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Death of James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, 12th Earl of Southesk, 2nd cousin of Queen Elizabeth II

The Duke in front of Elsick House (photograph by Allan Warren, 1984); Photo Credit – Wikipedia

A great grandson of King Edward VII, James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife and 12th Earl of Southesk, died on June 22, 2015 at the age of 85. He was born on September 23, 1929, the only child of Princess Maud of Fife and Charles Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk. Princess Maud was the younger of the two daughters of Princess Louise, Princess Royal (daughter of King Edward VII) and Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife.

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Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

by Susan Flantzer
© Unofficial Royalty 2015

Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld/Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: In 1675, Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg died. Initially, his seven sons collectively governed the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, as set out in their father’s will. In 1680, the seven brothers concluded a treaty of separation, with each brother getting a portion of the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha Altenburg and becoming a Duke. One of the seven new duchies was the Duchy of Saxe-Saalfeld and Johann Ernst, one of the seven sons of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg became the first Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld.  When two of his brothers died without male heirs, Johann Ernst took possession of Coburg (in 1699) and Römhild (in 1714). In 1699, Johann Ernst’s title changed to Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

In 1825, 145 years after the initial split, another line became extinct and there was another split between three surviving duchies. Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld became Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. For more information on the switch, see Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld/Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Index.

On November 9, 1918, after the German Empire lost World War I, the Workers’ and Soldiers Council of Gotha, deposed the last Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Charles Edward, a grandson of Queen Victoria.  Five days later, he signed a declaration relinquishing his rights to the throne. The territory that encompassed the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is now in the German states of Bavaria and Thuringia.

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Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Credit – Wikipedia

Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Ernst Anton Karl Ludwig) was born January 2, 1784, in Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, now in Bavaria, Germany. He was the eldest son of Franz Friedrich Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf.

Ernst had eight siblings:

Because his sister had married into the Russian Imperial Family, Ernst received commissions as colonel and general of Russian army regiments. On May 10, 1803, Ernst was legally declared an adult so he could participate in the duchy’s government as his father was seriously ill. In October of 1806, Ernst fought on the Prussian side in the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt which pitted the forces of Emperor Napoleon I of France and King Frederick William III of Prussia against each other. The loss suffered by the Prussian army subjugated the Kingdom of Prussia to the French Empire for six years.

Ernst’s father died on December 9, 1806, and Ernst succeeded him as Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. However, as Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was occupied by Napoleon’s troops and under French administration, Ernst could not gain control of the government. In 1807, with the help of Russia, the Treaties of Tilsit restored control of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to Ernst.

Ernst served as a general in the Prussian Army and participated in campaigns against Napoleon. After the Napoleonic Wars, Ernst worked on rebuilding the duchy. In 1821, he gave the country a new constitution. He promoted science and the arts and built theaters in Coburg and Gotha. Ernst oversaw romantic neo-Gothic renovations to the castles Rosenau, Ehrenburg, Callenberg, and Reinhardsbrunn and established the English-style landscape park at the castles.

Ernst was long content with bachelorhood until his mother insisted he marry to provide the duchy with heirs. Ernst considered several candidates for marriage, including some of the daughters of Paul, Emperor of All Russia, but settled on Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, the only child and heiress of Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She was a lively, romantic, and well-educated girl who was excited at the prospect of marrying Ernst, whom she thought was handsome and kind. There is some indication that Louise had heard about Ernst’s womanizing (and his several illegitimate children) before her marriage, she was optimistic about a happy life with him.

Ernst was her distant cousin and 33 years old to Louise’s 16 at the time of the wedding. The match was arranged by Ernst’s mother to bring Louise’s territory of Gotha to the duchy. Due to the Salic Law in force in the duchy, Louise could not rule the territories herself, but a husband or son could claim them on her behalf. Louise also brought a healthy dowry to the marriage, which could be used to restore Saxe-Coburg’s long-faltering finances.

