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January - December 2008
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December 29, 2008 -
- Countess Anna Maria von Pocci (Thurn und Taxis) died aged 64
- Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck died aged 92
December 27, 2008 -
- Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai and Sheikha Sheikha bint Saeed bin Thani Al Maktoum of Dubai are engaged
- Tuanku Ja'afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, The Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan died at the Tuanku Ja'afar Hospital, Seremban, Malaysia, aged 86
December 24, 2008 -
- Jonathan Alexis Victor, son of Hereditary Prince Carl-Ferdinand and Hereditary Princess Elna-Margret zu Bentheim und Steinfurt, at hospital in Münster, Germany
- Dagmar Heine née Princess zu Schaumburg-Lippe widowed Kalau vom Hofe died aged 74
December 19, 2008 - Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmed bin Humaid Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah married Sheikha .. bint Fahim bin Abdullah Al Qasimi
December 18, 2008 - Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani of Qatar married Sheikha Mariam bint Nasser bin Abdullah al-Ahmad Al-Thani of Qatar
December 15, 2008 -
- Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nayhan of Abu Dhabi married Sheikha .. bint Surour bin Mohammed Al Nayhan
- Countess Ingrid van Rechteren Limpurg née Pieksma died at Doetinchem, The Netherlands, aged 72
December 13, 2008 - Hereditary Prince Carl-Christian zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich married civilly Countess Christina Douglas at the Thonetschlössl in Vienna, Austria
December 09, 2008 - Sheikh Ali bin Rashid Al Mualla of Umm al-Qaiwain died
December 06, 2008 -
- Count Rodolphe de Limburg Stirum married civilly Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria at the town hall at Mechelen (Malines), Belgium
- Count Rodolphe de Limburg Stirum married religiously Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria at the St. Rombouts Cathedral at Mechelen (Malines), Belgium
- Martha "Sunny" von Bülow née Crawford (divorced Auersperg) died at the Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home, Manhattan, New York City, USA, aged 77
December 05, 2008 - Ludwig Botho Elgar Wilhelm Martin, son of Prince Alexander and Princess Caroline zu Stolberg-Roßla
December 03, 2008 - Alexei Friedrich Julius, son of Count Friedrich and Countess Christine zu Ortenburg, at Hannover
December 02, 2008 - Princess Pema Tsedeun Yapshi Pheunkhang Lacham Kusho "Coocoola" of Sikkim died aged 84
December 01, 2008 - Friederike Marie-Christine Elisabeth Thaddaea Benita Eleonore Felipa, daughter of Prince Alexander and Princess Nadja Anna zu Schaumburg-Lippe, at München, Germany
November 28, 2008 -
- Prince Jean de France, Duke de Vendôme, and Philomena de Tornos y Steinhart are engaged
- Raja Perempuan Besar (of) Perlis, Tengku Budriah Tengku Ismail died at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, aged 84
November 19, 2008 - Pieter Anton Maurits Erik, son of Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Princess Anita van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, at Den Haag, The Netherlands
November 18, 2008 -
- Sheikh Abdullah bin Humaid bin Abdullah Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah married Sheikha .. bint Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi
-Sheikh Mohammed bin Humaid bin Abdullah Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah married Sheikha .. bint Saqar bin Khalid Al Qasimi at the Dubai World Trade Centre
November 12, 2008 - Sofia, daughter of Prince Don Pedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto, and his wife Sofía, at Madrid, Spain
November 11, 2008 -
