Line of succession to the former Hessian throne

note:
As of July 2020.

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The Electorate of Hesse was abolished in 1866 when it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia, while the Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine came to an end in 1918. Like most former German realms of the Holy Roman Empire the succession in Hessian lands was semi-Salic, with the nearest female kinswoman of the last male inheriting the crown upon extinction of the dynasty in the male line. The current pretender to both Hessian thrones is Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse, from the electoral line of the family, which inherited its claim to the grand duchy following the death of Prince Louis of Hesse and by Rhine in 1968. Donatus became head of the House of Hesse on the death of his father, Prince Moritz, in 2013. Landgrave Donatus is the titular Grand Duke and Elector of Hesse.

Hesse-Kassel

  • Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868-1940)
    • Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (1896-1980)
      • Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (1923-2013)
        • Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse (born 1966)
          • (1)Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Hesse (born 2007)
          • (2)Prince August of Hesse (born 2012)
        • (3) Prince Philipp of Hesse (born 1970)
          • (4) Prince Tito of Hesse (born 2008)
    • Prince Christoph of Hesse (1901-1943)
      • (5) Prince Karl Adolf of Hesse (born 1937)
        • (6) Prince Christoph of Hesse (born 1969)
      • (7) Prince Rainer of Hesse (born 1939)

 

 

Line of Succession in 1866

  • Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720-1785)
    • William I, Elector of Hesse (1743-1821)
      • William II, Elector of Hesse (1777-1847)
        • Frederick William, Elector of Hesse (born 1802)
    • Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1747-1837)
      • (1) Prince William of Hesse-Kassel (born 1787)
        • (2) Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel (born 1820)
          • (3) Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel (born 1854)
          • (4) Prince Alexander Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (born 1863)
      • (5) Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel (born 1790)
      • (6) Prince Georg Karl of Hesse-Kassel (born 1793)

Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld and Hesse-Philippsthal

The Landgraviate of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld was annexed by Prussia in 1866. The main branch of Hesse-Philippsthal was extinguished in 1925, thus making the Barchfeld branch the only surviving one of the Hesse-Philippsthal line.

  • Chlodwig, titular Landgrave 1905–54, inherited Hesse-Philippsthal as well in 1925 (1876–1954)
    • Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1905–1942)
      • Wilhelm, titular Landgrave 1954–present (born 1933)
        • (1) Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (born 1963)
          • (2) Prince Wilhelm Ernst of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (born 2005)
          • (3) Prince Philipp August of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (born 2006)
          • (4) Prince Konrad of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (born 2007)
        • Prince Otto of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1965-2020)
          • (5) Prince Max of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (born 1999)
          • (6) Prince Moritz of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (born 2007)
          • (7) Prince Leopold of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (born 2009)
      • Prince Hermann of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1935-2019)[1]
        • (8) Prince Alexis of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (born 1977)

 

 

Lines of Succession in 1866

  • Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal (1655-1721)
    • Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal (1682-1770)
      • William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal (1726-1810)
        • Ernest Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal (1771-1849)
          • Charles II, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal (born 1803)
            • (1) Hereditary Prince Ernest of Hesse-Philippsthal (born 1846)
    • William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1692-1761)
      • Adolph, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1743-1803)
        • Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1784-1854)
          • Alexis, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (born 1829)
          • (1) Prince William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (born 1831)

Line of Succession to the Grand Duchy of Hesse in November 1918

  • Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (born 1868)
    • (1) Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (born 1906)
    • (2) Prince Louis of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1908)

Caroline Worsley, Lady Worsley

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As of August 2020.

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The Honourable

Lady Worsley
Personal details
Born
Caroline Dewar

(1934-02-12) 12 February 1934 (age 86)
Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Spouse(s)
James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife

(m. 1956; div. 1966)

Richard Worsley

(m. 1980; died 2013)

Children
  • Lady Alexandra Etherington
  • David Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife
Parents
  • Henry Dewar, 3rd Baron Forteviot
  • Cynthia Starkie

Caroline Cecily Worsley, Lady Worsley[1] (née Dewar; born 12 February 1934), is a Scottish aristocrat. She is the former wife of the 3rd Duke of Fife and the widow of General Sir Richard Worsley.[2]

Early life

Lady Worsley was born Miss Caroline Dewar at Bardowie Castle at Milngavie, a suburb in Glasgow, Scotland, to The Honourable Henry Evelyn Alexander Dewar, a younger son of the 1st Baron Forteviot. Her mother was the former Cynthia Monica Starkie. She had a younger brother, John James Evelyn.

