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Golden Wedding at Altshausen

On Saturday 24.07.2010 Duke Carl and Duchess celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary with an special Service in the Castle Church St. Michael at Altshausen. After the Service a reception for all people of Altshausen took place at the recently opend Gallery in the Alte Remise of the Castle.
Present where all 5 children of the Couple with their spouses and children. They only who was not present was Duchess Fleur who is expecting her third these days. There where all some other Guests present but they walked direct from the Castle to the Church and also back after the Service so they could not seen from the public. I could recognize Duke Max and Duchess Elizabeth in Bavaria and 2 sisters of Duke Carl (but not sure whioch ones).

The children and grandchildren leaving the Castle

in front: Duke Carl Theodor with his sister Duchess Anna
and Duchess Sophie-Dorothée

after them: Duchess Marie, Duke Friedrich
and Duke Wilhelm

Duchess Julia, Duke Michael, Hereditary Countess
Mathilde and Hereditary Count Erich

Duke Eberhard with Duchess Sophie

The last where the Jubilee Couple
Duke Carl and Duchess Diane

At the sideentrance they where greeted by the Priest
and had to wait a little bit until the Procession in the Church was formed

The Mass lasted for 1 1/2 hours. In the meatime it had started to rain again but luckily when the Mass had ended it was only a little bit rain.

After the Couple came the grandchildren.
Here Duke Carl Thedor and Duke Wihelm

followed by their sisters and cousins

Duke Friedrich and Duchess Marie followed by
Hereditary Count Erich and Hereditary Countess Mathilde

Hereditary Countess Mathilde and Hereditary Count Erich behind
them Duchess Julia, Duchess Marie Caroline and Duke Eberhard

The children and grandchildren went back into the Castle but Duke Carl and Duchess Diane went to the Gallery in the Alte Remise where a reception took place. Some of the local organisations made dances and music there.

70th birthday Duchess Diane of Württemberg

On 24. Aopril 2010 the 70th birthday of HRH Duchess Diane of Württemberg was celebrated at Altshausen Castle. On of the Events was a reception at the former Alte Remise of the Castle which was renovated in the past months and now reopened as Gallery where the Artworks of the Duchess are on display. Among the guests where are a lot of local politicans and people from the foundations which the Duchess helps with the sale of her artworks but also the Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg Stefan Mappus with his wife, as the former Prime Minister Lothar Späth with his wife Ursula (who happen to be good friends of the Royal Family). Other guests included Prince Radu of Romania who walked together with the Royal family, the First Lady of Paraguay and the mayor of Stuttgart with his wife.

Duchess Marie, Duchess Diane and Duke Carl

Count Moritz of Goess, Duchess Marie Caroline and Duke Philipp,
behind them Duke Michael and Duchess Julia, Hereditary Countess Mathilde and
Hereditary Count Erich of Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg

Duchess Helene, Margravine Pallavicini and her
husband Margrave Friedrich Pallavicini

Duke Friedrich and Mercedes Lugo de
Maidana, First Lady of Paraguay

Duke Friedrich came out to welcome
the highest guests

Duke Friedrich welcomes Prime Minister Stefan Mappus
and his wife Susanne Verweyen-Mappus

Arrival of former Prime Minster Lothar Späth
and his wife Ursula

Gebhard Fürst, Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

The major of Stuttgart Wolfgang Schuster
and his wife Stefanie

Villa Marienwahl Ludwigsburg

The Villa was bought by the then Prince Wilhelm in 1878 and according to the wishes of his wife, Princess Marie the Couple made it their Residence and not the Crown Princely Palace in Stuttgart. Here where their children born and it was here where pricness marie died only died in 1881 after giving birth to a stillborn daughter. Even after he Wilhelm became King in 1891 and he moved into the Wilhelmspalais in Stuttgart he used Marienwahl and not the big Residence Castle when he stayed in Ludwigsburg. After his death in 1921 Marienwahl went to his only daughter Princess Pauline who was married to Fürst Friedrich zu Wied. Fürstin Pauline died there in 1965 and is buried on the Horsepaddock behind the Villa. After her death Marienwahl was onherited by her younger son and is now in the posession of her grandson, Prince Ulrich zu Wied. As his only daghter Marie is married to Duke Friedrich of Württemberg, the oldest son of Duke Carl and future Head of the House it could be that in in the future will again belong to the House of Württemberg.