Wednesday, October 31, 2012

October 31, 2012

Halloween / All Hallows Eve



ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Margaretha of Sweden   {1934} (sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden)


Princess Norberta "Nora" of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg, Dowager Marchioness of Marino   {1950} (sister of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)


Maria de Fatima Simonetta Gomez-Acebo y de Borbon   {1968} [daughter of Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz (sister of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]


Infanta Leonor of Spain   {2005} [daughter of Infante Felipe of Spain, Prince of Asturias (son of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Prince Carlo (Charles) of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria & Camilla Crociani   {1998}






Prince Henri of Orleans, Count of Paris, Duke of France & Micaela Cousino Quinones de Leon   {1984} [civil]


ROYAL CORONATION ANNIVERSARY

King Letsie III of Lesotho   {1997}


Tuesday, October 30, 2012

October 30, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran   {1960}


Sophie von Lattorff   {2009} [daughter of Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein (daughter of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

General Napoleon Bonaparte (future Emperor Napoleon I of the French, King of Italy) & Marie Josephe Rose "Josephine" Tascher de la Pagerie de Beauharnais   {1804}   [religious] [divorced 1809; annulled 1810]




Monday, October 29, 2012

October 29, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princ Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg   {1934} [husband of Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]


Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece + Denmark   {1998} [son of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece (son of King Constantine II of Greece & Queen Anne Marie of Greece {sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark})]



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Princess Hilda of Luxembourg & Prince Adolf of Schwarzenberg   {1930}





ROYAL INAUGURATION / INSTALLATION ANNIVERSARY

King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia   {2004}



DEATHS

1950   King Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf) of Sweden


2004   The Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott (1901-1935), The Duchess of Gloucester, Countess of Ulster, Baroness Culloden (1935-1974), Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1974-2004)

Sunday, October 28, 2012

October 28, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Sophia of Romania   {1957} (daughter of King Michael I of Romania)


Julia Ogilvy   {1964} [wife of James Ogilvy (son of Princess Alexandra of Kent {1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland})]


Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein, Duchess in Bavaria   {1967} [wife of Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein (son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]


Princess Tessy of Luxembourg   {1985} [wife of Prince Louis of Luxembourg (son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & grandson of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg)]



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Prince/Shah Karim al-Hussaini, The Aga Khan IV & Sarah "Sally" Croker-Poole (known as Begum Salima Aga Khan after marriage)   {1969} [religious] [divorced 1995]


Prince Alexander von Furstenberg & Alexandra Miller   {1995} [separated 2002; divorced]












DEATH

1740   Empress Anna of Russia, Empress + Autocrat of All the Russias {Oct.28, 1740 is the New Style date; Old Style date is Oct.17, 1740}

Saturday, October 27, 2012

October 27, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi of Iran   {1940} (half-sister of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran & 1st cousin of King Fuad II of Egypt)


Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau   {1969} [wife of Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau (son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands {sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands})]


Princess Altinai of Montenegro   {1977} (daughter of Crown Prince Nikola II of Montenegro)


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

King George/Georgios I of Greece, King of the Hellenes & Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia   {1867}

Prince Constantine "Tino" of Greece + Denmark, Crown Prince of Greece, Duke of Sparta (futute King Constantine/Konstantinos I of Greece) & Princess Sophia/Sophie "Sossy" of Prussia   {1889}


ROYAL CHRISTENING

Prince Noah of Nassau   {2007} [son of Prince Louis of Luxembourg (son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & grandson of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg)]





ROYAL ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY

Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi, Ruler of Ras al-Khaimah (part of the UAE)   {2010}

Friday, October 26, 2012

October 26, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran   {1919} [TWIN] (aunt of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran)


Lucas van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven   {2002} [son of Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau (son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands {sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands})]


Amelia Morales y de Grecia   {2007} [daughter of Princess Alexia of Greece + Denmark (daughter of King Constantine II of Greece & Queen Anne Marie of Greece {sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark})]



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Princess Kalina of Bulgaria, Duchess of Saxony & Antonio "Kitin" Munoz y Valcarcel   {2002}






















DEATHS

1944   Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Princess Henry/Heinrich of Battenberg


2001   Princess Soraya of Iran (Queen consort of Iran 1951-1958)