Deaths announcements 2021


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Hello, HRH, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh died at Windsor Caste on 9th April 2021. He was born at Corfu, Greece on 10th June 1921 as the fifth and youngest children and only son of Prince Andreas of Greece and Denmark (1882-1944) and his wife née Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885-1969) . He married Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1926) at Westminster Abbey on 20th November 1947. They had four children: Charles, Prince of Wales (1948), Anne, Princess Royal (1950) , Andrew, Duke of York (1960) and Edward, Earl of Wessex (1964).

https://www.royal.uk/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/prince-philip-dies-aged-99-z3xx2nf6l


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Isabelle.
 
Hello, HRH, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh died at Windsor Caste on 9th April 2021. He was born at Corfu, Greece on 10th June 1921 as the fifth and youngest children and only son of Prince Andreas of Greece and Denmark (1882-1944) and his wife née Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885-1969) . He married Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1926) at Westminster Abbey on 20th November 1947. They had four children: Charles, Prince of Wales (1948), Anne, Princess Royal (1950) , Andrew, Duke of York (1960) and Edward, Earl of Wessex (1964).

https://www.royal.uk/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/prince-philip-dies-aged-99-z3xx2nf6l


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Isabelle.

Apart from his wife and four children he left eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren (tenth one will be born in summer).
 
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Apart from his wife and four children he left eight grandchildren and nine grandchildren (tenth one will be born in summer).

Biri I think you said nine grandchildren instead of nine great-grandchildren.

Thank you in advance,
Isabelle.
 
Biri I think you said nine grandchildren instead of nine great-grandchildren.

Thank you in advance,
Isabelle.

Corrected already, gracias :flowers:

May the Duke of Edinburgh rest in peace.:britflag2::philipstandard::easter:
 
Apart from his wife and four children he left eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren (tenth one will be born in summer).

Sorry to make my first post a correction, but he is survived by 10 great-grandchildren, the 11th is due in the summer. Easy mistake to of made, as 2 have been born this year already.

  • The two Phillips girls
  • Prince George (2013), Princess Charlotte (2015) and Prince Louis (2018) of Cambridge.
  • Archie Mountbatten-Windsor (2019)
  • August Philip Hawke Brooksbank (born 9 February 2021)
  • Lucas Philip Tindall (born 21 March 2021) - he has 2 older sisters.
source: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/queen-duke-of-edinburgh-great-grandchildren-b926033.html plus many other sources.

The yet to be named Miss Mountbatten-Windsor will make 11 in the summer of 2021.

Apologies again for my first post being a correction. I have really enjoyed reading the Royal Milestones for a while now.
 
Prince Muhammad bin Talal of Jordan died on 29 April.

He was born on 2 October 1941 in Amman (Jordan) as second child and son of Talal bin Abdullah (1909-1972) [himself son of Abdullah I bin al-Hussein, then Emir of Transjordan (British protectorate and since 1946 first King of independent Jordan as Abdullah I (1882-1951) & his first wife Musbah bint Nasser (1884-1961) daughter of Amir Nasser Pasha and his wife Dilber Khanum ] & his wife (and first cousin) Zein al-Sharaf (1916-1994).
Abdullah I was assassinated in Jerusalem in 1951, and Talal became king. Talal's most revered achievement as king is the establishment of Jordan's modern constitution in 1952, rendering his kingdom as a constitutional monarchy. He ruled for less than thirteen months until he was forced to abdicate by Parliament due to mental illness—reported as schizophrenia. Talal spent the rest of his life at a sanatorium in Istanbul and died there.
Prince Muhammad was married twice:
He married firstly to Firyal Irshaid (b.1945) [daughter of the late Farid Mahmoud Irshaid, a political leader who served as a Minister in the Government and a Parliamentarian in the Senate in Jordan; her mother Farida was Chair of the Red Crescent Society in The West Bank.] in 1964 by whom he had two sons Talal (b.26 July 1965) & Ghazi (b.16 October 1966); they divorced in 1978.
He marrid secondly in 1981 Taghrid Majali [daughter of Hazza' al-Majali (1917-1960) a two time Prime Minister of Jordan who was assassinated in 1960 while in office, & his wife Samiha Rfifan al-Majali.]