- Munira, daughter of Prince Ali bin Nayef and Princess Reema of Jordan
- Dasho Palden Yoeser Thinley married Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck (Bhutan) at the Dechencholing Palace, Bhutan
November 08, 2008 -
- Peter Gumprecht married Princess Marie-Therese von Croy
- Prince Nils von Sachsen married Jedida Taborek at Moritzburg, Germany
November 05, 2008 - Princess Alexandra zu Salm-Horstmar died aged 55
November 02, 2008 - Benjamin Pieter Floris van Vollenhoven was christened at the chapel of Palace Het Loo, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
October 31, 2008 - Prince Burhaneddin Cem Efendi of Turkey died at New York, USA
October 30, 2008 - Abinesh Shah (Nepal) died at the Norvic Hospital at Kathmandu, Nepal aged 32 or 35
October 21, 2008 -
- Philippa, daughter of Prince Alexander and Princess Tanja zu Waldeck und Pyrmont
- Count Alexander zu Stolberg-Stolberg and Princess Isabel de Orléans e Bragança are engaged
October 18, 2008 - Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed bin Hamdan Al Nayhan of Abu Dhabi married Sheikha ... bint Majid bin Obaid Al-Maktoum of Dubai at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Dubai
October 17, 2008 - Prince Ludwig von Bayern died aged 95
October 16, 2008 - Countess Elisabeth zu Pappenheim née Blankenburg died aged 84
October 15, 2008 - Princess Maria Luisa "Marilis" zu Windisch-Grätz née Serra di Carafa died at Rome, Italy, aged 87
October 09, 2008 - Sheikha Baibi Al-Ibrahim Al-Sabah of Kuwait died
October 07, 2008 - Princess Haya bint Saud bin Abdul Aziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia died
October 04, 2008 - Stephan Metternich-Sandor, Prince von Ratibor und Corvey married Kathleen Dee "Kadee" Robbins in the Little Oratory, London, Great Britain
September 29, 2008 - Emma Tallulah, daughter of Ari Behn and Princess Märtha Louise of Norway at Lommedalen, Norway
September 27, 2008 -
- Prince Aimone di Savoia-Aosta, Duke of Apulia, married religiously Princess Olga of Greece at the Church of Panagia Diasozousa at Patmos, Greece
- Vicomte Auguste de Castelbajac married Countess Stefanie von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg at the parish church of Ehrenhausen, Austria
- Alexander Heuken married Princess Michaela von und zu Liechtenstein at the St. Kathrein Kirchlein in Hafling, South Tirol. Italy
- Constantin Rinn of Smailholm, Baron of Smailholm, married Countess Marie-Yolande Fugger Babenhausen de Polignac at the church of La Jumellière in Chemillé, Maine-et-Loire, France
September 23, 2008 - Count Dominik von Coudenhove-Kalergi and Princess Adelheid von und zu Liechtenstein are engaged
September 22, 2008 -
- Former King Fuad II of Egypt and Dominique-France Picard (Fadila) at Switzerland are divorced
- Count Petrus von Schaesberg died (suicide) at New York, USA, aged 40
- Prince Michel Feodorovitch Romanoff died at Paris, France, aged 84
- Prince Michael Andreevich Romanoff died at Sydney, Australia, aged 88
September 20, 2008 - Prince Waldemar zu Schaumburg-Lippe married Gertraud Antonia Wagner-Schöppl at the Schlosskapelle at Schönbrunn Castle, Vienna, Austria
September 28, 2008 -
- Fürstin Iniga von Urach née Princess von Thurn und Taxis died at Aufhausen am Starnberger See, Germany, aged 83
- Princess Luluwah bint Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia died aged 80
September 16, 2008 - Prince Aimone di Savoia-Aosta, Duke of Apulia, married civilly Princess Olga of Greece at the Italian Embassy in Moscow, Russia
September 11, 2008 - Eleonora, daughter of Hereditary Prince Heinrich and Hereditary Princess Priscilla zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, at Milan, Italy
September 06, 2008 - Prince Heinrich XXI Reuss married Countess Marie von Moy, at the Christuskirche in Salzburg, Austria (?)
