His Highness Duke Carl Gregor has died. He passed away this morning, 23 July 2018, at the age of 85 at his home Villa Silberburg in Hechingen where he had lived for over 50 years following his marriage to Princess Maria Margarethe of Hohenzollern. Duke Carl Gregor was widowed in 2006. He and Princess Maria…
His Serene Highness Franz Alexander, Prince of Isenburg has died at the age of 74 after a long illness. Prince Franz Alexander, who died 5 May 2018, was born on 22 July 1943 in Birstein the only son of Prince Franz Ferdinand of Isenburg and his wife Countess Irina Tolstoy. Prince Franz Alexander was married…
Their Highnesses Duchess Olga and Duke Michael represented the Grand Ducal House at a service held today in Mirow to mark the completion of restoration work on the family crypt in the Church of St John and the church’s tower. The service which was attended by over 200 persons was led by the Church of…
Sheila Kamil, the only child of Duchess Helene, has passed away at the age of 59. Sheila Nadia Kamil was born on 26 July 1958 in Chur, Switzerland the only child of Duchess Helene and her husband Hassan Sayed Kamil. After the tragic death of her mother in a plane crash in 1962 Sheila’s father…
To mark the centenary on 23 February 2018 of the death of Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich VI a series of commemorative events were held in Mirow and Neustrelitz in the presence of Her Highness Duchess Olga. On 23 February around 50 people attended a memorial service to Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich VI held at his…
On Monday 29 January 2018 a conference organised by the Mecklenburg Foundation (Stiftung Mecklenburg) and attended by over 200 participants was held at the Cultural Quarter in Neustrelitz to provide a forum to discuss future plans for the area where the Neustrelitz Palace stood and which has been empty since the destruction of the palace…
Her Highness Duchess Marie Katharina and her husband Mr Wolfgang von Wasielewski have been pleased to announce that on 14 January 2018 their daughter Baroness Natalia von Reitzenstein gave birth to a daughter named Sophie. Baroness Sophie von Reitzenstein is the fourth grandchild of Duchess Marie Katharina and Mr von Wasielwiski and the fourth child…
On Saturday 15 July 2017 the wedding of Alexander von Wasielewski and Johanna Gering took place at Mörlbach in Upper Bavaria. The newlywed couple will share a wedding anniversary with the grooms parents Her Highness Duchess Marie Katharina and her husband Wolfgang von Wasielewski who were married on 15 July 1978. In total around 200…
The coffin of Duke Georg Alexander was re-interred to his final resting place the lower crypt in the Church of St John at Mirow today, having had to have been relocated while restoration work was taking place. In order to mark the occasion a small service was held in the presence of the late Duke…
At Kensington Palace in London a new exhibition opened on 22 June 2017 titled ‘Enlightened Princesses: Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte and the Shaping of the Modern World’. The exhibition which is the work of the Historic Royal Palaces charity and the Yale Center for British Art explores the impact of three German royals who married into…