He is survived by his wife, two sons and seven grandchildren.

Sources: https://en.royanews.tv/news/27483/2021-04-29 (Thanks, eya!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazza'_Majali#Personal_life
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Muhammad_bin_Talal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firyal_Irshaid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal_of_Jordan#Personal_life
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musbah_bint_Nasser
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_I_of_Jordan#Marriages_and_children
 
Freiherr Dietrich von Gumppenberg, died Thursday, after tragically involved in a car accident on Wednesday.
the link is to Zeit, highly recommended serious magazine in germany, but in german
https://www.zeit.de/news/2021-04/30...torben?utm_referrer=https://www.startpage.com

Gumppenberg was both PR man and Politician for the liberal party FDP.
I can confirm the Zeit saying he is a real unique original LOl once you heard him speak you never forget. Though my german was still poor his gestures and glances would help understand LOL
May he rest in peace.
 
Count István Somssich de Saárd (1953-2021) died this year.

He was born in 1953 as the eldest of three sons of Baroness Isabelle Waldbott von Bassenheim (1926-2009) {herself fourth of six children of Archduchess Maria Alice of Austria (1893-1962) & her husband Baron Friedrich Waldbott von Bassenheim (1889-1959)} & her husband Count Pongrác Somssich de Saárd (1920-2013).
He was unmarried and childless.
He is survived by his brothers: Gábor (b.1955) & Kristóf (b.1960),sisters-in-law and three nieces: Stefánia (b.1991), Alice (b.1993) [daughters of Kristóf & his wife Isabelle, nee de Bruyn (b.1963)] & Olivia (b.1997) [daughter of Gábor & his wife Araceli, nee Adam-Salvatieri (b.1959)].

Source: Descendants of Archduke Karl of Austria, Duke of Teschen
 
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Princess Osterlind of Wied died on May 12 at the age of 82.

Wilhelmine Friederike Elisabeth Henriette Anastasia Osterlind was born in Stuttgart on April 8, 1939. She was the third and youngest child of Hereditary Prince Hermann of Wied (1899-1941) and Countess Marie Antonie of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1909-2003).

In 1964, she married Werner von Klitzing (*1934). They had four children: Sophie (*1965), Franziska (*1966), Valeska (*1970), and Kaspar (*1973), and 11 grandchildren.

Source: Descendants of King Willem I of the Netherlands
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/wied.html
 
Hello,

Prince Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta has passed away today, 1st June 2021

The Duke was born on the 27th September 1943, only son of Prince Aimone, 4th Duke of Aosta (1900-1948) and Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (1904-1974).

The Duke married Princess Claude of Orleans in 1964, and divorced in 1982. He remarried Silvia Paterno di Spedalotto in 1987.

He is survived by his second wife Princess Silvia, Duchess of Aosta, his son Prince Aimone (now Duke of Aosta), daughters Princess Bianca and Princess Mafalda, and 11 grandchildren.

Source: https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/
 
Countess Marie Gabriele "Mariella" von Matuschka died on June 13 at the age of 62, in Germany.

She was born in Rottweil on October 4, 1958 as the second child of Princess Amelie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst (1936-1985) and Count Clemens von Matuschka (1928-2011).

In 1982, she married Baron Konstantin Teuffel von Birkensee (*1954). They had three children together: Maximilian (*1983), Fiona (*1985), and Therese (*1986).

In addition to her husband and children, she is survived by her four siblings Stephanie (*1957), Karl Joseph (*1960), Philipp (*1961), and Alice (*1972) and their families.

