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Showing posts with label Royal Funerals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Royal Funerals. Show all posts

8/30/2013

Funeral of Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau

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The funeral of HRH Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau took place on 16 August 2013.

Click HERE to view pictures of family and friends arriving and leaving from PPE.

8/14/2013

The King of Norway to attend funeral of Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau

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HM King Harald of Norway will attend the funeral of HRH Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau on 16 August 2013. The funural will take place at 15.00

8/13/2013

Funeral of Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau scheduled for 16 August

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The funeral of HRH Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau will take place on the afternoon of Friday 16 August in Lage Vuursche, in the municipality of Baarn. It will be a private ceremony. After a service in the Stulpkerk in Lage Vuursche the Prince will be laid to rest in the adjacent cemetery. The service will be officiated by Reverend C.A. ter Linden. A memorial service for Prince Friso will be held later in the year.

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3/16/2013

Funeral of Princess Lilian of Sweden

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The funeral of HRH Princess Lilian of Sweden, Duchess of Halland, took place today, 16 March 2013.

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This is a list of family members and foreign Royal guests who attended the funeral.

(Extended) Swedish Royal family:
- TM King Carl Gustav and Queen Silvia of Sweden.
- TRH Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden, Duchess and Duke of Västergötland.
- HRH Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland.
- HRH Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, and Christopher O'Neill.
- Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler.
- HRH Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern.
- Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld.
Hélène Silfverschiöld and Fredrik Diterle.
- Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, and Tord magnuson.
- Gustaf Magtnuson.
- Oscar Magnuson.
- Victor Magnuson.
- Countess Marianne bernadotte of Wisborg.
- Countess Gunnila Bernadotte of Wisborg.
- Countess Monica Bonde of Björnö.
- Countess Bettina Bernadotte of Wisborg.
- Countess Dagmar Bernadotte of Wisborg.
- Count Oscar Bernadotte of Wisborg.
- Countess Catharina Bernadotte of Wisborg.
- Count Bertil and Countess Jill Bernadotte of Wisborg.
- Count Claes Bernadotte and Countessn Birgitta Bernadotte of Wisborg.

Foreign Royal guests:

- HM Queen Margrethe of Denmark.
- Princess Astrid of Norway, mrs. Ferner.

3/11/2013

Date of the funeral of Princess Lilian of Sweden announced

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The late Princess at her 90th birthday. Source: kungahsuet.se/Clas-Göran Carlsson
The Swedish Royal Court has announced that the funeral service of HRH Princess Lilian of Sweden, Duchess of Halland, is to take place on 16 March 2013 at 13.00 o'clock in the Royal Chapel at the Royal Palace. Following the service, the Princess will be buried at the Royal Cemetery in Haga.

8/30/2010

The funeral of the Duke of Parma and Piacenza

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The funeral of HRH the Duke of Parma and Piacenza, Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, took place on August 28, 2010.

After the funeral, the oldest son of the late Duke, HRH Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma, the Prince of Piacenza, was installed as the new Duke of Parma and Piacenza by his younger brother, HRH Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma.

Guestlist:

Children of the late Duke:
- TRH the Duke and Duchess of Parma and Piacenza, Prince Carlos and Princess Annemarie of Bourbon-Parma.
- HRH Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Colorno, and Tjalling ten Cate.
- HRH Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of San Jaime, Count of Bardi.
- HRH Princess Maria Carolina Christina of Bourbon-Parma, Duchess of Guernica, Marchioness of Sala.

Former wife of the late Duke:
- HRH Princess Irene of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Sisters of the late Duke:
- HRH Princess Marie Thérèse of Bourbon-Parma.
- HRH Princess Cécile of Bourbon-Parma.
- HRH Princess Marie-des-Neiges of Bourbon-Parma.
(The older sister of the late Duke, HRH Princess Marie Françoise of Bourbon-Parma, Princess of Lobkowicz, and the younger brother of the late Duke, HRH Prince Sixte of Bourbon-Parma, were not on speaking terms with the late Duke, and did not attend his funeral.)