The wedding was held in Gotha on July 3, 1817. The couple had two sons:

Albert (left) and Ernst (right) with their mother Louise; Credit – Wikipedia

Although the marriage was initially happy, the couple soon grew apart due to Ernst’s infidelities. After discovering Louise’s affair with her chamberlain in 1824, Ernst forced Louise out of the duchy. She was exiled and permanently cut off from her children. The couple was officially divorced on March 31, 1826. Louise died of cancer in 1831 at the age of 30.

In 1825, while Ernst and Louise’s divorce proceedings were occurring, Friedrich IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Louise’s uncle, died without an heir. This necessitated a rearrangement of the Ernestine duchies. Ernst received Gotha and ceded Saalfeld to Saxe-Meiningen. He subsequently became Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

On December 23, 1832, Ernst married his niece Marie of Württemberg, the daughter of his sister Antoinette. The couple had no children and had little in common, but Marie had a loving relationship with her stepsons.

Marie of Württemberg; Credit – Wikipedia

Ernst died on January 29, 1844, at Schloss Friedenstein in Gotha, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, now in Thuringia, Germany. He was initially buried in the crypt of the Church of St. Moritz in Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, now in Bavaria, Germany. In 1860, his remains were re-interred in the Ducal Mausoleum in Glockenberg Cemetery in Coburg

Ducal Mausoleum in Glockenberg Cemetery; Credit – Wikipedia

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Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

by Susan Flantzer
© Unofficial Royalty 2015

Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld/Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: In 1675, Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg died. Initially, his seven sons collectively governed the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, as set out in their father’s will. In 1680, the seven brothers concluded a treaty of separation, with each brother getting a portion of the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha Altenburg and becoming a Duke. One of the seven new duchies was the Duchy of Saxe-Saalfeld and Johann Ernst, one of the seven sons of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg became the first Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld.  When two of his brothers died without male heirs, Johann Ernst took possession of Coburg (in 1699) and Römhild (in 1714). In 1699, Johann Ernst’s title changed to Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

In 1825, 145 years after the initial split, another line became extinct and there was another split between three surviving duchies. Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld became Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. For more information on the switch, see Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld/Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Index.

On November 9, 1918, after the German Empire lost World War I, the Workers’ and Soldiers Council of Gotha, deposed the last Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Charles Edward, a grandson of Queen Victoria.  Five days later, he signed a declaration relinquishing his rights to the throne. The territory that encompassed the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is now in the German states of Bavaria and Thuringia.

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Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld; Credit – Wikipedia

The grandmother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her husband Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Augusta Caroline Sophie was born a Countess Reuss of Ebersdorf on January 19, 1757, in Ebersdorf Castle, in Ebersdorf, County of  Reuss-Ebersdorf, now in Thuringia, Germany. She was the second of the seven children of Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf and Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg.

Ebersdorf Castle, Augusta’s birthplace; Photo Credit – Wikipedia

Only three of Augusta’s six siblings survived childhood:

Ebersdorf was a center of Pietism in Germany. Pietism was a form of Lutheranism that stressed practicing individual piety and living a strict Christian life, and Augusta’s grandparents were considered ardent admirers of their religion. As a result, Augusta developed a deep religious belief.

Little is known of Augusta’s upbringing, but a portrait exists of Augusta in her youth as Artemisia II of Caria (died 350 BCE), the sister, the wife, and the successor of Mausolus, ruler of Caria. Augusta is the picture of serenity in the portrait with a peaceful smile on her face and her hands and eyes resting on an urn and an accompanying goblet. The painter, German artist Johann Heinrich Tischbein, made his living from painting German nobility and minor royalty. Augusta’s father had the portrait exhibited at the Perpetual Diet of Regensburg, the general assembly of Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire, so potential marriage candidates were aware of his beautiful daughter.

Augusta Reuss of Erbersdorf as Artemisia; Credit – Wikipedia

Franz Friedrich Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld had fallen in love with the beautiful Augusta and had purchased the Artemisia painting for four times the original price. However, he had to marry a relative, Princess Sophie of Saxe-Hildburghausen, but Sophie died seven months after the wedding. On June 13, 1777, in the bride’s hometown of Ebersdorf, Franz married Augusta.