Source: Descendants of Prince Honor? III of Monaco
https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/wPXWr4ErnxI
 
Hello, HIRH Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (b.1942) died on 23rd June 2021. He was born as the eldest son and third child of HIRH Archduke Gottfried of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (1902-1984) and of his wife HRH Princess Dorothea of Bavaria (1920-2015)
He married firstly Lætitia de Belsunce d’Arenbetg (1941) in 1965. They divorced in 1981. They had two sons: Sigismund (1966) and Guntram (1967)
He married secondly Marta Julia Fernandez Valverde (1947) in 1994. They divorced in 1998.




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Isabelle.
 
Hello, Hugh Clayton Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale (1949-) died on 22nd June 2021. He was the eldest son and heir of James Hugh William Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale (1922-2006) and of his first wife née Tuppina Cecily Bennet (1922-1984)h
He was married to Pamela Colleen Middleton ftom 1971 to 1986
He was married to Angela Mary Wyatt from 1986 to 1999
He married thirdly Elizabeth Margaret Arnison in 1999.

He ls succeded by his half-brother, Hon. William James Lowther (1957)

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/n3AVnGtdM_0
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/lowther.html



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Isabelle.
 
Count Wolfgang d'Ursel died on June 20 at the age of 85.

He was born in Belgium on March 1, 1936 as the second of five children to Count Gerard d'Ursel (1907-1945) and his wife Baroness Anne-Marie de Pitteurs de Budingen (1908-1964).

In 1968, he married Princess Isabelle of Croy (*1945). They had one child, Valerie (*1969), who is married to Count Hugues de La Rochefoucauld (*1962) and has six children: Aliaume (*1996), Ysende (*1998), Mathilde (*1999), Marguerite (*2003), and twins Alais and Maud (*2005).

In addition to his wife, daughter, and grandchildren, he is survived by two of his siblings and many nieces and nephews.

Source: http://www.carnetmondain.be/index.php?catx=2&caty=4&annid=5488&anncat=necrologie
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/ursel.html
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/rochefoucauld.html
 
Hello, The Hon. Alexander Randal Mark McDonnell , 9th Earl of Antrim (1931-) died on 21st July 2021. He was the third child and only son of Randal John Somerled McDonnell, 8th Earl of Antrim (1922-1977) and of his first wife nee Sarah Anne Elizabeth Harmsworth (1941) . His son Randal Alexander St.John (1967) is now the 10th Earl of Antrim he married Aurora Gunn in 2004. They have two children: Alexander David Somerled, Viscount Dunluce (30 June 2006) and Lady Helena Maeve Aurora (19 February 2008).



https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/--xNgWHhMgc
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/...passes-away-after-short-illness-40678336.html
https://www.burkespeerage.com/featured_families_Antrim.php
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/lothian.html



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Isabelle.
 
Princess Elzbieta Radziwill died in Warsaw on July 20 at the age of 103.

She was born on November 21, 1917 in London as the only child of Prince Wilhelm Radziwill (1885-1935) and his former wife Dorothy Parker-Deacon (1892-1960).

In 1937, she married Prince Witold Czartoryski (1908-1945). They had two children together, Krystyna (1938-2004) and Albrecht (*1939). She got remarried to Jan de Ornellas Tomaszewski (1903-2003) in 1947 and had two more children, Georges (1947-2015) and Nicolas (*1950).

In addition to her two living sons, she is survived by 10 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

Source: https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/radziwill.html
El¿bieta Maria ks. Radziwi³³ na Nie¶wie¿u h. Tr±by (M.J. Minakowski, Genealogia potomków Sejmu Wielkiego)
 
Princess Tatjana-Sybille of Schaumburg-Lippe died today, on 2 August.

She was born in Bielefeld on 13 November 1962 as second, younger child of Prince Konstantin of Schaumburg-Lippe (1930-2008) & his first wife Sigrid, nee Knape (1929-1997); she had an older brother York (b.1960).
Her parents' marriage had to collapse in some moment; her father had an out-of-wedlock child Oliver (b.1988) by Petra Maass (b.1951) - he married her a year after the death of his wife.
Tatiana-Sybille was unmarried and childless.