Other Royal and Noble guest:
- HRH Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, Duke of Nassau.
- TRH the Prince and Princess of Orange, Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima of the Netherlands.
- TRH Prince Friso and Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau.
- TRH Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands.
- HRH Princess Magriet of the Netherlands and Prof. mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven
- HH Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven.
- HH Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven.
- TH Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven.
- TH Prince Floris and Princess Aimée of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven.
- HIRH Archduchess Monika of Austria.
- HIRH Archduke Sigismund of Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
- HIRH Archduke Martin of Austria-Este.
- HSH Fürst Aloys-Konstantin of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.
- HSH Fürst Franz Alexander of Isenburg.
- Prince Diofebo Meli Lupi di Soragna.
- Count Carlo Pietro Zanardi Landi di Veano.

Pictures:

To view pictures from PPE of the funeral, please click HERE.
To view pictures from PPE of the installation of Prince Carlos as the new Duke, please click HERE.

Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and his wife Princess Maxima, arrive at the Santa Maria della Steccata church for the burial of Duke Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma in Parma August 28, 2010. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo(ITALY - Tags: ROYALS OBITUARY)

Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and his wife Princess Maxima arrive at the Santa Maria della Steccata church for the burial of Duke Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma in Parma August 28, 2010. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo (ITALY - Tags: ROYALS OBITUARY)

Dutch Princess Maxima waves as she leaves the Santa Maria della Steccata church after the burial of the Duke Carlos Hugo de Bourbon-Parma in Parma August 28, 2010. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo(ITALY - Tags: ROYALS OBITUARY)

Irene of Orange-Nassau, looks on as she arrives at the Santa Maria della Steccata church for the burial of her ex-husband Duke Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma in Parma August 28, 2010. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo (ITALY - Tags: ROYALS OBITUARY)

Source pictures: Picapp.
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5/30/2010

Funeral of Archduke Rudolphe of Austria

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The funural of HI&RH Archduke Rudolphe of Austria was held on May 29, 2010, in the church Onze Lieve Vrouw van de Zavel in Brussels

Guestlist:

Widow of the late Archduke:
HIR&H Archduchess Anna Gabriela of Austria, Princess of Wrede.

Children and children-in-law of the late Archduke:
- HI&RH Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Princess Galitzine, and Prince Peter Galitzine.
- TI&RH Archduke Carl Peter and Archduchess Alexandra of Austria, Princess of Wrede;
- TI&RH Archduke Simeon and Archduchess Maria of Austria, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.
- HI&RH Archduchess Catharina of Austria, Countess Secco di Aragona, and Count Massimiliano Secco di Aragona.

Other Royals:
- HI&RH Archduke Karl of Austria, Head of the Imperial House.
- HI&RH Archduke Georg of Austria
- HI&RH Archduchess Gabriela of Austria
- HI&RH Archduke Gerhard of Austria-Este
- HI&RH Archduke Rudolf and Archduchess Hélène of Austria.
- HI&RH Archduchess Constanza of Austria.
- HI&RH Archduchess Yolande of Austria, Princess of Ligne.
- HI&RH Archduchess Viridis of Austria with her husband, Carl;
TI&RH Archduke Istvan and Archduchess Paola of Austria
- HI&RH Archduchess Kinga of Austria.
- TI&RH Archduke Carl Christian and Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria, Princess of Luxembourg, Princess of Nassau, Princess of Bourbon-Parma.
- HI&RH Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria, Countess of  Limburg Stirum, and Count Rodolphe of Limburg Stirum.
- HI&RH Archduchess Alexandra of Austria and Hector Riesle.
- HI&RH Archduke Georg of Austria, Prince of Tuscany,
- HI&RH Archduke Michael of Austria. (Hungary branch). 
- HM Queen Fabiola of Belgium.
- TRH Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium, the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, Countess d'Udekem d'Acoz.
- TI&RH Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduchess and Archduke of Austria-Este;
- HRH Lea, Princess Alexandre of Belgium
- TRH Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, Duke and Duchess of Nassau.
- HSH Prince Nikolaus and HRH Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, Princess of Luxembourg, Princess of Nassau, Princess of Bourbon-Parma.
- HRH Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg
- HRH Princess Diane of Luxembourg.
- HRH Prince Franz of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria
- HRH Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria, Duchess in Bavaria, Countess Douglas;
- HRH Hereditary Duke Friedrich of Württemberg;
- HRH Princess Hélène of Oréans, Countess of Limburg-Stirum.
- Count Louis and Countess Belen Limburg-Stirum. (Son and daughter-in-law of Princess Hélène of Oréans.
- TRH Prince Eudes and Princess Marie Liesse of Oréans, the Duke and Duchess of Angoulême.
- HRH Princess Maria Gabriella of Orléans-Bragança and Johannes Hessel de Jongh;
- HRH Infante Carlos of  Spain and his wife, Princess Anne, Prince and Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke and Duchess of Calabria, Princess of Oréans
- TRH Prince Pedro and Princess Sofia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke and Duchess of Noto.
- HRH Princess Christina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and Pedro López-Quesada.
- HRH Princess Viktoria of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and Markos Nomikos.
- HSH Prince Michel and HI&RH Princess Eléonora, the Prince and Princess of Ligne, Princess of Brazil, Princess of Orleans-Braganza.
- TSH Prince Wauthier and Princess Régine of Ligne, Countess of Renesse.
- HSH Princess Anne-Marie of Ligne and Charles de Fabribeckers de Cortils et Grâce.
- HSH Princess Sophie of Ligne, Countess of Nicolay, and Count Philippe of Nicolay.
- HSH Prince Antoine Lamoral of Ligne
- HSH Princess Yolande of Ligne and Hugo Townsend.
- TSH Fürst Carl and Fürstin Eva of Wrede.
- TSH Prince Charles-Louis and Princess Fiammetta of Arenberg, Duke and Duchess of Arenberg.

