Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (Russian: Мари́я Влади́мировна Рома́нова;
born 23 December 1953 in Madrid), has been a claimant to the headship
of the Imperial Family of Russia who reigned as Emperors and Autocrats
of All the Russias (historically the modern states of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland), since 1992. She has used Grand Duchess of Russia as her title of pretence with the style Imperial Highness throughout her life, though her right to do so is disputed.[1][2] She is a great-great-granddaughter in the male-line of Emperor Alexander II of Russia.In Madrid on 22 September 1976, Maria married Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia,[7] her third cousin, once-removed. He is a Hohenzollern great-grandson of Germany's last emperor Wilhelm II and a great-great-great grandchild of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom. Franz Wilhelm converted to the Orthodox faith prior to the wedding, taking the name Michael Pavlovich and receiving the title of a Grand Duke of Russia from Maria's father
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Gloria von Thurn und Taxis
Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis (Mariae Gloria Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis, born Mariae Gloria Ferdinanda Joachima Josephine Wilhelmine Huberta Countess von Schönburg-Glauchau,[1][2][3] 23 February 1960) is a German businesswoman, manager, and member, by marriage, of the former German princely House of Thurn and Taxis.On 31 May 1980 Johannes, Prince of Thurn and Taxis, married Countess Gloria of Schönburg-Glauchau
Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg
Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg (née Duchess Eilika Helene Jutta Clementine of Oldenburg) (born 22 August 1972) is the wife of Georg von Habsburg, the third in the line of succession to the titular Austro-Hungarian throne.
She was in line of succession to the British throne before her marriage
to a Roman Catholic. She is a daughter of Duke Johann of Oldenburg and
his wife Countess Ilka of Ortenburg.[1] Her father is a younger son of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg and his wife Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1899–1948).On 18 October 1997, Eilika married Georg von Habsburg in St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest, Hungary.[1][2][3] He is the younger son of Otto von Habsburg (himself a son of the deposed Emperor Charles I of Austria) and his wife Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen. Among the wedding guests were Felipe, Prince of Asturias, Prince Albert of Monaco, and Hassan II of Morocco.[2] Pope John Paul II
sent his best wishes to the couple, and ambassadors of many foreign
nations, including the United States, attended as representatives.[2] The 25-year-old Eilika wore a high-necked white dress, along with a veil worn by her great-grandmother Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1896
Princess Marie Isabelle of France
Princess Marie of Liechtenstein (née Princess Marie Isabelle Marguerite Anne Geneviève of Orléans; born Boulogne-sur-Seine, France on 3 January 1959) is the eldest daughter of Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France and his former wife Duchess Marie Thérèse of Württemberg.[1] She is the wife of Prince Gundakar of Liechtenstein, a great-grandson of Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein.
Constanza of Habsburg-Lorraine, archduchess of Austria
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Carla María de la Soledad Royo-Villanova
Kubrat, Prince of Panagyurishte, Duke of Saxony[1] (born 5 November 1965, Madrid, Spain), known with his civilian name as Kubrat de Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha y Gómez-Acebo (in Spain) or Kubrat Sakskoburggotski (in Bulgaria), is a Spanish surgeon and member of the former Bulgarian Royal Family. He is the third son of the exiled Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife Doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela.Prince Kubrat married on 2 July 1993 at the Monastery of la Encarnación, Madrid with Doña
Carla María de la Soledad Royo-Villanova y Urrestarazu, daughter of
Jaime Royo-Villanova y Paya and wife María del Carmen Urrestarazu y
Ozueta.
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