Last modified: 1 January 2023
Engagements, marriages and divorces in reigning and non-reigning royal houses of the year 2018.
3 January
Marriage of Suhail bin Ahmed bin Juma Al Maktoum and Sheikha Maryam bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (United Arab Emirates) at the Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
22 January
Engagement announced of Jack Brooksbank and Princess Eugenie of York (Great Britain).
21 February
Engagement announced of Louis Ducruet (Monaco) and Marie Hoa Chevallier.
8 March
Sheikh Mohammed Al Qasimi, Crown Prince of Ras Al Khaimah, and Sheikha Shaikha bint Butti bin Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum of Dubai.
12 March
Civil marriage of Stanislas Fougeron and Princess Hélène of Yugoslavia at the town hall of the VIII district, Paris, France.
15 March
Engagement announced of Amr Zedan and Princess Noor bin Asem of Jordan.
16 March
Marriage of Prince Christian von Hannover and Alessandra de Osma, at the Iglesia San Pedro in Lima, Peru.
30 April
Marriage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa of Bahrain and name unknown at Muharraq, Bahrain.
Marriage of Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Anak Haji Mohammed Saifullah bin Pengiran Indera Setia Daraja Sahibul Karib Penjiran Anak Haji Idris (Brunei Darussalam) and Dayang Nur Akmalia binti Iskander, at Baitun Na’aim, Kampung Jerudong, Brunei Darussalam.
Early April (exact date unknown)
Civil marriage of Count Carl-Ludwig von Ballestrem and Countess Katharina Fugger von Glött at the town hall in Kirchheim, Germany.
5 May
Religious marriage of Friedrich von Laer and Princess Marie zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg in Semd, Groß-Umstadt, Germany.
8 May
Engagement known of Hereditary Count Constantin von Starhemberg and Countess Elena von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg.
19 May
Marriage of Prince Henry of Wales and Meghan Markle at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, Great Britain.
26 May
Religious marriage of Count Carl-Ludwig von Ballestrem and Countess Katharina Fugger von Glött at the Parish Church St Peter und Paul in Kirchheim, Germany.
28 May
Divorce of Igor Ostasenko-Bogdanoff and Amélie de Bourbon Parme in Paris, France.
2 June
Religious marriage of Count Conradin zu Castell-Castell and Desiree Peill at the Parish Church St. Johannes Baptist in Nideggen, Germany.
Marriage of Moritz von Nathusius and Countess Marie von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg.
3 June
Religious marriage of Prince Juan Bagration and Kristine Dzidziguri in Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Georgia.
9 June
Marriage of Joseph de Bourbon de Parme and Anna Louise Bøgeløv Budd in Mercuès, France.
21 June
Marriage of Amr Zedan and Princess Noor bin Asem of Jordan.
26 June
Engagement announced of Kei Moriya and Princess Ayako of Takamado (Japan).
June (exact date unknown)
Divorce of Fürst Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe and Nadja Anna Zsoeks. At least that is reported in the magazine Bunte.
3 July
Civil marriage of Prince Dushan of Yugoslavia and Valerie DeMuzio in New York, USA.
5 July
Civil marriage of Jan Stahl and Princess Stephanie von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha at Friedenstein Castle, Gotha, Germany.
7 July
Marriage of Camillo von Pachmann and Princess Nicola von Auersperg.
14 July
Religious marriage of Colin Hanna and Princess Concetta Reuss in Austria.
Marriage of David Schroeder and Countess Margarita zu Solms-Laubach in Dorheim, Germany.
17 July
Engagement reported of the Hon Edward Devereux and Princess Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis.
21 July
Religious marriage of Count Nikolaus Bethlen de Bethlen and Princess Theodora zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg in Bad Laasphe, Germany.
25 July
Engagement announced of Prince Clemens von Auersperg and María de Lera Figal.
July (exact date unknown)
Marriage of Count Andreas von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg and Lynn Spence in Canada.