Her father’s half-brother was John Dewar, 2nd Baron Forteviot. He was 49 and childless, and even at her birth it seemed likely that Caroline’s father would become the 3rd Baron. This expectation was met when Lord Forteviot died childless on 24 October 1947. When her father succeeded as 3rd Baron Forteviot, Miss Dewar became The Honourable Caroline Dewar.

First marriage

Miss Dewar became engaged to the then-Lord Carnegie in May 1956. Lord Carnegie was the son of the 11th Earl of Southesk (1893–1992), and Princess Maud of Fife (1893–1945), and heir-apparent to Lord Southesk’s Earldom. Lord Carnegie’s maternal aunt, Princess Arthur of Connaught, was the Duchess of Fife in her own right, and Lord Carnegie was also the heir-presumptive to that Dukedom, as Princess Arthur’s only child was no longer living. Through his mother, Princess Maud, Lord Carnegie was a great-grandson of King Edward VII.

Miss Dewar and Lord Carnegie were married on 11 September 1956 at Perth in Perthshire. She thus became Lady Carnegie. They had three children.

  • Stillborn son (4 April 1958)
  • The Lady Alexandra Clare Carnegie (born 20 June 1959) m. London 11 May 2001 Mark Fleming Etherington, and has issue.
  • David Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife (born 3 March 1961), styled Earl of Macduff (by courtesy) from birth until his paternal grandfather’s death 16 February 1992, thereafter styled Earl of Southesk until 22 June 2015; m. 16 July 1987 Caroline Anne Bunting (born 13 November 1961); and has issue.

Lord Carnegie’s aunt, Princess Arthur of Connaught, died on 26 February 1959. At that point, he became the 3rd Duke of Fife and Lady Carnegie became Her Grace The Duchess of Fife. However, the Duchess was not to have that position forever. In December 1966, the Duke and Duchess of Fife were divorced. On account of this, the Duchess lost the style of Her Grace and became known as Caroline, Duchess of Fife.

Second marriage

On 7 November 1980, she remarried, at the age of 46, to General Sir Richard Worsley at London, England. She thereafter became The Honourable Lady Worsley. She has no children from this marriage.

Titles and styles

  • 12 February 1934 – 24 October 1947: Miss Caroline Dewar
  • 24 October 1947 – 11 September 1956: The Honourable Caroline Dewar
  • 11 September 1956 – 26 February 1959: Lady Carnegie
  • 26 February 1959 – December 1966: Her Grace The Duchess of Fife
  • December 1966 – 7 November 1980: Caroline, Duchess of Fife
  • 7 November 1980 – present: The Honourable Lady Worsley

Cecilie, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

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As of August 2020.

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Cecilie von Goëss-Saurau
Princess zu Waldeck and Pyrmont
Born (1956-08-23) 23 August 1956 (age 63)
Frohnleiten, Austria
Spouse
Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

(

m. 1988)

Issue Prince Carl-Anton
Prince Josias
Prince Johannes
Full name
German: Cäcilie Antoinette Maria Philippine
House Goëss
Father Count Carl-Anton von Goëss-Saurau
Mother Baroness Maria Mayr von Melnhof

Countess Cecilie von Goeß-Saurau (German: Gräfin Cäcilie von Goeß-Saurau; born 23 August 1956) is the wife of Wittekind, Prince zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, head of the Princely House of Waldeck and Pyrmont, a sovereign principality within the German Empire until 1918.[1]

Early life

Cecilie was born at Frohnleiten, Austria, the fifth child and second daughter of forest and water resources manager Carl-Anton, Count von Goëss-Saurau (born 1921), and his wife, Baroness Maria Mathilde Mayr von Melnhof (1921–1996).[2] Barons von Goëss since 1672 and Imperial counts since 1693, the family was of Netherlandic origin, suffixing “Saurau” to their surname in 1948 while residing in Styria, Austria.[2]

Marriage

Cecilie married on 19 May 1988 in Frohnleiten, Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 1936). He is the fourth child and only son of Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and his wife, Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg.[1]

They have three sons.