Franz and Augusta had nine children:

Franz Friedrich Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld; Credit – Wikipedia

Like her famous granddaughter Queen Victoria, Augusta kept a detailed journal of her adult life, outlining much of her rather astonishing accomplishments. Her great-granddaughter Princess Beatrice, the youngest child of Queen Victoria, translated and edited the memoirs of her great-grandmother which were published under the title In Napoleonic Times.

At the time of his marriage to Augusta, Franz was an avid collector of art (particularly engravings) and books. When he inherited the dukedom from his father in 1800, Franz inherited the legacy of his father’s poor administration and huge debts. Furthermore, Franz had little aptitude for or interest in running the duchy himself. Franz’s art-buying days were over as the family began a life of aristocratic poverty. Victoria, the future Duchess of Kent, remembered her mother once scolding her for tearing her dress, as there was no money for another.

Augusta may have been the first person to suggest a marriage between two of her grandchildren. In 1821, in a letter to her daughter Victoria, Duchess of Kent, she suggested the possibility of marriage between Victoria’s daughter, the future Queen Victoria, and Albert, the second son of her son Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Victoria and Albert were only two years old at the time.

Augusta did not live long enough to see the marriage of her grandchildren Victoria and Albert. She died in Coburg at the age of 74 on November 16, 1831, five months after the election of her son Leopold as King of the Belgians, and was buried with her husband in a mausoleum in the Coburg Court Garden.

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Prince Nicolas of Sweden, Duke of Ångermanland

by Scott Mehl

photo: Erika Gerdemark, Swedish Royal Court

Prince Nicolas, Duke of Ångermanland, is the second child of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Mr. Christopher O’Neill.  Prince Nicolas was born at Danderyd Hospital in Stockholm, at 1:45 pm on Monday, June 15, 2015.  At birth, he was 3.08kg and 49cm tall. He has an older sister, Princess Leonore, Duchess of Gotland.  He was given the names:

  • Nicolas – a name liked by his parents
  • Paul – for his paternal grandfather
  • Gustaf – for his maternal grandfather

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Prince XXX of Sweden, Duke of Ångermanland . photo: Swedish Royal Court

Prince Nicolas Paul Gustaf of Sweden, Duke of Ångermanland. photo: Swedish Royal Court

At the time of his birth, Nicolas was styled His Royal Highness. On October 7, 2019, the Swedish Royal Court announced that King Carl XVI Gustaf had decided to make changes regarding the children of his son Prince Carl Philip and his daughter Princess Madeleine. Their children would no longer be members of The Royal House but would continue to be members of The Royal Family. Prince Alexander, Prince Gabriel, Princess Leonore, Prince Nicolas, and Princess Adrienne would no longer enjoy the style of Royal Highness but they would retain their titles of Duke and Duchess previously granted by King Carl XVI Gustaf. They will remain in the line of succession to the Swedish throne. In the future, they will not be expected to perform any royal duties. As a result, Nicolas will be styled Prince Nicolas, Duke of Ångermanland.

Prince Nicolas was baptized on Sunday, October 11, 2015, at the Drottningholm Palace church. His godparents were:

  • Prince Carl Philip of Sweden (his maternal uncle)
  • Countess Natascha Abensperg und Traun (his paternal aunt)
  • Mr. Gustaf Magnuson (paternal first cousin of his mother)
  • Mr. Henry d’Abo (husband of his maternal aunt)
  • Mrs. Katarina von Horn (his parents’ friend)
  • Mr. Marco Wajselfisz (his parents’ friend)

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Keeping with tradition, he wore the christening gown first used by his great-grandfather, Prince Gustaf Adolf, in 1906. It has since been worn by all members of the Swedish royal family, and each person’s name is embroidered on the gown.

Prince Nicolas became a big brother, when his sister Princess Adrienne was born on March 9, 2018.

