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HereditaryPrincess said:
Prince Otto of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld passed away on 17 May at Lindau, Lake Constance. He was born in 1965 and was the son of Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld and his wife, Oda-Mathilde von Garmissen.

He married Carla Blickhäuser and they have four children; Max (b. 1999), Elena (b. 2000), Mortiz (b. 2007) and Leopold (b. 2009).

Décès du prince Otto de Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1965-2020) – Noblesse & Royautés
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See also the previous posts. Just a quick note/clarification: apparently Otto and Carla divorced in 2017. Assuming that Max (21) and Elena (20) no longer live with either parent, I wonder whether Moritz (12) and Leopold (10/11) lived with their mom or also (partly) with their dad.

They are one of the (not that many) royals having a Las Vegas wedding (when Carla was pregnant with Max).
 
Poor children, especially Moritz and Leopold...

Mrs. Andrea Wanderfelt, nee Countess Szechenyi de Sarvar et Felsovidek died in Mont-Godinne on 12 May.

She was born in Pecs on 20 June 1944 as a daughter of Count Gabriel (Gábor) Szechenyi de Sarvar et Felsovidek (1914-1986) & his first wife Baroness Hanna Rubido-Zichy (1922-2003).
She was married twice: firstly she married in Brussels 6 September 1969 Claude Arnold Jacques van Rycke; they divorced in 1977. Secondly she married in Brussels on 23 Jan 1998 William Weeks Vanderfelt.

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Sz?ch?nyi
https://www.altenloh-greindl.be/necrologies/en/2020-05-12/madame-william-vanderfelt/4410.htm
 
Benjamin said:
Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1937-2020) passed away recently in Spain.

Among others, she was a first cousin of Princess Maria de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, the mother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain and the grandmother of King Felipe VI of Spain.

https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2020/05/rest-in-peace-passing-of-princess-maria.html
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May she rest in peace her father was Prince Gabriele of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (+1975) and her mother was the Polish Princess Cecylia Lubomirska (+2001).
 
Baroness Elisabeth-Anne de Massy Noghès died at Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace in Monaco on 10 June.

She was born on 13 January 1947 as the eldest of three children of Princess Antoinette of Monaco, Baroness of Massy (1920-2011) and Alexandre Noghès (1916-1999); her parents married in 1951, when she was four, but divorced already three years later; when she was 14 her married Jean-Charles Rey (1914-1994) but divorced him in 1973. Her last step-father was John Gilpin (1930-1983) who died few weeks after the wedding.

She was married twice: married firstly in Monaco on 19 January 1974 Baron Bernard Taubert Natta (1941-1989); she was already expecting their son Jean-Léonard, who was born on 3 June. His parents divorced when he was six.
She married secondly in London on 18 October Nicolai Vladimir Costello, who became Nicolai Vladimir de Lusignan (b.1943), she was already expecting their daughter Mélanie-Antoinette, who was born exactly three months later, on 18 January 1985; unfortunately her parents divorced the same year.

Apart from her children she leaves her only grandson Melchior [son of Jean-Léonard & his wife Suzanne, nee Chrimes], her brother Christian Louis, Baron de Massy (b.17 January 1949), one niece and three nephews with their families; her sister Baroness Christine Alix de Massy Noghès (b.8 July 1951) predeceased her in 1989, losing the fight with leukemia.

Sources: https://www.monacomatin.mc/vie-locale/la-baronne-elisabeth-anne-de-massy-est-decedee-523934 (Thanks, eya and melina premiere!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth-Anne_de_Massy
Descendants of Prince Honor? III of Monaco
 
Andrzej Sulima-Popiel died on 17 February at age 84. He was a Polish nobleman and actor. He was buried on 6 March in Cracow.

Andrzej Sulima-Popiel was born on 24 January 1936 in Cracow. He was the son of Kazimierz Sulima-Popiel and Anna nee Latinik, one of the daughters of Polish-Austrian general Franciszek Latinik. Andrzej Sulima-Popiel spent his adult life in Gdynia. He was unmarried and without issue.

Source: https://www.nekrologi.net/nekrologi/andrzej-sulima-popiel/56492094
 
HereditaryPrincess said:
Princess Nalini Rajya Lakshami Devi, member of the former ruling family of Nepal, has died:

Décès de la rajmata de Poonch, née princesse du Népal (1924-2020) – Noblesse & Royautés
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She was the half-sister/cousin of King Mahendra of Nepal, making her Aunt to the last kings of Nepal, Birendra and Giyanendra.