I'll add names as soon as possible

* Archdukes and Archduchesses of Austria and Archdukes and Archduchess of Austri-Este also carry the titles Prince or Princess Imperial of Austria and Prince or Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia.

Related posts:
- Archduke Rudolph of Austria died

5/01/2010

Funeral of Hereditary Prince Carl Friedrich of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

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The funeral of HSH Hereditary Prince Carl Friedrich of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg took place on April 30, 2010.

The Hereditary Prince leaves behind his wife, HSH Hereditary Princess Stephanie of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Freiin of Brenken, and their four children, HSH Princess Augustina (1999), HSH Prince Nicodemus (Prince Nicodemus is now HSH the Hereditary Prince) (2001), HSH Prince Lawrence (2006) and HSH Princess Kiliana of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (2008).

If you want to see pictures, please click here.

Guestlist, direct family:
- HSH Hereditary Princess Stephanie of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Freiin of Brenken
- HSH Fürst Aloys-Konstantin and HRH Fürstin Anastasia of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Princess of Prussia.
- TSH Fürst Moritz and Fürstin Lioba of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Wallenstein, Prinsess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

Guestlist, Ruling Royal and Grand Ducal families:
- HRH Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg.
- HRH Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg.
- HRH Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Prof. Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven. *
- TH Prince Maurits and Princess Marilène of Oranje-Nassau, Van Vollenhoven.

Guestlist, non-ruling Royal, Grand Ducal, Ducal and Princely families:
- HSH Dowager Fürstin Gloria of Thurn and Taxis, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau.
- HSH Fürst Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe,- TSH Fürst Ferdinand and Fürstin Franziska of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, Princess of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg.
- TSH Fürst Kraft and Fürstin Katharina of Hohenlohe-Oehringen.
- HI&RH Archduke Karl of Austria.
- HI&RH Archduchess Margarete of Austria, Fürstin of Hohenberg, and her youngest daughter, HI&RH Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria.
- HI&RH Prince Georg Wilhelm of Prussia, Grand Duke of Russia.
- TSH Fürst Alexander and Fürstin Gabriela of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, Countess of Schönborn-Wiesentheid.
- TSH Fürst Carl and Fürstin Isabella of Wied, Princess of Ysenburg.
- TSH Fürst Andreas and Fürstin Alexandra of Leiningen, Princess of Hanover.
- HH Dowager Fürstin Eilika of Leiningen, Duchess of Oldenburg.
- HRH Duke Friedrich van Württemberg.
- HRH Duchess Marie Caroline of Württemberg, Princess of Beieren, Duchess in Beieren.
- HRH Princess Marie Cécile of Pruisen.
- HSH Prince Friedrich of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Wallerstein.
- HH Duchess Rixa of Oldenburg.
- HSH Hereditary Prince Alexander of Ysenburg.
- HGDH Prince Leopold of Baden.
- HGDH Prince Berthold of Baden.
- HGDH Prince Michael of Baden.
- Count Benedikt of Dürckheim-Montmarin.
- Count Karl of Solms-Laubach.

I'll add names a.s.a.p!

* = Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven were not present at the funeral itself, but where present when the late Hereditary Prince was layed to rest in the family crypt.