Royal Recap:Year in Review and 2018 Predictions and Happenings
There are probably a bunch of stuff I missed, so if I missed something big or you can fill in an unknown, please let me know.
Royal Babies:
Unknown:
January:
2nd:
22nd:
March
April:
8th:
May:
5th:
August:
30th:
31st:
8th:
22nd:
22nd:
November
December
Date Unknown:
Royal Baptisms and Christenings
January
February
March
April
22nd:
Major Royal Birthdays & Anniversaries
May:
11th:
10th:
4th:
5th:
2nd:
Royal Marriages
Unknown
January
February
March
April:
29th:
15th:
July:
6-8th:
August
September:
9th:
October
November
December
Royal Engagements:
February:
March
4th
27th:
Royal Deaths:
January
6th
13th
March:
13th:
April:
11th:
Royal Babies:
Unknown:
- The Hon. Thomas Lascelles and Laura Lascelles welcomed their first child, Cleo Lascelles {Source}
- .Prince Don Dimitri della Torre e Tasso & Jonkvrouw Elinor de Pret Roose de Calesberg welcomed their first child, Prince Don Alexandre della Torre e Tasso {Source}
- Alexandra von Humboldt-Dachroeden and Ferdinand de Guyard, Count von Saint-Julien von und zu Wallsee welcomed their third son,Franz de Guyard, Count von Saint-Julien von und zu Wallsee {Source}
January:
2nd:
- Princess Salwa & Prince Rahim Aga Khan welcomed their second child, Prince Sinan. He joins older brother Prince Irfan {Source}
- Princess Sarah von Isenburg & Prince Alexander von Isenburg welcomed their second child, a girl, Princess Zita von Isenburg. Princess Zita joins big sister Princess Alix Imagina von Isenburg {Source}
12th:
- Princess Noal of Egypt,Princess of Afghanistan & Prince Mohamed Ali of Egypt welcomed twins, Prince Fuad Zahir of of Egypt & Princess Farah Nur of Egypt {Source}
22nd:
- Hereditary Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha and Kelly, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Goburg und Gotha welcomed their third child and second daughter:Princess Madeleine Aurelia Viktoria Carin of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony. Princess Madeleine joins big sister Princess Katharina and big brother Prince Philipp. She is named:
- Madeleine: Likely a name her parents liked
- Aurelia: unsure, possibly for someone on her mother's side
- Viktoria: for her paternal great grandmother, Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth
- Carin: for her paternal grandmother
28th:
- Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi and Beatrice Borromeo-Casiraghi welcomed their 1st child, a son {Source}. This child is a second grandchild for Princess Caroline of Hanover and Stefano Casiraghi. This child is currently 6th in succession for Monaco's throne after two 1st cousins 1x removed (Jacques and Gabriella), a grandmother (Caroline) and an uncle (Andrea) and father (Pierre). He was named Stefano Carlo Enrcole Casiraghi (Stefano/Carlo for his grandfathers, Enrcole is Hercules in Italian)
April:
8th:
- Prince Faisal bin Al-Hussein of Jordan and Princess Zeina of Jordan welcomed their second child together, Prince Muhammad bin Faisal of Jordan. Prince Muhammad joins older brother Prince Abdullah bin Faisal and older half siblings: Princess Ayah bint al-Faisal of Jordan (1990), Prince Omar bint al-Faisal of Jordan (1993) & twins Princess Sara bint al-Faisal of Jordan & Princess Aisha bint al-Faisal of Jordan (1997) {Source}
May:
5th:
- Prince François Charles Frédéric Bruno Marie d'Orléans, Count of Dreux and Theresa Marie Dorothée Gabrielle Cathérine von Einsiedel welcomed their first child, Prince Philippe of Orléans. The Little Prince is the latest grandson of Prince Michel d'Orléans, Count d'Évreux {Source}
- Prince João Philippe d'Orléans e Bragança and Princess Yasmine d'Orléans e Bragança welcomed their second child, Prince João Antonio d'Orléans e Bragança
August:
30th:
- Archduke Christoph of Austria and Archduchess Adélaïde of Austria welcomed their second daughter and second child Archduchess Sophia of Austria. Archduchess Sophia joins big sister Archduchess Katarina
31st:
- Prince Carl Philp of Sweden, The Duke of Värmland & Princess Sofia of Sweden, The Duchess of Värmland welcomed their second son {Source}. The child's full name, title and style were later revealed as HRH Prince Gabriel Carl Walther of Sweden, The Duke of Dalarna{Source}{Source}.. The little boy joins older brother Prince Alexander of Sweden and is currently 7th in succession for the Swedish throne. Gabriel is likely a name they liked, Carl is a nod to his father and grandfather, and Walther is for his father's maternal grandfather. His duchary is a nod to his mother, as it's the Provence where she grew up.
