On 23 February 2005, the engagement of Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau and Aimée Söhngen was announced at the Loo Palace in Apeldoorn. His father jokingly said his branch of the family was now “sold out.” Prince Floris is the fourth and youngest son of Princess Magriet of the Netherlands and Pieter van Vollenhoven. At the [read more]
The future King Albert I of Belgium married Elisabeth, Duchess in Bavaria on 2 October 1900 in Munich. When Albert was born, he was not expected to succeed to the Belgian throne. The only son of his uncle, King Leopold II, had already died in 1869 at the age of 9. Albert’s elder brother, Baudouin, [read more]
On 27 August 2005, Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau married Anita van Eijk at the Grote or St. Jeroenskerk, which is currently known as Oude Jeroenskerk, in Noordwijk. Their engagement had been announced on 25 February 2005, at the same time as the engagement of Pieter-Christiaan’s brother, Floris, and his fiancée, Aimée. Prince Pieter-Christiaan is the third [read more]
On 8 July 2000, Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau married his college sweetheart, Annette Sekrève. Prince Bernhard is the second son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Pieter van Vollenhoven. As such, he is the first cousin of King Willem-Alexander. Due to the Dutch succession being based on proximity to the King, he is not [read more]
On 29 June 1990, Prince Fumihito of Japan, known as Prince Aya at the time, the younger brother of the current Emperor Naruhito, married commoner Kiko Kawashima. He had proposed to her in June 1986, but their engagement was not announced for three years. Officials in the Imperial Household disapproved of the match as Kiko [read more]
Princess Christina of the Netherlands married Cuban-born Jorge Pérez y Guillermo on 28 June 1975. Embed from Getty Images Jorge fled to the United States at the age of 14 with his family, and he had been stateless at the time of his engagement with Christina. Shortly afterwards, he became an American citizen. He and [read more]
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