  • Prince Carl-Anton of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 25 December 1991)
  • Prince Josias of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 8 September 1993)
  • Prince Johannes of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 8 September 1993)

Titles and styles

  • 23 August 1956 – 19 May 1988: Countess Cecilie von Goëss-Saurau
  • 19 May 1988 – present: Her Serene Highness The Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Francine, Princess of Montenegro

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As of August 2020.

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Line of succession to the former Monarchical throne and others : From (deleted) Wikipedia’s articles.


Francine
Crown Princess of Montenegro
Born (1952-01-27)27 January 1952
Casablanca, Morocco
Died 6 August 2008(2008-08-06) (aged 56)
Paris, France
Burial
Montparnasse Cemetery[1]
Spouse
Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro

(m. 1976)

Issue Princess Altinaï
Boris, Hereditary Prince of Montenegro
House Petrović-Njegoš (by marriage)[citation needed]
Father Antoine Navarro
Mother Rachel Wazana

Princess Francine Petrović Njegoš of Montenegro (27 January 1952 – 6 August 2008) was the wife of Prince Nicholas of Montenegro, the pretender to the throne of Montenegro.

Biography

Princess Francine was born in Casablanca, French Morocco, the daughter of Antoine Navarro (1922–1989) and Rachel Wazana (1930-2011).[2]

Living in Morocco until the age of 12, her family emigrated to France and settled in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, where her father made a career in the French Foreign Legion.[3]

She studied law in Paris. She was established as a stylist and fashion designer.

She died in Paris on 6 August 2008.[4][5]

Marriage and children

In 1976 she married Prince Nikola of Montenegro in Trebeurden, Côtes-du-Nord on 27 November.[2] Together they raised a family at Les Lilas, France;

  • Princess Altinaï of Montenegro, (born Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis on 27 October 1977).
  • Boris, Hereditary Prince of Montenegro (Petrovic-Njegoš), Grand Duke of Grahovo and Zeta, (born Les Lilas on 21 January 1979).

Honours

  • Royal Order of Francis I
  • Order of Saint Michael of the Wing
  • Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus

Prince Hermann Friedrich of Leiningen

note:
As of August 2020.

See also:
Line of succession to the former Monarchical throne and others : From (deleted) Wikipedia’s articles.


Prince Hermann Friedrich
Born (1963-04-16) 16 April 1963 (age 57)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Spouse
Deborah Cully

(m. 1987)

Issue
  • Princess Tatiana
  • Princess Nadia
  • Princess Alexa
Full name
Prince Hermann Friedrich Fernando Roland zu Leiningen[1]
House Leiningen
Father Prince Karl of Leiningen
Mother Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria

Prince Hermann Friedrich Fernando Roland of Leiningen (German: Seine Durchlaucht Prinz Hermann Friedrich Fernando Roland zu Leiningen;[1] born 16 April 1963)[2] is the younger son of Prince Karl of Leiningen and his wife Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria. He is known professionally as Hermann Leiningen.[3]

Life

Hermann was born in Toronto, Ontario, as Hermann Friedrich Fernando Roland. Through his mother, Hermann is a grandson of King Boris III of Bulgaria, a great-grandson of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and great-great-grandson of King Nicholas of Montenegro. Through his father, he is a great-great-great grandson of Queen Victoria and a great-great-great grandson of Tzar Alexander II.[4]

As a member of the Leiningen family, Hermann is styled His Serene Highness, or Seine Durchlaucht in German. He does not use his title or style, preferring to be addressed Mr. Hermann Leiningen professionally.[2][3] In 2015, Hermann worked for a division of Royal Bank of Canada.

Issue

On 16 May 1987, Hermann married Deborah Cully (born 2 December 1961), daughter of Robert and Myrna Ruth Cully.[5][6] They have three children:

  • Princess Tatiana Victoria Maureen of Leiningen (born 27 August 1989), presently a graduate of Queen’s University, having studied art and graduating in 2012. She also completed a Masters of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University in 2018. She married Clayton Reynolds on 17 of June 2017.
  • Princess Nadia Christiane Ruth of Leiningen (born 16 December 1991), presently a graduate of Queen’s University, having studied drama. She also completed teachers college and her Masters of Professional Education at Queen’s University in 2019. She married Ian Baker on 18 July 2020.
  • Princess Alexandra Sophia Maria of Leiningen (born 18 December 1997). She is a student at Queen’s University studying drama and English. She is known as Alexa.[3]