September 05, 2008 - Louis Clemens Jamal, son of Hereditary Prince Carl-Christian zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich and Countess Christina Douglas
September 04, 2008 - Amalia Elisabeth Adelheid Mechtild Maria, daughter of Count Philipp and Countess Concordia von Schönborn, at München, Germany
September 03, 2008 - Lalla Bahia of Morocco died
August 30, 2008 - Prince Friedrich zu Oettingen-Wallerstein married religiously Isabella Bonelli at the the Wallfahrtskirche and Basilika Maria Loretto in Loretto, Austria
August 26, 2008 - Tengku Temenggong Mohammad Fakhry, Prince of Kelantan (Malaysia), married Manohara Odelia Pinot
August 24, 2008 - Tito, son of Prince Philipp and Princess Laetitia von Hessen
August 11, 2008 - Princess Fawziah Bint Mohammad Bin Abdullah Bin Turki Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia died aged 76
August 09, 2008 -
- Prince Philippe Lobkowicz married Freiin Marie-Therese von Heine-Geldern at the Stiftskirche in Seitenstetten, Austria
- David Wassermann married Princess Nicole Lobkowicz likely in the USA
August 08, 2008 -
- Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Hamdan Al Nayhan of Abu Dhabi and Sheikha .. bint Ahmed bin Mubarak Al Nayhan
- Sieglinde Heldman née Princess zur Lippe died at Detmold, Germany, aged 93
August 06, 2008 - Crown Princess Francine of Montenegro née Navarro died at Paris, France, aged 58
August 01, 2008 - Prince Michel Bagration de Moukhrani died at France, aged 80
July 26, 2008 - Count Valentin zu Castell-Castell was christened at Starnberg, Germany
July 25, 2008 - Fürst Karl zu Schwarzenberg (re)married civilly Countess Therese zu Hardegg at Murau, Austria
July 24, 2008 - Louis, son of Prince Karl and Princess Martina zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, at the Goldenes Kreuz Privatspitals in Vienna, Austria
July 23, 2008 - Elisabeth Bubert née Countess zu Stolberg-Stolberg died at Köln, Germany, aged 87
July 22, 2008 - Prince Fawaz bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia died aged 74
July 20, 2008 - Prince Ferdinand-Johannes de Lobkowicz died at Brussels, Belgium, aged 52
July 19, 2008 -
- George Gilman married Lady Rose Windsor at the Queen's Chapel, St. James's Palace, London, Great Britain
- Prince Alfonso von Thurn und Taxis married Countess Anna von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg at the Stiftskirche at Altenburg, Austria
July 15, 2008 - Princess Teresa zu Fürstenberg née Princess zur Lippe died at Werenwag Castle, Beuron, Germany, aged 82
July 12, 2008 -
- Prince Nicolai Alexis Maria Christian Seraphim von Croy was christened at Aicha vorm Wald, Germany
- Marc Bernath married Princess Julia-Katharina von Anhalt near by the Ammersee, Bavaria, Germany
July 09, 2008 - 09.07. - Princess Hussa bint Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Juluwi of Saudi Arabia died aged 45
July 08, 2008 -
- Princess Fiona von Isenburg née Davidson died at Langenselbold, Germany, aged 91
- Count Josef Ferdinand von Oppersdorff (Schönburg-Glauchau) died aged 86
July 07, 2008 -
- Princess Sultanah bint Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia died
- Countess Maria Josepha von Hardenberg née Princess von Fürstenberg died at Baden-Baden, Germany, aged 86
July 05, 2008 -
- Don Eugenio Litta Modignani 11e Marchese di Menzago e vinago married Princess Natascha zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
- Countess Karin von Pappenheim née von Veltheim-Harbke died aged 94
July 04, 2008 -
- Rayet Al Noor, daughter of Prince Hashem bin Al Hussein and Princess Fahdah Hashem of Jordan
- Prince Hubertus von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha and Kelly Rondestvedt at Callenberg Castle, Germany are engaged
July 02, 2008 - 02.07. - Sheikh .. bin Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi of Ajman married .. at Ajman