King Tribuhuvan of Nepal had 2 senior wives (he had a few junior as well). Queen Kanti and Queen Ishwari were full sisters. King Mahendra was the son of Queen Kanti. Nalini was the daughter of Ishwari.

She was the full sister of Prince Basundhara. His eldest daughter Princess Jayanti was killed during the royal massacre, and his daughter Ketaki Chester was wounded. His daughter Princess Jyotshana Basnyat was not involved (her husband was the Nepalese ambassador to the UK at the time).

She was HRH the Rani of Poonch via her marriage to Raja-i-Rajgan Raja Shri Shiv Rattan Dev Singh Sahib Kalan Bahadur, Raja of Poonch. She was Queen mother at the time of her death.
https://translate.google.ca/transla...aBFq4YmuZGXSWL0zUDT2pE02yhSi4LgOw2Hwv8PiSELAE
 
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Margherita Gromis di Trana Gabetti died on 14 April 2020 at age 86.

She was born on 19 July 1933 in Turin. Her parents were Marquess Melchiore Gromis di Trana (1895-1978) and Vittoria nee Guerrieri (1901-1970). Through her mother Margherita was a great-great-daughter of King Victor Emanuel II of Italy. On 6 June 1959 she married Roberto Gabetti (1925-2000), an architect and professor. They have one son Ludovico (b. 1962), who became an interior architect.

She was survived by her son Ludovico and two grandchildren: Andrea (b. 1986) and Giulia (b. 1993).

Source: https://necrologie.lastampa.it/necrologi/2020/832204-gromis-di-trana-margherita
 
Inez, Countess von Loë, nee Baroness von Boeselager died sometime this year.

She was born in 1935.
She married in 1957 Friedrich, Count von Loë (b.1926) [firstborn son of Princess Isabelle of Salm-Salm (1903-2009) {herself firstborn daughter of Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (1879-1962) & her husband Hereditary Prince Emanuel of Salm-Salm (1871-1916)} & her husband Felix, Count von Loë (1896-1944)].
Count and Countess von Loë had six children: Raphael (b.1958), Wessel (b.1959), Winfried (b.1961), Paula (b.1963), Augustinus (b.1966) & Martin (b.1974) as well as twenty grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Source: Descendants of Archduke Karl of Austria, Duke of Teschen
 
Hermine de Clermont-Tonnerre died in Bicêtre Hospital in Paris on 3 July, after a month-long come due to a motor accident, exactly five months after her 54th birthday.

She was born on 3 February 1966 in Boulogne-Billancourt as third of four children of Charles-Henry de Clermont-Tonnerre, 11th Duke de Clermont-Tonnerre (1934-1999) & his first wife, Anne Péronnelle Cécile Marie Moranvillé (b.1939).
From her relationship with Alastair Cuddeford she had a daughter Allegra (b.2003) and a son Calixte (b.2005); they separated in 2009.
Apart from her children and mother she left two brothers (including current Duke de Clermont-Tonnerre) one sister and their families.

Sources: https://www.voici.fr/news-people/ac...54-ans-des-suites-dun-accident-de-moto-683656 (Thanks, eya!)
Clermont-Tonnerre
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermine_de_Clermont-Tonnerre
 
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:previous: I just now read this on Instagram...how very sad for her children.:sad:
 
Margaret Christina Campbell-Preston, who died 26 June, 2020, aged 100, was a scion of the Dukes of Montrose.

She was born 3 July, 1919, as Margaret Christina Graham, daughter of Capt Lord Alastair Mungo Graham, RN [1886-1976], by his fist wife the former Lady Meriel Elizabeth Bathurst [died 1936], daughter of the 7th Earl Bathurst [1864-1943].

Margaret was a granddaughter paternally of the 5th Duke of Montrose, KT [1852-1925].

She married 18 June, 1960, Thomas Colin Ernest Campbell-Preston, MC, TD [1918-99], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Col Robert William Pigott Clarke Campbell-Preston, by his wife the former Mary Augusta Margaret Nicol Thorne.

Mrs Campbell-Preston leaves an adopted son, Patrick [born 1964].

Sources: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2020/07/margaret-christina-campbell-preston-nee.html
Montrose
 
Count Jean de Limburg Stirum died in Watermael-Boitsfort (Belgium) on 8 July.

