Last modified: 1 January 2023
Engagements, marriages and divorces in reigning and non-reigning royal houses of the year 2017.
January
Engagement known of Antonius Willms and Princess Marie-Gabrielle de Nassau.
11 February
Civil marriage of Prince Wolfram von der Leyen und zu Hohengeroldseck and Countess Janina von Schönborn-Wiesentheid at Waal, Germany.
12 February
Marriage of Prince Badr bin Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz of Saudi Arabia and Princess .. bint Ahmad bin Abdallah bin Abd al-Rahman of Saudi Arabia at the Palace of Culture, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
2 March
Engagement announced of Lord Max Percy (son of the Duke of Northumberland) and Princess Nora zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen- Spielberg.
4 March
Marriage of Prince Heinrich XX Reuss and Marie. Her surname is likely Steinhoff
26 March
Marriage of Prince Faysal bin Badr bin Fahd bin Sa’d of Saudi Arabia and Princess … bint Badr bin Fahd bin Saud al-Kabir of Saudi Arabia at the Palace of Culture, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
27 March
Engagement known of Jan Stahl and Princess Stephanie von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha.
8 April
Civil marriage of Hereditary Prince Johannes zu Schwarzenberg and Francesca Riario-Sforza at Murau Castle, Austria.
14 April
Marriage of Prince Abdallah bin Nasir bin Saud bin Farhan of Saudi Arabia and Princess … bint Al-Walid bin Badr bin Saud of Saudi Arabia at the Palace of Culture, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
19 April
Marriage of Parikshit Singh (Jodhpur) and Janhavi Kumari Mewar (Mewar) at the RK Fort, Udaipur, India.
22 April
Religious marriage of Prince Heinrich of Bavaria and Henriette Gruse at Kloster Andechs, Germany.
26 April
Engagement known of Prince Christian von Hannover and Alessandra de Osma.
29 April
Marriage of Prince Michel d’Orléans, Count of Evreux, and Baroness Barbara de Posch Pastor in Paris, 16th arrondissement, France.
Civil marriage of Hereditary Prince Ferdinand zu Leiningen and Viktoria Luise Prinzessin von Preussen in Amorbach, Germany.
30 April
Marriage of Prince Tengku Sharifuddin Shah Tengku Sulaiman and Juliana Sophie binti Johari Evans in Shah Alam, Selangor (Malaysia).
1 May
Civil marriage of Philipp Lovrek and Countess Alice zu Königsegg-Aulendorf in Königseggwald Castle, Germany.
15 May
Civil marriage of Antonius Willms and Princess Marie-Gabrielle de Nassau at the town hall, Luxembourg-Ville, Luxembourg.
26 May
Civil marriage of Klaus Hutter and Princess Maria Antonia von Sachsen-Gessaphe at the Prälatengarten in Metten, Germany.
27 May
Marriage of Philip Maciocia and Duchess Alice von Oldenburg in Nanyuki, Kenya.
Religious marriage of Friedrich Baron von Hobe-Gelting and Countess Theresia von Orsini und Rosenberg in Grafenstein, Austria.
Religious marriage of Klaus Hutter and Princess Maria Antonia von Sachsen-Gessaphe at the Monastery Church in Metten, Germany.
10 June
Religious marriage of Count Friedrich zu Rechberg und Rothenlöwen zu Hohenrechberg and Victoria Weil at the Basilica, Seligenstadt, Germany.
New! 15 June
Civil marriage of Benjamin Karl Rusch and Countess Carolina Mathilda zu Solms-Baruth in New York City, USA.
17 June
Marriage of Clayton Reynolds and Princess Tatiana zu Leiningen at the Ancaster Mill, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada.
22 June
Engagement announced of Prince Casimir zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn and Alana Bunte.
24 June
Religious marriage of Count Constantin Fugger von Babenhausen and Princess Sophie zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg at the Stiftskirche, Wertheim, Germany.
Religious marriage of Prince Wolfram von der Leyen und zu Hohengeroldseck and Countess Janina von Schönborn-Wiesentheid at the cathedral of Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
1 July
Religious marriage of Philipp Lovrek and Countess Alice zu Königsegg-Aulendorf at the St. Martin’s Church in Aulendorf, Germany.
Religious marriage of Prince Hermann zu Leiningen and Isabelle Heubach at the Marien Church, Groß Gmain, Austria.
4 July
Civil marriage of Prince Daniel von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha and Eileen chen in Bern, Switzerland.
6 July
Civil marriage of Prince Ernst August von Hannover and Ekaterina Malysheva at the Neues Rathaus, Hannover, Germany.
8 July
Religious marriage of Prince Ernst August von Hannover and Ekaterina Malysheva at the Marktkirche, Hannover, Germany.
15 July
Religious marriage of Lord Max Percy and Princess Nora zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg at the Mariä Himmelfahrt Chapel, Dornstadt-Hirschbrunn, Germany.
Marriage of Michael Anthony Whyte and Maria Francisca de Orleans e Bragança (Brazil) in the garden of the former home of the Brenha family, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Note: the civil wedding listed in 2014 never took place.