Nicolas with his family, 2018. photo: Anna-Lena Ahlström, Swedish Royal Court

Franz Friedrich Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

by Susan Flantzer  © Unofficial Royalty 2015

Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld/Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: In 1675, Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg died. Initially, his seven sons collectively governed the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, as set out in their father’s will. In 1680, the seven brothers concluded a treaty of separation, with each brother getting a portion of the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha Altenburg and becoming a Duke. One of the seven new duchies was the Duchy of Saxe-Saalfeld and Johann Ernst, one of the seven sons of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg became the first Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld.  When two of his brothers died without male heirs, Johann Ernst took possession of Coburg (in 1699) and Römhild (in 1714). In 1699, Johann Ernst’s title changed to Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

In 1825, 145 years after the initial split, another line became extinct and there was another split between three surviving duchies. Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld became Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. For more information on the switch, see Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld/Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Index.

On November 9, 1918, after the German Empire lost World War I, the Workers’ and Soldiers Council of Gotha, deposed the last Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Charles Edward, a grandson of Queen Victoria.  Five days later, he signed a declaration relinquishing his rights to the throne. The territory that encompassed the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is now in the German states of Bavaria and Thuringia.

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Franz Friedrich Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld; Credit – Wikipedia

On July 15, 1750, Franz Frederick Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, the grandfather of both Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert, was born in Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, now a town in Bavaria, Germany. He was the eldest of the seven children of Ernst Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and his wife Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Out of the seven children, only Franz Frederick Anton, a sister, and a brother survived childhood.

  • Karl (1751-1757), died in childhood
  • Friederike Juliane (born and died 1752), died in infancy
  • Caroline Ulrike Amalie (1753-1829), an abbess at the secular Lutheran abbey, Gandersheim Abbey
  • Ludwig Karl Friedrich (1755-1806), had an illegitimate son Ludwig Frederick Emil of Coburg (1779 – 1827) whose five children were created Freiherren (Barons) von Coburg
  • Ferdinand August Heinrich (1756-1758), died in childhood
  • Friedrich (born and died 1758), died in infancy

On March 6, 1775, Franz married Princess Sophie of Saxe-Hildburghausen, a daughter of Ernst Friedrich III Karl, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen and his third wife Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar.  At the time, Franz was already in love with his future wife, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, but he was unable to break off his engagement with Sophie. The bride was only 16 years old and died of influenza just six months after the wedding which allowed Franz to marry his beloved Augusta.

Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf; Credit – Wikipedia

On June 13, 1777, in the bride’s hometown of Ebersdorf, County of Reuss-Ebersdrof, now in Thuingia, Germany, Franz married Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, the eldest daughter of Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf and Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg.

Franz and Augusta had nine children:

Franz Friedrich Anton; Credit – Wikipedia

In 1800, Franz succeeded his father as Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, but he ruled only for six years before his death in 1806. In 1805, due to the ailing finances, Franz was forced by his Prime Minister Theodor Konrad von Kretschmann to make a contract between the two duchies, Coburg and Saalfeld, for a uniform system of government. In 1806, with the end of the Holy Roman Empire, the Duchy regained its independence and joined the Confederation of the Rhine.

Franz was a great lover of art and books. In 1775, he began a print collection that ultimately consisted of 300,000 prints. The collection can be visited at the Veste Coburg. Because of Franz, the family’s library had an extensive collection of books. Franz conducted an extensive renovation of the family castles. Walls, ditches, and towers were demolished and replaced by gardens and other green areas. In 1805, Franz bought back Schloss Rosenau which the family had been forced to sell in 1704 due to debts.

Franz Frederick Anton died, aged 56, on December 9, 1806, in Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, now in Bavaria, Germany. He was buried in a mausoleum in the Coburg Court Garden in Coburg. Twenty-five years later, his second wife Augusta was buried next to him.

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Royal Ascot

by Scott Mehl  © Unofficial Royalty 2015

source: Zimbio

source: Zimbio

This article discusses the history of Royal Ascot, and many of the details during the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II. With the accession of King Charles III in September 2022, it is likely that the events surrounding Royal Ascot will evolve. At that time, we will update the information below.

Each year, the third week of June marks Royal Ascot. Also known as the Royal Meeting, it is held from Tuesday through Saturday at the Ascot Racecourse, and has been a highlight of the royal calendar since the 1820s.

