March 13, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Nina of Prussia, Countess of Reventlow   {1954} [wife of Prince Christian-Sigismund of Prussia (uncle of Georg Friedrich, The Prince of Prussia, Head of the Imperial German House of Hohenzollern)]

Grand Duke George/Georgii of Russia, Tsesarevich of Russia, Prince of Prussia   {1981} (son of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, Head of the Imperial Romanov House of Russia)

Princess Rajaa bint Talal bin Muhammad of Jordan   {2001} [TWIN] [daughter of Prince Talal bin Muhammad of Jordan (1st cousin of King Abdullah II of Jordan)]

Prince Muhammad bin Talal bin Muhammad of Jordan   {2001} [TWIN] [son of Prince Talal bin Muhammad of Jordan (1st cousin of King Abdullah II of Jordan)]

Princess Hala bint Zeid of Iraq   {2003} [daughter of Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad bin Zeid of Iraq (son of Prince Ra'ad bin Zeid of Iraq)]

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Prince Arthur of Great Britain + Ireland, Duke of Connaught + Strathearn, Earl of Sussex, Prince of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha, Duke of Saxony & Princess Luise Margarete of Prussia   {1879}

Prince Naradhibangsa (Norodom Narithipong) of Cambodia [son of Prince Maha Isvara Chakrabangsa b.1945 (4^th son of K.Norodom Sihanouk)] & Ermine De Rose   {2003}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Josef II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Romans, King in Germany, King of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Slavonia, Galicia + Lodomeria, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Lorraine, Styria, Carinthia + Carniola, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Grand Prince of Transylvania, Margrave of Moravia, Duke of Brabant, Limburg, Luxembourg, Gelderland, Wurttemberg, the Upper + Lower Silesia, Milan, Mantua, Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla, Auschwitz, Zator, Calabria, Bar, Montferrat + Teschen, Prince of Swabia + Charleville, Princely Count of Habsburg, Flanders, Tyrol, Hennegau, Kyburg, Gorizia + Gradisca, Margrave of the Holy Roman Empire, Burgau, the Upper + Lower Lusatia, Pont-a-Mousson + Nomeny, Count of Namur, Provence, Vaudemont, Blamont, Zutphen, Saarwerden, Salm + Falkenstein, Lord of the Wendish March + Mechelen   {1741}

Queen Salote (Charlotte) Tupou III of Tonga (1918-1965)   {1900}

DEATHS

1881   Tsar Alexander II "the Liberator" of Russia, Emperor + Autocrat of All the Russias (1855-1881), King of Poland, Grand Duke of Finland   {Mar.13 is the New Style date; Old Style date is Mar.1}

1892   Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse + by Rhine   

1955   King Tribhuhvan of Nepal (1911-1950; 1951-1955) 

1957   Grand Duchess Elena/Helena Vladimirovna of Russia, Princess Nikolaos/Nicholas of Greece + Denmark