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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. http://www.estrepublicain.fr/actualite/2012/12/28/mariage-princier-a-nancy-un-bouquet-de-roses-a-la-chapelle-des-cordeliers?image=AEC0AB53-A9AC-4438-94C0-B23F91D5176E#jimage=4CCB3659-6106-48F4-B0B6-F3A1A0F6CD09 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. Tagblatt S...

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 Weddi...

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

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  

Yesterday on Saturday 08.07.2011 the first of 5 Reqiuems for the late Archduke Otto took place at Pöcking where he died. In the morning his coffin was brought in a procession from the St. Ulrich Church where he was lying in State to the Church of St. Pius where on 14h00 CEST a Reqium took place.  At the procession all 7 children of the deceased and 2 of his sons-iin-law, Count Archiblad Douglas, and Hereditary Count Karl Eugen of Neipperg took part. Thje Reqium was also attened by several royal guest: Archduke Joseph with one of his sons, Archduke Michael and Archducess Christiane, Archduke Gerhard, Ptrince Rasso and Princess Therese of Bavaria wit their daughterMaria Theresa and her husband Count Tamas Kornis, Prince Christoph and Princess Gudila of Bavaria, Fürstin Gloria of Thurn and Taxis, the sports Reporter Fritz von Thurn and Taxis,. the actor Count Friedrich of Thun and Hohenstein, Archduess Maria Anna with her husband Prince Pjotr Galitzine.  pics from the Reqium pics...

Archduke Otto of Austria, foerm CrownPrince of Austria.Hungary passed away at the age of 98 in the morning of  Monday 05. July 2011 in his home Villa Austria at Pöcking. all his 7 children whee at his side.  He was born as Archduke Franz Joseph Otto, eldest son of Archduke Karl and his wife Zita, née Princess of Bourbon of Param, on 20.11.1912 at Villa Wartholz nr Reichenau.  When he as 2 years old his great-uncle Archduke Franz Ferdinand was murdered at Sarajevo and his fathe became the new heir. Only 2 years later in November1916 his father became Emperor of Austria, after the death of Emperor Franz Joseph I. In 1918 after the end of the First Wolrd War his father had to rennouce and later to leave the Country. He died on 01.04.1922 at Funchal, Madeiara and otto became the new head of the House.  In 1951 he married Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen and had 7 children with her. In 1961 Ottorenounced his rights to be ableto enter Austria again. In 2007 renounced his ...

HI & RH Duchess Ilona zu Mecklenburg, née Archduchess of Austria passed away in the morning of 12. Janaury 2010 at Bad Krouingen. She was born on 20.04.1927 as second daughter of Archduke Joseph Franz of Austria (from the hungarian line) and his wife Anna, née Princess of Saxony.  In 1045 she married at Sigmaringen Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg, from the Strelitz line, who was the only son of Duke Georg. The marriage ended in divorce in 1974. The couple had four children: Duchess Elisabeth Crhstine (*1947), Duchess Maria katharine (*1949), Duchess Irene (*1054) and Duke Borwin (* 1956). http://www.mecklenburg-strelitz.org/news.html

Laxenburg is a little village outside of Vienna which was used by the Austiran Imperial Family as Summer Residence. This traditiion was started with Emperor Karl VI. and continued by his daughter Maria Theresia. It was here where Emperor Franz Josef I. and Empresess Elisabeth (Sisi) spend their honeymoon and two of their children where born there. Also their only son Crown Prince Rudolf and his wife Stephanie spend their honeymoon there and their daughter Elisabeth was born at Laxenburg. The Castle Park who orignally was a big hunting Area is dating back to the 13th Century as is the old Castle. It orignally belonged to the Lords of Lachsenburg and is the died without male heirs it later cam into the posession of the Habsburgs. T The parish Church of Laxenburg Statue of Emperor Franz Josef I. The Blue Court (Blauer Hof) from the Castle Place The Gardenside of the Blue Court (Blauer Hof) Entrance to the Castle Park The Old Castle The Emperor Franz Statue The Franzensburg The Knights Vau...