25 years ago: Württemberg - Waldburg-Zeil Wedding at Altshausen

25 years ago the Little town Altshausen in Upper Swabia experiecned a big royal Wedding when Duchess Mathuilde of Württemberg married Hereditary Count Erich of Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg. Duhcess Mathilde is the oldest daughter of Duke Carl of Württemberg, the head of the Royal Family of Württemberg and his wife Duchess Diane, née Princess of France. Her groom Hreditary Count Erich is the only son of Georg. 7. Fürst of Waldburg zu Zeil of Trauchburg and his wife Fürstin Marie Gabriele, née Princess of Bavaria a daughter of the late Duke Albrecht of Bavaria.

The Wedding festivites which lasted for 3 days started in the morning of Thursday the 17. Novemberg with the civil Wedding Ceremony which took place at Altshausen Castle and was officiated by the Altshausen Mayor Kurt König. In the evening the big Soiree took place at Altshausen Castle. On Friday then Schools of Altshausen honoured the Young Copuple the Musik Capelle of Altshausen and the vigilante of Saulgau played and danced. Later that day Duke Carl and Duchess Diane hosted a reception.

The highpoint of the festivites was the religious Wedding Ceremony on Saturday the 19. November at the Castle Church. The Wedding Service was conducted by the Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart Bernhard Rieger. After the Wedding Ceremony a reception took place at Altshausen Castle. The bride wore a gown of white silk which had been designed by the Parisian designer Catherine Puget

together with Duchess Mathilde.

Among the guest at the Wedding where:

Archduchess Regina of Austria

Duke Albrecht of Bavaria, maternal grandfather of the groom

Prince Philippe of Belgium

Princess Isabelle of France, Countess of Paris, the maternal grandmother of the bride

Fürst Franz Joseph II. and Fürstin Gina of Liechtenstein

Hereditary Prince Hans Adam and Hereditary Princess Marie of Liechtenstein

Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg

Hereditary Grand Duke Henri and Hereditary Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg

Prince Willem Alexander of teh Netherlands, Prince of Orange

Prince Friso of the Netherlands

Prince Constantin of the Netherlands

After the Wedding Herditary Count Erich and the new Hereditaray Countess Mathilde moved to Rimpach Castle near Leutkirch where they stille life. They have became the parents of five daughters. Countess Marie-Thérèse (1989), Countess Elisabeth (1990), Countess Charlotte (1992), Countess Hélène (1993) and Countess Gabrielle (1996).

80th birthday celebration of Duke Franz of Bavaria

On Monday 22. July  the official reception on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Duke Franz of Bavaria took place at Schleißheim Castle outside of Munich. Already on Satruday 20. July there had been an mass and and a reception for relatives and Nymphenburg Castle. It was therefore a big feast. From the blue-white sky the sun seemed to the illustrious guests in the castle grounds. Besides family members and personal friends also bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU), several cabinet members and the Cardinals Reinhard Marx and Friedrich Wetter accepted the invitation.
In the castle garden of the birthday boy took off a Ehrenzug. Hundreds of mountain troops, folk costumes, historical civil and militia took part. A highlight was probably the march past of the Bavarian Dachshund Dachshunds six clubs for the confessed dog lover too. The brass band played the Bavarian Defiliermarsch, the Bavaria anthem and a Duke Franz-march.

http://www.br.de/nachrichten/herzog-bayern-franz-100.html 

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/franz-herzog-von-bayern-feiert-royal-und-rustikal-1.1728123 

http://www.merkur-online.de/lokales/muenchen-lk-nord/ober-unterschleissheim/geburtstagsfest-franz-herzog-bayern-bilder-3019428.html?popup=media&firstslide=1

Duke Franz of Bavaria turned 80

He would be King of Bavaria 
Duke Franz of Bavaria is now 80

He avoids the red carpet. If the celebrities waving at the festive opening of the Bayreuth Festival in the cameras  Duke Franz of Bavariais not there.  The head of the Wittelsbach family takes the side entrance. Glamorous appearances are not his thing. The nobleman - he would be King of Bavaria, if there was still a monarchy in this country - appears reticent in public on. This Sunday the passionate collector of modern art and graphic, patron and recognized art expert turn 80 years old.

The Duke is a great supporter of the Pinakothek of the modern  in Munich and found it important works of art from its collection available. He advises numerous museums in Bavaria. He brings his expertise as a member of the International Council for the "Museum of Modern Art" in New York a. In 2008 he became an honorary doctorate from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) in Munich.

