Last modified: 30 December 2021
Engagements, marriages and divorces in reigning and non-reigning royal houses of the year 2013
15 January
Engagement announced of Count Maximilian von Habsburg (Austria) and Arabella Stafford Northcote.
2 February
Marriage of Prince Heinrich XXVI Reuss and Isabelle Anna Frampton, at Chichester, Great Britain.
22 February
Marriage of Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahman bin Mu’ammar and Princess .. bint Khalid bin Sa’d bin Saud Al Saud of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
15 March
Marriage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Qasimi of Sharjah and Sheikha .. bint Faisal bin Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates).
17 March
Marriage of Prince Muhammad bin Nawwaf bin Muhammad Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and Princess … bint Bandar bin Saud bin Khalid Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
20 March
Marriage of Sheikh Zayed bin Saeed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi and Sheikha Fatima bint Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi at Al Mushrif, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Marriage of Sheik Dhiyab bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi and Sheikha Latifa bint Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi at Al Mushrif, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
21 March
Marriage of Sheikh Saqr bin Jamal bin Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah and Sheikha … bint Faisal bin Sultan bin Salem Al Qasimi of Sharjah at Al Jawaher Hall for Conferences, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
22 March
Marriage of Zaid Mirza and Princess Iman bint Hussein of Jordan at the Bab al Salam Palace, Jordan.
New! 1 April
Marriage of Sheikh Omar bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi and Sheikha Ousha bint Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi at Al Mushrif district, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
6 April
Civil marriage of Baron Felix van Hövell tot Westerflier and Princess Amelie zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg at Brüggen, Germany.
14 April
Marriage of Sheikh Hamad bin Hasher bin Hamad bin Juma Al Maktoum of Dubai and Sheikha … bint Ahmed bin Juma Al Maktoum of Dubai at the Grand Hyatt Dubai Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
25 April
Marriage of Prince Fahd bin Muhammad bin Sa’d bin Abd al-Rahman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and .. bint Faysal bin Muhammad al-Rashid at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
26 April
Engagement announced of Prince Rahim Aga Khan and Kendra Spears.
27 April
Engagement of Prince Mohammed Ali of Egypt and Princess Noal Zaher of Afghanistan at Istanbul, Turkey.
Marriage of Count Maximilian von Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems and Countess Clementine von Althann at the Parish Church, Murstetten, Austria.
Marriage of Prince David Kintu Wassajja of Buganda and Marion Elizabeth Nankya at Rubaga Cathedral, Kampala, Uganda.
New! 2 May
Marriage of Sheikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain and Sheikha Jawahir bint ‘Abdu’llah bin ‘Isa al-Khalifa at Manama, Bahrain.
11 May
Religious marriage of Prince Louis zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich and Countess Antonia von Kielmansegg at Seestermühle, Germany.
16 May
Marriage of Sheikh Sultan bin Salim bin Majid bin Nasser Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah and .. Al Anzi at the Corniche Wedding Hall, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
Marriage of Abd al-Karim bin Gharbi bin Salih and Princess .. bint Bandar bin Abdallah bin Nasir Al Saud of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
17 May
Marriage of Ali bin Muhammad Abu Qulub al-Qahtani and Princess .. bint Fawwaz bin Saud bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
18 May
Marriage of Count Franz-Ferdinand von Habsburg-Lothringen and LeOntra Carol Breeden at Cape Town, South Africa.
18 May
Marriage of Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Saeed bin Abdul Aziz Al Nuaimi of Ajman and Sheikha .. bint Saeed bin Rashid Al Nuami of Ajman at the Kempinski Hotel, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
19 May
Marriage of Mit’ab bin Muhammad bin Sa’d al-Shathri and Princess .. bint Abdallah bin Fahd bin Faysal al-Farhan at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
23 May
Marriage of Fahd bin Khalaf al-Ruwaydan and Princess … bint Khalid bin Sa’d bin Muhammad Al Saud of Saudi Arabia at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
25 May
Marriage of Mathieu de Schietere de Lophem and Princess Ludmilla de Lobkowicz.
