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Last updated April 26th 2000! To be continued soon!
I. ROYAL BABYS AND THEIR GODPARENTS:
2000
- Maria de las Mercedes Fernandez y Gomez-Acebo (*17.01.2000) has her paternal aunt Olga Fernandez-Sastron and Crown Prince felipe of Spain (1st cousin of her mother Simoneta) as godparents.
1999
- The godparents of Infant DINIZ de Santa Maria Francisco Joao of Portugal (*25.11.1999) are his maternal uncle Sebastiao de Heredia and
Princess Anna Cecilia of Bourbon-Sicily.
- Prince Umberto of Bulgaria's godparents are Ramon Ros Bigeriego and his paternal grandmother Queen Margarita of Bulgaria. His twinsister Sofia has her maternal grandmother Maria Gortazar Ybarra and Crown Prince Felipe of Spain as godparents. The twins were born on November 20th!
- The godparents of Archduchess GLORIA Maria Bodgana Paloma Regina Fiona Gabriela of Austria (*15.10.1999) are Fürstin Gloria von Thurn und Taxis and Hereditary Prince Heinrich of Sayn-Wittgenstein.
- Prince WILHELM BENJAMIN Hans Karl Maximilian Paul zur Lippe (*12.10.1999) has the following godparents:
Benjamin Count Hochberg (his maternal cousin), Count Karl zu Solms-Laubach (his maternal uncle), Prince Maximilian von Bentheim-Tecklenburg, Paul Josten, Patricia Countess Blücher and Benita Röver.
- Juan Valentin de Todos los Santos Urdangarin y de Borbon (*29.09.1999) has two godparents: his maternal aunt Duchess Elena of Lugo and his paternal uncle Mikel Urdangarin.
- Count Friedrich RICHARD Oscar Jefferson von Pfeil and Klein-Ellguth (*14.09.1999) has the following godparents: his maternal uncle Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Prince Nicolaos of Greece, Prince Philipp of Hesse (both cousins of his mother), Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, Countess Andrea von Pfeil-Haag and Nadine Keltaneh-Farah.
- Prince Nikolai William Alexander Frederik of Denmark (*28.08.1999) has 5 godparents: his paternal uncle Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, his maternal aunt Nicola Baird, Camilla Flint, Peter Steentrup and Earl Edward of Wessex.
- The godparents of Princess Alexandra of Hannover (*20.07.1999) are: Princess Alexandra of Leiningen (her paternal aunt), Charlotte Casiraghi (her half-sister), Ulrike Umschneider, Maryam Sachs, Virginia Gallico, George Condo, Eric Maier.
- Hon. Charles Patrick Inigo Armstrong-Jones (*01.07.1999) has 6 godparents: Lady Bruce Dundas, Nigel Harvey, Nick Powell, Orlando Rock, Lucinda Cecil and Rita Konig.
- Prince Georg Antonius Constantin Maria of Liechtenstein (born 20.04.1999) has only one
godfather, his uncle Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein.
- Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma (*01.04.1999)has Duke Luis Alfonso of Anjou and Comtesse Bernard de Castellane (born as Lady Charlotte-Anne Montagu-Douglas-Scott) as godparents.
- Princess Laya of Auersperg-Trautson (*March 1999) has Archduke Simeon of Austria (cousin
of her mother) and Marie Beatrice Lovrek (born as Princess of Auersperg-Trautson) as godparents,
her older sister Anna Maria (born in 1997 and later adopted) Prince Gobert of Auersperg-Trautson
and Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria (sister-in-law of her mother).
1998
- Countess Victoria Sophie Christiane Donata of Castell-Rüdenhausen (born 24.11.1998) has
her aunt Duchess Donata of Oldenburg (sister of her father) as a godmother.
- Archduke Ludwig of Austria (born 16.11.1998) has 2 godmothers: his aunt Fürstin Maria Anna
Galitzine (sister of his father) and Senora Cristina Lopez-Quesada (sister of his mother).
- Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece (born 29.10.1998) has 8 godparents: his uncle Prince
Nicolaos of Greece, his aunt Princess Alexandra of Fürstenberg (born as Miller), Crown Prince
Felipe of Spain (cousin of his father), Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (cousin of his father),
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Prince William of Wales, Prince Dimitri of Yugoslayia and
Doris Robbs (fried of his mother)
- Don Felipe Juan Froilan de Todos los Santos de Maricharlar y Borbon (born 17.07.1998) has 2
of his grandparents as godparents: King Juan Carlos I. of Spain (his maternal grandfather) and
Concepcion Saenz de Tejada (his paternal grandmother)
- The godmother of Lady Alexandra Mountbatten (*1998) is Sophie Rhys-Jones.
1997
- Archduke Johannes Rudolph Antonius Maria of Austria (born 29.10.1997) has 2 of his
grandparents as godparents: Archduke Rudolf of Austria (his paternal grandfather) and Duchess
Anne of Calabria (his maternal grandmother).