The Duke - his name loud completely Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria - was born on 14 July 1933 born in Nymphenburg Castle in Munich, where he lives today. He is a great grandson of the last Bavarian King Ludwig III. During World War II his parents were arrested by the Nazis with the children, the family came to different concentration camps and was liberated by the Americans.

After graduation in 1952 at the Gymnasium of the Benedictine monks of Ettal Franz of Bavaria studied business. The line of the Wittelsbach dynasty took over the learned Master of Business Administration  after the death of his father Duke Albrecht of Bavaria in 1996. A wealthy man, he is not thereby become, for the million-dollar fortune of his ancestors is already managed for 90 years in a public foundation.

In the politics of the day, the supreme representative of the Wittelsbach mixes generally not a public. "But I represent my point to me quite important issues in personal conversations or in committees, where I belong."

About his prominent ancestors and "fairytale king" Ludwig II said Franz Duke of Bavaria on the occasion of its 125th Death two years ago: "His human and political tragedy is hard to believe." Conspiracy theories about the assassination of Louis are repugnant to him.

The Duke of Bavaria is confirmed bachelor - friend and dogs. "Liesl" was his Dackelmischling. On 22 July is the Duke on the occasion of his 80th Birthday reception - befitting the Schleißheim castle outside Munich.

Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha celebrated 70th birthday

Last weekend Prince Andreas of Saxe.Coburg and Gotha celebrated his 70th birthday with a private celebration a Callenberg Castle where a 4 course menue was served.

Among the guests:

• King Carl XVI. Gustaf and Queen Siliva of Sweden
• Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
• Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant
• Prince Laurent and Princess Claie of Belgium
• Prince Michael and Princess Dagamr of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
• Albert Darboven and his wife Edda, née Princess of Amhalt
• Fürst Johann Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen

Article in Neue Presse Coburg
Article in infranken

Fürst Carl Philipp zu Salm-Salm celebrated 80th birthday

Soon Fürst Carl Philipp  zu Salm-Salm will celebrate a milestone birthday.  The festivities take place on White Monday. Friends, relatives, employees and representatives of the authorities are invited to a reception in the water castle. Together with the entire population Anholter a thank worship will be celebrated at St. Pancras Church. Also the castle garden is open free of charge. The celebration with the entire district is the foi the Fürst of particular concern. With Anholt and the Water Castle he feels connected. "I was born here and went to school," says Carl Philipp zu Salm-Salm. He graduated in 1954 at a  Jesuit school in Bad Godesberg in 1954  from high school. "After the war there were only a few schools," the 79-year-old says.
The war years were formative time for the boy and frightening at the same time. His older brother died in a bomb attack, his father was a prisoner of war. In addition, the possessions of the family were packaged after Göring "Decree to protect German cultural" in boxes and stored in a tin mine in the Sauerland. At that time, it was a shock to see how the paintings are removed. "Today I am happy that it has come to this," said the Fürst. Namely, the castle was badly hit by bombs and after the war a ruin. The family has lived for years in the cellar. "That was the only place where it has not rained inside." The art collection remained unaffected even after their discovery by the English. Each box was found their way back to Anholt. Unfortunately, many were items that were "not worth protecting" regarded by the Nazis as irretrievably lost. After the Second World War, the Fürst studied business and worked in the field of banking and economic system in Germany, France and Switzerland. In 1969 he found his way back to Anholt and took over the management of the Prince Salm-Salm'schen management in Rhede. Previously, he looked first to his father on the shoulder. The restoration of the water castle at the center. "My father was 'married' to the castle," said the Fürst, the issues faced skeptical as a young man recalls: "Today I am very happy that they were made."Carl Philipp Fürst zu Salm-Salm, like his father, is very involved, the heritage, as buldings  and garden monuments of the family as the sights. In 2009 the Fürst  was honored for his involvement with the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class.

Article in RP  

Diamond Wedding in the House zur Lippe

No fuss and fuss over their people appreciate both not. Today this is so, and that was 60 years ago no different when Prince Armin  zur Lippe  and Princess Traute of Lippe  tied the knot

Just because Prince Armin and his bride Marie Elisabeth Traute Becker wanterd now crowds at their church Wedding on 29.03.1953, the ceremony got a little unusual. Today can both laugh at the anecdotes that have grown up around it.

Everything said Prince Armin zur Lippe  had already begun at the civil Wedding on 27.03. when the  Göttinger registrar  absolutely not wanted to recognize the name Prince zurf Lippe. Although 1950 had been enforced by the interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia by name approval decision, but: "Your father was a Fürst, so you are also a Fürst" Armin cites the  registrar. Which eventually had to be convinced not only by the birth certificate, but also by the birth protocol in which the Chamberlain on 18 Detmolder the registry office August 1924 had reported that a Prince was born.