8th:
- Hereditary Prince Franz-Albrecht of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg& Hereditary Princess Cleopatra of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielbergwelcomed their first child, Princess Matilda Galilea of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg
22nd:
- Princess Maria Theresia von Thurn und Taxis & Hugo Wilson welcomed a second daughter, Maya Romney Alexandra Wilson, who joins big sister Mafalda {Source}
22nd:
- Archduchess Gabriella of Austria & Prince Henri of Bourbon-Parma welcomed their first child, a girl named Victoria Antonia Marie-Astrid Lydia von Österreich de Bourbon-Parma (illegitimate, born prior to her parents marriage, 2017){Source}. Her parents, like her maternal grandparents, are related as third cousins. The Little girl is likely named:
- Victoria-for her paternal great-aunt, Princess Victoire of Bourbon-Parma who died in 2001
- Antonia: her father's eldest sister, Princess Antonia of Bourbon-Parma
- Marie-Astrid: Maternal grandmother
- Lydia: Paternal grandmother
November
December
Date Unknown:
- Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss& Dorothea Richiza welcomed their first child, Princess Anastasia Marie Elisabeth
Royal Baptisms and Christenings
January
February
March
April
22nd:
- Prince Liam Henri Hartmut de Nassau was baptized at the Vatican with his paternal uncle and a family friend of his mother's as his godparents, Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg & Ms. Anna-Maria Pamin.
December
1st:
1st:
- Prince Gabriel Carl Walther of Sweden, The Duke of Dalarna was baptized in Sweden with the following as his godparents{Source}:
- Princess Madeleine of Sweden (paternal aunt)
- Miss Sara Hellqvist (maternal aunt)
- Mr. Oscar Kylberg (business partner of his father's)
- Miss Carolina Pihl (business partner of his mother's)
- Mr. Thomas de Toledo Summerlath (maternal first cousin of his father, his paternal grandmother's nephew)
His elder brother, Prince Alexander has his paternal aunt Victoria, maternal aunt Lina, his father's paternal cousin Victor Magnuson, and friends of his parents Jan-Åke Hansson and Cajsa Larsson.
Major Royal Birthdays & Anniversaries
January:
9th:
February:
6th:
March:
3rd:
9th:
- Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge celebrated her 35th birthday.
- Baroness Elisabeth-Anne de Massy celebrated her 70th birthday.
- Mr. Antoine de Massy celebrated his 20th birthday.
- Miss Marie Theresa von Lattorff celebrated becoming a teenager.
19th:
- Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern celebrated her 80th birthday.
20th:
- Mr. Carlos Hugo Roderik Sybren Klynstra de Bourbon de Parma celebrated his 20th birthday.
- Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway celebrated becoming a teenager.
23rd:
- Princess Caroline of Hanover, Princess by birth of Monaco celebrated her 60th birthday.
- Princess Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck of Bhutan celebrated her 35th birthday.
