Tuesday, August 30, 2011

August 30

August 30

Feast of Saint Rose of Lima [Roman Catholic, in some Latin American countries (like Peru), and the pre-1970 calendar)



ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Lilian of Sweden, Duchess of Halland   {1915} (aunt of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden)


Queen Anne Marie of Greece, Princess of Denmark   {1946} (wife of King Constantine II of Greece & sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)

August 29

August 29

Feast of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (Roman Catholic, Lutheran & Anglican)



ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Prince Juthavachara Mahidol of Thailand   {1979} [son of Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand (son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej "Rama IX" of Thailand)]


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Prince Nicholas of Greece + Denmark & Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia   {1902}

Crown Prince Harald of Norway & Sonja Haraldsen   {1968}










Princess Sofia/Sophie of Romania & Alain Biarneix   {1998} [divroced 2002]

Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein of Jordan & Princess Noor bint Asem bin Nayef of Jordan   {2003} (marriage ceremony) [divorced Sep. 9, 2009; announced March 2010]














DEATH

Queen consort Astrid of the Belgians, Princess of Sweden   {1935}

August 28

August 28

Feast of Saint Augustine (Roman Catholic)






ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Nikolaos (Tatiana) of Greece + Denmark   {1980} [wife of Prince Nikolaos of Greece + Denmark (son of King Constantine II of Greece)]


Prince Nikolai of Denmark, Count of Monpezat   {1999} [son of Prince Joachim of Denmark (son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia & Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (later known as Maria Pavlovna)   {1874}

Crown Prince El-Hassan bin Talal of Jordan & Sarvath Ikramullah  {1968}



DEATHS

Tsar Boris III "the Unifier" of Bulgaria   {1943}


Prince William of Gloucester   {1972}

August 27

August 27

Feast of Saint Monica



ROYAL WEDDING

Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia & Princess Sophie of Isenburg   {2011} [RELIGIOUS]







ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau & Anita van Eijk   {2005} [Religious]






DEATH

Princess Marina, [Dowager] Duchess of Kent (formerly Princess Marina of Greece + Denmark)   {1968}

August 26

August 26

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester   {1944} (1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)


Archduke + Prince Carl Christian of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary, Croatia, + Bohemia   {1954} [husband of Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria, Princess of Luxembourg (sister of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & daughter of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg)]
                                                           (pictured here with his wife)


Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco   {1962} (sister of King Mohammed VI of Morocco)


Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary + Bohemia, Princess of Modena   {1988} [daughter of Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (daughter of King Albert II of the Belgians)]

August 25

August 25

Feast of King Saint Louis IX of France



ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Sheikh Jasim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar   {1978} (son of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar)





Prince Fakhruddin [Fakhr Eddin] of Egypt   {1987} (son of King Fuad II of Egypt)


ROYAL WEDDING

Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia & Princess Sophie of Isenburg   {2011} [CIVIL]




ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway & Mette-Marit Tjessem Hoiby   {2001}












Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau & Anita van Eijk   {2005} [civil]


Prince Nikolaos of Greece + Denmark & Tatiana Blatnik   {2010}




ROYAL CHRISTENING

Emma van Vollenhoven   {2007} [daughter of Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]



DEATHS

Prince Jean of Orleans, Duke of Guise   {1940}


The Prince George, Duke of Kent, Earl of St.Andrews, Baron Downpatrick   {1942}