Marriage of Hereditary Prince Maximilian zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein and Cristina Vozzi Castriota Scanderbeg at the Chiesa di Santa Maria del Priorato, Rome, Italy.
1 June
Religious marriage of Roman Goldschmidt and Princess Anna von Hohenzollern at the Maria Himmelfahrt Church, Andernach, Germany.
3 June
Civil marriage of Fürst Antal Esterházy de Galántha and Svetlana Nyikolajevna Bardadim at the Esterázy Palace, Fertöd, Hungary.
7 June
Marriage of Prince Ludwig zu Waldeck und Pyrmont and Sara Hansen.
8 June
Engagement of Mohammed Halawani and Princess Ayah bint Faisal of Jordan.
Marriage of Christopher O’Neill and Princess Madeleine of Sweden at the Slottskyrkan, Royal Palace, Stockholm.
11 June
Engagement announced of Baron Guerric de Crombrugghe de Looringhe and Princess Ysaline de Lobkowicz.
25 June
Divorce of Sigismund titular Grand Duke of Tuscany, Archduke of Austria and Elyssa Edmonstone.
27 June
Marriage (nikah) of YAM Pengiran Muda Abdul Qawi of Brunei and YAM Tengku Amalin ‘Aishah Putri Sultan Ismail Petra of Kelantan at Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
29 June
Religious marriage of Baron Felix van Hövell tot Westerflier and Princess Amelie zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg at Kevelaer, Germany.
June (exact date unknown)
Engagement of Count Roderik zu Castell-Rüdenhausen and Elisabeth Lotgering.
7 July
Marriage (bersanding) of YAM Pengiran Muda Abdul Qawi of Brunei and YAM Tengku Amalin ‘Aishah Putri Sultan Ismail Petra of Kelantan (Malaysia) at Balai Penghadapan, Bukit Kayangan, Brunei.
8 July
Marriage of Wolfgang Prince of Bavaria and Tatana Eames at München, Germany.
13 July
Religious marriage of Christoph-Joseph Barelli and Countess Marie-Eleonor Kuefstein at Röhrenbach, Austria.
20 July
Religious marriage of Caspar Schmick and Princess Louisa zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg at the église du Sacré- Coeur at Bourbon-Lancy, France.
Civil marriage of Don João Filipe de Orleans e Bragança (Brazil) and Yasmin Paranaguá at Röhrenbach, Austria.
23 July
Engagement announced of Count Alexandre de Lalaing and Countess Sophie von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg.
25 July
Engagement announced of James Spearman and Princess Amélia de Orleans e Bragança (Brazil).
2 August
Marriage of Count Damian von Schönborn and Julie Hoye at The James J. Hill Reference Library, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Marriage of Prince Heinrich XIX Reuss and Ann-Caroline Dewald.
3 August
Religious marriage of Don João Filipe de Orleans e Bragança (Brazil) and Yasmin Paranaguá at the Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, Paraty, Brazil.
10 August
Engagement announced of Count George von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee and Baroness Anna Gyllenkrok.
Marriage of Sione Mateialona Filipe and Hon Frederica Lupe ‘Uluiva Fatafehi’o Lapaha Tuita (Tonga) at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, New Zealand.
17 August
Marriage of ‘Epeli Taione and Hon Salote Lupepau?u Salamasina Pureau Vahine Arii ‘o e Hau Tuita (Tonga) in Fuji.
Marriage of Count Maximilian von Habsburg and Arabella Stafford Northcote.
30 August
Marriage of Prince Mohammed Ali of Egypt and Princess Noal Zaher of Afghanistan at the Ciragan Palace, Istanbul, Turkey.
31 August
Civil marriage of Andrea Casiraghi (Monaco) and Tatiana Santo Domingo at the Princely Palace, Monaco.
Marriage of Prince Rahim Aga Khan and Kendra Spears at the Bellerive Castle, Geneva, Switzerland.
2 September
Marriage of Prince Jérôme Napoléon and Licia Innocenti at Vandoeuvres, Switzerland.
7 September
Marriage of Prince Hadrien de Croÿ-Roeulx and Jacqueline-Ariadne Desmarais at the Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde, Montréal, Canada.