Religious marriage of Prince George of Serbia and Fallon Rayman at the Church of St. George, Oplenac, Serbia.
24 July
Engagement announced of Prince Philip of Serbia and Danica Marinkovic.
29 July
Engagement of Nicholas de Roumanie Medforth-Mills (Romania) and Alina-Maria Binder in Cornwall, Great Britain. It was announced on 21 August.
July (exact date unknown)
Religious marriage of Count Martin von Schaesberg and Anja Schulzke.
12 August
Marriage of Count Christoph von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg and Michelle Pizzitelli in Beamsville, Ontario, Canada.
14 August
Marriage of Dennis Muhammad Abdullah and Tunku Tun Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah Sultan Ibrahim (Johor, India) at the Istana Bukit Serene, Johor. His birth name was Dennis Verbaas, born Lisse, The Netherlands, 1 May 1989.
24 August
Civil marriage of Guilherme Zanker and Princess Maria Thereza de Orleans e Bragança (Brazil) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
26 August
Religious marriage of Guilherme Zanker and Princess Maria Thereza de Orleans e Bragança (Brazil) at the Jardins Do Alto, Alto da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro.
2 September
Marriage of Prince Léopold de Lobkowicz and Natacha de Hepcée. As his mother died in July, I am not quite certain if the wedding indeed took place as planned.
Religious marriage of Antonius Willms and Princess Marie-Gabrielle de Nassau (Luxembourg) at the Iglesia del Santo Cristo, Marbella, Spain
Engagement announced of Maximilien d’Andigné and Duchess Sophie of Württemberg.
3 September
Engagement announced of Kei Komuro and Princess Mako of Akishino in Tokyo, Japan.
5 September
Engagement reported of Prince Nikola of Montenegro and Nalini Errate.
6 September
Engagement reported of Prince Konstantin of Bavaria and Deniz Kaya.
9 September
Marriage of Prince Joel Makonnen (Ethiopia) and Ariana Austin at the Debre Genet Medhane Alem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Temple Hills, MD, USA.
Marriage of Cecil von Treu and Countess Annunciata von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg at the Church St. Georg in Ratzenried, Germany.
16 September
Religious marriage of Hereditary Prince Ferdinand zu Leiningen and Viktoria Luise Prinzessin von Preussen in Amorbach, Germany.
Religious marriage of Altgraf Conrad zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz and Princess Rosalie von Croÿ in Steyregg, Austria.
23 September
Religious marriage of Count Johannes von Neipperg and Eugénie von Mitschke-Collande in Italy. The civil marriage took place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, earlier.
30 September
Marriage of Guy de Orleans e Bragança (Brazil) and Amanda Gabriel São Clemente de Azevedo at the Copacabana Palace Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
September (Exact date unknown)
Marriage of unknown and Brigid von Preussen.
Religious marriage of Prince Leopold zu Salm-Horstmar and Tia Hunjan. First half of September.
1 October
Marriage of Princess Abigail Kawananakoa of Hawaii and Veronica Gail Worth at Hawaii, USA.
6 October
Civil marriage of Nicholas Medforth-Mills (Romania) and Alina-Maria Binder in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Great Britain.
7 October
Marriage of Andreas count von Khevenhüller-Metsch and Countess Johanna von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg in Saint-Tropez, France.
Marriage of Prince Philip of Serbia and Danica Marinkovic at the Cathedral of St Michael the Archangel, Belgrade, Serbia.
11 October
Engagement announced of Giovanni Gawronski and Princess Virginia zu Fürstenberg.
22 October
Engagement of Prince Henri de Bourbon de Parme and Archduchess Gabriella of Austria in Switzerland.
28 October
Civil marriage of Giovanni Gawronski and Princess Virginia zu Fürstenberg at the town hall of Pollone (Biella), Italy.
24 November
Civil marriage of Prince Christian von Hannover and Alessandra de Osma at the Kensington and Chelsea Register Office, London, Great Britain.
27 November
Engagement announced of Prince Henry of Wales and Meghan Markle in London, Great Britain.
14 December
Engagement announced of Suhail bin Ahmed bin Juma Al Maktoum and Sheikha Maryam bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai (United Arab Emirates).
Exact Date Unknown
Engagement announced of Archduke Franz Ludwig of Austria and Mathilde Vignon. Probably in January.
Religious marriage of Carmelo Milici and Princess Bernadette of Bavaria.
Marriage of Hereditary Count Ernst von Harrach and Saba Fatemi.
Engagement announced of Antonio Bonilla and Countess Clara von Kuefstein.
Divorce of Prince Dominik Lobkowicz and Samantha Eve Degroff at Rockland District Court, Knox County, ME, USA, in March or April 2017.
Divorce of Ari Behn and Princess Märtha Louise of Norway.
Marriage of Hereditary Prince Friedrich Ferdinand zu Schleswig-Holstein and Anjuta Buchholz. A civil marriage seems to have taken place in or before March 2017.
Marriage of Count Georg zu Stolberg-Stolberg and Barbara Lakatos.