6th:
- Archduke Carl Christian of Austria & Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria, Princess of Luxembourg celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary
- Princess Louise of Belgium celebrated becoming a teenager.
12th:
- Princess Astrid Maud Ingeborg of Norway, Mrs. Ferner celebrated her 85th birthday.
21st:
- King Harald V of Norway celebrated his 80th birthday.
3rd:
- The Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal celebrated her 20th birthday.
- Count Claus-Casimir van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg celebrated becoming a teenager.
22nd:
- Prince Pieter-Christiaan Michiel of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven celebrated his 45th birthday
- Princess Aisha bint Al Faisal of Jordan celebrated her 20th birthday.
- Princess Sara bint Al Faisal of Jordan celebrated her 20th birthday.
22nd
- Mr. Daniel St.George Chatto celebrated his 60th birthday.
27th:
- King Williem-Alexander I of The Netherlands celebrated his 50th birthday.
May:
11th:
- Princess Irene of Greece & Denmark celebrated her 75th birthday.
- Prince Jean of Luxembourg celebrated his 60th birthday.
- Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, Princess of Luxembourg celebrated her 60th birthday.
20th:
- Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, Prince of Denmark celebrated his 50th birthday.
28th:
- Sylvana Palma Windsor, The Countess of St. Andrews celebrated her 60th birthday.
10th:
- Mr. James Patrick Ambler celebrated his 50th birthday.
- Princess Madeleine of Sweden celebrated her 35th birthday.
- Princess Marie-Astrid of Liechtenstein celebrated her 30th birthday.
- Prince Pablo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies celebrated becoming a teenager.
4th:
- Queen Sonja of Norway celebrated her 80th birthday.
- Prince Michael of Kent celebrated his 75th birthday.
- Princess Chulabhorn of Thailand celebrated her 60th birthday.
- Count Jefferson von von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth celebrated his 50th birthday.
- Prince Jean de Nassau celebrated becoming a teenager.
14th:
- Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland celebrated her 40th birthday.
17th:
- Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall celebrated her 70th birthday.
20th:
- Archduke Karl-Konstantin of Austria celebrated becoming a teenager.
30th
- Prince Hans Adam II & Princess Marie celebrated their 50th anniversary on Sunday.
3rd:
12th:
- Anna Pia von Lattorff celebrated her 10th birthday.
12th:
- Queen Sirikit of Thailand celebrated her 95th birthday.
5th:
- Mr. Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi celebrated his 30th birthday.
9th:
- Archduchess Elisabetta "Lili" of Austria-Este, Princess Amedeo of Belgium celebrated her 30th birthday.
- Master Oscar Rufus Ambler celebrated becoming a teenager.
11th:
- Queen Paola of Belgium celebrated her 80th birthday.
17th:
- Prince Odysseas-Kimon of Greece & Denmark celebrated becoming a teenager.
8th:
- Count Georg Karl-Albert of Hochberg celebrated his 30th birthday.
13th
- Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Apulia celebrated his 50th birthday.
18th:
- Princess Aimée van Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven celebrated her 40th birthday.
24th:
- Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein celebrated his 70th birthday.
28th:
- Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein, Duchess in Bravia celebrated her 50th birthday.
29th:
- Princess Sophie of Romania celebrated her 60th birthday.
November:
2nd:
- Mr. Brice Souleyman Gelabale-de Massy celebrated his 30th birthday.
- Master Alejandro Juan Gómez-Acebo y Cano celebrated becoming a teenager.
15th:
- Mr. Peter Mark Andrew Philips celebrated his 40th birthday.
19th:
- The Lady Davina Lewis celebrated her 40th birthday.
24th:
- Miss Anastasia Caroline Amalie Rosanes af Rosenborg celebrated her 20th birthday.
28th:
- Miss Clara Dorthe Elisabeth Schmidt af Rosenborg celebrated becoming a teenager.
6th:
- Mr. Alexander Johannsmann celebrated his 40th birthday.
