From the Royal Genealogy threads – December 2011

January 1, 2012 at 12:01 am by Princess Robijn

This is the monthly blog entry with news from the Royal genealogy threads. This time it’s a blog entry with news from December 2011. As always, a big thank you goes out to the contributors of the Genealogy threads.

Royal births and pregnancies
Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein and Philipp von Lattorff had their 7th child and 2nd son, Maximilian on 17 december. The couple are also parents to Lukas, Elisabeth, Marie Therese, Camilla, Anna and Sophia. Princess Benigna Reuss and Oscar Ascoz y Planes are expecting their first child in June 2012.

The list of current (known) Royal pregnancies:
– Prince Shivraj Singh and Princess Gayatri Kumari of Jodhpur, née Princess of Askot (1st child)
– Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark. (2nd child together, 4th child for Prince Joachim, due in January 2012)
– The Duke and Duchess of Vendôme, Prince Jean and Princess Philomena of Orléans. (2nd child, due in January 2012)
– The Duke and Duchess of Anjou, Prince Charles-Philippe and Princess Diana of Orléans, the Duke-Consort and Duchess of Cadaval. (1st child, due in February 2012)
– Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden, Duchess and Duke of Västergötland. (1st child, due in March 2012)
– Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and his second wife née Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan (2nd child together, due in January 2012)
– Peter Phillips and his wife née Autumn Kelly (second child, due in March 2012)
– Prince Alfred Paolo and Princess Alice of Liechtenstein née Stori Deserti (third child, due around Christmas 2011)
– The Duke and Duchess of Parma, Prince Carlos and Princess Annemarie of Bourbon-Parma (first child together, second child for the Duke, due at the end of May 2012)
– Princess Benigna Reuss and Oscar Ascoz y Planes (first child, due in June 2012)

Royal engagements and weddings
2 sons of Archduke Carl Christian of Austria and his wife née Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg, officially celebrated their respective engagements on 22 December. Archduke Imre got engaged to Kathleen Walker and Archduke Christoph got engaged to Adélaïde Drapé-Frisch. Archduke Christoph’s engagement took place in March this year, but wasn’t officially announced until now.

Royal Deaths
Fürst Heinrich of Orsini and Rosenberg died on 11 December.

The genealogy threads:
– Royal Pregnancy Announcements 2011
– Royal Births 2011
– Royal Engagements 2011
– Royal Marriages 2011
– Royal Deaths 2011
– Noble Pregnancy Announcements 2011
– Noble Births Announcements 2011
– Noble Engagements Announcements 2011
– Noble Marriages Announcements 2011
– Noble Deaths Announcements 2011