Imperial Wedding at Nancy

The Wedding celebrations of Archduke Christoph of Austria and Adélaide Drapé-Frisch took place the last 2 days at Nancy. Yesterday moring the couple with their parents paid an Visit to the Église des Cordeliers where a private Mass took place and the couple visited the graves of the Dukes of Lorraine. In this Church the Dukes of Lorrane are buried and in the same the the grooms great-uncle, the late Archduke Otto married Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen in 1951.

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At 17h00 local time the civil Ceremony at the Hôtel de Villa at Place Stanislas took place. The Ceremony was perfomed by the Mayor of Nancy. Aftewards the couple appeared on the balcony of the Hôtel de Ville. The grooms withnesses where his brother Archduke Imre and his cousin, Prince Louis of Luxembourg.

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Finally the religious Ceremony took place on Saturday 29.12 20123 at 11h00 local time at the Basilique de St. Eprve. The bride arrived at the arm of her father a french diplomat. She wore a gown of duchess Satin by french designer Diane Lelys.  She also wore an historicc Family veil of the Habsburgs which was also worn by her sister in laws Archduchess Mare Christine and Katheleen Walker at her Wedding Days and a small floral tiara from the collection of the luxemburgian Grand Ducal Family. One of her sisters acted as her bridesmaid.

Among the guests where apart from the grooms parent and siblins:

Grand Duek Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg

Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxemborug

Prince Felix of Luxembourg and his fiancée Claire Laidemacher

Prince Louis and Princess Tessy of Luxemborgu and their sons Gabriel and Noah

Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg

Princess Sebastien of Luxembourg

Prince Nikolaus and Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein

Prince Guillaume and Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg

Archduchess Yolande of Austria

Arducke Rudole and Archduchess Marie Helene of Austria

Archduchess Constanza of Austria, Fürstin of Auersperg-Trautson

Prince Philipp and Princess Isabelle of Liechtenstein

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Upcoming Wedding at Nancy

The year 2012 ist not over yet and so are not the Royal and noble Weddings in 2012 as on 28./29.12 Nancy will see a big Imperial Wedding. Then Archduke Christoph of Austira, the second son and third child of Archduke Carl Christian of Austria and his wife Marie Astird, née Princess of Luxemburg, will there marry his finacée Adélaide Drapé-Frisch. Recently the couple visited Nancy and gave an Interview to the Newspaper´"Le Republiain Lorraine". They told that on the search for the place for their Wedding they looked on Cities like Paris or Brussels but none of this according to their wishes. Then a Family member suggested Nancy and they both liked the Idea very much as the Habsburgs have historic ties to the City. Also the late Archduke Otto married there in 1951. Archduke Christoph also told that they want that the people can share their Wedding and that the doors of the Church will remain open so that people can come in. Adelaide is hoping for a little bit snow for the Wedding Day. The civil Ceremiony will take place on 28,12,. at 17h00 at the Town Hall of Nancy and will performed by André Rossinot the Major of Nancy. The religious Ceremony will be on Day later on 29.12. at 11h00 at the Basilique St. Epvre.

Article in french:http://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/actualite/2012/12/01/mariage-princier-a-nancy