Queen Anne founded the Ascot Racecourse in 1711, and the inaugural event – Her Majesty’s Plate – was held later the same year. It would be some years later that the Royal Meeting would find its origins. The first 4-day meeting was held in 1768, but the current event seems to have begun with the first running of the Gold Cup in 1807, in the presence of King George III and Queen Charlotte. In 1813, Parliament enacted legislation to ensure that Ascot Racecourse would remain a public racecourse. A few years later, it was King George IV who began the tradition of the Royal Procession, marking the daily arrival of the Sovereign. Like many of her predecessors, Queen Elizabeth II attended nearly every year of her reign.

Comprised of over 30 races, in different classes, there are seven Group 1 events. The first is the Queen Anne Stakes, honoring the founder of the racecourse. The Group 1 events are:

  • Queen Anne Stakes – Tuesday
  • King’s Stand Stakes – Tuesday
  • St James’s Palace Stakes – Tuesday
  • Prince of Wales’s Stakes – Wednesday
  • Ascot Gold Cup – Thursday
  • Coronation Stakes – Friday
  • Diamond Jubilee Stakes – Saturday

 

Of these, the most prominent is the Gold Cup, held on Thursday. The trophy was usually presented to the winner by The Queen. However, in 2013, The Queen was the winner!  While she had 22 winners at Royal Ascot over the years, this was the one and only time that she won the Gold Cup. She was awarded the trophy by The Duke of York.

 

Each day begins with the Royal Procession, at which time the Queen and other members of the Royal Family processed in open horse-drawn carriages. They were often accompanied by other foreign royals, extended family, and invited guests. The procession travelled along the track, in front of the racegoers, and the Royal Standard was raised. The Queen then proceeded to the Royal Box in the Royal Enclosure to watch the day’s events.

The Royal Enclosure is the most exclusive area of the grounds, and access is very limited. Strict dress codes are also enforced, with women required to wear a dress and hat, and men required to wear morning dress with a top hat. Each year, one sees all kinds of hats – from very stylish and demure, to over-the-top creations. One wonders how one manages to see any of the racing when seated behind some of them!

 

And it isn’t just the hats that draw a lot of media attention. Massive amounts of wagers were placed on which color The Queen would be wearing each day of the event.

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The Wedding of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and Sofia Hellqvist

photo: Claudio Bresciani/TT, source: Swedish Royal Court

photo: Claudio Bresciani/TT, source: Swedish Royal Court

This past weekend, on Saturday, June 13, 2015, another Swedish Royal Wedding was celebrated in Stockholm.  Prince Carl Philip, son of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, married Miss Sofia Hellqvist in the Royal Chapel at the Royal Palace of Stockholm.

Read all about the wedding here!
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Garter Day – United Kingdom

by Scott Mehl  © Unofficial Royalty 2015

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Each year in June, the Monday before Royal Ascot is known as Garter Day. Founded in 1348 by King Edward III, The Most Noble Order of the Garter is the oldest and most senior order of chivalry in the United Kingdom. Unlike many of the other orders and honours which are awarded on governmental advice, The Order of the Garter is solely in the gift of the Sovereign. New members are traditionally announced on St. George’s Day, April 23rd, as St. George is the patron saint of England. On Garter Day, new members are invested with the insignia of the order, and an installation service is held at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.

 

By the 1800s, the services were only held occasionally, and at various times of the year. In 1948, the 600th anniversary of the founding of the Order, King George VI revived the tradition of an annual service and it has been held every year since.

Membership in The Order of the Garter is limited to the Sovereign, The Prince of Wales, and 24 Knights and Ladies Companion. In the early years of the order, women were admitted as Ladies of the Garter but were not considered Companions. This practice ended in 1488 after King Henry VII appointed his mother as the last Lady of the Garter. Over 400 years later, King Edward VII created his consort, Queen Alexandra, a Lady of the Garter in 1901, beginning a tradition that continued with Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth in 1910 and 1936 respectively. Finally, in 1987, the statutes were revised to allow women to be Ladies Companion.

