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Royal Profile: Ian Carl Gerard, Friherre de Greer af Finspäng

Ian Carl Gerard, Friherre de Greer af Finspäng was born 20 Februrary 2002 as the middle child and elder son of Hans Louis Gerard, Friherre de Greer af Finspäng and Kristina Louise Ewa Madeleine Silfverschiold, Baroness Silfverschiold { Source }. He has an older sister and younger brother{ Source }: Estelle Louise Désirée Gerard, Friherinna de Greer af Finspäng (2000) Fred Louis Gerard, Friherre de Greer af Finspäng (2004) He is a great nephew of King Carl XVI Gustaf, but due to restrictions in succession to solely his desendants, Ian is not in succession for the Swedish throne. However, he is distantly in succession for the British throne as a descendant of Queen Victoria. His maternal grandparents are Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiold & Nils-August Otto Carl Nicolas Silfverschiold, Baron Silfverschiold { Source } It is likely that he will lead a fairly normal life. He shares a birthday with his second cousin, Princess Leonore of Sweden, The Duchess of Gotland.

Royal Profile: The Prince Andrew, The Duke of York

The Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward, The Duke of York was born 19 February 1960 as the second son and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh{ Source }. He has two older siblings and a younger brother, as well as two sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law, four nephews and three nieces, and two ex-siblings-in-law, three nieces-in-law, a nephew in law,  five great nieces and two great nephews{ Source }: The Prince Charles of Wales (1948) Diana, Princess of Wales (m 1981, div 1996, death 1997) Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge (1982) Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge (1982) Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge (2013) Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge (2015) Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge (2018) Prince Henry, The Duke of Sussex (1984) Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex (1981, m. 2018) Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall (m. 2005) The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal (1950) Mr. Mark Philips (m 1977, div. 199...

Royal Profile: Princess Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Countess de Lannoy

Princess Stéphanie Marie Claudine Christine, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg was born 18 February 1984 in Belgium as the youngest of seven children of Count Philippe de Lannoy and Countess Alix della Faille Leverghem de Lannoy { Source }. At birth, she was part of Belgian nobility, therefore was titled Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy { Source }. She has the following siblings, siblings-in-law and nieces and nephews: Count Jehan de Lannoy (1966) Béatrice Spates (m. 1993) Caroline Gravin de Lannoy(2001) Louise Gravin de Lannoy (2003) Antoine Graaf de Lannoy (2005) Maxime Graaf de Lannoy(2006) Count Christian de Lannoy (1968) Luisa Moreno de Porras-Isla-Fdez (2009) Countess Teresa de Lannoy (2010) Count Ignace de Lannoy (2012) Count Jacques de Lannoy (2014) Countess Nathalie de Lannoy (1969) Mr. John Hamilton (m 1996) Antonia Hamilton (1997) Charlotte Hamilton (1999) Madeleine Hamilton (2001) Alix Hamilton Victoria Hamilton Countess Gaëlle de Lannoy (1...

Royal Profile: Princess Alexandra Irene of Hanover, Princess of Leiningen

Princess Alexandra Irene Margaretha Elisabeth Bathildis of Hanover, Princess of Leiningen was born 18 February 1959 as the youngest daughter of Prince Ernst August IV of Hanover & Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg { Source }. She has the following siblings, siblings-in-law and nieces and nephews { Source }: Princess Marie Viktoria of Hanover, Countess von Houchburg (1952) Count Michael von Houchburg (m. 1982) Count Conrad Hans-Heinrich Ernst-August von Hochberg(1985) Count George von Hochberg (1987) Prince Ernst August V of Hanover (1954) Chantall Hochuli (m. 1981, d. 1997) Prince Ernst August of Hanover (1983) Ekaterina Malysheva (m. 2017) Princess of Hanover (2018) Prince of Hanover (April 2019) Prince Christian of Hanover (1985) Alessandra de Osma (m. 2018) Princess Caroline of Hanover, Princess by birth of Monaco (1957, m. 1999) Princess Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Marym Virginia of Hanover (1999 Prince Ludwig of Hanove...

Royal Profile: Princess M. Christina of The Netherlands

Princess Maria Christina of The Netherlands was born 18 February 1947 as the youngest of four daughters born to Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld { Source }. She has three older full sisters, and two younger paternal half-sisters: Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands (1938) Prince Claus of The Netherlands (d. 2004) King Williem-Alexander of The Netherlands Queen Maxima Princess Catharina-Amalia of Oranje (2003) Princess Alexia of The Netherlands (2005) Princess Ariane of The Netherlands (2007) Prince Constantijn of The Netherlands Princess Laurentien of The Netherlands Countess Eloise van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (2002) Count Claus-Casimir van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg (2004) Countess Leonore van Oranje-Nassau,, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (2006) Prince Friso of The Netherlands Princess Mabel van Oranje-Nassau Countess Emma Luana van Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (2005) Countess Joanna Za...

The Royal Recap of the Royals You Love: February 11-17, 2019

Austria -Archduchess Marie-Astrid, Princess of Luxembourg  celebrated her 65th birthday on Sunday. -Archduke Luigi of Austria-Este  celebrated his 8th birthday on Tuesday. -Archduke Emmanuel of Austria  celebrated his 11th birthday on Friday. - Maria Anna Astrid Martin Zita Lucia Victoria Czarnocki-Lucheschi  celebrated her 17th birthday on Friday. Belgium -King Philippe & Queen Mathilde  hosted a dinner  w ith young, promising police officers from the federal and local police on Tuesday { Photos } -King Philippe  visited the Audi Brussels Training centre and the Audi e-tron production line and meet with (alumni) students on Tuesday { Photos }{ Photos }. On Tuesday, the Belgian monarch attended a symposium Which formation for our future? Dual learning and beyond  on the purpose of drawing up an inventory of the last legislative and executive stages and searching for improvements if possible { Photos }{ Source } -Queen Mathilde ...

Royal Profile: Prince Abdullah bin al-Faisal of Jordan

Prince Abdullah bin al-Faisal of Jordan was born 17 February 2016 as the son of Prince Faisal bin Hussein of Jordan and Zeina Lubbadeh. He has the following older half siblings, siblings-in-law and nieces and nephews: Princess Ayah bint Faisal of Jordan (1990) Mr. Mohammad Talal Halawani (m. 2014) Raiyah Halawani (2016) Prince Omar bin al-Faisal of Jordan (1993) Princess Sara bint Faisal of Jordan (1997) (twin of Aisha). Princess Aisha bint Faisal of Jordan (1997) (twin of Sara) Prince Muhammad bin Faisal (2017) He shares a birthday with Princess Olga Sophie of Hanover, Count Ingolf af Rosenberg & Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria, Princess by birth of Luxembourg.