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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

While I'm Away...

I'll be busy getting married & honeymooning from now until August 8.  Here are some birthdays, celebrations, anniversaries, & events until then...  Hopefully I'll update with some photos later.   Now updated with some photos!

July 27

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Hereditary Princess Veronique of Montenegro   {1976} [wife of Hereditary Prince Boris of Montenegro (son of Crown Prince Nikola II of Montenegro)]


Princess Mafalda-Cecilia Preslavska of Bulgaria   {1994} [daughter of Prince Kyril of Bulgaria, Prince of Preslav (son of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria)]


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Princess Louise of Wales & Alexander Duff, 6th Earl of Fife   {1889}




Crown Prince Danilo Petrovic-Njegos of Montenegro & Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz   {1899}




DEATH ANNIVERSARY

Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran   {1980}




July 28

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand   {1952}


Samuel Chatto   {1996} [son of Lady Sarah Chatto (niece of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)]

                                            (pictured here a few years ago in between his parents)



ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Peter Phillips & Autumn Kelly   {2007}











DEATH ANNIVERSARY

King Carlo Alberto of Piedmont-Sardinia   {1849}




July 29

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Prince 'Abdul 'Azim of Brunei   {1982} (son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei)



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Crown Prince Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei & Saleha Mohamed Alam   {1965}

The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick & Lady Diana Spencer   {1981}



































DEATH ANNIVERSARY

King Umberto I of Italy   {1900}




July 30

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Infanta Maria del Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz, Dowager Countess de la Torre, Grandee of Spain   {1936} (sister of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)


Carlos Morales y de Grecia   {2005} [son of Princesss Alexia of Greece + Denmark (daughter of King Constantine II of Greece)]



ROYAL WEDDING

Zara Phillips & Michael Tindall   {2011}



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Hereditary Prince Hans-Adam of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg & Countess Marie Aglae Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau   {1967}


James Ogilvy & Juila Rawlinson   {1988}



DEATH ANNIVERSARIES

Prince Alfred of Great Britain + Ireland, Duke of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Kent, Earl of Ulster, Duke in Saxony, etc.   {1900} (son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom)


Emperor Meiji of Japan (Mutsuhito)   {1912}




July 31

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern   {1932} [husband of Princess Birgitta of Sweden (sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden)]

                                                                  (pictured here with his wife)


Marina Ogilvy Mowatt   {1966} [daughter of Princess Alexandra, Lady Ogilvy (1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)]


Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria, Countess of Limburg-Stirum   {1983} [daughter of Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg (sister of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & daughter of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg)]

                                                       (pictured here on her wedding day)



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Lady Davina Windsor & Gary Lewis   {2004}














DEATH ANNIVERSARY

King Baudouin of Belgium   {1993}




August 1

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia   {1923}


Jorge Perez y Guillermo   {1946} [ex-husband of Princess Christina of the Netherlands (sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]



ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY

King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia   {2005}


CORONATION ANNIVERSARY

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei   {1968}





Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Catching up....

Sorry if there's anyone still out there reading this blog, I've gotten a tad behind on my "daily" posts.  But I have a perfectly good reason, I'm getting married this Satruday & I've had tons to do....  But right now I can't stand letting this go any longer, here are some of the birthdays, etc. that have taken place lately...  No photos, for now.

July 26

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Crown Princess Yasmine Pahlavi of Iran   {1968}(wife of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran)
Princess Rashidah of Brunei   {1969} (daughter of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei)


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia & Princess Milica (Militza) Petrovic-Njegos of Montenegro   {1889}


ROYAL CHRISTENING

Prince Henrik of Denmark, Count of Monpezat   {2009} [son of Prince Joachim of Denmark (son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]



July 25

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS


Lord Nicholas Windsor   {1970} [son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)]

Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece + Denmark   {1996} [daughter of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece (son of King Constantine II of Greece)]



July 24

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Konstantin Johannsmann   {2010} [son of Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (niece of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]



July 23

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Princess Georgina of Liechtenstein   {2005} [daughter of Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein (son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

The Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom & Prince Heinrich (Henry) of Battenburg   {1885}

The Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom & Sarah Ferguson   {1986} (upon his marriage Prince Andrew was given the titles Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killyleagh)


ACCESSION ANNIVERSARIES

Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman   {1970}

King Mohammed VI of Morocco   {1999}


DEATH ANNIVERSARY

King Hassan II of Morocco   {1999}



July 22

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Johan Martin Ferner   {1927} [husband of Princess Ragnhild of Norway (sister of King Harald V of Norway)]

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emir of Dubai   {1949}

Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice + Piedmont   {1972} (son of Crown Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Italy, Prince of Naples)

Count Constantin(e) of Nassau   {1988} [son of Prince Jean of Luxembourg (son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & brother of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg)]

Prince Felix of Denmark, Count of Monpezat   {2002} [son of Prince Joachim of Denmark (son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Prince Carl of Denmark + Iceland & Princess Maud of Wales   {1896} (Prince Carl was elected King "Haakon VII" of Norway in 1905)

Prince Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Aosta & Princess Claude of Orleans   {1964} (separated July 20, 1976; civil divorce April 26, 1982; ecclesiastical annulment January 8, 1987)



July 21

Belgium's National Day



July 20

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway   {1973} (son of King Harald V of Norway)

Princess Alexandra of Hanover   {1999} [daughter of Princess Caroline of Hanover, Hereditary Princess of Monaco (sister of Prince Albert II of Monaco)]


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Princess Elena of Romania & Dr. Leslie Robin Medforth-Mills   {1983} [civil] (divorced Nov.28, 1991; he died Feb.2, 2002)


DEATH ANNIVERSARIES

King Ferdinand of Romania   {1927}

King Abdullah I of Jordan   {1951}



July 19

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Lady Rose Windsor & George Gilman   {2008}



July 18

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Lady Helen Windsor & Timothy Taylor   {1992}

Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein & Countess Maria Kalnoky de Korospatak   {1999} [religious]


ROYAL CHRISTENING

Prince Umberto of Savoy-Aosta, Prince of Piedmont   {2009} [son of Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Apulia (son of Prince Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Aosta, Duke of Savoy)]

Sunday, July 17, 2011

July 17

July 17

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS


Crown Prince Alexander II of Yugoslavia/Serbia   {1945}


The Duchess of Cornwall (Camilla), Princess of Wales, Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Chester, Countess of Carrick, Lady Renfrew, Lady of the Isles, Princess of Scotland   {1947} [wife of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (son of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)]


King Letsie III of Lesotho   {1963}


Felipe Juan Froilan de Marichalar y de Borbon, Grandee of Spain   {1998} [son of Infanta Elena of Spain, Duchess of Lugo (daughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]






HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1203   The Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault.  The Byzantine Emperor Alexius III Angelus flees from his capital into exile.

1402   Zhu Di, better known as his era name as the Yongle Emperor, assumes the thronw of the Ming Dynasty of China.


1717   King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where Georg(e) Frideric/Friedrich Handel's Water Music is premiered.


1762   Catherine II "the Great" becomes Empress [regnant] + Autocrat of all the Russias upon the murder of Tsar Peter III of Russia.

1917   King George V of the United Kingdom issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British royal family will bear the surname Windsor.


1918   On the orders of the Bolshevik Party carried out by Cheka, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are murdered at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Russia.


1973   King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan while in Italy undergoing eye surgery.

1981   The opening of the Humber Brige by HM Queen Elizabeth II near Kingston-upon-Hull, England.



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1487   Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d.1524)

1831   Xianfeng, Emperor of China (d.1861)



DEATHS

924   King Edward "the Elder" of England
1070   Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders, Count of Hainaut
1762 (new style July 17)  Tsar Peter III of Russia

1918   Tsar Nicholas II of Russia


1918   Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia

1918   Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia

1918   Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia

1918   Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia

1918   Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia

1918   Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia

2004   Crown Princess Susan of Albania (aka Queen consort of the Albanians)