- The 2 godparents of Countess Leonie Alexandrine Walburga Maria of
Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems (born 1997) are Crown Prince Willem Alexander of the Netherlands and
Archduchess Maria Paloma of Austria.
- Duchess Sophie-Dorothee Martina Johanna Henriette Charitas Maria of Württemberg (born
19.08.1997) has Hereditary Countess martina of Quadt and Count Johannes of Schaesberg as
godparents.
- Johannes Pedro Michel Marie Hessel de Jong (born 24.04.1997) has 2 godparents: his uncle
Prince Michel de Ligne (brother-in-law of his mother) and his aunt Countess Emo Capodilista
(sister of his father).
- The godparents of Prince Heinrich Otto zur Lippe (born 08.04.1997) are: Prince Heinrich of
Hannover, Prince Wico zur Lippe, Madeleine Königs, Christina von Pezold, Dr. Michael von
Savigny, Christina Wedekind, Gustav Adolf Becker.
- Leopold Umberto Armand Michel Gaubert has Madame Gaya Becaud (born as Princess Tania
of Bourbon-Parma) as godmother.
- Princess Maria Francisca Isabel Michaela Gabriella Raphaela Paula of Portugal (born
03.03.1997) has 2 godparents: her uncle Prince Henrique of Portugal (brother of her father) and
Princess Marie Isabelle of Liechtenstein (cousin of her father).
1996
- Princess Marie Caroline Elisabeth Immaculata of Liechtenstein (born 17.10.1996) has her aunt
Duchess Elizabeth of Bavaria (sister of her mother) as godmother.
- Princess Leonille Elisabeth Judith Maria-Anna of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 19.08.1996)
has Lady Ruthermere and Baroness Elisabeth of Senden as godmothers.
- Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece (born 25.07.1996) has her aunt Princess Alexia of Greece
(sister of her father), Prince Michael of Greece and Prince Charles of Wales as godparents.
- Charles-Edouard Marie Alvaro Crepy (born 13.07.1996) has 2 godparents: Countess Tatiana of
Blanckenstein and Alvaro de Mora Narvaez (nephew of Queen Fabiola of Belgium).
- Infant Afonso de Santa Maria Miguel Gabriel Rafael of Portugal (born 25.03.1996) has his
uncle Afonso-Miguel de Heredia (brother of his mother) and Princess Helene of Bourbon-Sicily as
godparents.
- Lady Ella Louise Georgina Mountbatten (*20.03.1996) has Prince Edward of England as a godfather.
1995
- Archduchess Louisa-Maria Anna Martine Pilar of Austria-Este (born 11.10.1995) has 2
godparents: her uncle Archduke Martin of Austria-Este (younger brother of her father) and Pilar
Escriva de Romani (neece of Queen Fabiola of Belgium).
The godparents of Prince Bernhard Leopold zur Lippe (born 09.09.1995) are: Orince Bernhard
of the Netherlands and Countess Elisabeth of Solms-Laubach (twinsister of his mother).
Hereditary Prince Joseph Wenzel Maximilian Maria of Liechtenstein (born 24.05.1995) has
his uncle Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein (brother of his father) as a godfather.
Count Frederick Hubertus of Ortenburg (born 07.02.1995) has his uncle Prince Hubertus of
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (younger brother of his mother) and a Duchess of Urach as godparents.
1994
Duke Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Philipp Albert Nikolaus Erich Maria of Württemberg
(*13.08.1994) has 3 godparents: his uncles Prince Wilhelm zu Wied (brother of his mother) and
Hereditary Count Erich of Waldburg-Zeil and Trauchburg (brother-in-law of his father) and
Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein (sister-in-law of his paternal uncle Duke Philipp of
Württemberg!).
Hereditary Prince Heinrich Donatus von Schaumburg-Lippe (*13.05.1994) has the following
godmothers: Princess Chantal of Hannover and Hereditary Princess Alexandra of
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
Count Mauritz Douglas (*31.03.1994) has his aunt Gabriela Meister (older sister of his
mother) and Archduke Eduard of Austria-Hungary as godparents.
Archduchess Eleonore Jelena Maria del Pilar Christina Iona of Austria (*28.02.1994) has the
following godparents: her uncle Baron Georg von Thyssen-Bornemisza (brother of her mother),
Archduchess Monika-Ilona of Austria-Hungary and Duchess Maria del Pilar of Badajoz.
Duchess Sophie of Württemberg (*15.01.1994) has her uncle Duke Eberhard of Württemberg
(older brother of her father) and Countess Maria-Assunta Huyn as godparents.
1992
- Prince Sebastian Henri Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg (*16.04.1992) has his older brother
Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (born 1981) and Archduchess Astrid of Austria-Este (Cousin of
his father) as godparents.
1991
- Archduke Josef of Austria (*1991) has his aunt Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria
(sister-in-law of his father) and Prince Michel de Ligne as godparents.