June 30, 2008 - 30.06. - Alexander Erba Odescalchi, Principe di Monteleone (Austria) died at Stockholm, Sweden, aged 94
June 29, 2008 -
- Aristidis Stavros, son of Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie Chantal of Greece, at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, USA
- Count Johannes Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (Reuss) died at Prague, Czechia, aged 43
June 28, 2008 - Sheikha Noura bint Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi of Sharjah died
June 26, 2008 - Alejandro Garrido married Princess Sarah bint Asem of Jordan
June 21, 2008 -
- Count Rodolphe de Limburg Stirum and Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria (official engagement, it was already known on 15 May 2008) are engaged
- Boris Kisselevsky and Countess Isabella zu Stolberg-Stolberg are engaged
- Prince Charles-Philippe d'Orléans Duc d'Anjou married Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo 11th Duchess de Cadaval at Évora, Portugal
- Princess Sibongile Promise Magongo of Swaziland was shot at Louisville, South Africa, aged 38
June 18, 2008 - Elisabeth, daughter of Hereditary Count Ignaz and Hereditary Countess Robinia zu Toerring-Jettenbach
June 16, 2008 - Countess Anna-Elisabeth von Harrach née Massa died at Düsseldorf (?), aged 71
June 14, 2008 -
- Princess Eléonore of Belgium was christened at the chapel of Ciergnon Castle, Belgium
- Sheikha Hessa bin Mohammad bin Qassem bin Mohammad Al-Thani of Qatar died aged 98
June 13, 2008 - Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum of Dubai married Sheikha .. bint Obaid bin Thani Al Maktoum
June 08, 2008 - Floriana, daughter of Hereditary Count Ferdinand and Hereditary Countess Gabrielle zu Castell-Castell
June 07, 2008 - Prince Karl-Emich of Leiningen married religiously Countess Isabelle von und zu Egloffstein at Pappenheim, Germany
June 05, 2008 - Elena, daughter of Count Ferdinand and Countess Marie von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg, at the Privatklinik Döbling at Vienna, Austria
June 02, 2008 - Sheikh Nasser bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi died in a helicopter crash above the Arabian Gulf
May 31, 2008 -
- Count Felix von Spiegel married Countess Antonia zu Toerring-Jettenbach at Kloster Andechs, Germany
- John Ambler (Sweden) died at Banbury, Oxfordshire, Great Britain, aged 83
May 30, 2008 -
- Klaus Ita married Princess Maximiliana Reuss at Mautern, Austria
- Princess Eleonore von und zu Liechtenstein died at Graz, Austria, aged 88
May 28, 2008 - Sheikha Awatif Salem al Ali Al Sabah of Kuwait died
May 25, 2008 - Michael Christian, son of Benedikt and Anna-Christina Metternich Sandór, Prince and Princess von Ratibor und Corvey was born at Klosterneuburg, Austria
May 24, 2008 -
- Cecilia Isabella Marie Jela Eusebia, daughter of Count Frédéric and Countess Daniela zu Königsegg-Aulendorf, at Zürich, Switzerland
- Count Maximilian von Nesselrode married Princess Katharina zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenborg at the Basilica of Kevelaer, Germany
- Prince Joachim of Denmark married Marie Cavallier at the church of Møgeltønder, Denmark
May 23, 2008 -
- Kiliana, daughter of Hereditary Prince Carl Friedrich and Hereditary Princess Stephanie zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
- Count Ludwig von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee married Alexandra Luise von Poser und Groß-Naedlitz
- Hereditary Count Erasmus von Platen-Hallermund married religiously Bianca Hoffmann at Giekau, Germany
May 20, 2008 - Princess Marie Julie von Thurn und Taxis died aged 89
May 18, 2008 - Benedikt Ferdinand Hubertus Maria, son of Prince Constantin and Princes Marie von und zu Liechtenstein, at Wien, Austria
May 17, 2008 - Peter Phillips (Great Britain) married Autumn Kelly at St. George's Chapel, Windsor
May 15, 2008 - Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum of Dubai married ..