Grand Ducal Wedding in Luxemburg - religious Wedding

Early in the morning of the Wedding Day i meet with Ken from the UK who stayed in the same Hotel the i did and then we went to the Cathedral together where  we arrived short before 8h00. There we also meet Eric from Belgium. As it turned out there where already quiet a lot of people there so we could not stand in the first row but luckily i had brought something to stand on with me so i had still a good sight. Already quiet early the buses with the first guest arrived. One of the first who came where guests from the german houses among the Margrave and Margravine of Baden with their son Bernhard and daughter-in-law Stephanie, Prince Georg Friedroch of Prussia who arrived woth his siter-in-law Katharina and her husband Archduke Martin of Austria-Este. And also the Duke and Duchess in Bavaria and lot more. Later the Military came and stood in a row near the church entrance. Unfortunately it turned out that direct before us the Military band was standing . Around 10h00 the membes of the luxemburgian Goverment and other officials arrived by fot. The a bus come with all the other european heirs who attended the Wedding. They all had to walk over a street before coming to the red carpet. After them the most important guests arrived. As they arrived in single cars and where droven direct to the start of the red carpet it was now more difficult to see them and make pictures of them. As the last arrived Grand Duke Henri together with Mrs Lydia de Schaetzen, a sister of the late Comtesse Alix de Lannoy. Then the groom with his beaming mother Grand Duchess Maria Teresa came. Next where the bridesmaids Princess Alexandra of Luxemburg and Antonia Hamilton a niece of the bride. After them a car came with the flower children. And then finally car with bride and her oldest brother Comte Jean de Lannoy arrived. After coming out out the car the walked up the red carpet to the entrance of the Cathedral where the where greeted by the Archbishop of Luxemburg. And now the long waiting startet. At first we had gthought about goin to he Palace to see the balcony appearance of the bridal couple after the Wedding ceremony but as we didn't know how many people where already there we decided to stay at the Church. After the very long Service which lasted for almost 2 hgours the bridal couple finally come out and went down the red carpet to their waiting car which brought them back to the palce. Afterwards Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa left followed by the foreign royal guests. After the most imprtant guests had left the other guests walked to the Palce and where not driven with cars. We then also left and meet again with Hein from the Netherlands. We also went to the Palace to see what was going on there and could see that some guests already left the Palace agin. We then decied to seek for a place where we could drink and eat something. In the evening we had another look at the back of the Palace to see what was going on there.

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Grand Ducal Wedding in Luxembourg - civil Wedding

On Friday i went to the Place Guillaume II. where the Town Hall is located and arrived there at short before14h00. There i meet again with Netty and Ken from the UK and also with Henriette and Josée from the Netherlands. Luckily i got a place in the first row. Later small school children with their teachers got places before us but they where no problem for us. Before the arrival of the Grand Ducal Family images from the Life of the bridal Couple where shown on the big screen which was errected there. Short before 15h390 they Grand Ducal family with the bridal couple and the brides siblings left the Grand Ducal Palace and walked the short distance. The bridal couple greeted the small children and talke with the people. Then they went in the Town Hall where the where married in a civil ceremony which lasted for about 30 min. After they went out they bridal couple again took theirtime and looked at the paintings the school children had brought with them. Unfortunately for us the children before us had nothing specielllike the children opposide so they went to them instead. They really took their time with it.

Later in the afternoon we meet at the Chocolate House opposide the Grand Ducal Palace where we meet Katrin who lives in Luxembrug. Together we waited for the guests to arrive for the gala Dinner in the evening. We could see several of them arriving among them the entire belgian royal family, Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima, the norwegian Royal Family and much more. As it was to dark i could not make good pictures. Later i had dinner together with Netty, Hein and Ulrike both had arrived later that day at the Place d'Armes. Suddenly we noticed several nobles guests coming out of the Cercle a building at the Place d'Armes among them lots of german nobles.

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Grand Ducal Wedding in Luxemburg - preparations.

As many other Royal Watchers i travelled last week to the Grach Duchy of Luxemburg to witness the Wedding hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Comtesse Stéphanie de Lannoy. After some hours of travekl with the train i arrived there on Thursday afternoon. I first went into the City to have a look on the Church and the Town Hall where the civil Wedding was to take place the next day.

Decoration at the Place d'Armes

some Shopwindows where decorated with  a picture
of the bridal Couple and the lucemburgian flag

preparations at the Cathedral

peparations at the back entrance of the Grand Ducal Palace

In the evening i meet with Netty from the Netherlands who had arrived that evening and we went to have dinner together. In the next morning i went to the national Museum of History and Art and visited there the  exhibtion about the Silver Treasur of the Grand Ducal Family. Afterwars i came across the Palace and i came just in time to see the bridal Couple leaving for the Reception in the Grand Theater which was to take place this morning.

the Cathedral on Friday morning

The bridal Couple leaving to the Reception at the Grand Theater.