Prince York in 1992 lost his wife Susanne, nee Seidensticker (aged 31)...
In 2016 he lost his only child, Nicolai-York (aged 27)...
And now he loses his sister...

Sources: Descendants of Duke Friedrich of Saxe-Altenburg
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/s-lippe.html
 
Hello, HSH Prince Oskar Arnold zu Bentheim und Steinfurt died at Burgsteinfurt on 3rd August 2021.
He was born at Burgsteinfurt on 8th March 1946 as the youngest children and son of Prince Viktor Adolf zu Bentheim und Steinfurt (1882-1961) and of his second wife née Princess Rosa Helene zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1901-1963)
He married Margot Lucke (1938) in 1980.


https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/bentheim.html
https://www.trauer.ms/traueranzeige...und-steinfurt-2021-08-03-burgsteinfurt-129740


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Isabelle.
 
Furstin Marie of Liechtenstein, nee Countess Kinsky, died today at the age of 81 following a stroke earlier this week.

She was born on April 14, 1940 as the fourth of seven children of Count Ferdinand Kinsky (1908-1969) and Countess Henriette von Ledebur-Wicheln (1910-2001).

In 1967 she married Hans-Adam II, Furst of Liechtenstein (*1945). They had four children: Alois (*1968), Maximilian (*1969), Constantin (*1972), and Tatjana (*1973).

In addition to her husband and children, she is survived by her 15 grandchildren, 3 of her siblings, and many nieces and nephews.

Source: https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-death-of-noble-woman-princess-marie.html
Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
 
Prince Jan Pawel Sapieha-Rozanski died on August 6 at the age of 85 in Rio de Janeiro.

His was born in 1935 in Warsaw to Prince Jan Andrzej Sapieha-Rozanski and his wife Maria Zdziechowska. He married his first wife, Claudine Cumberledge, in 1964, and they had a son Michal (*1966) before divorcing.

In 1980, he married his second wife, Princess Cristina of Orleans-Braganza (*1950), and they had two daughters, Anna Theresa (*1981) and Paola Maria (*1983). They divorced in 1988. Anna married Benjamin Furlong in 2018 and they have a son born in 2019. Paola married Prince Konstanty Swiatopolk-Czetwertynski in 2012.

Source: Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French
Jan Pawe³ ks. Sapieha-Ro¿añski h. Lis (M.J. Minakowski, Genealogia potomków Sejmu Wielkiego)
 
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Both websites are mistaken about the daughters of his second marriage, I'm afraid. His daughters identify themselves with the family and surname of their mother, which information is found in many places, including their pages on social media.
 
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Both websites are mistaken about the daughters of his second marriage, I'm afraid. His daughters identify themselves with the family and surname of their mother, which information is found in many places, including their pages on social media.

Paola Maria has become a Spanish citizen by naturalization. Her surname was legally listed as "Sapienha de Bourbón".

Real Decreto 1590/2005, de 23 de diciembre, por el que se concede la nacionalidad española por carta de naturaleza a doña Paola María Sapieha de Bourbón.
 
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Both websites are mistaken about the daughters of his second marriage, I'm afraid. His daughters identify themselves with the family and surname of their mother, which information is found in many places, including their pages on social media.

Both sisters have become Spanish citizens by naturalization. Their legal surname in Boletín Oficial del Estado was "Sapieha de Bourbón" (at least, in 2005)

Real Decreto 1589/2005, de 23 de diciembre, por el que se concede la nacionalidad española por carta de naturaleza a doña Ana Teresa Sapieha de Bourbón

Real Decreto 1590/2005, de 23 de diciembre, por el que se concede la nacionalidad española por carta de naturaleza a doña Paola María Sapieha de Bourbón
 
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