The religious ceremony itself, so does Princess Traute on the thread, should make her confirmation pastor in Celle - after Sunday service. Meanwhile, however, the press had of the "princely wedding" caught wind and waited outside the church. Short was negotiated by telephone between pastoral office and bridal house. "Then the Pastor grabbed the t's robe in the briefcase and came to us. Quite quickly, the desk of my mother became an Altar, and we had  chairs placed in the room to sit so that everyone could", she remembers the house wedding, whicgh stand at the beginning of a long history together.

Said honestly when their initial joint studies in Göttingen and in an intense friendship with her fellow student who took two Joachim Illies. You have not thought of marriage, she says. Certainly not more than Armin zur Lippe after the death of his father Fürst Leopold IV. on 30.12.1949 had to return as his heir to Detmold. "But here, I was not all that necessary," says Prince Armin. So there was the chance to complete the studies with a thesis - and a chance for the couple, who already felt more than friendship for each other.

Although both were aiming for a career in science was clear: Your place is in Detmold. The profound biological training but came to them with the new tasks in the management of the property to property: observation, systematization, accuracy - that have really helped, both say. And here, in the capital city, 1959 son Stephen came into the world, who has taken over a number of obligations of the house lip. It will be part together with his wife Maria and their five children the first to congratulate.

A certain love for Accurate and "Tricky" speaks from the enthusiasm for Sudoku puzzles, the Prince and Princess Armin Traute like to solve together. How much ever happens in the team: Walking with Henry about Scottish terrier, a stroll through the market, domestic work, official appointments.

Both also have a penchant for art and theater. "Is boring us for a second," says Princess. Traute. "I can still laugh at the jokes of my husband," she adds. "And I can always find new," adds Prince Armin.

Article in the Lippe Landeszeitung

Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha turned 70

Prince Andras of SaxeCoburg and Gotha celebrated his 70th birthday with a reception at Callenberg Castle where about 350 guests  - family friends, current and former employees and representatives from the cultural, economic and political worlds attended. After the queue of long-wishers had finally resolved, the visibly moved birthday boy stepped to the microphone: "I'm really, that so many have come That shows me that I do not have in life too much wrong and gained quite a few friends.. "That his father had used for his speech as a reminder a tablet computer, took Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, once as a hook: "This technology-savvy I am not: I just like old-fashioned paper!

Hereditary Prince Hubertus thanked his "old man" for "making me since taking over the presidency of the family foundation management 2012 - as agreed - you can go my own way." His father had secured the existing asset base of the family, not just significantly expanded: "Everyone is waiting for the spring, instead Andreas is there," Hereditary Prince Hubertus quoted then a meteorologist and compared the same name, current weather determining low pressure area with the work of his father: " As for the tenacity, both have much in common! "

Coburg Mayor Norbert Kastner praised Prince Andrew as "far beyond the city limits outstanding personality" and a "man of gentle tones values ​​associated with consumer who knows his duties, but also to appreciate the joys of living white". He was not only here to his and to convey the congratulations of all Coburg citizens, but also to thank for the "pleasant and varied achievements of recent decades."

It also gave a great compliment from the last speaker of the day, Mayor Knut Kreuch Gotha, Prince Andrew, with another 21 March-born great personalities in a series that: "Hans-Dietrich Genscher and Johann Sebastian Bach, for me you are part of it!"

The circle group of Coburg Bavaria Hunting Association honored the keen hunter and sports car enthusiasts

with three-gun salute and a hunting horn serenade

On 15. June there willbe a big private celebration with guests from all over Europe will be invited at Callenberg Castle.

Artice in Neue Presse

Duke Anton Günther of Oldenburg turned 90

Duke Anton Günther of Oldenbrug celebrated his 90th birtday on Wednesday 16.01.2013. There was a reception for 80 guests at Güldenstein Castle in Schleswig-Holstein.

The Duke was born o 16.01.1923 as oldest child of Hereditary Grand Duke Nikolaus of Oldenbrug and his first wife Helene, née Princess zu Waldeck and Pyrmont. He made Abitur in 1942and after the war he stuedied forestry. In 1951 he married Princess Ameli zu Löwenstein-WertheimFreudenberg. the couple has 2 children, Duchess Helene and Duke Chiristian and 4 grandchildren. After the death of his father in 1970 he became the Had of the Grand Ducal House and took over the adminstration of the posessions in Güldenstein.