There are currently three open positions.  The current members of the order (as of 2024), in order of seniority:

  1. The Duke of Abercorn (1999)
  2. The Lord Butler of Brockwell (2003)
  3. Sir John Major (2005)
  4. The Lord Luce (2008)
  5. Sir Thomas Dunne (2008)
  6. The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers (2011)
  7. Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Stirrup (2013)
  8. The Baroness Manningham-Buller (2014)
  9. The Lord King of Lothbury (2014)
  10. The Lord Shuttleworth (2016)
  11. Viscount Brookeborough (2018)
  12. Lady Mary Fagan (2018)
  13. The Marquess of Salisbury (2019)
  14. Lady Mary Peters (2019)
  15. The Baroness Amos (2022)
  16. Sir Tony Blair (2022)
  17. The Baroness Ashton of Upholland (2023)
  18. The Lord Patton of Barnes (2023)
  19. The Baron Peach (2024)
  20. The Baron Kakkar (2024)
  21. The Lord Lloyd-Webber (2024)

In addition to the limited membership, there are two additional categories – Royal Knights and Ladies, and Stranger Knights and Ladies. The Royal Knights and Ladies of the Garter are members of the British Royal Family. This category was added by King George III in 1786 so that he could bestow the order on his many sons without infringing upon the statutory limit of 24 members. By statute, this group is limited to descendants of King George I. Currently, the Royal Knights and Ladies of the Garter are:

The Stranger Knights and Ladies of the Garter are foreign sovereigns who have been awarded the Order, the first being Alexander I, Emperor of All Russia in 1813. Currently, there are eight Stranger Knights and Ladies, three of whom are former reigning monarchs:

And finally, there are six officers of the Order:

source: Wikipedia

Garter Day begins with an Investment ceremony for any new members, followed by a luncheon for the members and their spouses. After lunch, they all process, on foot, through the wards of Windsor Castle to St. George’s Chapel where a service is held, and new members are formally installed. Following the service, they all return, by carriage and car, to the castle.

Inside St. George’s Chapel, each companion is assigned a stall, over which is displayed a banner of his or her Arms, along with a helmet, crest and sword and a brass enameled stall plate. Upon the companions’ death, these are all removed, but the stall plate remains. Today, the walls of St. George’s Chapel are adorned with the stall plates of most of the members of the Order since its creation.

The Investment Ceremony
If there are any new members of the order, the day begins with an Investiture ceremony held in the Throne Room at Windsor Castle. The Knights are assembled (with their spouses seated at the rear of the room), and The Sovereign, followed by the Royal Knights, is led into the Throne Room by the Garter King of Arms and Black Rod.

Each new knight is called forward and stands before The Sovereign. While the Prelate reads out the oath and admonitions of the order, the new member is invested with the various insignia. A Page of Honour attaches the garter to the recipient’s leg. The Sovereign places the Riband over the left shoulder and then pins on the Star of the Order. With the assistance of two current Knights (chosen by the new member), the mantle is placed on the new member, followed by the Collar of the Order.

Once all new members have been invested with the insignia, the ceremony is over and they all proceed to the Waterloo Chamber where The Sovereign hosts a luncheon for the members and officers of the Order and their spouses.  (You can read more about the insignia of the Order of the Garter, as well as the other British Orders and Honours, here.)

 

Procession to St. George’s Chapel
Following the luncheon, the members of the Order process to St. George’s Chapel, in the lower ward of Windsor Castle, for the Garter service. Led by the Military Knights of Windsor, the Knights and Ladies Companion head the procession, followed by the Stranger Knights (who rarely attend) and the Royal Knights and Ladies in order of precedence. The officers then process, followed by The Sovereign.