New! 11 September
Religious marriage of Alexander Phillips Nixon and Princess Elena of Romania at the Catedrala Încoronării, Alba Iulia, Romania.
14 September
Engagement of King Mswati III of Swaziland and Sindiswa DlaminiShe is his 15th bride.
Civil marriage of Matthieu Dupertuis and Delphine de Bourbon de Parme.
17 September
Civil marriage of Prince Felix of Luxembourg and Claire Lademacher at the Villa Rothschild Kempinsky, Königstein im Taunus, Germany.
19 September
Marriage of Sheikh Hashim bin Mohammed bin Salman Al-Khalifa of Bahrain and name unknown.
20 September
Marriage of Sheikh Ahmed bin Sultan bin Ali bin Rashid Al Nuaimi of Ajman (United Arab Emirates) and … bint Mohammed bin Ali bin Saeed Al Jarwan.
21 September
Religious marriage of Prince Felix of Luxembourg and Claire Lademacher at the Basilique de Sainte Marie-Madeleine, Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France.
Religious marriage of Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss and Countess Dorothea Richiza zu Castell-Castell at the St Veit Church, Iphofen, Germany.
Marriage of Carles Andreu Alacreu and Countess Sophie von Schönburg-Glauchau at Ronda, Málaga, Spain.
26 September
Marriage of Sheikh Sultan bin Saleh bin Mohammed Al Sharqi of Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) and Sheikha .. bint Abdullah bin Faisal bin Sultan Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah (United Arab Emirates).
3 October
Civil marriage of Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme and Viktória Cservenyák at Wijk bij Duurstede, The Netherlands.
5 October
Religious marriage of Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme and Viktória Cservenyák at the Kerk van Onze Lieve Vrouwe ten Hemelopneming, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.
5 October
Religious marriage of Count Alexandre de Lalaing and Countess Sophie von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg at the Parish Church in Laxenburg, Austria.
Religious marriage of Prince Viktor von Isenburg and Jungeun Anés Lee at the Parish Church of Bruck an der Leitha, Austria.
17 October
Marriage of Prince Jigme Dorji Wangchuk of Bhutan and Yeatso Lhamo at the Domkhar dzong in Chumig, Bumthang, Bhutan.
October (Exact date unknown)
Religious marriage of Matthieu Dupertuis and Delphine de Bourbon de Parme.
22 November
Marriage of Muhammad bin Sa’d Shimaysy and Princess .. bint Bandar bin Saud bin Hadhlul Al Saud of Saudi Arabia at the Palace of Culture, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
6 December
Marriage of Moritz von Fallois and Countess Bernadette zu Stolberg-Stolberg.
11 December
Marriage of Hereditary Count Ludwig von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee and Jessica (Yesisca) Iskandar at the Yesus Sejati Church, Jakarta, Indonesia. He filed for divorce in Jakarta on 13 October 2014, and stated the marriage is false and never took place. On 15 October 2015 a court in Indonesia declared the marriage void.
12 December
Marriage of S. Sreesanth and Bhuveneshwari Kumari (Jaipur) at the Guruvayoor Sree Krishna temple in Kerala, India.
15 December
Divorce announced of Prince David Bagration-Mukhransky (Georgia) and Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky (Georgia).
28 December
Marriage of Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) and Sheikha .. bint Maktoum bin Rashid Al-Maktoum of Dubai (United Arab Emirates).
31 December
Engagement announced of the Hon. James Tollemache and Florence Princess von Preussen (Prussia).
Exact date unknown
News! Marriage of Prince Christian Albrecht zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Yasmin Möbius.
Marriage of Prince Christopher von Auersperg and María-Cornelia Hohf Riveros.
Marriage of Wolfgang Liechtenfeld and Countess Claire von Schönborn-Buchheim.
Civil marriage of Count Nikolaus von Schönborn-Wiesentheid and Anna von Wedel.
Divorce of Prince Faisal bin Hussein of Jordan and Sarah Kabbani . On 13 September 2013 it became known that they were already divorced.
Divorce of Christopher Thomas and Princess Ruth Nsemere Komuntale of Toro (Uganda).