Xenia and her family descend from the German House of Wettin, from which she receives her royal title. 4. Xenia bared it all for Playboy. Ana Dias for PLAYBOY Germany March 2024.

A German prince has died in the U.K. after being thrown from his horse in a riding accident. Prince Georg-Constantin of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 41, was riding with his friend Jean Christophe Iseux ...

Frederick the Wise "Time, perhaps, will show if I have been a good diviner" (Frederick the Wise, 1517) Frederick the Wise is remembered as the man who saved Martin Luther from the fury of the ...

German Princess Becomes First Aristocrat To Pose Naked On Playboy Cover The 37-year-old claims a link to the 1,000-year-old House of Wettin. And she thinks her royal family won't approve of this.

One of Germany's oldest documented noble families, the House of Wettin can be traced back over a thousand years. It split into two main branches in 1485, the Ernestine line and the Albertine line.

Bismarck once called the house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha the “stud farm of Europe”. As junior members of the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin, they were extraordinarily well connected ...

Belgium is a relatively young country, but has been a constitutional monarchy since its founding in 1830. After originally being part of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, since 1920 it has been ...

The Green Vault, a baroque treasure house in the former royal palace of the House of Wettin, is one of the oldest art museums in Europe. Founded in 1723 by Augustus the Strong, ...

The dynasty is interestingly of German paternal descent and was originally a branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – which itself derived from the House of Wettin. It succeeded the House ...

The House of Wettin is one of the oldest dynasties in Europe, and can be traced back to the eighth century; Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is a branch of the House of Wettin.

Frederick the Wise is remembered as the man who saved Martin Luther from the fury of the Catholic Church. Frederick was born in Hartenfels Castle, Torgau in 1463, the first son of the Elector Ernst of ...