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Royal Profile: Prince Daniel of Sweden

Prince Daniel of Sweden was born 15 September 1973 in Sweden as Olof Daniel Westlingthe son of Ewa Westling and Olle Gunnar Westling{ Source }. He has a sister{ Source }:  Anna Westling The future Prince Consort attended schools in Sweden, including Rabo Primary School, Perslunda School and Hammargymnasiet upper secondary school { Source }. He graduated upper secondary school in 1991 { Source }. During his summers, he would work at a home for the elderly{ Source }. Prince Daniel was also a member of the Swedish military group 114 in Gävle { Source }. After completing his military service, he worked at a centre for children with special needs { Source }. In 1994, he moved to Stockholm, Sweden to study at the Gymnastics Federation's Folk High School { Source }.During his time at Gymnastics Federation's Folk High School, he studied the youth recreation leader programme { Source }.While studying there, he worked for a fitness company, and after completing his education, he...

Royal Profile: Queen Letizia of Spain

Queen Letizia of Spain was born Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano on 15 September 1972 and is the daughter of Don Jesús Ortiz Álvarez and Dona Paloma Rocasolano Rodriguez{ Source }. The current Spanish consort has two sisters{ Source }:  Telma Ortiz Rocasolano (1973)  Érika Ortiz Rocasolano (1975-2007, suicide) Antonio Vigo (div) Carla Vigo Rocasolano (2000) She began his studies in Oviedo, in the public school La Gesta and later at the Institute Alfonso II{ Source }. At age 14, she moved with his parents and sisters to Madrid, where she completed her school at Instituto Ramiro de Maeztu{ Source }. She received a degree in Information Sciences, Journalism industry, Complutense University of Madrid{ Source }. She holds a Master of Audiovisual Journalism from the Institute of Journalism Media Studies{ Source }. During her studies, Letizia worked for the Asturian daily newspaper La Nueva España and later for the newspaper ABC and the news agency EFE{ Source }. She was awarded...

Royal Profile: Count Friedrich von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth

Count Friedrich  Richard  Oscar Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth  was born 14 September 1999, the first child of Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth & Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Countess von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth { Source }. He has one younger sister{ Source }:    Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth  (2003) He is one of four grandchildren of Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Richard, the 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg{ Source } His christening took place in Germany in December 1999 and the following were named as his godparents{ Source }: Gustav, Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (maternal uncle) Prince Nikolaos of Greece & Denmark (maternal 1st cousin 1x removed) Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (maternal 3rd cousin 1x removed) Prince Philipp of Hesse (his mother's cousin) Countess Andre...

Royal Profile: Fernando Fitz-James Stuart de Solís, 15th Duke of Huéscar

Fernando Fitz-James Stuart de Solís, 15th Duke of Huéscar  was born 14 September 1999 as the eldest son of Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 19th Duke of Alba and Matilde de Solis { Source } He has one younger brother{ Source }:  Carlos Fitz-James Stuart de Solís, 22nd Count of Osorno, Grandee of Spain (1991) He was the paternal grandson of The Duchess of Alba , and his father is the current titleholder of The Dukedom of Alba. Fernando is the heir apparent to the title.  Not much is known about him and he likely leads a fairly normal lifestyle.

Royal Profile: Countess Gunnila Märtha Louise Wachtmeister af Johannishus Bernadotte

Countess Gunnila Märtha Louise Wachtmeister af Johannishus Bernadotte  was born 12 May 1923 as the daughter of Count Nils Wachtmeister af Johannishus and Baroness Märta de Geer af Leufsta { Source }. On 29 September 1988, she marred Count    Carl Johan  Bernadotte in Denmark  { Source }. She became a stepmother to his two adopted children and a step grandmother to their children{ Source }: Monika Kristina Margaretha Bernadotte, Countess Bernadotte (1948) Johan Bonde (m. 1976-1997) Countess Ebba Bonde (1980) Countess Marianne Bonde (1982) Count Carl Johan Bonde (1984) Christian Bernadotte, Count Bernadotte (1949) Marianne Jenny (m. 1980) Christina Bernadotte (1983) Richard Bernadotte (1985) Philip Bernadotte(1988) Like her new husband, she was also a widower at the time of her marriage to Count Carl Johan Bernadotte , her first husband, Carl-Herman Bussler, predeceased her in 1981. With Bussler, she has the following children{ Source ...

Royal Profile: Don Fernando Humberto Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón

Don Fernando Humberto Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón  was born 13 September 1974 as the youngest child of  Infanta Pilar  and Don Luis Gómez-Acebo y Duque de Estrada, ?th Viscount de la Torre, Grandee of Spain { Source }.He has the following siblings and nieces and nephews { Source }: Doña María de Fátima Simoneta Luisa Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (1968) Don José Miguel Fernández-Sastrón (1959, m. 1990-2012, div) Luis Juan Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo (1991) Pablo Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo  (1995) María de las Mercedes Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo  (2000) Don Juan Filiberto Nicolás Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón, The Viscount de la Torre (1969) Winston Holmes Carney (m. 2014)  Nicolás Gómez-Acebo y Carney (2013) Don Bruno Alejandro Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón  (1971) Bárbara Cano y de la Plaza (m. 2002) Alejandro Juan Gómez-Acebo y Cano (2004) Guillermo Gómez-Acebo y Cano (2005) Álvaro Gómez-Acebo y Cano (2011) Don Luis Beltrán At...

Royal Profile: Archduchess Monika of Austria, The Duchess of Santangelo

Archduchess Monika Maria Roberta Antonia Raphaela von Habsburg, The Duchess of Santangelo was born 13 September 1954 as the daughter of Otto von Habsburg & Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen{ Source }. She had the following siblings, siblings in law and nieces and nephews, and great nieces and nephews{ Source }: Archduchess Andrea, Hereditary Countess of Neipperg (1953) Karl Eugen, Hereditary Count of Neipperg Count Maria  Philipp  Karl Friedrich Hubert Magnus of Neipperg (1978) Paula Wolff (1981) Countess Johanna of Neipperg (2009) Count Stephan of Neipperg (2010) Count Emanuel of Neipperg (2014) Countess Alexandra of Neipperg (2015) Count Maria  Benedikt  Reinhard Michael Alois Leo of Neipperg (1980) Count Maria  Dominik  Georg Christoph Johannes Pantaleon of Neipperg (1981) Princess Marie-Anna of Salm-Salm (1986) Countess Florentina of Neipperg (2015) Countess Maria Hemma Nathalie Sophie Franziska Georgine of Neipperg(1983) ...