16th:
- Miss Almudena Marie Sarah Béatrice Aline Dailly celebrated becoming a teenager.
21st:
- Miss Estella Olga Elizabeth Taylor celebrated becoming a teenager.
Royal Marriages
Unknown
- Alexander Edgar Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles married Annika Elizabeth Lascelles at some point in 2017{Source}
- Prince Filip of Serbia married Danica Marinković at some point in 2017{Source}
- Sophie Brandram married Humphrey Voelcker at some point in 2017{Source} (Sophie is the granddaughter of Princess Katherine of Greece)
- Prince Don Dimitri della Torre e Tasso married Jonkvrouw Elinor de Pret Roose de Calesberg at some point in 2017{Source}
- Prince Hermann of Leiningen married Isabelle Heubach (Hermann is the brother of Hereditary Prince Ferdinand and this would be the 3rd Hannover wedding this year-Hermann, Ferdinand, and Ernest August Jr) {Source}
January
February
March
April:
29th:
- Viktoria-Luise Kira Ehrengard Prinzessin von Preußen married Hereditary Prince Ferdinand of Leiningen in a civil ceremony. Viktoria-Luise Kira Ehrengard Prinzessin von Preußen is the daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Prinz von Preußenand Ehrengard Insea Elisabeth von Reden. Hereditary Prince Ferdinand is the son of Andreas, 8th Prince of Leiningen & Alexandra, Princess of Hanover, Princess of Leiningen. Both are related to Queen Victoria and are in succession for the British throne. The religious wedding took place in September 2017.
15th:
- Princess Marie-Gabrielle de Nassau married civilly to Antonius Benedikt Clemens Douglas Emanuel Willms (b. 1988) Princess Marie-Gabrielle is the niece of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg.
July:
6-8th:
- Prince Ernest August Andreas of Hanover married Ekaterina Malysheva in a civil wedding on July 6th, and a religious wedding on July 8th.
15th:
- Prince Djordje Karadjordjevic of Yugoslavia married Fallon Rayman {Source}
- Lord Max Percy married Princess Nora zu Oettingen-Spielberg {Source}
- Prince Djordje Karajordjevic is the son of Prince Tomislav and Princess Linda and first cousin of Crown Prince Alexander. Lord Max is the son of The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland and Princess Nora zu Oettingen-Spielberg is the youngest daughter of Albrecht, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg, and Angela Jank
August
September:
9th:
- Prince Joel Makonnen married Ariana Austin {Source}
October
November
December
Royal Engagements:
February:
- Archduke Franz Ludwig of Austria became engaged to Mathilde Vignon.
March
4th
- Lord Max Percy became engaged to Princess Nora of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg {Source}
Lord Max Percy is the son of the 12th Duke of Northumberland. Princess Nora of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg is the youngest daughter of the Prince & Princess of Oettingen-Spielberg. Lord Max and Princess Nora were married in July 2017 {Source}
May
17th:
October:
22nd:
November
May
17th:
- Princess Mako of Akishino announced her engagement to Kei Komuro {Source}
October:
22nd:
- Archduchess Gabriella of Austria & Prince Henri of Bourbon-Parma announced their engagement {Source} They are third cousins through Robert, Duke of Parma.
November
27th:
- Prince Harry of Wales announced his engagement to Meghan Markle{Source}
The day after their announcement, a few details were released: that it will take place in May 2018 at the St. George's chapel at Windsor Castle {Source}
Royal Deaths:
January
6th
- Prince Bayezid Osman died at age 92
13th
- Antony Armstrong-Jones, The 1st Earl of Snowdon died at the age of 86.
14th:
- Prince Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud died at the age of 79.
March:
13th:
- Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg died at the age of 82.
28th:
- The Infanta Alicia of Spain, Dowager Duchess of Calabria died at the age of 99.
11th:
- Baron Nils-August Otto Carl Niclas Silfverschiöld died at the age of 82.