Article in NWZ Online

Count Albert of Rechberg celebrates 100th birthday

Count Albert of Rechberg zu Rothenlowen and Hohenrechberg celebrates his 100th birthday today on 29.11.2012. He was born in 1912 as son of Count Albert and his wife Theresia, nee Freiin von Schorlemer. In 1951 he married Count Monika zu Köngsegg-Aulendorf who died in 2002. They had 5 children together.

In 1967 Count Albert succeeded his unmarried and childless uncle, Count Joseph as head of the countly House. Until 1986he administrated the family posessions but at the End of 1986 he gave the administration over to his son, Hereditary Count Bernhard who is still in charge of it. During they time he adminstrated the Family posessions several of the Family Castles where sold among the the Castles and Ruins Rechberg, Weissenstein, Ramsberg and Scharfenschloss. In 1987 the Family sold their principal Residend the Castle in Donzdorf to the City Donzdorf.It was taken over by the City in 1992 and since 1995 the adminstration of the City has their place there. The Family moved into a new build property in Donzdorf.

http://www.swp.de/goeppingen/lokales/mittleres_filstal/Der-Graf-feiert-100-Geburtstag;art5777,1745399

90th birthday of Fürstin Hildegard zu Stolberg-Roßla

Fürstin Hildegard zu Stolberg-Roßla, née Sauerbier celebrated her 90th birthday on Friday 04.10.2012.  The doctor originally from Hanau to Ortenberg and in that capacity she sat in practice accents. Many have fond memories of the dedicated woman who was always available and took care to their patients. A "country doctor" like in the picture, which even left her nightly round of cards, if "worst comes to worst" and a doctor's visit was inevitable. Mayor's places Ulrike Pfeiffer Pantring stressed in this respect the arc in the present. "Now when discussing physician-shortage in rural areas, I sometimes wonder what our doctor has the time mastered and why others can not do it anymore." That it was at the time, was on the person as not only doctor always put tremendous discipline and immense diligence of the day, combined with solidity and reliability. On one side. On the other are their marked cheerfulness and a desire for companionship. In Sagittarius and she enjoys gymnastics club honorary status. And not only there. Even the hunters they admire "without end". This passion for hunting she went to old age. But Princess Hildegard had of advancing life to pay tribute: "I'm going to drive hunting long gone and my last deer I shot five years ago."

In 1967 Dr. Hildegard Sauerbier then married Fürst Johann Martin zu stolberg-Roßla whio is still in the memory of older Ortenberg people. He died in 1982 as a result of a car accident. In 2007 the Fürstin adopted Count Alexander zu Stolberg-Wernigerode according to the wishes of her late husband. The new young Fürst who is married and has 5 children has the biggestr Respect of Fürstin Hildegard.

http://www.kreis-anzeiger.de/lokales/wetteraukreis/ortenberg/12480136.htm

900 years House of Baden

The House of Baden celebrates this year it's 900 anniversary. On  27.04.1112 Margrave hermann was the first mentioned as Count of Baden

On 10.05.2012 SWR the local TV-Channel showed an interesting Documentary about the History of the House which can be watchd here (Don't know ho long the Link will be work).

A Day later the the Family invited to a Matinee at the Theatre at Baden-Baden. Among the guests who attended where.

Margrave Max and Margravine Valerie of Baden

Hereditary Prince Bernhard and Hereditary Princess  Stephanie of baden with ther 3 sons

Princess Caroline of Monaco

Prince Ernst Augst jr. of Hannover

Duke Carl of Württemberg

Fürst Karl Friedrich of Hohenzollern

http://www.abendblatt.de/vermischtes/article2274406/Prinzessin-Caroline-bei-900-Jahr-Feier-im-Haus-Baden.html

http://www.badische-zeitung.de/suedwest-1/900-jahre-haus-baden-adelshaus-feiert-mit-viel-prominenz--59347898.html

Happy Anniversary, Sweetheart! -- Sat., May 12

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Happy 22nd anniversary, Bob. Thank you for posting your ad 29 years ago. We were meant for each other from the start. 

Life has been the adventure we've concocted from scratch with a few pushes and shoves from the universe in certain directions that we wouldn't have thought we'd end up going. But overall life is how we live it and we've made a fun, not boring, go of it.

You're a hard worker, good provider, great dad; caring, loving and fun-loving husband; best friend, mirror, intelligent thinker, sometime tinkerer, propane filler, spider killer, 5er leveler, party reveler, trailer tow-er, friendly hello-er,  avid reader, cat feeder, and humorous goof...not to mention handsome. Lots more to add. I'll tell you later, alligator.