March 15, 2013

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Nikolas of Yugoslavia   {1958} (1st cousin of Crown Prince Alexander II of Serbia & great-nephew of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)

Alexander Ferner   {1965} [son of Princess Astrid of Norway (sister of King Harald V of Norway)]

Princess Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies   {1966} (daughter of Infante Carlos of Spain, Prince of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria, disputed Head of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies)

Prince Nader Chafik/Shafiq of Iran   {1968} (1st cousin-once-removed of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran)

Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg   {1972} (son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)

Princess Amelia of Orleans-Braganza, Princess of Brazil   {1984} [daughter of Prince Antonio of Orleans-Braganza, disputed Heir Apparent of the Imperial House of Brazil (brother of Prince Bertrand of Orleans-Braganza, Prince Imperial of Brazil) & Princess Christine of Ligne]

Prince Iskander Pahlavi of Iran   {1993} (1st cousin-once-removed of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran)

ROYAL WEDDINGS

future King Carlo Emanuele III of Sardinia (1730-1773), Duke of Savoy & Countess Palatine Anne Christine of Sulzbach   {1722} [IN PERSON]

Prince Eudes of Orleans-Braganza & Patricia Landau   {2008}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Sophie, Duchess in Bavaria, Princess of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony   {1845}

Reza Shah Pahlavi (born Reza Khan), Shah of the Imperial State of Persia + Shahanshah of Iran (1925-1941)   {1878}

Prince Shahriar Mustapha Chafik/Shafiq of Iran   {1945} (nephew of Shah Reza Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran & 1st cousin of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran)

DEATH

Queen consort Musbah bint Nasser of Jordan   {1961}