May
June:
10th
13th:
July
August
September
October
November
December:
5th
Things to look forward to in 2018:
June:
10th
- Duchess Margareta Luise of Württemberg died at the age of 88.
13th:
- Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma died at the age of 93.
July
August
September
October
November
December:
5th
- King Mihai I of Romania died at the age of 96.
- Prince François Henri Louis Marie d'Orléans, The Count of Clermont died at the age of 56.
Things to look forward to in 2018:
- Princess Amelia of Orleans-Braganza& Alexander James Spearman are expecting their second child in February 2018.
- Prince Ernest August Andreas of Hanover & Ekaterina Malysheva will welcome their first daughter in March {Source}
- Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge & Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge will welcome their third child in the April 2018 {Source}{Source} This child whether if be a boy or a girl will be 4th in succession after big sister, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge and hold the style HRH Prince/ss of Cambridge.
- Princess Madeleine of Sweden & Christopher Paul O'Neill will welcome baby #3 this spring. The little Prince or Princess of Sweden will join Princess Leonore & Prince Nicolas {Source}. This child will be 9th in succession after their aunt, uncle, four cousins, mother and two older siblings.
- Princess Alix de Ligne & Count Guillaume de Dampierre are expecting their first child in the spring.
- Prince Harry of Wales will marry American actress Meghan Markle on 19 May 2018 at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle {Source}{Source}
- Nicholas de Roumanie Medforth-Mills will marry Alina Maria Binder in summer 2018 {Source}
- Princess Stephanie of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha will marry Jan Stahl.
- Prince Christian of Hanover will marry Alessandra de Osma in March.
- Prince Casimiur zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn will marry Alana Bunte at Sayn.
- Princess Mako of Akishino will marry Kei Komuro.
- Possible marriage between Archduchess Gabriella of Austria & Prince Henri of Bourbon-Parma, but they may wait until after they have graduated school.
Predictions for 2018:
- Finally the "divorce" of Andrea Casiraghi with Tatiana SD (5 years too long! Not that they were married anyway)
- Possible engagements for Andrea's cousins, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi and Louis Ducruet to their respective significant others, Marie Cavillier and Ian Mellencamp. Louis may marry by the end of 2018 as private no nonsense affair and Jazmin we may never know.
- Possible a breaking off of Prince Harry's engagement...something about them just seems too off for me.
- Possible engagement for Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank
- Finally a baby for the Hereditary Grand Ducal Couple of Luxembourg, possibly due late summer or early fall, and announced in March, after her birthday.
Now...looking back at my post for 2017...I had the following predictions for 2017:
- Official Divorce Announcement for Andrea and Tatiana...even though they were never married, don't live together and broke up in 2010 either just before the birth of the Casiraghi-Borromeo child or shortly thereafter or around the von Hanover wedding. (#itsaboutdamnedtime) (still waiting...#theslutneedstogonow)
- Casiraghi-Borromeo child will be born, a girl (hint was Monaco National Day 2015...Beatrice was wearing pink), to be named an arrangement of Marta Grazia Fernanda Carolina Casiraghi-Borromeo...the Italian form of Marta Grace Fernanda Caroline...for her great grandmothers (Marta, Grace, and Fernanda) and paternal grandmother (Caroline). The child will be 6th in succession for Monaco's throne after his/her father and will likely be born in Italy or Monaco. (close here....baby was born, a boy, and named for his grandfathers in Monaco)
- Death announcement of King Mihai I of Romania, likely in the spring or summer. (late on my timing for this one)
- Possible baby announcement from The Hereditary Grand Ducal Couple of Luxembourg towards the fall for a baby in 2018. (still waiting...this spring.....)
- Possible wedding/engagement for Princess Eugenie of York and Mr. Jack Brooksbank. Possible engagement announcement-around March 2017, with a wedding in September or October 2017. (right royal family, wrong royal.)