He was born in Etterbeek on 20 October 1946 as sixth of seven children of Count Charles de Limburg Stirum (1906-1989) & his wife Princess Maria Kunigunde of Lobkowicz (1906-2005).
He is the second of siblings to pass away; his brother Bernard predeceased him on 18 October last year, aged 81.
He leaves five siblings as well as many nephews and nieces with their families.
He was unmarried and childless.

Sources: http://www.carnetmondain.be/
Limburg Stirum
Descendants of Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum and Countess Marie Th?r?se de Thiennes, Leyenburg et de Rumbeke
 
Prince Johannes of Hohenlohe-Jagstberg died on July 6 at the age of 80.

He was the second of three children of Albrecht, Prince of Hohenlohe-Jagstberg (1906-1996) and Countess Therese von Geldern-Egmond (1911-2000). In 1969 he married Andrea Vogel (*1944). They had two children, Isabella (*1972) and Lamoral (*1973). He is survived by his wife and children as well as four granddaughters.

Source: Hohenlohe
 
Maria Stanley, nee Riedesel, Baroness zu Eisenbach died untimely this year.

She was born in 1968.
She married in 1997 Robin Stanley (b.1968) [son of Countess Gunilla Douglas (b.1941) & her former husband Peter Stanley (b.1939)] by whom she had three children: Antonia (b.1997), Frederick (b.1999) & Alice (b.2000).

Source: Descendants of Grand Duke Ludwig I of Baden
 
Dame Olivia de Havilland DBE died on 25 July 2020 in Paris at age 104.

She was born on 1 July 1916 in Tokio. She was a daughter of Walter Augustus de Havilland (1872-1968) and his first wife Lilian Augusta Ruse (1886-1975). Her family is a old gentry family. Olivia's father was a son of the Rev. Charles Richard de Havilland (1823-1901) and his second wife Hon. Margaret Letitia Molesworth, daughter of John Molesworth and sister of the 8th Viscount Molesworth. Another Molesworth descendant is Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Forfar, who is fifth cousin twice removed of Olivia.

Olivia de Havilland was the great actress of Hollywood, best know from the movie "Gone With the Wind".

Olivia de Havilland married firstly on 26 August 1946 Marcus Aurelius Goodrich (1897-1991), a screenwriter and novelist. They divorced in 1953. She married secondly on 2 April 1955 Pierre Paul Galante (d.1998). They divorced in 1979. She was survived by her son Benjamin Briggs Goodrich (b. 1949) and her daughter Gisele Baptistine Galante (b. 1956).

Source: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2020/07/dame-olivia-mary-de-havilland-dbe-1916.html
 
Daggy97 said:
Dame Olivia de Havilland DBE died on 25 July 2020 in Paris at age 104.

She was born on 1 July 1916 in Tokio. She was a daughter of Walter Augustus de Havilland (1872-1968) and his first wife Lilian Augusta Ruse (1886-1975). Her family is a old gentry family. Olivia's father was a son of the Rev. Charles Richard de Havilland (1823-1901) and his second wife Hon. Margaret Letitia Molesworth, daughter of John Molesworth and sister of the 8th Viscount Molesworth. Another Molesworth descendant is Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Forfar, who is fifth cousin twice removed of Olivia.

Olivia de Havilland was the great actress of Hollywood, best know from the movie "Gone With the Wind".

Olivia de Havilland married firstly on 26 August 1946 Marcus Aurelius Goodrich (1897-1991), a screenwriter and novelist. They divorced in 1953. She married secondly on 2 April 1955 Pierre Paul Galante (d.1998). They divorced in 1979. She was survived by her son Benjamin Briggs Goodrich (b. 1949) and her daughter Gisele Baptistine Galante (b. 1956).

Source: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2020/07/dame-olivia-mary-de-havilland-dbe-1916.html
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Diana Princess of Wales was also a Molesworth descendant, a fifth cousin thrice removed of Olivia de Havilland and once removed of Sophie.

Dame Olivia was a direct descendant of King Edward I and his first wife Eleanor of Castile, through their daughters Joan (wife of Gilbert de Clare 7th Earl of Gloucester) and Elizabeth (wife of Humphrey de Bohun 4th Earl of Hereford).
 
Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe (b.1940) died on 11 August 2020 in the United States. The prince was a second cousin of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.

https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-death-of-prince-waldemar-of.html

Prince Eudes of Orléans and Bragança (b.1939) died today (13 August 2020) at Rio de Janeiro. The prince was one of the siblings of Prince Luiz, Head of the Imperial House of Brazil. Eudes' son Luiz Philippe is a member of the Brazilian parliament.

https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-passing-of-brazilian-royal-prince.html
 
Hélène Rodocanachi, née de Liencourt, formerly Duchess de Rohan, has died on 11 August 2020, aged 105.
She was born in 1915, daughter of Jean de Liencourt and of his wife, née Marie Begouën.
She was married in 1937 to Alain-Louis de Rohan-Chabot, 13th Duke de Rohan, by whom she had five children (Josselin [14th Duke de Rohan], Annick [mrs. Juan Guillermo de Beistegui], Olivier, Marguerite [Countess Yves du Petit-Thouars] and Patrick); her two younger children predeceased her a few years ago.
The 13th Duke de Rohan died in 1966; three years later she married secondly to André Rodocanachi (1914-2001) a French diplomat and later Ambassador to Venezuela.


https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagn...-rohan-est-decedee-a-l-age-de-105-ans-6935905
http://parisdiarybylaure.com/helene-rodocanachi-has-left-us-in-style/
 
After the birth of Count Cedric von Mensdorff-Pouilly, there is also a sadness in the family; his paternal grandfather, Count Emanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly died this year.

He was born in 1934 and in 1972 married Countess Maria Assunta von und zu Eltz genannt Faust von Stromberg (b.1950) [daughter of Baroness Ladislaja Mayr von Melnhof (b.1920) {herself daughter of Countess Maria-Anna von Meran (1897-1983) & her husband Baron Friedrich Mayr von Melnhof (1892-1959)} & her second husband Jakob, Count von und zu Eltz genannt Faust von Stromberg (1921-2006)] by whom he had five children: Helene (b.1973), Alexandra (b.1974), Nikolaus (b.1978) [husband of Laetitia de Pierpont (b.1980) and father of Zoé (b.2007), Alicia (b.2010), Emanuel (b.2012), Louis (b.2014) & Cedric (b.2020)], Alphons (b.1981) [husband of Countess Sophie von Clary und Aldringen (b.1984)] & Ladislaja (b.1983) [wife of John Maccabeus Schutzer-Weissmann (b.1979) and mother of Marie].

Source: Descendants of Archduke Johann of Austria

Baron Alexander von Bethmann died this year.

He was born in 1940 as a firstborn son of Baron Max von Bethmann (1913-1995) [illegitimate great-great-great-grandson of Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (1763-1830)] & his wife Luise, nee Kemmer (1911-1989); his only sister Gloria died in 1942 as a baby.
He was married twice; firstly, in 1968 to Baroness Caroline von Falkenhausen (1945-1996) and secondly in 1997 to Baroness Felicitas von Falkenhausen (b.1954) [definitely a relative of his first wife].
By his first wife he had three children: Alexander (b.1970), Felix (b.1972) & Valerie (b.1977) and five grandchildren.

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

Countess Leila Festetics de Tolna, nee Chirayath Janah died prematurely died from epitheloid sarcoma on 24 January, just few months after her wedding to Count Tassilo Festetics de Tolna (b.1978).

She was born in 1982; her husband, whom she married the previous year, is an older son of Georg, Prince Festetics de Tolna (b.1940) [great-great-grandson of Karl, Grand Duke of Baden (1786-1818) & his wife, Princess Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789-1860)] & his wife Josefin, nee Harmer (b.1943); he has a younger brother Georg (b.1984).
He was previously married to [from 2014 to 2018] to Inès Daeninck (b.1982) by whom he had a daughter Mia (b.2014).

Sources: http://heinbruins.nl/Baden.html
https://www.wikye.com/tassilo-festetics-everything-about-leila-janahs-widower/
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/01/us/leila-janah-obit-trnd/index.html
https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/24/samasource-ceo-leila-janah-passes-away-at-37/

Baroness Monika von Plessen, former wife of late Prince Christian Albrecht of Ysenburg and Büdingen (1943-2003) died on her 80th birthday 29 January.

She was born in 1940. She and Prince Christian Albrecht [son of Princess Felizitas Reuss (1914-1989) & her husband Otto, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen (1904-1990)] married in Büdingen on 18 February 1966, but later divorced.
They had three children: Margita (b.7 November 1966), Johann (b.10 July 1968) & Donata (b.22 February 1970) as well as two grandsons Donatus (b.2000) & Philipp (b.2002) [sond of Johann & his wife Alexandra, nee Pohle (b.1967).

Sources: http://heinbruins.nl/Willem.html
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/isenburg.html
 
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