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How to watch Prince Carl Philip of Sweden’s wedding live: Saturday, June 13

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Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, the son of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, will marry Sofia Hellqvist on Saturday, June 13, 2015. The wedding festivities can be viewed online anywhere in the world at SVT: Prinsbröllopet (Prince’s Wedding).  Live coverage will start at 3PM Swedish time and the wedding is scheduled for 4:30PM Swedish time. Swedish time is six hours ahead of US Eastern time, so coverage will start 9AM US Eastern time and the wedding will begin at 10:30AM US Eastern time.
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From the above website (translated via Google Translator):  Live coverage of the wedding of Prince Carl Philip and Miss Sofia Hellqvist in the Royal Chapel in Stockholm. SVT will cover not only the wedding, but also the procession and the evening’s festivities. Hosts for the coverage will be Ebba von Sydow Kleberg, Pernilla Månsson Colt and Mark Levengood. Commentators will be John Chrispinsson and Roger Lundgren. The hosts have invited a number of guests to follow the royal wedding, from wedding and the dinner with speeches and wedding cake.

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Infante Alfonso of Spain, Duke of Galliera

by Scott Mehl  © Unofficial Royalty 2015

Infante Alfonso of Spain, Duke of Galliera – source: Wikipedia

Infante Alfonso of Spain, Duke of Galliera, was the husband of Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. He was born Alfonso María Francisco Antonio Diego de Orleans y Borbón on November 12, 1886, in Madrid, to Infante Antonio of Spain, Duke of Galliera (a grandson of King Ferdinand VII of Spain) and Infanta Eulalia of Spain (a daughter of Queen Isabella II of Spain). He had one younger brother.

Along with his brother, he attended Beaumont College in England from 1899-1904, and then attended the Military Academy of Toledo in preparation for a lifetime career in the Spanish military. Several years later, he trained as a pilot and would become one of the most distinguished aviators in the Spanish forces.

Alfonso and Beatrice at the 1906 wedding of King Alfonso XIII. source: Wikipedia

In 1906, at the wedding of his first cousin King Alfonso XIII of Spain to Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Alfonso met the bride’s first cousin Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She was the youngest daughter of the late Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia.

Alfonso and Beatrice married in Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, now in Bavaria, Germany, on July 15, 1909. The civil ceremony was followed by both a Catholic and a Protestant ceremony, as the bride chose not to convert to Catholicism. The couple had three sons:

  • Infante Alvaro, Duke of Galliera (1910-1997) – married, had issue
  • Infante Alfonso (1912-1936) – unmarried, no issue
  • Infante Ataúlfo (1913-1974) – unmarried, no issue

Alfonso with his eldest son, Alvaro, 1910. source: Wikipedia

For the first three years of their marriage, Alfonso and Beatrice lived in Coburg. Because Beatrice remained Lutheran, the Spanish government would not permit King Alfonso XIII to give consent to the marriage, and Alfonso was stripped of his Spanish honors and titles. However, in 1911, the King restored Alfonso to his rank in the military, and the following year, the family was able to return to Spain, with all of his honors and titles restored.

Alfonso served in several positions within the Spanish military, and in 1916, was sent on a ‘special mission’ to Switzerland. The reasoning for this may have been an excuse to get him and his wife out of the country. Rumors abounded that Beatrice had rebuffed the romantic advances of the King, and in retaliation, he exiled them from Spain. After some time in Switzerland, they moved to England where their sons were educated, before returning to Spain eight years later. In 1930, he succeeded his father as Duke of Galliera.

Alfonso was named Chief of Staff of the Spanish Air Force in early 1931, but less than two months later, the Second Spanish Republic was declared, and he was exiled to London. Upon his return in 1932, he was taken prisoner and held in Western Sahara. At the beginning of 1933, Alfonso and thirty other prisoners escaped by boat and traveled to Lisbon, Portugal.

In 1937, Alfonso returned to Spain and was made head of the aerial forces of General Franco. He was created General at the end of World War II, and later Brigadier General. In 1945, in support of demands to restore the monarchy, Alfonso resigned from the Spanish military.

Having lost their former properties, Alfonso and Beatrice settled at a new home El Botánico in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain. Unlike King Alfonso and Queen Victoria Eugenie, The Duke and Duchess of Galliera were able to remain in Spain for the rest of their lives.

Alfonso died on August 6, 1975 at El Botánico in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain. He is buried with his wife at the Convent of the Capuchin Fathers in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain.

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