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Royal Profile: Prince Eudes d'Orléans, The Duke of Angouleme

Prince Eudes Thibaut Joseph Marie d'Orléans, The Duke of Angouleme  was born 18 March 1968 as the youngest son of Prince Henri d'Orléans, The Duke of France and The Count of Paris and Princess Maria Teresa  d'Orléans, The Duchess of France and The Countess of Paris { Source }. He has two older brothers, two older sisters, and a host of siblings-in-law, nieces, and nephews { Source }: Prince François Henri Louis Marie d'Orléans, The Count of Clermont (1961-2017) Princess Marie Isabelle d'Orléans, Princess of Liechtenstein (1959)  Prince Gundakar of Liechtenstein (1949, m. 1989) Princess Léopoldine of Liechtenstein (1990) Princess Marie Immaculata of Liechtenstein (1991) Prince Johann Wenzel of Liechtenstein (1993) Princess Margarete of Liechtenstein (1995) Prince Gabriel of Liechtenstein (1998) Princess Blanche Elisabeth Rose Marie d'Orléans (1963) Prince Jean Charles Pierre Marie  d'Orléans, The Duke of Vendome (1965) Philomena...

Royal Profile: Archduke Joesph Karl of Austria

Archduke Joesph Karl of Austria was born 18 March 1960 as the son of Archduke Joesph of Austria and Princess Maria zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg { Source }. He has two older siblings, and five younger, as well as many siblings-in-law, nieces, and  nephews{ Source }: Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (1957-1957) Archduchess Monika-Ilona of Austria (1958) Charles Henri de Rambures (1968, m. 1996) Archduchess Maria-Christina of Austria (1961) Raymond van der Meide (1959, m. 1998) James Andrew van der Meide (1991) Miriam van der Meide (1992) Veronica van der Meide (1993) Archduke Andreas-Augustinus of Austria (1963) Marie-Christine Gräfin von Hatzfeldt-Donhoff (1968, m. 1994) Archduke Frederic Cyprien of Austria (1995) Archduchess Alexandra of Austria (1965) Wilhelmus de Wit (1965, m. 1969) Archduke Nikolaus of Austria (1973) Eugenia de Calonje Gurrea (1973, m. 2002) Archduke Johannes-Jacobus of Austria (1975) Maria Gabriela Montenegro Villam...

Royal Profile: Prince Johann Wenzel of Liechtenstein

Prince Johann Wenzel Karl Emmeran Bonifatius Maria of Liechtenstein was born 17 March 1993 as the son of Princess Marie of Liechtenstein & Prince Gundakar of Liechtenstein { Source }. He has the following siblings{ Source }: Princess Léopoldine Eléonore Thérèse Marie of Liechtenstein (1990) Princess Marie Immaculata Elisabeth Rose Aldegunde of Liechtenstein (1991) Princess Margarete Franciska Daria Wilhelmine Marie of Liechtenstein (1995) Prince Gabriel Karl Bonaventura Alfred Valerian Maria of Liechtenstein (1998)  Prince Johann Wenzel is the godson of Princess Blanche d'Orléans (maternal aunt) and Prince Emmeran of Liechtenstein (paternal uncle). He himself is godfather to his first cousin, Prince Joseph d'Orléans. His is distantly related to Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein, thus is in succession for the throne of the Principality of Liechtenstein, in 34th place.

Royal Profile: Freiin Madeleine von Dincklage

Freiin Madeleine Charlotte Margaretha von Dincklage was born on 15 March 1999 as the daughter of Henning Freiherr von Dincklage and Sybilla Louise Ambler{ Source }. Madeleine has a younger brother{ Source }: Sebastian Eric Henning Freiherr von Dincklage (2000)   Her maternal grand parents are Princess Margaretha of Sweden and John Ambler{ Source }. Thus, she is not only related to King Carl XVI Gustaf as his great-niece, but also to Queen Margarethe II of Denmark-Queen Margrethe II is her grandmother's first cousin.   Madeleine does not hold any formal duties, but as the goddaughter of her first cousin 1x removed, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, she acted as a bridesmaid in her 2010 wedding { Photos }.     She is not in succession for the Swedish throne, however is distantly in line for the British throne as a descendant of Queen Victoria.

Royal Profile: Princess Amélia of Orléans-Braganza

Princess Amélia Maria de Fátima Josefa Antônia Miguela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga  of Orléans-Braganza was born 15 March 1984 as the daughter of Prince Antonio of Orléans-Braganza & Princess Christine of Orléans-Braganza, Princess de Ligne {Source:Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser (Limburg an der Lahn: C.A. Starke, 1991): Band XIV, 34}. She has one older brother and two younger siblings {Source:Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser (Limburg an der Lahn: C.A. Starke, 1991): Band XIV, 34}:    Prince Pedro Luiz Maria José Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga of Orléans-Braganza (1983-2009) Prince Rafael Antonio Maria José Francisco Miguel Gabriel Gonzaga of Orléans-Braganza (1986) Princess Maria Gabriela Josefa Fernanda Iolanda Miguela Rafaela Gonzaga of Orléans-Braganza (1989) She married Alexander James Spearman on 16 August 2014.     They have two sons: Alexander Joaquim Pedro Spearman (2016) Nicholas Rafael Will...

Royal Profile: Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein

Prince Constantin Ferdinand Maria of Liechtenstein was born 15 March 1972 as the third son and second to youngest child of Prince Hans-Adam II and Princess Marie of Liechtenstein{ Source }. He has the following siblings, siblings-in-law and nieces and nephews: Hereditary Prince Alois (1968) Princess Sophie in Bravia (married 1993) Prince Joesph Wenzel of Liechtenstein (1995) Princess Marie-Caroline of Liechtenstein (1996) Prince Georg-Antonius of Liechtenstein (1999) Prince Nikolaus Sebastian of Liechtenstein (2000) Prince Maximillian (1969) Princess Angela (Married 2000) Prince Alfons (2001) Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein (1973) Philipp Baron von Lattorff (married in 1999) Lukas Maria von Lattorff (2000) Elisabeth Maria Angela Tatjana von Lattorff (2002) Marie Teresa von Lattorff (2004) Camilla Maria Katharina von Lattorff (2005) Anna Pia Theresia Maria von Lattorff (2007) Sophie Katharina Maria von Lattorff (2009) Maximilian Maria von Lattorff (2...

Royal Profile: 60 Facts about Prince Albert II of Monaco

 Prince Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre of Monaco was born on 14 March 1958 as the only son of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace { Source }. He has two sisters{ Source }:   Princess Caroline of Hanover, Princess by birth of Monaco (1957) Princess Stephanie of Monaco, The Countess of Polignac (1965) He has five former brothers-in-law: Philippe Junot (1978-1980, div) Stefano Casiraghi (1983-1990, his death) Prince Ernest August V of Hanover (1954, m 1999, technically still married, but haven't been seen publicly together since 2009) Daniel Ducruet (1964, m 1994-1995, div) Adans Peres (m 2004-2005) He has three nephews: Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi (1984) Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi (1987) Louis Robert Paul Ducuret (1992) The Prince of Monaco has four nieces: Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi (1986) Pauline Grace Maguy Ducuret (1994) Camille Marie Kelly Gottlieb (1998) Princess Alexandra of Hanover (1999) He has two great nephews: Master Rap...