25 August
Engagement announced of Sheikh Khaled bin Mohammed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi and Sheikha Maryam bint Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum of Dubai.
Marriage of Ferenc Freiherr von Stipsicz de Ternova and Princess Paula von Auersperg in St. Florian, Austria.
1 September
Religious marriage of Archduke Franz Ludwig of Austria and Mathilde Vignon in Geneva, Switzerland.
Religious marriage of Prince Konstantin of Bavaria and Deniz Kaya at the French Church in St. Moritz, Engadin, Switzerland.
Civil marriage of Prince Pedro Carlos de Orleans e Bragança (Brazil) and Patrícia Alvim Rodrigues.
9 September
Marriage of Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Muda Dr Abdul Fattaah (Brunei) and Dayangku Elina Zuraidah binti Pengiran Kamaluddin at Balai Penghadapan Bukit Kayangan, Brunei Darussalam.
Marriage of Khalifa bin Butti al-Muhairi and Princess Ameera Al-Taweel of Saudi Arabia at the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte near Paris, France.
15 September
Civil marriage of Maximilien d’Andigné and Duchess Sophie von Wúrttemberg in Altshausen, Germany.
Religious marriage of Stanislas Fougeron and Princess Hélène of Yugoslavia at the église Saint-Etienne in Janville, France.
19 September
Engagement announced of Thomas Kingston and Lady Gabriella Windsor (Great Britain). They got engaged in August on the Isle of Sark.
22 September
Marriage of Prince Albrecht von Auersperg-Trautson and Alix von Leeb at Frohnleiten, Austria.
30 September
Religious marriage of Nicholas de Roumanie Medforth-Mills (Romania) and Alina-Maria Binder at the St Elias Church, Sinaia, Romania.
September (date unknown)
Marriage of Count Lelio von Colloredo-Mannsfeld and Stefanie Petronczki.
5 October
Engagement of Fürst Otto zu Castell-Rüdenhausen and Sophia Mautner von Markhof.
12 October
Marriage of Jack Brooksbank and Princess Eugenie of York at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Great Britain.
20 October
Religious marriage of Maximilien d’Andigné and Duchess Sophie von Wúrttemberg at Tegernsee, Germany.
27 October
Marriage of Manuel Afonso de Orleans-Bragança and Cássia Letícia Ferreira Kerpel at Petropólis, Brazil.
29 October
Marriage of Kei Moriya and Princess Ayako of Takamado (Japan) at the Meiji Jingu Shrine, Tokyo, Japan.
October (exact date unknown)
Engagement announced of Prince Peter Lobkowicz and Countess Helena von Khevenhüller-Metsch.
16 November
Engagement announced of Matthew Kumar and Princess Theodora of Greece.
18 November
Marriage of Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Anak Muhammad Abdul Haffiz bin Pengiran Sura Negara Pengiran Anak Haji Muhammad Bey Muntassir (Brunei) and Dayangku Nur Izzati binti Pengiran Haji Abdul Wahab at Baitul Athirah Hall, Kampong Beribi, Brunei Darussalam.
November (exact date unknown)
Marriage of The Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan and Oksana Voevodina at the Barvikha Concert Hall, Barvikha, Russia. The marriage took place on 22 or 23 November. According to her Instagram it was already on 7 June 2018, which might have been the Nikkah.
21 December
Engagement announced of Prince Hussain Aga Khan and Elizabeth Hoag.
28 December
Engagement of Károly Freiherr von Stipsicz de Ternova and Princess Flaminia von Hohenzollern at St Anton, Austria.
29 December
Civil marriage of Fürst Otto zu Castell-Rüdenhausen and Sophia Mautner von Markhof at the town hall of Rüdenhausen, Germany.
Exact date unknown
Marriage of Count Jacob zu Castell-Castell and Margherita Allorio.
Civil marriage of Burkhard Keese and Princess Isabelle zu Hohenlohe-Jagstberg.
Divorce of Gary Lewis and Lady Davina Windsor (Great Britain).