82 years ago Princess Juliana of the Netherlands married Prince Bernhard zur Lippe-Biesterfeld. The wedding was being held on 7 January 1937 in the Grote of Sint-Jacobskerk (Great, or St. James Church) in The Hague, The Netherlands. When some years ago I tried to find out who they were, it turned out that wasn’t that […]
Viktoria Luise got married to her Ferdinand in Amorbach (2)
Many royals and nobles came to Amorbach, Germany, for the wedding of Hereditary Prince Ferdinand zu Leiningen and Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia on 16 September 2017. Outside the church were tens of onlookers, including several of my royalty friends. There were also several representatives of the media. Fences and security people were used to […]
Viktoria Luise got married to her Ferdinand in Amorbach (1)
It is impossible to attend each royal wedding there is, but this would have been a really nice one for me, if it hadn’t been a nine-hour train ride to Amorbach, which is situated near the city of Aschaffenburg, Germany. It is not really the time of the year anymore to combine such a trip […]
Another Civil Leiningen Wedding
Only weeks after his younger brother Prince Hermann married civilly Isabelle Heubach it was the turn of Hereditary Prince Ferdinand zu Leiningen to tie the knot. He and his bride, Viktoria Luise Prinzessin von Preussen (Princess of Prussia) choose to get married at the Refectory of the family castle in Amorbach, Germany on 29 April […]
Sunny Spring Wedding at Amorbach
I’ve published this rather exclusive picture with permission of Ulrike. Please do not copy or post it elsewhere It will be a busy year for the Princely Family zu Leiningen, as the two sons of Fürst Andreas and Fürstin Alexandra are getting married. The youngest of the two, Prince Hermann (* 1987) kicked off the […]
Which Royals died in 2016?
In Showbizz-land 2016 was quite a bad year, but how bad was it for the royal houses? Here is the complete list for 2016 thus far. It isn’t unusual only to hear about genealogical facts weeks, months or even years later. Good to see that many died at a rather old age, people in their […]