May 13, 2008 - Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah, 14th Emir of Kuwait died aged 78
May 10, 2008 - Olivier de Quelen married Princess Hedwige von und zu Liechtenstein at the chapel of Waldstein Castle, Austria
May 03, 2008 - Tjalling ten Cate married Princess Margarita de Bourbon de Parme at Landgoed Maarsbergen in Maarsbergen, The Netherlands
April 26, 2008 - 26.04. - Count Philipp von Neipperg married Paula Wolff at Maria Plain, Austria
April 25, 2008 - 25.04. - Sheikh Jassim bin Khalifa al-Thani of Qatar married Sheikha Mariam bint Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ali al-Thani at Sheikh Kalifa Palace, Rayyan, Qatar
April 24, 2008 -
- Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani of Qatar married Sheikha al-Maha bint Salem al-Ramul al-Mannai at Al Wajbah Palace, Qatar
- Archduke Ramón of Austria died aged 50
April 20, 2008 -
- Count Georg von Schönborn was christened in München, Germany (parents not known to me)
- Magali van Vollenhoven (The Netherlands) was christened at the chapel of Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
April 19, 2008 - James Mountbatten-Windsor Viscount Severn (Great Britain) was christened at the private chapel at Windsor, Great Britain
April 16, 2008 -
- Eléonore Fabiola Victoria Anne Marie, daughter of Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium at the Erasmus Hospital in Anderlecht, Belgium
- Prince Konstantin zu Schaumburg-Lippe died aged 77
- Count Carl Josef Henckel von Donnersmarck (Luxemburg) died at Sliema, Malta, aged 79
April 08, 2008 - Prince Nawaf bin Faisal bin Fahad bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia married ... at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
April 06, 2008 - Nora Manureva, daughter of Prince Lukas and Princess Nathalie von und zu Liechtenstein, at Deutschlandsberg, Austria
April 04, 2008 - Sheikh Salim bin Mohammed bin Nasser Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah married daughter of Abdullah Ahmed Rashid Al Nuami
April 03, 2008 - Count Carl Dominik von Harrach was christened at Nürnberg-Mögeldorf
April 01, 2008 - Paul Druker (Belgium) died aged 70
March 26, 2008 - Samuel Max Felix, son of Count Christiaan and Countess Willemijn van Rechteren Limpurg at Amsterdam, The Netherlands
March 20, 2008 - Prince Ferdinando of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro died in France aged 81
March 19, 2008 - Valentin, son of Count Heinrich and Countess Huberta zu Castell-Castell
March 15, 2008 - Dom Eudes de Orleans e Bragança married Patricia Annechino Landau at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
March 14, 2008 - Son of Raja Nazrin Shah, Regent of Perak, and the Raja Puan Besar, Tuanku Zara Salim at Damansara Specialist Hospital, Perak
March 12, 2008 - Benjamin Pieter Floris van Vollenhoven, son of Prince Bernhard and Princess Annette van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven at the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
March 08, 2008 - Princess Al-Bandari bint Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia died at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, aged 80
March 04, 2008 - Zita, daughter of Archduke Carl-Christian and Archduchess Estelle of Austria at Lyon, France
February 23, 2008 - Countess Alice Ricciardi-von Platen née Countess von Platen Hallermund died at Cortona, Tuscany, Italy, aged 97
February 19, 2008 - 19.02. - Tjalling ten Cate and Princess Margarita de Bourbon de Parme are engaged
February 18, 2008 - 18.02. - Princess Neopila von Auersperg died aged 56
February 15, 2008 - 15.02. - Emmanuel, son of Archduke Martin and Archduchess Katharina of Austria at Pavia, Italy
February 11, 2008 -
- Milena, daughter of Prince Boris Petrovitch-Njegosh of Montenegro and Véronique Canas da Silva at Les Lilas near Paris, France
- Freiherr Peter von Kap-Herr (Hohenlohe-Jagstberg) died aged 73
January 31, 2008 - Stanislaus, son of Philipp and Assunta Metternich Sándor Prince and Princess von Ratibor und Corvey was born at Klosterneuburg, Austria
January 28, 2008 - Ameerah, daughter of the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam and Pengiran Isteri Azrinaz Mazhar
January 27, 2008 - Prince Botho zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein died at Bad Reichenhall, Germany, aged 80
January 26, 2008 - Prince Franz Karl von Auersperg died aged 72
January 22, 2008 - James T.D. Moss-Gibbons and Michelle de Bourbon (Two-Sicilies) are engaged
January 21, 2008 - Countess Rose-Marie von Strasoldo-Graffemberg née Princess zu Oettingen-Wallerstein died at Bonn, Germany, aged 84
January 19, 2008 - Viscount Auguste de Castelbajac and Countess Stefanie von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg are engaged
January 16, 2008 - Prince George Bagration-Mukhrani died at Tbilisi, Georgia, aged 63
January 15, 2008 - Prince Alfred von Croÿ died aged 82
January 14, 2008 - Prince Vincenz von und zu Liechtenstein died at Schloss Waldstein, Austria, aged 57
January 07, 2008 - Prince Georg zu Fürstenberg died aged 84
January 02, 2008 - Princess Galyani Vadhana of Thailand died at the Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, aged 84