Habsburg Wedding in Washington

Washington D.C saw a noble Wedding on 08.09.2012w when Archduke Imre of Austria married Kathleen Walker at the St. mary Mother of Good Church there. Archduke Imre is the oldest son of Archduke CArl Christian of Austria and his wife Archduchess marie Astrid, née Princess of Luxemburg.

The wellnkown royal author Marlene Koenig was at the Wedding and a report and pics of here can be found here:

http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.de/2012/09/washingtons-imperial-wedding-archduke.html

http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.de/2012/09/archduke-imres-wedding-more-photos.html

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http://www.tageblatt.lu/people/story/Erzherzog-Imre-heiratet-Kathleen-Walker-20077640

double engagment in the House Habsburg

2 sons of Archduke Carl Christian of Austria and his wife Marie Astird, née Princess of Luxemburg announced their engagement on 22.12.2011 in Brussels.
Theor odlest sonm Archduke Imre is engaged to Kathleen Walker and his younger brother Archduke Christophe is engaged to Adélaide Drape-Friché.

http://www.tageblatt.lu/people/luxemburg/story/Verliebt--verlobt--verlobt-28886156 

† Duchess Elisabeth of Hohenberg

Duchess Elisabeth of Hohenberg, Pée princess of Lxuemburg passed away on Tuesday 22. November2011 at the ageof 88. She was born on 22. December 1921 as the second childa nd oldest daughter of Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxemburg and her husbamd Pricne Felix, née Prince of Bourbon of Parma. In 1955 she married Duke Franz Ferdinand of Hohenberg,a grandson of Archduke Franz Feerdinand of Austria and his morgantaic wife Countess Sophie Chotek who was createdDuchess of Hohenberg. The coupke was killed in 1914 at Sarajevo.

Duke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Elisabeth had 2 daughtersFürstin Anitaand Fürstin Sophie. After the death of her husband in 1977 the Duchess took her residence in her homecountry Luxemburg.

She will be buried at the Family Crypt at Artstetten Castle and later there will be also an memorial Service in the St. Michales Church in Luxemburg. 

http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/2011/11/168322/prinzessin-elisabeth-von-luxemburg-gestorben.php

National Day in Luxemburg

2 weeks ago I and a friend where together in Luxemburg for the National Day. The celebrations in the Captial started on 22.06 at 16h00 CEST with the the Changing of the Guard at the Grand Ducal Palace. There where a lot of people there but luckily we coud get a good sight. In the Evening the Festivities contnued with a Folklore and Torchlight Procession at the Place Guillaume II. We arrived just short before the Grand Ducal Family arrived there. Present where Grand Duke Henri, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume, Prince Felix, Prince Louis, Tessy de Nassau (the next day she was raised to Princess of Luxemburg) and Prince Sebastien. The Family watched the procession from a Platform. After the Procession a big firework took place over the Point Adolphe and the Valée de la Petrusse. We stand direct behind a podest from where the Grand Ducal Family watched the Fireworks but there where too many people to see them. later we could see them leaving. We then went to the Grand Ducal Palace and only a few minutes later the Grand Ducal Family left the Place in Cars to travel back to Berg Castle. On the next day we went early in the City to the Cathedral where the Family arrived at the entrance at the Boulevard Roosevelt. The first to arrive where Prince Louis and the new Princess Tessy with Prince Sebastien, followed by Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Prince Félix. The last to arrive where the Grand Ducal Couple. After the very short Te Deum the Grand Ducal Family left the Cathedral through the Main Entrance at the Rue Notre Dame. We decided to go to the Avenue de la Liberte where the Parade would took place. There where lots of people so one could not see very much but my friend who is bit bigger the I could make some photos from the Grand Ducal Couple and Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume. We didn't stay until the end of the Parade because we had to travel further.

The Changing of the Guard at the Grand Ducal Palace

The Folklore and Torchlight Procession

In the background the Grand Ducal Family on the Platform






The Fireworks


The Grand Ducal Family arriving at the Cathedral


Prince Louis, Princess Tessy and Prince Sebastien



Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Prince Félix



Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa


The Parade