mihailo welcomed their second daughter and second child Isidora on May 17th 2022.
A little sister for Natalija.

https://royalfamily.org/isidora-karadjordjevic-is-born/

 

[Biri]

Tessa Agar [nee Parkes], wife of Max John Andrew Agar [born 6 Apr, 1986], scion of the Earls of Normanton, gave birth to a daughter, Fenella Rose Arabella, 6 May, 2022, a sister for Rory Mark Arthur, who was born 2 August, 2020.

Max Agar is the elder son of the Hon Mark Sidney Andrew Agar [born 2 Sept, 1948], of Dorset, by his wife the former Arabella Clare Gilbey [born 14 July, 1953], and is a grandson of the late 5th Earl of Normanton [1910-67].

Tessa Agar is a daughter of Mr Christopher Parkes, of Oxfordshire, and Mrs Sheridan Parkes, of Surrey.

Sources: Peerage News
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/agar.html

 

[Biri]

False rumour

According to Point de Vue Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco, brother of King Mohammed and his wife Princess Lalla Oum Keltoum had their first daughter and second child Lalla Khansa a few days ago
They have already a son Prince Moulay Ahmed (*23-6-2016)

Moulay Rachid bin Hassan of Morocco (b.20 June 1970) [youngest child of late King Hassan II of Morocco (1929-1999) & his wife, Lalla Latifa Amahzoune (b.1945 or 1946)] & his wife Lalla Oum Kelthoum, nee Boufares (b.1987) had their second son, Moulay Abdeslam, on 1 June.

A brother for Moulay Ahmed (23-6-2016).

Source: Instagram (the Moroccan monarchy, the alaui house).

 

[Biri]

Nicholas Knatchbull, Baron Brabourne (b.15 May 1981) [son of Sir Norton Knatchbull, Earl Mountbatten of Burma (b.1947) & his wife Penelope, nee Eastwood (b.1953)] & his wife Ambre, nee Pouzet (b.24 July 1984) had their first child, Alexander, recently.

Sources: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2022/06/hon-alexander-knatchbull-born-2022.html
http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2022/06/a-new-qvd-and-mountbatten-heir.html

 

[Biri]

Lucy India Clare Astor [nee Ponsonby, born 1991], wife of Thomas David Astor [born 1987], scion of the Barons Astor of Hever, gave birth to a daughter, Eva Piroska, 29 May, 2022.

Tom Astor is a son of [George] David Astor [born 8 July, 1958], of Ashbury, Wiltshire, by his late wife the former Marianne Piroska Julia Leche [1958-2019], and is a great-grandson of the 1st Baron Astor of Hever [1886-1971].

Lucy Astor, is a scion of the Ponsonby baronets, a daughter of Luke Arthur Ponsonby [born 15 July, 1957], of Ledwell, co Oxford, by his wife the former Nicola J. Guy, and is a granddaughter maternally of General Sir Roland Guy, GCB [1928-2005], and a granddaughter paternally of Sir Ashley Charles Gibbs Ponsonby, 2nd Baronet [1921-2010], and is a great-granddaughter of the 6th Marquess of Ormonde [1893-1971].

Source: Peerage News

 

[Biri]

Hamish Charles Gordon-Lennox (b.1980) [youngest of three children and only son of Michael Charles Gordon-Lennox (b.30 Sep 1938) & his wife Jennifer, nee Gibbs (b.12 May 1944)] & his wife Susannah, nee Coy [daughter of Michael John Coy (b.1944) & his wife Janet, nee Knight] had their second son, Wilfred Charles, on 20 June.

A brother for Barnaby Charles (16-9-2018).

Sources: https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/richmond.html
https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2022/06/wilfred-charles-gordon-lennox-born.html

Sophie Louise E. Kerr [born 1987, nee Neech], wife of Robert John Edward Kerr (born 1987), scion of the Marquesses of Lothian (Marquess, Scotland, cr 1701), gave birth to a son, Rupert Aubrey Michael, 27 June, 2022, a brother for Hugh Cornelius William, who was born 5 Aug 2019.

Sophie is the elder daughter of Mr Richard E. Neech, of Letheringsett Hill, Norfolk, by his wife the former Margaret A.L. Edmonds.

Robbie Kerr is the elder son of William Walter Raleigh Kerr (b 1950), of Melbourne, Derbyshire, by his wife the former Griselda Mary Hamilton-Baillie, scion of the Earls of Haddington.

Source: Peerage News

 

[sjetajiem]

Prince Constantin de Nassau and his wife Kathryn, née Mechie had their first daughter and second child Cosima on May 13th 2022.
A sister for Félix (* 11-2-2018)

Source: Ivana on Nobiliana BAG 2022
Original source: Ampleforth Society (births)

 

[Stefanie]

Congratulations!!
Seems to be the first granddaughter for Jean and Helene.
By the way: Do these sources happen to know whether Marie-Astrid of Liechtenstein (Worthington) had her baby meanwhile?

 

[sjetajiem]

The original source Ampleforth Society only mentions the marriages and births of their own alumni. I don't think that Marie-Astrid nor her husband visited that school.

 

[Tatiana Maria]

The original source Ampleforth Society only mentions the marriages and births of their own alumni. I don't think that Marie-Astrid nor her husband visited that school.

The original source, with thanks to Biri: https://www.ampleforthcollege.org.uk/society/announcements/births/births-2022

 

[Biri]

Princess Elisabeth of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (b.31 October 1991) [daughter of Prince Michael of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (b.1950) & his wife Andrea Reuter (b.1961)] & her husband Saarvin Balasundram (b.1987) had their first child, Louis, this year.

Source: Descendants of Archduke Karl of Austria, Duke of Teschen

Nicholai Olivia [Nicky] Rothschild [nee Hilton, born 5 October 1983], wife of James Amschel Victor Rothschild (born 1985), scion of the Barons Rothschild (Peerage of the UK, cr 1885), has given birth to their third child and first son, a brother for Lily-Grace, born in July 2016, and Teddy Marilyn, who was born 20 December 2017.

Nicky Rothschild is the former wife of Todd Andrew Meister, & daughter of Richard Howard Hilton (born 17 August 1955), by his wife the former Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino. Nicky is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, founder of the Hilton Hotels and is a younger sister of socialite Paris Hilton.

James Rothschild is the son of the late Honourable Amschel Mayor James Rothschild (1955-1996) by his wife the former Anita Patience Guinness (born 7 December 1957; now Mrs James Wigan), scion of the Guinness brewing dynasty, and is a grandson of the 3rd Baron Rothschild.

Source: Peerage News