1990
- Archduke Michael of Austria (*15.09.1990) has his older brother Archduke Carl Christian of
Austria (*1977) and his paternal grandmother Archduchess Yolande of Austria as godparents.
- Archduke Alexander of Austria (*26.09.1990) has his paternal aunt Archduchess Constanza of
Austria (younger sister of his father) and his maternal aunt Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein
(younger sister of his mother) as godmothers.
1986
- Prince Philippos of Greece: Princess Diana of Wales
1985
- Archduke Imre of Austria: his maternal aunt Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein (younger
sister of his mother) and Simeon???
1984
- Prince Henry of Wales: Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones
1982
- Prince William of Wales: Lady Penelope Romsey, Princess Alexandra of Kent, King
Konstantin II. of Greece
- Princess Madeleine of Sweden: Princess Christina of Sweden (her paternal aunt), Walter Sommerlath (her maternal uncle), Prince Andreas of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha (cousin of her father), Princess Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
1979
- Countess Sophie of Schönburg-Glauchau: Queen Sophia of Spain
- Prince Carl Philipp of Sweden: Princess Birgitta of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (his paternal aunt), Prince Bertil of Sweden, Queen Margarethe II. of Denmark, Prince Leopold of Bavaria
1977
- Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden: Crown Prince harald of Norway, Crown Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, Princess Desiree of Sweden (her paternal aunt), Ralf Sommerlath (her maternal uncle)
- Duchess Eleonore Fleur of Württemberg: King Juan Carlos I. of Spain
1974
- Earl Alexander of Ulster: Prince Charles of Wales
1972
- Archduchess Margherita of Austria-Hungary: Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
1968
- Prince Felipe of Asturia: Count Juan of Barcelona (his paternal grandfather) and former Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain (his paternal great-grandmother)
- Countess Katharina "Tita" of Hardenberg: Princess Paula of Fürstenberg
1967
- Crown Prince Paul of Greece: Prince Charles of Wales
1965
- Infanta Cristina of Spain: Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain (her paternal grandaunt), Duke Alfonso of Cadiz (cousin of her father)
1964
- Lady helen Windsor: Princess Margaret of England, Sir Angus Ogilvy, Mrs David Butler (or Butter?), Sir Philipp Hay
- Nicholas and Timothy Knatchbull: Prince Charles of Wales
1963
- Infanta Elena of Spain: Countess Maria de la Mercedes of Barcelona (her paternal grandmother), Prince Alfonso of Orleans
1962
- Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen: his uncle Crown Prince Carl Gustav of Sweden (now King Carl XVI. Gustav)
1961
- Edwina Hicks: Queen Elizabeth II. of England
- Viscount David Linley: his aunt Queen Elizabeth II. of England
1954
- Prince Franz Joseph of Auersperg-Trautson: Prince Eduard of Lobkovicz
1950
- Princess Anne of England: Lord Louis Mountbatten (uncle of her father), Princess Alice of Greece (her paternal grandmother), Princess Margarita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (her paternal aunt)
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II. ROYAL GODPARENTS AND THEIR GODCHILDREN:
- Queen Elizabeth II. of England:
1983: Princess Theodora of Greece
1964: Earl Charles of Spencer
1961: Edwina Hicks
1961: Viscount David Linley (her nephew)
1945: Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
- Prince Charles of Wales:
1996: Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece
1974: Earl Alexander of Ulster
1967: Crown Prince Paul of Greece
1964: the twins Nicholas and Timothy Knatchbull (grandchildren of Lord Louis Mountbatten, uncle of Charles father)
- Crown Prince Felipe of Spain:
1999: Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece (2nd child of his cousin Crown Prince Paul of Greece)
1999: Princess Sofia of Bulgaria
2000: Maria Fernandez y Gomez-Acebo (3rd child of his cousin Simoneta Gomez-Acebo y de Borbon)
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III. ROYAL GODCHILDREN AND THEIR GODPARENTS CLOSER FAMILYMEMBERS:
ENGLAND
1984 Henry: Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (1st cousin of his father)
1982 William: Princess Alexandra of Kent (1st cousin of his paternal grandmother)
GREECE
1998 Constantine Alexios: his paternal uncle Prince Nicolaos of Greece, his maternal aunt Princess Alexandra of Fürstenberg
1996 Maria-Olympia: her paternal aunt Princess Alexia of Greece
HABSBURG
LIECHTENSTEIN
1999 Georg: his paternal uncle Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein
1996 Marie Caroline: his maternal aunt Duchess Elizabeth of Bavaria
1995 Joseph Wenzel: his paternal uncle Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein
LUXEMBOURG
SPAIN
1999 Juan Urdangarin: his maternal aunt Duchess Elena of Lugo, his paternal uncle Mikel Urdangarin
1998: Froilan:
SWEDEN
- Carl Philipp: Birgitta
- Victoria
- Carl Christian: Carl Gustav
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See also Orleans Godparents
Created June 6th 1999!
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