Death of Count Christian of Rosenborg

HE Count Christian of Rosenborg died on 21 May 2013. The Count was born HRH Prince Christian of Denmark, but gave his title and style up to marry Countess Anne of Rosenborg, née Anne Maltoft-Nielsen. They have 3 children, Countess Josephine [married to Thomas Schmidt with 2 children, Christian and Dorte], Countess Camilla [married to Mikael Rosanes with 4 children, Caroline, Mikael, Ingolf and Emanuel] and Countess Feodora [married first to Eric Patte (divorced) and second to Morten Rønnow with 1 child, Margrethe..

Count Christian was born on 22 October 1942 as the youngest child of TRH Hereditary Prince Knud and Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark. Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde was born a Princess of Denmark herself. His older siblings are HH Princess Elisabeth of Denmark and HE Count Ingolf of Rosenborg. Hereditary Prince Knud was first-in-line to the Danish Throne, until the change in the constitution allowing the current Queen Margrethe to become the Queen of Denmark.

Death of Countess Alix of Lannoy

Countess Alix of Lannoy, the mother of Countess Stéphanie of Lannoy (the fiancée of HRH Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg), died on 26 August 2012 following a stroke.

The Countess was born Alix della Faille de Leverghem and married Count Philippe of Lannoy in 1965. They had 8 children, 4 sons and 4 daughters.

* Count Jehan of Lannoy, who is married to Countess Beatrice of Lannoy, née Beatrice Spates. They have 4 children.
** Countess Caroline of Lannoy.
** Countess Louise of Lannoy.
** Count Antoine of Lannoy.
** Count Maxime of Lannoy.

* Count Christian of Lannoy, who is married to Countess Luisa of Lannoy, née Luisa Moreno y de Porras Isla-Fernández. They have 1 daughter.
**Countess Teresa of Lannoy.

* Countess Nathalie of Lannoy, who is married to John Hamilton. They have 5 daughters.
** Antonia Hamilton
** Charlotte Hamilton
** Madeleine Hamilton
** Alix Hamilton
** Victoria hamilton

* Countess Gaëlle of Lannoy.

* Count Amaury of Lannoy.

* Count Olivier of Lannoy, who is married to Countess Alice of Lannoy, née Alice van Havre. They have 1 son.
** Count Philippe of Lannoy.

* Countess Isabelle of Lannoy, who is married to Jean-Charles de le Court. They have 3 daughters and 1 son.
** Isaure de le Court.
** Aline de le Court.
** Lancelot  de le Court.
** Héloïse de le Court.

* Countess Stéphanie of Lannoy, who is engaged to HRH Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg.

The Earl of Northesk died

David Carnegie, the 14th Earl of Northesk, died on March 28, 2010.

He leaves behind his wife, Jacueline Carnegie, Dowager Countess of Northesk, and 3 daughters, Lady Sarah, Lady Fiona and Lady Sophie Carnegie. His son, Alexander Carnegie, Lord Roshill, killed himself on August 31, 2001.

The Earl was succeeded by his distant relative, Patrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk.